Director, Mobile Engineering & Client App. Devel. (Sports Management/Operations)

Director, Mobile Engineering & Client App. Devel. (Sports Management/Operations)

Our Mobile Product Development team is responsible for supporting a diverse collection of mobile products including downloadable applications, mobile web sites, and messaging products. Working in concert with product management and editorial, the Director, Mobile Application Development is responsible for the implementation and management of all client application development for our Mobile products and services, with a focus on delivering only the highest possible quality experiences, which serve the diverse needs of sports, across the wide range of mobile devices and operating systems.

This position requires broad knowledge of modern data platform technologies and expert knowledge of mobile client-side technologies, specifically iOS (Cocoa Touch), Android (Java + Android SDK). Knowledge of any of the following will be helpful: Windows Phone 7 and Blackberry SDKs, digital video formats and distribution protocols, web stack technologies (presentation, caching, app, DB, networking), handset idiosyncrasies, and SMS/messaging protocols.

This position requires highly hands-on design and development as well as leadership of direct reports, and management of development partners, as well as an active interest in product design, and cross-organizational product development.

The successful candidate will lead and grow the client-side development team, and serve as a technology leader both within the mobile group, and more broadly across our company. This includes building on the software engineering culture, refining and enforcing development standards and processes, and working with other groups within our company on mobile and data-platform best practices.

Responsibilities

Lead all client-side application development activities on existing and emerging platform, management of the in-house development team as well as working with external development partners and mobile industry partners

Making reasoned and practical recommendations on hardware and software acquisition, technology vendor selection process and subsequent vendor management

Day-to-day and long-term leadership of a technology organization

Keeping abreast of industry trends and technologies, and being prepared to apply them quickly.

Leading the technical analysis and evaluation of new technologies, vendors, products, and product enhancements

A strong point of view on end-user functionality an eye for highly usable user interface design

Maintenance and engineering support for currently deployed products, including off-hours escalation procedures

Creating and enforcing development practices and standards

Creating and maintaining close working relationships with our other engineering teams; working with them to identify optimal architectures that suit Mobile product development goals and are in-line with our greater platform initiatives

Frequent communication with the mobile leadership, product managers, sales and marketing, and editorial staff for direction, strategy, and priority

Basic Qualifications

Minimum of 8 total years professional experience including a minimum of 4 years leading the development of building consumer-oriented products in a high volume environment, and a minimum of 4 years managing and mentoring direct reports, and a minimum of 2 years of experience building mobile client applications

Expert-level experience programming in Java and Cocoa Touch

Expert-level understanding of multi-tier web architectures, and OO design patterns and concepts

Experience managing multiple projects comprising short and long development cycles without supervision

Experience writing technical design docs and driving them through development

Very strong technical leadership including direct and dotted-line supervisory responsibility

Preferred Education

BS, BA, or advanced degree in computer science, engineering or related field, or relevant work experience

Required Education

BS, BA, or advanced degree in computer science, engineering or related field, or relevant work experience