Job expirat
- Supervise recruitment of skilled resources (using TechTeam Akela¿s support functions)
- Mentor and coach development team, identify training needs and organize corresponding training
- Manage staffing (with special focus on billability)
- Manage staff performance review (with TechTeam Akela) ensuring staff gets timely project feedback
- Supervise delivery activities with special focus on quality
- Enforce use of client administration tools with special focus on timely and correct time & expenses entries
- Participate in billable projects (as time allows)
- Understand and propagate the client¿s vision and message
- Lead & motivate the development team to go the extra mile whenever necessary
The ideal candidate must have following background
- Deep IT consulting experience (leading complex projects with international clients)
- Consulting operations experience
- Confirmed managerial skills (with proven line management experience)
- Master in Computer Science combined with MBA or equivalent.
GENERAL COMPETENCIES
- Willingness and courage to take on responsibility and accountability (result-oriented)
- Caring about people, ability to coach and develop
- Respectful and engaging, encouraging open communication
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Smart problem-solver (independently and in group situations) and the ability to learn quickly
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high volume, deadline-driven environment
- Experience in the client¿s key practice areas (Next Generation Internet / Web2.0, document and content management, customer relationship management, collaboration/knowledge management, business integration, portals, identity management) preferred
- Interest in and passion for open source
- Excellent command of English in speaking and writing, ability to conduct highly interactive meetings. A second language: French and / or German a must
- Good personal presentation & professional appearance.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- While the focus is on managing and developing Bucharest staff, the Candidate should be familiar with a majority of the areas listed below:
- Skills in systems analysis and detail design cross application architectures
- Experience in all phases of one or more development methodologies
- Ability to evaluate new enterprise architectures and understand new technologies, industry trends
- Knowledge and experience with design patterns, best practices and in performance engineering
- Experience in Object Oriented Technology and Relational Database
- Application development experience with the following technologies: J2EE, PHP
- Ability to provide team with:
- Technical direction to developers at all levels
- Guidance and mentoring to development staff
- Experience in project management, including knowledge of project/task estimation and tracking
- Experience with Open Source technologies (e.g. JBoss, MySQL, Apache, Lamp, RedHat, SuSE, OpenCMS, SugarCRM, etc.).
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS
- Flexibility and willingness to travel
Means and environment for putting initiative into practice
Career advancement opportunities within a multinational corporation
Attractive package
Exposure to one of the fastest growing verticals in Romania
Backed by an 8-year proven track record, TechTeam Akela is a premier provider of Software Outsourcing services to a large client base in Western Europe and the USA. TechTeam Akela brings together top technical talent, positive thinking, strong resources and a professional, CMMI-based approach to software development. TechTeam Akela is the software division of US-based TechTeam Global, Inc (Nasdaq:TEAM).
