Technical Architect
JOB DESCRIPTION
We are the firm that industry leaders hire to create concepts for the next generation of their websites, systems and applications. We work on stimulating projects with big brands such as Intuit, Autodesk, Aetna, ESPN, Google and Fidelity. We are growing and we are energetic as evidenced by being recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of America's fastest growing companies in 2010. We are based in beautiful and historic Portsmouth, NH with offices in Boston, MA and Louisville, KY and service clients all over the world. We pride ourselves on offering our staff challenging creative projects and great benefits that includes: flex-time, extended company holidays, summer Fridays, health and dental care, profit sharing and a generous retirement account contribution.As a Mad*Pow Technical Architect, your main task will be to organize and lead the development effort of a client organization's technical solution. You will be responsible for the development of the overall vision that underlies the projected design vision and transforming that vision through execution into the final solution.
QUALITIES WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
• Experience as a technical architect within a digital agency setting
• Leadership
• Ability to ask the right questions and listen for the right answers
• Communicate with C-level client team members
• Positive attitude
• Concise documentation and presentation skills
• Independence
• Flexibility
• Ability to travel
AS A MAD*POW TECHNICAL ARCHITECT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:
Business Development:
• Assisting the business development life cycle by serving as a product SME, helping identify and qualify business development opportunities
• Growing and maintaining vendor relationships with development and technology partners
Marketing:
• Writing, or direct the writing, of white papers that provide insight around development and technology
• Acting as a visionary and strategist for development and technology
• Speaking at conferences and seeking authorship opportunities in trade publications
• Helping the marketing department create marketing materials and position strategies development and technology solutions
Leadership & Management:
• Translating business, functional/system, user and implementation requirements into websites/system/application design documents
• Overseeing specific aspects of the project life cycle, from initial kickoff through requirements analysis, development and implementation
• Ensuring proper quality assurance practices for every project
• Managing a team of direct reports
• Interfacing and coordinating tasks with internal and external technical resources
• Assisting resource coordinators to define overall staffing and recruiting needs
• Mentoring and guiding more junior technical resources
Documentation:
• Creating technical architecture and other documentation that is necessary to deliver a high quality solution
EXPERIENCE WITH THE FOLLOWING IS A PLUS:
• Defining requirements (business, functional, user and implementation) for large websites, applications and systems that require a Content Management System for editing and publishing digital content
• Partnering with large complex organizations
• Working in a digital agency setting
OTHER DEETS:
This is a full time position offering a fun and exciting working environment in a rapidly growing company, competitive salary and great benefits. We will only look at candidates who can commute to Portsmouth, NH or our office in Boston, MA.
HOW TO APPLY
REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTACTING US:We are a results-driven firm. We deliver on our client's business goals and we enjoy doing it. This is why we have been so successful, therefore candidates who include salary requirements and an example in their cover letter of how their efforts produced results on a specific project or within an organization, will be given preferential treatment. Please email your information and samples (if applicable) to careers@madpow.net.
No recruiters please!