Director - Engineering - Internet/Online

Roles and Responsibilities

- Accountable for all activities and results of the group(s) and ensure that performance standards are realistically set and attained.

- Manage architecture, design and development activities owned by the center, to build out the necessary technical solutions while delivering the product for business needs.

- Actively promote a culture of innovation within the organization.

- Closely interact with senior management on matters affecting the organization managed.

- Partner closely with functional leadership in remote locations, the product management leads to drive the design, development and delivery of the product. Work with other internal technology groups, operations and support personnel to understand operational requirements.

- Develop and implement policies and procedures to attain the required service levels to support the business

- Manages staffing for the team, working directly and closely with HR/Recruiting to hire to plan aggressively

- Directly manages senior development managers

- Enforces and augments development standards to establish efficient use of resources.

- Establish measurable goals and objectives for the team to maintain optimal performance and achieve company objectives

- Get extensively involved in matters pertaining to the center and lead various streams of work that help growing the center.

Qualifications and Competencies

- B.E CS degree or equivalent work experience in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field

- 15+ years’ experience in software application development, preferably with high volume e-commerce/web development;

- Minimum of 6 years’ experience building and managing teams of software developers and engineering managers

- Ability to build strong cross-functional relationships through strong communication and negotiation

- Astute in organizational awareness in order to effect results by maneuvering through appropriate formal and informal organization channels.

- Experience with leading/delivering application development frameworks, platform technologies, open source technologies, building ecommerce applications on web service; building highly scalable products.

- Strong analytical and problem solving skills