Description

Overview of job

You will run a product delivery team that builds one of the media systems that automate the core business across several APAC markets.                                                                               

Reporting of the role

This role reports to the Media System Director, APAC.

3 best things about the job:

• A key regional position that allows you to influence the roadmap of a key product that drives GroupM’s leading position in the media industry
• Being a part of a high performing team that leads delivery innovation in APAC
• Interaction with business partners across the region, giving insight into how the media industry evolves across APAC

Measures of success –

In three months:

• Understand the operational aspect of running the delivery team to deliver on time and within budget and build up serviceable domain knowledge to understand the business requirements
• Be responsible for the finances and staffing
• Actively contribute toward product design and solution discussions

In six months:

• Adapt the product roadmap to changing business requirements
• Actively contribute towards product solution and design discussions
• Take a strategic view toward continuous improvement of the media system

In 12 months:

• Understand the business domain with significant detail and the role of the media system within the overall business workflow
• Form a strong relationship with business partners to both support and advise them on the media system’s capabilities and limitations
• Create a product roadmap that reflects business priorities for 2017

• Gain a deep understanding of the product being managed and identify the product functional gaps and technical debt.
• Create a roadmap of bespoke product and ensure that the roadmap is created in line with business goals and address non-functional requirements

• Keep track of staffing and overhead budget of the team on a weekly basis
• Manage vendor to ensure that team is optimally staffed with the proper skillsets
• Build a cohesive and positive culture within the team

• Ensure that deliverables meet business needs by validating requirements, design and conducting demos for business partners
• Ensure that the delivery teams are adequately trained in terms of business domain knowledge to perform their tasks

• Agile methodology adoption
• Development tools
• QA / Release management
• Task automation
• Documentation

What you will need:

• At least 7 years experience in a software engineering role
• At least 2 years experience as a development team lead
• At least 2 years experience writing T-SQL queries
• Experience with ASP.NET MVC, .NET Windows Forms
• Experience with structured release management processes
• Experience with Application Lifecycle Management tools such as TFS
• Familiarity with Service Oriented Architecture, WSDL, REST
• Familiarity with common design patterns
• Familiarity with JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX
• Fluent communication in English
• Ability to cater for light amounts of international travel

About GroupM

GroupM is the leading global media investment management company serving as the parent to WPP media agencies including Mindshare, MEC, MediaCom, Maxus, and Essence, as well as the programmatic digital media platform, Xaxis, each global operations in their own right with leading market positions. GroupM’s primary purpose is to maximize performance of WPP’s media agencies by operating as leader and collaborator in trading, content creation, sports, digital, finance, proprietary tool development and other business-critical capabilities. GroupM’s focus is to deliver unrivaled marketplace advantage to its clients, stakeholders and people. 

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About China

China is now the second largest media market, and the world’s most vibrant digital market, growing at double the rate of the US. In 2013, China surpassed the US in e-commerce, and China leads the world in mobile with over 600m smartphone connections. The pace of change and the scale of China’s emerging consumer market are unparalleled in any other market. Global CEOs are looking to China to drive growth, and brands are rushing to keep pace.

If you want a future in media and communications, there is clearly no place more vibrant, challenging and exciting than China, where opportunities for you to innovate and grow are unparalleled.

GroupM APAC is committed to fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion. Our people are our strength so we respect and nurture their individual talent and potential.