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It & Development Senior Manager
Reference No. - JB1144363

We are seeking a IT & Development Senior Manager that will be responsible for managing the technical infrastructure and the building compelling digital promotion distribution products for mass consumers and business clients. As a Head of IT & Development, you will work closely with marketing managers, sales executives, and commercial managers to drive our technical products, and maintain complete life cycles of products, and distribution channels (Mobile, Web, TV and other digital applications) from planning, execution, testing and maintenance.

Responsibilities:

1. Manage technical infrastructure, connectivity, platforms, and data center.
2. Developing and managing a pipeline of compelling propositions and products that are in line with company overall strategy and direction.
3. Make informed decisions of technology direction taking into consideration usability, costs, management, etc.
4. Introducing new technologies and supervise their implementation throughout the whole organization and monitoring their success according to KPIs.
5. Gathering and prioritizing requirements, defining the product vision, and working closely with the rest of the team to ensure business feasibility objectives and customer satisfaction goals are met.
6. Manage the implementation of the products those in house developed and outsourced, including managing delivery timelines, testing, and graphics coordination, conducting concept usability tests and managing bandwidth requirements.
7. Develop new features, concepts & services based on our business partners' and marketing requirements, market development and technical feasibility.
8. Build and manage a motivated team that is driven by a culture of insightful innovation.
9. You will be the technical key interface to internal business units, third party development partners internally, regionally and internationally.

Skills
Our ideal candidate will be able to come up with creative distribution concepts and demonstrate the capabilities of turning abstract requirement into concrete design specifications.

1. Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or equivalent
2. Minimum 7 years experience 3 of which as head of IT products development or project management in the internet, and mobile industry.
3. Demonstrated track record of successfully planning, deploying and managing large-scale, full life-cycle end-user projects implementations with proven ability to make value-driven decisions
4. Have the ability to manage the product development process regardless of the technology used, from conception through completion.
5. Experience working in mobile distribution technology, and have a good understanding of the interactive space.
6. The candidate will be well versed in the use of current digital technologies, data networking, wireless networks and content management systems.
7. Technical spec writing skills in addition to strong presentation skills, written and oral communication skills in English.
8. Dynamic personality, multi-tasking and have the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
9. Excellent teamwork skills and proven ability to manage internal and external resources effectively.
10. Aware of data security and compliance issues.
Must possess in-depth knowledge of software development and testing practices, concepts, technology, methodology, and industry trends.
11. Must possess exceptional Customer service skills and an understanding that engineering exists to serve applications development

Gender: Male

 Job Category Arts/Entertainment/and Media
 Location Beirut, Lebanon
 Career Level Middle (5-10 years exp.)
 Date Posted October 13th, 2009
 Posted by Bayt dot Com Company Profile
Bayt dot Com
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