CIO - Lider rozwoju systemu transakcyjnego - Warszawa, mazowieckie

Opis stanowiska pracy

Responsibilities - Strategy & Planning

In partnership with other company’s managers, identify opportunities and risks for delivering the company’s services as a web-based business, including identification of competitive services, opportunities for innovation, and assessment of marketplace obstacles and technical hurdles to the business success.

Evaluate and identify appropriate technology platforms (including web application frameworks and the deployment stack) for delivering the company’s services.

Lead strategic planning to achieve business goals by identifying and prioritizing development initiatives and setting timetables for the evaluation, development, and deployment of all web-based services.

Establish a governance process that meets government, partner, and company expectations for customer information privacy.

Direct development and execution of an enterprise-wide information security plan that protects the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the company’s data and servers.

Direct development and execution of an enterprise-wide disaster recovery and business continuity plan.

Communicate the company’s technology strategy to investors, management, staff, partners, customers, and stakeholders.

Responsibilities - Implementation & Deployment

Select and set up a software revision control sytem and repository (in the absence of a system administrator).

Select and set up web-based internal communications systems, such as a wiki, blog, chatroom, project management, and bug tracking systems (in the absence of a system administrator).

Hands-on coding in more than one currently popular web application framework

Collaborate with the founders and potential customers to develop use cases (or user stories) and specifications that describe the implementation of the company’s services as a web application.

Select or define the company’s software development methodology.

Establish a specification conformance and testing regimen based on user stories and the User Experience design.

Promulgate coding conventions and documentation standards.

Review current best practices for the selected web framework and establish the initial architecture for the application.

Select and manage company staff or outsourced vendors who will implement the application.

Establish and supervise the software development process, setting short-term objectives and assessing progress as defined by the selected software development methodology.

Conduct code reviews and specification conformance testing as defined by the selected software development methodology.

Establish and supervise a quality assurance process, including integration and system testing.

Select, deploy, and monitor performance profiling tools and procedures.

Review and approve proposed development releases and manage the release process.

Monitor application performance and review any application failures in staging or production.

Establish and monitor a web analytics regime that measures site traffic and application usage relative to business goals.

Support the marketing process by providing implementation of technical requirements for Internet marketing and search engine optimization.

As a member of the senior management team, establish a customer service and support process, with particular responsibility for web-based services that implement the support function. Establish a process to integrate customer service and support with the software engineering process to support resolution of customer issues and improve application usability.

Responsibilities - Operational Management

Maintain up-to-date knowledge of technology standards, industry trends, emerging technologies, and software development best practices by attending relevant conferences

Define and communicate company values and standards for acquiring or developing systems, equipment, or software within the company.

Ensure that technology standards and best practices are maintained across the organization.

Share knowledge, mentor, and educate the organization’s investors, management, staff, partners, customers, and stakeholders with regard to the company’s technological vision, opportunities, and challenges.

Ensure company technical problems are resolved in a timely and cost-effective manner.

Develop, track, and control the development and deployment annual operating and capital budgets for purchasing, staffing, and operations.

Supervise recruitment, training, retention, and organization of all development staff in accordance with the company hiring process, personnel policies, and budget requirements.

Establish standards of performance and monitor conformance for staff (through performance review) and vendors (through service level agreements).