Advantage Solutions · 1 day ago
IT Director
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$112K/yr - $174K/yr
8+ years expAdvantage Solutions is one of North America’s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales and marketing services. The Director of Technology is responsible for providing direction for the Technology department, overseeing projects, team leadership, and stakeholder relationships.
ConsumerMarketingRetail
Responsibilities
Design, program, and deliver web/local development projects (.NET, Python, SQL, HTML, CSS, JS)
Support the development of projects from inception through testing and final delivery
Identify, communicate, and overcome development problems and creative challenges related to complex web and application-based projects
Heavily contributes to and actively follows technical documentation related to interactive development cycles
Interact with producers, associate creative directors, and other technical/creative team members
Maintain leading-edge knowledge in emerging technologies; participate in knowledge sharing and lessons-learned sessions from project experiences
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience required; degree in Business, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field preferred
8+ years of experience in information technology with cross-functional experience across major IT competencies—application development, infrastructure, mobile, etc
5+ years managing both department-level resources and large project teams
Experience developing best practices in Agile project management methodologies and guiding others to successfully execute project management of a full project lifecycle
Must have an interest in, knowledge of, and enthusiasm for the internet and web-related technologies
Highly experienced in programming within the frameworks of and customizing PHP/MySQL-based systems (Python, Django)
Preferred
Experience in Containerization & Kubernetes
Experience in deploying applications in Azure and AKS
Experience in backend API development and integration
Experience in running multiple Agile teams to deliver the application
Experience in front-end technologies like React or Angular
Experience in building Retail workforce Scheduling applications
Benefits
Full-Time Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life)
401(k) with company match
Training and Career Development
Generous Paid Time-Off
Company
Advantage Solutions
Advantage Solutions is a premier sales and committed to building brand value for our clients and customers.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2024 (7)
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2022 (2)
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.35BKey Investors
Juggernaut Capital Partners
2020-10-29IPO
2020-10-28Post Ipo Equity· $855M
2020-10-28Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
Leadership Team
David Peacock
Chief Executive Officer
Brian G Stevens
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer
Recent News
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