Technical Lead

Engineering Manager / Head of Tech / Engineering Lead -Python,Django / Ruby - $150,000 - $180,000 + Bonus - Sports Media - Charlotte, North Carolina*

Christopher Ali are recruiting on behalf of an established Sports Media brand who are searching for a motivated and driven Head of Technology to help drive the development of their digital platforms.

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 tech 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

BENEFITS INCLUDE :

You’ll receive up to 15 days of paid annual leave (from the start), 10 paid sick days, and 10 paid holidays, affordable health benefits (dental and vision included), generous sick time package, competitive parental leave, short and long-term disability paid by the company, basic life term insurance and personal accident insurance paid by the company, 401(k) and flexible work environment.