Description

Reporting of the role

Media Systems Director, Asia Pacific

Responsibilities of the role:

• Product Ownership – Assume overall responsibility for the future technical direction of your product with regard to enhancements, evaluation of technical debt and design of functionality.
• Team Management – Manage and mentor the delivery team, promoting product ownership within the team and fostering succession planning.
• Feature Delivery – Ensure that business requirements are met on time, within budget and with quality
• Process Improvements – Continuously improve the delivery processes within the team (i.e. adoption of agile, automated testing, etc) to optimize quality, efficiency and governance

Product Ownership

• 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
• Make decisions on the introduction or removal of technical debt of bespoke product taking into consideration the Return on Investment for such decisions
• Continuously evolve the product by ensuring that non-functional requirements such as usability (UX), performance, maintainability, security, extensibility and scalability are addressed
• Final approver of proposed design for product

Team Management

• 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
• Address conflicts within the team
• Build a cohesive and positive culture within the team
• Ensure that proper onboard/exit processes are adhered to

 Feature Delivery

• Ensure that deliverables meet business needs by validating requirements, design and conducting demos for business partners
• Plan releases to align with business requirement prioritisation of the product backlog
• Engage with business partners to seek clarification as and when needed
• Ensure that the delivery teams are adequately trained in terms of business domain knowledge to perform their tasks

 Process Improvements

• Continuously strive to improve the delivery process through multiple avenues
  • Agile methodology adoption
  • Development tools
  • Release management
  • Task automation
  • Documentation

What you will need:

• Bachelor degree in either Software Engineering or Computer Science is required
• Agile certification will be highly regarded
• Microsoft certifications such as MCPD will be highly regarded
• At least 7 years experience in a software engineering role
• At least 4 years experience as a developer
• At least 2 years experience as a team lead
• At least 5 years experience working with the Microsoft .NET Framework with proficiency in v3.5 or above
• At least 5 years experience working with Microsoft SQL Server with proficiency in 2008 or above
• Experience working with Windows Forms applications
• Experience with ASP.NET Web Forms/ASP.NET MVC
• Experience with structured release management processes
• Experience with Application Lifecycle Management tools such as TFS

About GroupM

GroupM is the parent company to WPP’s media agencies including Mindshare, MediaCom, MEC and Maxus. Our primary purpose is to maximize the performance of the agencies on behalf of our clients, our shareholders and our people by operating as a parent and collaborator in performance-enhancing activities such as trading, content creation, sports, digital, finance, talent, proprietary tool development and other business-critical capabilities. The agencies that comprise GroupM are all global operations in their own right with leading market positions.

The focus of GroupM is the intelligent application of physical and intellectual scale to benefit trading, innovation, and new communication services, to bring competitive advantage to our clients and our companies. For more information on GroupM, our agencies and WPP please visit www.groupm.com

Thailand market overview

In a population of 69 million people, Thailand’s mobile penetration is at a whopping 120% with smart phone penetration at 50%. Digital spend has grown 38% year-on-year since 2013 and most people are now accessing the internet via mobile devices. Bangkok is one of the top Facebook cities in the world and Thailand ranks high in time spend viewing YouTube.

The FTA TV market is also changing rapidly with 24 new commercial digital channels launched in 2014. The audience fragmentation, following years of a virtual FTA TV duopoly, is creating huge trading and content opportunities. Thailand is one of the fastest-growing media markets in the region. Those looking for a rewarding and dynamic career in media have no better place to be than Thailand.

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