Head of Technology

Job Description

• Reports to: Group CTO
• Location: Charlotte, NC USA (onsite); non-local candidates will be considered and offered a relocation package.
• Employment type: Full time
  
  

We are searching for a motivated and driven Head of Technology to help drive the development of our digital platforms.In this role, you will lead a team of 4 in-house developers, as well as oversee additional offshore development and QA teams. You will be hands-on with the development of our products. The successful candidate has significant experience with designing the architecture of high-volume websites. This role will have exposure to all aspects of the business. Your enthusiasm, and drive to learn and develop, together with your willingness to tackle new challenges will enable the business to drive timely product and market decisions that will be crucial to achieving our goals. Over time you will set the bar for how we imagine, build and deliver great products.This is a permanent position reporting to the Chief Technology Officer, with the opportunity to within our Charlotte, NC office.

What You’ll Do

• Oversee product delivery and development team on a global scale
• Work closely with the CTO to help drive the roadmap of the company's products, both web and native apps, to ensure a world-class digital experience
• Work closely with senior stakeholders to understand business requirements and help translate these into technical requirements for the development team
• Plan and document technical specifications for features or system design
• Design, build and configure applications to meet business process and application requirements
• Direct the development team in the design, development, coding, testing and debugging of applications
• Design and implement standards and processes to ensure the development team writes testable, scalable, efficient and peer-reviewed code.
• Mentor team members and ensuring they adhere to determined software quality standards.
• Work closely with delivery teams, ensuring that objectives are aligned.
• Coordinate and facilitate the “ceremonies” and meetings associated with an agile delivery approach.
• Work with the rest of the product delivery team to ensure the product roadmap is transparent and communicated to key stakeholders.
  

What You’ll Bring

• Exemplary people management skills with the ability to support remote and global teams
• Practical understanding and experience of agile delivery methodologies and the tools used to support this.
• Experience of working within a web and/or app focused software delivery environment.
• Deep and demonstrable knowledge of multiple technologies and architectural patterns.
• Experience and passion for managing teams in the development, QA and DevOps functions.
• Experience of working with Python, Django and/or Ruby
• Experience of recruiting teams and building a successful team culture.
• Understanding and awareness of what effective communication looks like, both written and verbal, and the ability to execute this.
• A willingness to learn and develop new skills plus the courage to apply what you’ve learnt.
• Open to international travel, as necessary.
  
  

Not Essential But Great If You Also Have

• A passion for sports.
• Agile, Product or Project Management certification/accreditation.
• Practical experience of using Jira
• Experience of working with offshore delivery teams
• Experience of Content Management Systems (ideally Drupal)
• An understanding of UX in the context of web or app development
• Experience of third-party data integration
• An understanding of web site analytics data and how to interpret it