ASSISTANT TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

Would you like to join a fresh, ambitious, dynamic and fast paced development firm? One that develops web sites for one of the top leaders in the social networking industry? Not only are we innovative but we utilize leading edge technology. Do not miss your opportunity to be apart of this exciting, vigorous, and mind-blowing organization!!!

SUMMARY:
Reporting to the Chief Technical Director (CTO), this is a leadership role responsible for the overall technical operations of Instaclick, Toronto office. This position will be directly responsible for the overall technical management of the following departments: PMO, development, quality assurance, systems, and architecture in support of the Instaclick Production site network. The Assistant Technical Director will work directly with Senior Management in planning and project discussions for Instaclick, as well as ideas for increasing overall traffic and revenue for Instaclick.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
o Assist in the development and implementation of overall strategic and operational direction to the company’s technology planning.
o Analyze and assess areas of risk to systems and recommend/implement changes as appropriate to the business.
o Ensure that new technologies are properly analyzed and implemented as necessary.
o Help develop and implement strategic objectives and operating policies and procedures to ensure the attainment of corporate goals.
o Keeping infrastructure costs under control, suggesting areas of savings and following smart spending and purchase tracking processes.
o Help in engineering execution, schedule, budget, and strategic planning.
o Manage directly PMO, Development Manager, QA Manager, Systems Team Lead, and Architecture Team Lead for Instaclick.
o Ensure that work standards, processes and procedures are in place and effectively utilized by PMO, Development, QA, Systems and Architecture.
o Work with other cross-functional teams to ensure that purpose and vision are translated into clear team goals and objectives.
o Act as single point of escalation for LA/Toronto interoffice issues, interfacing with required resources to see issues are resolved in a timely manner.
o Help develop and maintain company resource plans – assist in adapting these plans to changing market and budgetary conditions.
o Report on team deliverables, commitments, and milestone progress/completion.
o Effectively manage risk, including monitoring, system redundancy and backups based on business requirements and acceptable risk by developing action/execution plans to mitigate risks on critical path work.
o Supervise, coach, motivate and inspire team members to maintain healthy group dynamics while maintaining company directives and policies.
o Assist in recruiting, developing, and retaining technical talent.
o Perform outside technical consultation as directed by the CTO.
o Perform special tasks and projects company-wide, as assigned by the CTO.
o As a member of Senior Management, duties may be modified to meet specific business challenges.
o Other duties as assigned.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:
o Minimum of 10 years experience of management/leadership experience in a technology-oriented organization required.
o Strong written and verbal skills.
o Strong understanding of software development lifecycles, Project Management, and QA.
o PHP Frameworks experience required
o Test Driven Development experience required
o Strong documentation and organizational practices.
o Extensive experience with many of these:
o OSX / FreeBSD (Both hardware and Operating Systems)
o MySQL database clustering, maintenance and troubleshooting
o LAN/WAN setup and troubleshooting
o Linux-based and other firewall technology
o Backup technologies
o Systems security
o Expertise with multiple Web technologies including but not limited to: PHP, HTML, Apache/MySQL, Lighttpd
o Familiarity with Apple XSAN and FCAL networks
o Knowledge of Open source development & web applications
o Exceptional problem determination and creative problem solving skills

APPLICATION PROCESS:
Please submit resume to [email protected] referencing the following on the subject of the email "CVforums" along with title of the position.

** Please note that this is a permanent full-time position located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.