Wheels Media: Technical Lead


Our vision - To be Australia\xe2\x80\x99s most engaged and trusted car platform Our Purpose \xe2\x80\x93 To Engage and Influence Car Lovers and Buyers We create content that moves. Content that takes our audience on sensational and meaningful journeys. Content that provides them with the tools, insights and information to make a rational purchase\xe2\x80\xa6.or an emotional one. Because if it\xe2\x80\x99s got four wheels, we\xe2\x80\x99re an authority on it and we\xe2\x80\x99ll share our stories however people want to experience them.


Reporting Manager: CEO

Department & Location: Technology

Date Prepared: January 2023


Direct Reports: YES

• Tech team (3)

Employee level (please tick) [ ] Individual [ ] Manager [ ] General Manager/Publisher [X] Executive

Customer, Clients or Stakeholders

• CEO
• Exec team
• All staff
• Third-party vendors

Position Overview and Purpose

• Wheels Media is on a road map to digital transformation from print to digital and now e-commerce.
• Lead the creation and development of a technology architecture that enables the business to achieve revenue and audience goals into the future.
• Manage high-traffic WhichCar.com.au website efficiently and assist pioneer new e-commerce revenue streams
• Establish strong control over technical and software partnerships and associated costings and budgets
• Responsible for removing roadblocks for the team by making key decisions, seeking decisions from stakeholders and/or actioning change to move forward.
• Supremely confident with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, NodeJS, ReactJS and AWS Services and comfortable with e-commerce platforms such as Shopify.

Position Specific Responsibilities


Key Responsibilities

Time %

Key Accountabilities - Activities, expectations & measures.


Technical leadership

25%

• Ensure the tech team has a clear, agreed product roadmap in alignment with business objectives.
• Lead in technical architecture recommendations including tech-stack layer such as CMS, Image hosting, advertising and e-commerce initiatives
• Remove roadblocks for team by making key decisions, seeking decisions from stakeholders and/or actioning change to enable team
• Manage stakeholders via consistent communication and setting clear expectations of digital delivery status
• Highlight technical threats/weaknesses to stakeholders and identify possible solutions
• Minimise downtime across all platforms
• Develop processes relating to data security/backup, threat management and disaster recovery
• Prepare reporting for the Board as required
• Recruit new team members and/or engage external resources as required

Editorial, Structured Data & Advertising Platforms

30%

• Maintain and improve WhichCar.com.au website platform in terms of CMS, plug-ins and associated editorial, advertising and integration of structured automotive specs
• Ensure high quality publishing platform for content creators
• Development and integration of new ad formats

E-Commerce Platform

20%

• Work with executive team to identify technical architecture for e-commerce, marketplace and affiliate business models
• Negotiate with e-commerce platform vendors and integrate into WhichCar website
• Onboarding of marketplace merchants, affiliate retailers and multi-channel advertisers into new e-commerce offers
• Help launch new revenue products in 2023 in a range of e-commerce verticals and experiments

Platform administration

15%

• Manage accounts for digital platforms and services
• Address or action deployable updates to platforms
• Onboard/offboard access for staff as required
• Provide guidance and documentation where required to outline best practice usage

Editorial support

5%

• Provide technical support to editorial team where assistance is required using CMS or platform
• Provide guidance and documentation where required to outline best practice approach to content creation
• Assist with page creation/setup and affiliate link management where required

Vendor management

5%

• Manage vendor licenses and agreements
• Participate in regular communication with third-party vendors to resolve issues, communicate changes and stay abreast of updates.

Capability Profile


Essential

Extensive program/technical project management experience in high-traffic digital businesses


High level of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects within technical settings.


Expertise in Javascript / NodeJS with strong frontend skills, experience working with core AWS services, CI/CD pipelines and DevOps processes


Excellent ability to prioritize, plan, and track large scale programs


Experience mentoring and leading a team of developers


Managed technical software vendors and associated contracts


Desirable

Would suit a senior developer/architect looking to get more executive experience


Familiarity with Github, AWS, SSH, Google Tag Manager


Managed a range of technical projects whether transformations or start-ups


Experience in digital media and/or automotive industry




Wheels Media Values


Be Passionate

Collaborate

Face Reality

Be Positive

Be Adaptable

Own it

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