Director, Application Development

**Job Number** 23009753

**Job Category** Sales & Marketing

**Location** Singapore Regional Office, 2 Harbourfront Place #06-08, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

**Schedule** Full-Time

**Located Remotely?** N

**Relocation?** N

**Position Type** Management


**JOB SUMMARY**:
**CANDIDATE PROFILE**

**Education and Experience**

**Required**:

- Experience in building scalable product services using technologies such as Spring Boot, Play Akka, NodeJS, Service, Reactive framework, event driven architecture
- Experience in Solution and design of Customer Experience platforms leveraging Adobe Experience Manager and Adobe Stack is a must
- Deep experience in building highly scalable and secure modern Digital platform architectures for web platforms
- Experience in building headless and headful solutions with modern UI Stack with node.js, React.js, Redux
- Experience with different types of modern purpose-built storages SQL Databases, no SQL Databases and indexes such as Couchbase, Elastic Search
- Understanding of frameworks, multiple platforms and architecture in a Commerce Domain is a plus
- Designing and building for performance, scalability & reliability of high traffic customer facing digital platforms
- Influencing technology strategy by providing strategic advice, be a trusted advisor to discipline partners for leveraging/customizing AEM to meet their digital marketing requirements
- Experience with server and client-side Graph QL is a plus, to build omni-channel presentation layer for large enterprises
- Management of multiple Omni-Channel development efforts integrating with multiple back-end systems
- Experience with Automation, CI/CD, Release Management processes and Application Deployments.
- Experience with multiple public cloud platforms like AWS and Ali Cloud
- Strong understanding of API platforms, back-end services, database and networking components of full stack infrastructure
- Working in a Product-based model and building strong partnerships with Product owners by providing innovative technology solutions to complex business problems
- Ability to communicate complex technology solutions to both Product owners in a business-friendly manner and to Enterprise Architects in most technical detail
- Direct management of complex budgets in excess of $5M+ annual direct and indirect costs
- Direct management of cross functional, sourced, or matrixed teams
- Undergraduate/graduate degree or equivalent education + experience
- Rich experience in managing and working with diverse geographical Global teams

**Preferred**:

- Demonstrated success leading medium
- to large-scale initiatives/transformations
- Proven management experience in strategic planning and budgeting within one or more business groups
- Experience with and knowledge of IT outsourcing activities in a managed services environment
- Proven knowledge of SDLC; good understanding of ITIL v3 Framework
- Proven knowledge of Agile methodology; preferably SAFe Agile
- Good process management, negotiating, influencing and problem resolution skills
- Proven ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
- Knowledge of business environment, service requirements and hospitality culture
- Demonstrated ability to assess customer/client needs, creatively approach solutions, decide and influence appropriate courses of action
- Solid understanding of IT financial structures and ability to manage to corporate financial processes and standards - including drivers of process costs
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical ideas in easy-to-understand business terms
- Ability to accomplish results through others, particularly by establishing relationships, effective controls and leading in a managed service environment

**CORE WORK ACTIVITIES**

**Managing Application Development Standards, Processes, and Tools**
- Works with direct reports to facilitate consistency of service delivery across client groups
- SDLC standard tools and processes for both waterfall and agile development
- Estimating standard tools and processes, incorporating flexibility for small and large projects
- Deployment standard tools and processes
- Communicates to Application Development leaders’ opportunities to create broader IT related and corporate standards and policies where necessary
- Support Discovery work for APAC initatives

**Managing Day-To-Day Relationships with Teams**
- Provides project management of business projects
- Manages day-to day relationships with all IT teams to promote the delivery of services that meet or exceed the client expectations
- Monitors projects for alignment with defined business case process
- Drives timely resolution of escalated service delivery problems and minimizes the impact of any client service delivery issues
- Provides early warning to the appropriate Business Partnership & Planning leaders and team regarding degraded or missed service le