Director - Technology - SapientNitro - New York

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Job Title: Director, Technology

Job Summary:
The Director, Technology has high-level responsibility for understanding, planning, and leading the delivery of Technology solutions on client projects. This individual should assume the role of the client’s trusted advisor on technology-related topics including technology strategy. For both clients and project teams, we expect the Director, Technology to frame the business value from technology initiatives and articulate this value to meet the client’s business goals and objectives.

The Director will work with other local Technology leadership within their business unit to mentor, coach and guide Associate through Sr. Manager, Technology people. In performing the essential functions of this role, the work environment is fast-paced, moderately noisy and team-based. Additionally, frequent overnight travel is required.

Key Responsibilities include:
Utilizes OO design principles in creating complex custom software solutions or modifying package solutions. Identifies the limits of the tools being used and recommends. Identifies the design vs. implementation tradeoffs with the tools being used. Owns the design of a module. Translates the impact of design on scalability, performance, etc. into the project. Leads a team of Sapient and client people in business and technical designs of a module. Manages dependencies across other modules
Translates the client’s business requirements into a component design Challenges business design and creates alternative business design solutions
Writes bug free code. Strives for a deep understanding and expertise with the tools being used. Sets standards for the team. Coaches Associates, Sr. Associates, Managers, and Sr. Managers, Technology on the team. Identifies problem areas in their module and actively works to fix them
Promotes the value of project processes and establishes these processes on a new project. Educates and ensures that team follows processes Defines and assesses completeness of work
Reviews other’s estimates and points out holes. Assesses how project risks will impact estimates
Mentors other Associates, Sr. Associates, Managers, and Sr. Managers on the team
Communicates difficult scenarios to the client. Facilitates workshops and meetings with the client
Participates in extending knowledge of their area of specialization within Sapient. Guides a team in using their area of expertise. Reviews implementation models and recommends pros/cons of different approaches. Participates in accumulating and disseminating specialty Best Practices. Attends marketing shows and events and can evaluate vendors and influence Sapient’s technology investment. Applies vendors application programming model and Sapient’s position on it

Job Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree required degree in Computer Science or related field preferred or equivalent military experience
Certification within their area of specialization is required
Minimum 8-10 years of experience in enterprise architecture, systems integration, package implementation, and/or interactive design, and Architecture experience; Strong leadership and communication skills to effectively client accounts and multi-track Sapient teams
Each track of work might consist of 30 - 60 people through multiple tracks of work through the development life cycle
Proven mentoring and coaching abilities to ensure effective growth plans of technology members of Sapient teams
Ability to understand critical issues and bring appropriate resolution to cross-industry, complex issues
Ability to drive complex estimates that take one or more projects into account and to effectively communicate risks and dependencies to client
Experience in: Integration and development, Package implementation, Interactive Design
Knowledge of multiple technologies including (but not limited to): J2EE, CGI, HTML, DHTML, XML, JavaScript, Java, Visual Basic, PL/SQL

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