Head of Mobile Development

About Distillery

Distillery is a high-growth technology services company specializing in end-to-end custom software development and IT staffing for startups, small and mid-size businesses, and enterprises. We help our clients to imagine, design, engineer and deliver business-defining software and digital experiences whether they’re looking for a fully managed team, scalable workforce or individual engineers.

About the Position

The Head of Department – Mobile Development is a leadership role and will be accountable for the largest delivery competency in DISTILLERY. She/he will be responsible for delivery of Mobile Development globally. Reporting to the Head of Global Technology Delivery, this role will be responsible for competency development in the Mobile space, mentor and train employees and leaders in the mobile competency, provide guidance to the managers in their respective sub competencies as well as organizational process. Development of go to market strategy and assistance in Sales process in technical contribution is an essential responsibility of this role. She/He will be a SME in the mobile development area and should have deep knowledge of various technologies in the mobile development space, not limited to iOS and Android Development. This role will also be responsible for development further competencies in the Mobile space: Cross platform mobile development (such as Flutter, Kotlin multiplatform, React Native, Mobile Security, Mobile Analytics etc.

Responsibilities

• Develop and Implement competency development strategy working with Managers and Head of Global Technology Delivery
• Closely work with Sales Directors, as a Technical SME in engaging with client, solutioning and supporting the Pre-Sales activity
• Mentor and Guide Managers and allocate them into each sub competency and help them to be accountable to their sub-competency tower
• Work with Account Teams and proactively identify opportunities of Value add and solution development enabling positive business outcome for clients
• Collaborate with Account Teams in identifying, scheduling, and driving Technology Workshops based on client needs
• Support Distillery Marketing team by driving Sales and Marketing artifact development working with the competency leaders
• Enable a culture of documentation in the organization
• Work collaboratively with rest of competency heads to design and develop SDLC policies, procedures, and templates for Distillery Projects
• Provide Delivery oversight and guidance for any Managed Services/Fixed Scope projects
• Stay close to the deployable resource pool for the Mobile Competency and assist Resource Management team to allocate the right resources to open positions
• Work with Stack Managers and Team Leads to continuously update the Automated questionnaire tool (interview) for various stacks. Include questionnaire for new and emerging technologies that are in demand
• Assist Recruitment Team in definition of Job Description for various positions
• Prepare competency wide teams for conducting interviews and also participate in conducting interviews based on the need
• People Management responsibilities for direct reports and also be available and reachable for the rest of mobile competency team
• Provide thought leadership to internal and external stakeholders and engage in a consulting role (billable) for client engagements

Requirements

• In addition to the development background, 10+ years of minimum experience in a Senior Development Leadership role including Mobile (and preferably cloud technologies)
• Strong communication skills in English
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering (Master’s degree is a plus)
• Experience in a consulting or service-based organization, driving outcomes, developing, and selling service-based competencies in App/web/Mobile Development, Cloud computing and Data Driven solutions
• Strong experience in transforming opportunities to Sales by engaging with customer as an SME in the area of technology
• Proven track record of driving Project based engagements exceeding customer expectations as well as managing a team to drive Staff Augmentation based engagements
• Experience working in a process-oriented environment using SDLC practices and principles with a strong understanding of Agile and Waterfall process
• Strong knowledge in collaboration tools (ex. Atlassian products) and experience in guiding team and establishing a process framework
• Hands-on experience with most common Mobile technologies, not limited to iOS, Android, Flutter, React Native and interfacing with API (REST) and microservices
• Excellent awareness of Data driven projects (ETL, Big Data , ML, AI, Data science etc.) and how it can be incorporated in Mobile technologies
• Experience managing a large team with varying skillsets through direct and indirect reports

Why You’ll Like Working Here

• The ability to work on and partner with multi-national teams that are committed to our BEST core values: Best People, Best Expertise, Best Service, Best Teamwork
• A generous, competitive compensation package for exceptional performers, as well as a generous vacation package and employer paid medical insurance
• Hybrid working environment
• Professional and personal development
• Ability to work on US client projects
• English language courses