Director of Product Development

Job Description

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly organized and creative-minded individual to oversee the

development team, and to effectively coordinate the company’s software product

development and maintenance. The director shall be responsible for ensuring the

company’s resources provide a return on investment and will provide senior

management with a transparent and clear view into achieving those goals

through regular updates and reports. The director will work closely with the

Director of Product Support and the company President.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the administration of departmental needs, including: hiring, training, managing staff , approving

PTO and time sheets.

• Create, evaluate, and maintain the departmental procedures and standards, keeping them updated within

Confluence.

• Oversee the assignment of resources to development projects, and ensure that resources are being used

effectively, and deadline are met.

• Using JIRA, ensure that development project notes and hours are thoroughly tracked by the staff , and

reported to senior leadership weekly.

• Oversee weekly development and code review meetings with the department managers.

• Handle critical system issues with expediency to support those servicing our customers.

• Negotiate the technical specifications of third party customizations and integrations.

• Work with senior management to envision and realize a more valuable product.

• Mentor junior staff regularly, helping them fill the gaps in their knowledge and grow as individuals.

• Hold the development staff accountable for the reliability of their code, and for their ability to make

deadlines without drawing too much on outside resources.

• Work with operations to ensure the security of our code and data, and that the department has the

resources it needs to move quickly.

• Oversee both a UI Designer and UX developer to keep the system designs up to date and moving

forward.

Qualifications

• At least ten years of experience in a full stack environment

• Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio

• Familiarity with Razor, Blazor, C#, EDIFACT and ASP.NET

• Working knowledge of React, and TypeScript

• Extensive experience with SQL Server

• Extensive knowledge of HTML, CSS and Javascript

• Experience with both SOAP and REST web services

Required Attributes

• Imagination

• Enjoy people

• Be self-motivated, with a positive attitude and strong communication skills

• Possess strong conceptual and design skills and be able to work eff ectively with a programming team in

improving the conceptual, technical and creative performance of our online presence.

• Able to juggle multiple projects, work e ffi ciently, and meet deadlines.

• Be highly energetic and organized with a thorough knowledge of the products and services and have an

aptitude to estimate, establish and communicate goals to your team and ensure that they are met.

• Be a team player, adaptable to change and stay calm under pressure.

• Have the ability to inspire people to perform.

Preferred Experience

• Knowledge of the travel and leisure industry is a plus

• Familiarity with an integrated development environment

• Some knowledge of networks and servers

• XML Schema Experience