Associate Tech Director - Client Projects
ZeroLight, United Kingdom
Job Description
The Associate Technical Director will be responsible for delivering individual client projects within ZeroLight from concept to full implementation with the support of the Tech Director.
For this position we are seeking an experienced Lead or Senior Engineer with experience delivering successful software development projects, looking to take the next step in their career.
This role will form part of the Project Delivery Team, who work on bespoke projects, leveraging the core ZeroLight technologies to deliver on and exceed customer expectations. This role will lead these projects, liaising with our automotive clients and developing a team of talented engineers from graduate to senior level whilst upholding the ZeroLight values of innovation and quality first.
You will lead a small team of developers, ensuring that they are aware of their individual roles and responsibilities and are fully motivated and maximised during the project lifecycle.
We are happy to accept applications from those seeking to work remotely for this role.
Detailed responsibilities for this level of role include:
Your Experience:
- Lead the development of automotive projects, taking responsibility for the technical delivery of products.
- Manage a team of engineers, including recruitment of key team members, developing individual skillsets and supporting career development.
- Effectively communicate technical progress and development with clients, working alongside the Project Manager to ensure clear communication of project status at all times.
- Develop, write, test and debug visual experiences and associated authoring tools.
- Write clear, maintainable and portable code.
- Designing and implementing solutions to challenging technical problems.
- Regularly report progress to Line Manager as well as be able to present solutions to peers.
- Support and promote the ZeroLight quality first ethos.
Ownership amp; Accountability:
- Deliver projects / tasks on time and in line with original estimates in terms of project length and resourcing, this will often include an awareness of concurrent projects that must be accounted for.
- Have a full understanding of project deliverables from the onset, working with the Project Management team to ensure a cohesive understanding of what needs to be delivered by what date, and highlight resourcing shortfall to the Technical Director and HR.
- Translate project / task specification into a full technical delivery plan, looking at dependencies across teams and communicating these to key stakeholders.
- Organise work schedule for team in line with project requirements.
- Ensure issues relating to your projects / services are discussed with the Technical Director with your proposed solutions, and that risks or delays are communicated as soon as possible to all stakeholders.
- Make difficult decisions in a fair and efficient manner, backed by evidence.
- Management of company tools such as Tempo, Jira, Activity Timeline to ensure your project team is aware of the importance of using these and do so in a timely manner.
- Responsible for achievement of department goals and overall team performance through effective performance management, setting challenging objectives for individuals and supporting them to progress in their career.
- Ensure that your team is fully resourced, providing visibility on any resource issues in advance to guarantee that the project is not impacted.
- Recruit and onboard new employees working closely with the Talent Development Team.
- Continually work with individual employees to develop their expertise and identify growth areas (not only at PDR time), discuss how they can progress their careers and the level of responsibility required for them to do this.
- Ensure that all your Line Management responsibilities (PDRs, pay reviews, holistic support) are a top priority and carried out in the required timeframes.
- Identify and manage suitable outsourcers / contractors, ensure their time is maximised whilst on projects.
- Ensure you have an oversight on collaboration with other teams to safeguard seamless delivery of projects (for instance, where projects have dependencies across multiple departments).
- Develop a culture of collaboration, asking questions and sharing knowledge within your project team.
- Work with Technical Directors to ensure that the structure of each project is in line with company strategy on technical design amp; architecture.
People
- Responsible for achievement of department goals and overall team performance through effective performance management, setting challenging objectives for individuals and supporting them to progress in their career.
- Ensure that your