Regional Mobile/ Web Technical Manager

- Regional Mobile Technical Manager reports directly to Regional IT Senior Manager. The position combines managerial responsibilities with hands-on technical expertise

+ Will create a digital product roadmap based on business priorities and customer needs, work with Business team to translate the roadmap into quality experiences, and work with Technology Team, Contractors, and 3rd party vendors to implement within tight timelines.

+ Responsible for leading the technical direction and implementation of custom-built websites, system integrations, and mobile/web apps at regional level – supporting SEA markets (Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos..).

+ This will include working directly with third party vendors to manage external and remote development s/ support resources, managing their service delivery and deliverables.

+ Travel to each site will be required (SEA Markets).

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

+ Establish the foundation of languages, toolkits, libraries, and platforms for use by the development team to facilitate the building of reliable, supportable, and affordable solutions.

+ Establish standards, practices, and code implementation patterns for use by the development team.

+ Enforce Source Code and version control across multiple parties

+ Provide subject matter expertise and direction for insights gained from experience on digital product project delivery

+ Research emerging technologies, prototype systems, evaluate feasibility, and delegate related tasks to the development team, contractors, and 3rd party vendors to solve technical problems.

+ Provide technical assistance in the development of bid specifications for implementation of new software applications

+ Act as the technical stakeholder for existing products by identifying risk and advocating for product refactors, re-writes, and decommissions to ensure efficiency and effectiveness

+ Plan, assign and manage the activities of internal and external resources involved in the entire application development lifecycle from conceptualization, design, test, release and support.

+ Responsible for helping the team achieve high performance through the implementation of best practices in agile, continuous delivery, and test-driven development, contribute technically in architecture, design, and implementation.

+ Drive enablement of 3rd party digital/mobile wallet integration, including tokenization and payments infrastructure, for clients.

+ Effectively applies our methodology and enforces project standards.

-  Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Management Information Systems and relevant experience in software development, development team management, deployment management, and infrastructure management·      

-  Minimum 4-year experience in project management with consumer mobile applications,

-  Hands-on experience developing Android and iOS applications.

-  Experience leading Agile teams and projects to deliver working software iteratively with quality

-  Experience dealing with cloud-based hosting services and external hosting partners

-  Experience collaborating with product managers, designers, and other engineering leaders in cross-functional groups

-  Experienced in front-end development using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstraps, JQuery, and experience with React will be an advantage

-  Experience with development tools such as Visual Studio, Jira, Git, Bitbucket and CI/CD tools

-  Knowledge of interfacing with backend systems in JAVA, J2EE, ORM, SQL and NoSQL - databases,

-  Knowledge of disciplined software release build/deploy processes

-  Good understanding of UX/UI, SEO principles and cross-browser compatibility issues

-  Prior experience in integration to ERP, CRM, Payment and logistics gateways will be a bonus

-  Good command in English (4 skills)