Content Development Team Manager

The job holder will be expected to run the Content Development Team within eDevelopment. Responsible for all development work specifically, resource planning, scheduling and delivery. Responsible for the ongoing support of processing of all journal content across all products supported by eDevelopment.

 

The job holder will be responsible for the line management of the team and will also help define the strategy of the team. They will recommend technologies and upcoming technologies in line with strategic direction, and provide the appropriate standards, procedures and policies for their use.

 

The role will also encompass a relationship building/maintenance aspect, as one of the key objectives for the team is to be closely aligned with both the business owner & sponsor.

 

Main Activities and Responsibilities

 Responsible for all line management duties for the agile teamEnsure development includes analysis, design, documentation and testing and any other necessary steps to ensure the highest possible quality of development.Ensure regular and clear communications (written/verbal) within the team and business customers and other project stakeholders at all seniority levels.In conjunction with PMs, review all high level project plans to ensure optimum use of technical resources (including vendor resources (where needed)).Review size/composition/skills of the teams and ensure it is has the necessary qualities required for project success.Maintain an excellent understanding of all business domains worked within and understand relative priorities and the business drivers within each business unit.Ensure all projects have quality procedures defined and implemented within all projects. Make recommendations to enhance all processes to improve and maintain their effectiveness and quality.Provide ongoing tracking of progress.

Qualifications:

 

Strong problem solving and technical appreciation skills

Ability to work under pressure and identify priority tasks

Self motivated with the ability to work largely unsupervised

Strong team player

Excellent communication skills

 

Very good overall IT knowledge and awareness

Good organisational awareness

Good overall business awareness

Strong problem solving and technical appreciation skills

Strong analytical skills

Ability to learn rapidly and adapt to a changing technical environment

 

Essential skills:

Marklogic, XQuery, XML/XSLT, J2EE/J2SE, IBM Websphere v5 & v6, ORACLE PL/SQL, Internet technologies, Windows environment (2003/XP)

 

Desirable:

·  C++ and COM

·  UML

·  RUP

·  Oracle

 

Graduate caliber

Degree in Computer Science preferred

Extensive computing experience (predominately software development)

Must be able to demonstrate experience of team leadership and people management

Experience of full software life cycle

Experience of requirements management

 

To apply for this position please send resume and salary requirement to: recruit6000@gmail.com

For direct hire only, no recruiters.