Technology Director

For our client Company Webcast, we are looking for a solid Technology Director with demonstrable affinity with digitization and experience in leading a SAAS development & support team. You are primarily responsible for the vision and strategy on the Company Webcast Technology, as well as the continuous improvement and delivery of the Company Webcast technical platform, allowing their customers to experience an optimal experience.

ABOUT COMPANY WEBCAST
Our client Company Webcast BV, HQ based in the Netherlands, provides high-end webcast and webinar solutions to more than 600 corporates and local governments, through a state-of-the-art platform using the most advanced technology. Company Webcast can handle all aspects of organising, recording, broadcasting and archiving of webcasts, making it possible for the customer to focus on other priorities. The company offers flexible and tailor-made formats, depending on the customers’ needs, i.e. video or audio webcasts on location, conference call webcasts, highly interactive professional studio webinars and self-service webinar licences.

Since February 2017, Company Webcast is part of the Euronext group and rapidly expanding in the Euronext Countries. Euronext Corporate Services offers innovative solutions and tailor-made advisory services to support the listed companies’ journey on the capital markets:
Governance, Communication (
Company Webcast
), Compliance, Investor Relations.

ORGANISATION
In the last 3 years Company Webcast evolved from a local Dutch player to an international strong brand in high-end corporate live video communication. In order to keep with its strong and innovative brand, our client is delivering a new high-end platform to deliver next-gen live video communication. You are part of the Company Webcast management team consisting of:
Sales & Marketing, Operations, Technology, Portfolio Management, HR and Finance. You report to the Managing Director.

As part of the management team of Company Webcast, you are responsible for the vision and strategy on the Company Webcast Technology, as well as the uptime and performance of the platform. It’s key for our client’s customers to rely on the Company Webcast platform to communicate effectively with their stakeholders.

You work closely with the Product Manager who is responsible for maintaining and expanding a successful product portfolio that fits within the various product market combinations.

As Technology Director, you are responsible for the development, support, and operation of the Company Webcast digital platform. You manage a team of around 10 internal/external developers and support engineers. Together with your team, you work daily on the further development of the various components, from front-end to back-end, based on cloud infrastructure.

You are able to create a culture and process that supports innovation and actively participate in the day-to-day management of the team. You involve all stakeholders, both in- and outside the company by working closely with people within the Euronext tech environment (Dev-Ops team, infosec) and align the business needs with an eye for security.

Your core responsibilities include:

• Align the technology strategy with the overall strategy.
• Forecast, plan, research and select new technologies enabling the company to achieve the business goals.
• Continuously develop and innovate the technical platform to fulfil the current and future requirements.
• Interact with business partners across the organization to identify opportunities and drive growth.
• Identify and execute on business process improvements related to technical applications, systems and client implementations.
• Manage the software delivery and support team.
• Manage the operations (uptime & performance) of the platform.
• Participate in key customer meetings to support the sales team on technology.
• Negotiate and manage critical vendor relationships.

We are looking for a Technology Director with extensive experience in the following:

• Master’s degree;
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in a senior management role;
• Extensive experience in the field of IT development and IT continuity,…