ADP is searching for a Product Development Director for its Marketplace R&D team. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading a team of developers and testes, creation and implementation of development strategy and processes, and delivery of high quality products.
Grow the team to accomplish aggressive product development timeframes
Collaborate with key stakeholders to align development, testing and delivery of defined capabilities
Coordinate day-to-day development activities including release and sprint planning
Manage workload and professional development of the product development team
Help developers resolve both technical problems as well as human resources issues
Set annual performance goals and conduct performance reviews of the staff
Conduct research and integrate best practices into product development
Provide leadership and guidance to coach, motivate, and lead team members
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or related field
Minimum of 5 years of management/ leadership experience in a software development
Minimum 10 years experience working through the design, development, release cycle, and delivering SaaS and cloud-based applications
Experience with agile, leanban and scrum software development methodologies
Ability to set priorities and maintain organization as well as successfully drive others to complete priorities
Strong understanding of the software development cycle
Strong leadership, project management skills, time management, and problem solving skills
Outstanding oral and written communication, and strong presentation skills
Experience in both front-end and back-end programming using modern technologies and frameworks
Experience web technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.JS and others
Experience with test methodologies and automation frameworks
Strong supporter of the DEVOPS model
Understanding of relational and non-relational databases; experience with MongoDB is a plus
Willingness to dive into software environments and technical issues
Generic skills:
Leadership: not only at the management level, but at the individual level -- having the confidence and resilience to take risks -- be self empowered
Communication: understand and express ideas/solutions in a comprehensive and practical format -- knowledge sharing
User Focus: an absolute focus on the user (internal or external) experience -- every aspect of a solution should be productized for ease of use
Improvisation: the ability to think across disciplines and existing boundaries (technologies/business/geographies) - lateral thinking
Collaboration: teamwork with a positive approach to ambiguity
Research: an inclination to continuous research inside and outside the current focus fields
Influence by example: scientific proof of an idea (success or failure) as the presentation tool -- represent an idea in order to promote it
Technical Knowledge: broad and deep technical knowledge with a strong focus on data/objects and API/contracts
Abstract Thinking: view of ideas and solutions as abstractions/patterns that can be leveraged/adapted/reused -- deliver frameworks instead of point solutions
Passion: A need to be "passionate" about producing exceptional solutions in a collaborative environment (eg, Agile methodology preferred). Must always be curious and excited to try new technologies.
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