Company background
Bookatable.com is a multilingual international website that offers (free) real-time restaurant bookings. The site has grown surprisingly fast since the launch in early 2009, and is currently the biggest online restaurant booking site in several European markets. Due to the success and a major new investment - we are now looking to expand the team with several positions, while also boosting marketing and development. The aim is to be THE place to do restaurant bookings in Europe!
Job overview
This position will coordinate our development team (currently based in Sofia, Bulgaria) and take responsibility for the delivery of prioritised projects. The projects will range from developing entirely new products, enhancing existing products, testing of products in development, fixing bugs and handling the day to day support and maintenance of the site. This diverse range of products includes the actual website, widgets, mobile applications, partner integration systems and internal operational tools.
He/she will be the main interface between the development team and the rest of the company, and will work very closely with the Product Manager of Bookatable.com and the Chief Developers of the development team.
Success will be reflected in an efficient use of the development resources to deliver robust and scalable projects on time, while also securing a motivated and agile development team. The job will be to cover many projects running simultaneously, in different locations for different products. This is a great opportunity for someone who is passionate about technology and website production and who wants to create the THE destination for online restaurant bookings.
Due to the wide reach of the site the organisation of Bookatable.com is not tied to a single office location. The Project Manger Tech is expected to work from either the London, UK office or the Copenhagen, Denmark office. A certain amount of travel is a necessity.
Responsibilities
- Secure a steady iterative launch of new products or enhancements from Bookatable.com.
- Resource planning in house, working closely with the Product Manager of Bookatable.com to agree on product roadmap, milestones and deliverables
- Resource planning out house, working closely with the chief developers in the development team to agree on product roadmap milestones and deliverables
- Functional requirements gathering for all key projects
- Co-ordinating available resources to complete prioritised projects, maintenance and support to a high standard
- Establishment of appropriate process and communication structures within the development team and with the rest of the company
- Management of other possible onshore developers, technical architect and network infrastructure manager
- Documentation of solutions, knowledge sharing and succession planning
- Ensure development standards, coding integrity quality controls are in place and best practice is inherent within the development team.
- All quality assurance controls (testing), including regression testing, stress testing, load testing and functional testing
- Maximise uptime and performance of the website by monitoring server response times, network availability and resilience of systems
- Ensure efficient, frequent and stable process
- Ensure robust site code and content repository is in place to facilitate site stability and provide release contingency
- Keep up to date with new developments in relevant technology, standards and best practices and advise business accordingly
Initial priorities – hitting the ground running
1. Take over the day to day communication with the development team, via an issue tracker (in this case Mantis Bugtracker)
2. Organize and prioritize all projects currently in the pipeline and soon to be in the pipeline.
Required skills and experience
The ideal candidate will have experience in:
• Strong project management experience, (ideally with prior experience as a developer), including project planning, project monitoring and control, risk management
• Experience managing others to produce quality websites
• Commercially aware with previous responsibility for managing hours
• Success using agile methodology to deliver projects in an iterative manner
• Experiences from managing projects in some of these formats: SQL, C#, ASP.NET 2, CSS, JavaScript, HTML, Flash
Required skills / education
- Fluent written English (essential)
- Project management qualifications
- Technical degree
Profile
Personal Effectiveness
Takes responsibility to ensure successful results meet or exceed expectations. Always strives to work in the best way possible and will continually optimise this performance. Demonstrates a strong work ethic and committed to seeing tasks through to completion. Manages complex situations and projects addressing competing priorities, responding positively to pressure.
Perfectionism
Has a good eye for spotting bugs and errors, and takes a personal pride in not launching flawed products. Will go that extra mile to secure the quality of the products developed.
Relationship building
Builds effective relationships through positive communication that motivates and influences others. Is an honest, trustworthy and valued team member. Actively involved in achieving team objectives.
Goal Setting/Short Term Planning
Delivers results by setting goals using quality planning, analysis and decision making. Adapts and copes successfully with changing circumstances.
Can manage complexity
Energised by change. Can focus on objectives in a multi-threaded task flow. Ability to work in an ambiguous environment. Able to manage conflict and handle difficult situations. Ability to handle sensitive and confidential situations.
Contact / reference:
Mikkel Weider
Important dates:
Release date:
28-09-2009
Application deadline:
30-10-2009
Start date of employment:
Recruitment as soon as possible
Company Offers:
Type of employment:
Regular position
Weekly working hours:
Full time (37 hours)
Contact:
Managing Director Mikkel Weider
+45 36 95 98 72 (Direct work number)
E-mail: mikkel.weider@bookatable.com
Employer:
Bookatable.com
Vestergade 10A
DK 1456 København
Denmark
Website: www.bookatable.com
How to apply:
Written or via e-mail: mikkel.weider@bookatable.com
Job ID:
2448874 |
