Director, Product Development
Location
Itanagar | India
Job description
If you are looking for a meaningful job where people work and act with passion, rethink the existing and always strive to find the best solution - you have come to the right place. We develop future technologies to conquer supply chain complexity, together.
Role / Responsibilities / Main Tasks - Attend team SCRUMs a couple of times a week to stay in touch with the team, ensure agile functions are being followed, and progress is being made on projects
- Contribute to project discussions regarding staffing and timing
- Assist squad leaders in capacity planning discussions with product management, as needed.
- Be the liaison for support escalations between squad leaders and partners, professional services, and customer escalations when needed
- Coordinate cross-team initiatives between Directors/Squad Leaders
- Execute quality initiatives proposed by the Vice President of Development
- Ensure teams are participating in broader company priorities as applicable – i.e. Align priorities
- People management responsibilities including planning, delegating project assignments, performance management, coaching and counseling, and communication
- Ensure the squad leaders are planning releases for each major release following the product development processes
- Ensure proper resource planning based on the roadmap and budget
- Ensure squad leaders are addressing releases that are running late in PD Dashboard
- Refine, document, and be the ambassador for ALM processes
- Ensure all squads have implemented automated builds as well as have optimized the software build and deployment process
- Ensure squad leaders are following best practices around software development during projects and the release cycle
- Work with the squad leaders to establish goals and standards for automated testing and ensure automation is implemented
- Work with remote or offshore management
- Define and implement process improvements to continue to refine the development and QA functions at Körber Supply Chain
- Assist the Vice President of Development with special projects
Main Interfaces of Cooperation & Communication - Vice President of Development – Work direction and team status updates
- Squad leaders – Release Planning, coordination, and communication as well as provide work direction
- Product Owner/Manager – Release Planning, coordination, and communication
Education, Requirements, And Qualifications - Bachelor's degree (QA, Computer Science, or related field) or equivalent work experience
- Five years of experience working in the development of software
- Scrum Master certification or equivalent work experience leading Agile Scrum teams
Professional Requirements/Skills - Ability to manage the day-to-day activities indirectly through squad leaders.
- Ability to manage support escalations and ensure the correct team members are working on the escalation
Required Personal And Social Competencies - Strong leadership skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Strong attention to detail
Required Management & Leadership Competencies (if Applicable)- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and teams, often under deadlines, and work independently
- People management responsibilities including planning, delegating project assignments, performance management, coaching and counseling, and communication
Help enable those who move goods to do good by contributing your skills and individual viewpoints in a highly collaborative, caring team environment.
Körber Supply Chain Software better enables those who move goods to do good when we prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion. It's better for our people, better for our business, and better for the world. That's why at Körber we cultivate and celebrate our colleagues' experiences and perspectives, whether they look, think, move, believe, or love differently than us. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment and pride ourselves on being an equal opportunity employer. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply and all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to gender and identity, age, race, religion, ethnicity, ancestry, sexual orientation or expression, disability, or veteran status.
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