Senior Technology Lead

Senior Technology Lead

At Horizontal Digital we hold ourselves to one key belief: Youre only as good as your worst customer experience. This mantra is what drives our digital consultancy to think beyond the easy answers and instead create websites apps portals and other experiences that solve customer needs for Fortune 500 companies in intuitive and empathetic ways. And we make this lofty standard a reality by fusing strategy data design and technology together to arrive at solutions that set the bar higher for everyone.

We use these values to fuel superior results:

Lock arms
We forge relationships that make our impact 1000x stronger. This means working across departments and engaging both our clients and our communities to deliver the greatest good.

Show hustle
Were not ones to sit on our hands and wait. Instead we anticipate opportunities collectively roll up our sleeves and find ways to execute the exceptional.

Embrace change
From new technologies to workplace philosophies we welcome the unexpected and constantly anticipate whats next.

Elevate empathy
We listen before we take action. This means understanding a variety of perspectives and holding ourselves to a higher standard of accountability.

Never settle
We motivate each other to push past the easy answers and collectively arrive at bigger more inspiring ideas.

But enough about us. Lets talk about you

As a Senior Technology Lead at Horizontal Digital you will manage develop and implement technology solutions for clients. The Technology Lead is a critical role for the team and will own the full technology stack that supports our digital solutions.

Were looking for a digital technology expert who is comfortable leading as a player/coach. In this role you will manage developer resources and work sidebyside with project teams as an active participant defining requirements shaping technical solutions and taking a handson approach to implementation and quality assurance. You will work across multiple projects with a diverse team consisting of a mix of front and backend developers digital strategists project managers and the UX/creative team. Your goal is to manage a team to produce great work expand our technical capabilities and help clients meet digital objectives.

What youll do:

• Assign and oversee the daily tasks of a team of developers to produce intuitive scalable and effective experiences for our clients.

• Clear blockers impediments and act as an escalation point.

• Coach mentor and develop staff including performance reviews training and providing career development opportunities.

• Help win new business by actively participating in proposal development estimating and client presentations.

• Actively meet with clients to assess digital technology challenges and translate business needs into technical requirements.

• Lead planning execution and delivery of digital technology solutions such as website builds systems integration or application development.

• Continuously improve our approach to digital technology and ensure our development process complies with the highest quality accessibility and security standards.

• Communicate status progress and risks to project team.

• Work with Talent Acquisition to recruit interview select and hire as needed.

• Participate and play a leadership role in sprint planning meetings to ensure that the team understands their objectives and has committed to completing their work on an agreedupon timeline

What you bring:

• 10 years of handson development experience with digital content management systems specifically Sitecore and proficiency in one or more web programming languages (.Net C#).

• 4 years managing others.

• 35 years of experience leading design and implementation of digital technology solutions using Agile/Scrum methodologies.

• Experience with CSS HTML5 JavaScript and frontend development frameworks in web mobile and social media environments.

• Experience integrating with search platforms and analytics technologies such as Google Adobe or Coveo.

• Demonstrated management and communication skills.

• Business development experience specifically with scoping projects estimating and presenting technical solutions to prospective clients.

• Ability to gather and analyze business goals and translate them into technical strategy and roadmap.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering or a related field preferred.

You get bonus points for:

• Agency experience.

• Recent Sitecore and/or Microsoft certifications.

Required Experience:

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