Director Development - HubSpot CMS

Smart Bug Media is the most decorated Hub Spot agency, recognized as a leader in crafting digital solutions that empower organizations to thrive across the entire customer lifecycle. From marketing and sales to revenue operations, customer success, and e-commerce, we combine sound strategies, cutting-edge AI, and digital innovation to deliver solutions that de-risk the future and drive sustainable growth.

With a fully remote team of over 250 professionals, we excel at creating intelligent web and digital ecosystems—from corporate websites to complex web applications—seamlessly integrated with AI-powered solutions. By aligning Smart Bug's expertise with our clients' unique business realities, we build scalable, innovative tools that become engines for growth, setting the course for long-term success.

The Development Lead is a key leadership and strategic role, responsible for leading and mentoring the team of developers and acting as a senior technical liaison for the business. This role involves significant time (estimated 50-70%) dedicated to people leadership, technical scoping, sales collaboration, and resource planning. The remainder (30-50%) is focused on senior-level development tasks, technical architecture oversight, and hands-on resolution of urgent, complex client issues.

This

leader will ensure technical excellence, developer growth, and alignment between technical execution and business objectives, primarily within the Hub Spot CMS (Content Hub).

• Leadership & People Management:
  
  - Lead, manage, and mentor a team of front-end developers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
  
  - Conduct performance reviews, manage professional development plans, and support the career growth of team members.
  
  - Serve as the primary people leader for the development team, ensuring morale, motivation, and team effectiveness. Create forward thinking development training plan for any future state coding languages, themes or platforms that the team intends to support. Keeps pulse on the market to know what is coming in Hub Spot development.
• Scoping & Business
  
  Collaboration:
  
  - Partner with the Sales team on new business and new upsell opportunities, providing expert technical scoping, estimates, and solution design for complex projects. Collaborate closely with the Program Management team to manage project resourcing, timelines, and technical debt. Manage the translation of business requirements and sales proposals into actionable technical plans and resource allocations.
• Technical Leadership & Oversight:
  
  - Act as the final escalation point for urgent, senior-level client development issues and technical challenges, providing hands-on resolution when necessary. Define and enforce best practices, coding standards, and architectural patterns for Hub Spot CMS themes, templates, and React-based custom modules. Oversee code reviews, ensuring all developed assets are optimized for maximum speed, scalability, cross-browse compatibility, and accessibility. Stay current with Hub Spot CMS updates, new front-end technologies, and make recommendations for adoption.
  
  Infrequent support for urgent (site down or conversion broken) requests on Pacific Time hours will be required if the broader team is not available.

• This position holds direct supervisory and people leadership responsibilities for the development team, including managing performance, career development, and daily team guidance.

• Proven People Leadership
  
  Skills:
  
  Demonstrated success in leading, mentoring, and managing a team of developers.
• Excellent Business Communication:
  Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts and implications to both the development team, non-technical stakeholders, and the Sales team for effective scoping and collaboration.
• Expertise in Hub Spot CMS development, including Hub Spot Design Manager, dynamic pages, blogs, and landing pages. Membership portal and custom coded workflow experience a major plus.
• Proficiency in React and modern JavaScript/ES6+.
• Demonstrated ability to manage scoping, estimate effort accurately, and align development resources with…