Director of Technology for Leading Provider of Marketing Communications
Role: Director of Technology
Client: Leading Provider of Marketing Communications
Location: New York, NY
Duration: Fulltime
Metierlink is looking for a Director of Technology for our client, a leading provider of Marketing Communications.
Your responsibilities include solution architecture, translating business requirements into an architecture and implementation plan that is executable and delivers on business goals. You?ll be responsible for ensuring that deliverables are of the highest quality. You?ll collaborate closely with project leads, the client and any third-party vendors and partners, and remain responsible for representing technology through all phases of a project from discovery to deployment.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for technology strategy and architecture recommendations
- Responsible for conducting technical requirements gathering, technical analysis and identification of key success metrics
- Represent technology through all key phases of the project life-cycle, managing client expectations and project risk
- Responsible for ensuring that correct technology processes are employed and followed accordingly (eg. release and QA planning, issues management, load/performance testing deployment planning) are followed by the project team
- Develop and maintain software requirements specifications and software architecture documents
- Provide accurate work estimates and make resource requests and allocations based on project requirements and budgeted scope
- Serve as the primary technical contact for third-party vendors, identify and document integration points with third party solutions to manage risk accordingly
- Manage and engage in regular check-ins and follow-up with project developers and provide guidance and information related to the project in a timely fashion.
- Conduct regular meetings to review project risks, issues and develop mitigation and contingency plans where required
- Review contract and vendor documentation and experience writing and crafting proposal and support-level agreements
- Define and document best practices and contribute to company knowledge sharing effort
- Participate in new business opportunities as required, develop proposals and scopes of work as required
Requirements:
- 8-10+ years developing and leading large-scale technology engagement and at least 4+ years doing so in an agency environment
- Advanced knowledge of programming languages such as .NET, Java and PHP, Perl, SQL, Flash/Flex, Ruby-on-Rails, etc. and the ability to propose alternative solutions and cost-benefit analysis based on these technologies
If you or someone you know is interested in this roles, please submit resumes with targeted cover notes to careers@metierlink.com. Metierlink, http://metierlink.com, represents quality professionals to progressive companies in advertising, marketing, media and all areas within the digital workspace.
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