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Technology Director
Critical Mass
Alberta Calgary, , Canada
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We are an experience design agency with a relentless focus on the customer.
The way a customer experiences a brand has a profound impact on perception, purchase behaviour and loyalty. That’s why our work begins and ends with our clients’ customers. We listen to them. Validate with them. We even include them in our experience design process. We do this to create experiences that are simpler, more useful, entertaining, and convenient. Our mission is to in some way change their lives for the better.
Today we’re 950 people in 11 offices on 4 continents.
We are thinkers. Makers. Do’ers. We speak a dozen different languages and are inspired by a million different things. But no matter what our discipline is or where we are in the world, we’re united by a common excitement for digital that’s absolute and contagious.
Technology Director
The Technology Director is the visionary leader who guides Critical Mass’ technical evolution and growth. You’re our clients’ technical partner and good friend, and an internal resource who keeps tabs on development trends and breakthroughs. You’ll oversee all technical aspects of project work, and work closely with other disciplines at Critical Mass to come up with the best possible solutions. To help keep your discipline busy, you’ll also consult on new business development, research and requirement gathering
Responsibilities:
• Lead the development team in implementing project designs, standards and processes
• Support lead developers in developing strong relationships with team members within the department as well as company wide
• Consult on enterprise technologies in the digital platform space, e.g.: CMS, Payments, Search, etc.
• Develop and document high-level technical designs such as architectural diagrams
• Contribute to organic business development, research and requirement gathering
• Assist in development and maintenance of technical standards for the Technology department
• Ensure all Technology department processes are understood and implemented
• Participate in and lead evaluations and performance reviews of Technology department team members
• Act as in-house expert on various technologies and assist others in learning these technologies
• Ability to foster communication across a distributed development team
Requirements:
• 5+ years experience delivering web solutions
• 3+ years of experience as a technical lead on large web-based B2C projects
• Experience with mobile first and responsive web development
• Experience with cross browser, cross platform issues, DOM and W3C Web Standards
• Experience with leading a distributed team utilizing modern communication tools
• Familiarity with Atlassian project management tools, i.e. Jira, Confluence
• Ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary environment that include graphic designers, business analysts, strategists and account managers
• Ability to communicate with clients daily, acting as a representative of Critical Mass from a technical & business development standpoint