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| Company: |
High-Tech Professionals |
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| Job Title: |
Agile Development Manager |
| Job category: |
Software Development |
| Job Location: |
Mexico City - Mexico |
| Job Reference Number: |
1673 |
| Job Description: |
Job Title: Agile Development Manager
Location: Open to relocat to Mexico City, Mexico for 1 year
Type: Perm
Salary: 85-110K+
Description:
This position reports directly to company CEO. In this position you will:
- Lead multiple teams of Java developers and other disciplines in an open, advanced Agile, startup environment.
- Work with project manager (ScrumMaster) and senior management on project planning to ensure a successful product launch.
- Learn the organization´s existing codebase, requirements, and practices in order to earn authority and address issues in an informed fashion.
- Learn and contribute to the organization’s quality engineering strategy.
- Predict and address technical obstacles and architectural risks to project.
I- dentify, contract, and liaise with external consulting expertise as required for successful product launch and version release projects.
- Represent the technical side of the operation in meetings with current and potential investors.
- Work with HR and Recruiting personnel to advance technical team member recruiting and retention processes and practices.
- Motivate and inspire dev team members to achieve their greatest performance.
- Create and implement performance appraisal mechanisms in conjunction with HR in order to fairly evaluate technical resources and create effective incentive programs.
- Communicate openly and directly with dev and other teams, PM, and senior management at all times to eliminate risk, politics, and any other negative elements in the environment and culture.
Reports:
16+ Senior and other level Java developers initially will directly report to this position, and growing to include other technical disciplines (database architects/admins, network architects/admins, IT), and creative (graphic design) personnel
Level of people with whom this person will have dealings:
a) Internally: All levels of organization
b) Externally: Consultants, vendors, investors |
Skills Required:: |
- Requisite technical background and skills
- Extensive Agile experience and knowledge
- Adaptability
- Communication
- Strong leadership in a progressive, flat, “earned leadership” environment (i.e., leadership by influence rather than authority, by the merit of one´s ideas)
- Startup experience
Desired but not required:
Java certification
Agile certification (PO or SM)
Specific domain experience (P2P, entertainment-industry)
Product launch experience
VC and/or IPO experience
Experience required in order of importance:
Recent, advanced core Java and related technologies.
Management experience.
Agile experience.
Track record of tackling complex game-changing technical goals successfully.
Advanced code line management experience and skills including branching and merging.
Database architecture and admin.
Network architecture and admin.
Education
Undergraduate Degree Required: BA in CS or related
Masters Desired: CS, Mgmt, related
Additional Requirements:
Open to relocation at Mexico city for 1 year.
Speak and understand 40% Spanish
Have the CSM (Certified Scrum Master)
Management skills (The dev team needs to feel they can rely on this person)
60% Tech skills and 40% Management and Agile skills.
Key Skills:
Strong Technical skills, Agile experience, leadership, startup experience, 40% Spanish, Certified Scrum Master |
Language Requirements: |
English-Very GoodSpanish-Very GoodOther: 40% Spanish |
| Employment Type: |
Full Time |
| Yearly Salary: |
85000 USD |
| Posting Date: |
2009-11-03 |
| Level of Education: |
Bachelor |
| Years of Work Experience: |
7 to 10 Years |
| Job also available in: |
Open to relocat to Mexico City, Mexico for 1 year |
| Company: |
High-Tech Professionals |
| Contact Name: |
High-Tech Professionals |
| Preferred Method of Contact: |
E-mail |
| Preferred Language of Resume/Application: |
English |
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