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Group Director, Technology (Manila)

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We’re looking for a Group Technical Director to lead the Technology Department in our Manila office, working closely with our teams in New York and India. This role blends strategic leadership with technical excellence, driving world-class delivery for some of the world’s most recognized brands.

Group Technical Directors at Code and Theory lead complex technical programs that can span across multiple projects, for major accounts (Fortune 50/Fortune 100 companies). They understand our client-partners business needs, and collaborate with other agency disciplines to tailor the right technical solutions to support our clients business goals, build capabilities, and future-proof their organizations. They manage the delivery and technical excellence of all the engineers in this office that accomplish this work.

You are a passionate advocate for software quality, its role in our society, and its relationship to technology. You deeply understand nuances of how to achieve experiences which are high performance while being cutting-edge, immersive and impressive for the end user.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

  • Lead, mentor, and grow Manila’s technical team across multiple teams, technologies, and paradigms
  • Contribute to Code and Theory’s global standards, and ensure this office fully aligns in technical delivery
  • Oversee design and delivery of scalable, maintainable, and innovative digital solutions
  • Set technical standards, KPIs, and processes that drive continuous improvement
  • Partner with cross-office stakeholders and clients to ensure technical feasibility, quality, and innovation
  • Stay ahead of emerging technologies and drive adoption where relevant
  • Be a hands-on leader and coach to engineering teams in successfully delivering scalable, maintainable, and secure features to our customers; serving as a role model for code quality, process, and improvements
  • Leverage advanced TypeScript/JavaScript frameworks (React, Vue, Solid, etc) as well as modern styling frameworks (Tailwind, MUI, CSS Modules, etc) on modern content, commerce, or custom applications
  • Conduct technical audits and present software architectural recommendations to clients in the format of a Technical Design Document that outlines the software and hosting architecture, software “bill of materials,” development strategy, and technical best practices
  • Work on all aspects of web products, including implementation of the design wireframes, high-fidelity designs, animation/motion, business logic, interfaces to the backend APIs, incorporating analytics & SEO, performance and security
  • Partner closely with the sales team in developing proposals and pitches to interpret and respond to needs communicated from clients which are innovative, engaging, and effective
  • Collaborate with project leadership to control project scope, ensure proper development workflow, and the project is successfully delivered on time and on budget
  • Understand and define client requirements, and create strategic relationships with technical stakeholders at client organizations
  • Work with the quality engineering department to set up the right testing activities (manual, automation, security, load/performance, accessibility, etc)
  • Collaborate with DevOps team to setup and deliver necessary infrastructure (environments, build systems, CI/CD, etc) for the development and productionization of the project
  • Build and manage a diverse and geographically dispersed team, while fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment
  • Cultivate a collaborative working environment and a culture of technical ownership

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

  • Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams, ideally in a global digital agency
  • Extensive expertise in modern web technologies (React, Next.js, Node.js), cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), and headless CMS solutions (e.g., Contentful, Sanity)
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across regions and disciplines
  • A world-class portfolio of distinctive digital web products or websites, and a love for clean & efficient technical solutions
  • Extensive experience thinking and building flexible and scalable Design Systems that follow the Atomic Design or equivalent principles. Using tools like Storybook as a robust delivery for well-documented, living design systems
  • Extensive experience implementing robust testing plans for UI systems which ensure that regressions are minimized and the team can have high confidence making substantial changes at high velocity
  • Proven understanding of application architecture and performance optimization techniques, with the ability to leverage modern technologies and frameworks that are compatible with one another
  • Deep experience with version control systems (Git, GitHub) and modern development workflows (Agile, SCRUM)
  • Experience with and ability to troubleshoot CI/CD platforms, CDNs, and hosting services
  • Passionate for web accessibility and security, as well as knowledge of the latest guidelines and standards of WCAG 2.2 AA+
  • Must be a compelling and clear communicator; able to explain the full possibilities of the tech stack/architecture and represent your team to internal and external audiences with differing levels of technical fluency
  • Exposure working and responding to RFP/RFI requirements for global customers, effort estimation, and scope prioritization
  • Act as product evangelist with deep curiosity on technology trends and being able to go deep into technology and relate technical enhancements to build a product vision
  • Possess a strong foundation in building scalable, reliable, and high-performance systems
  • Self-motivated and focused on achieving excellence as a team

ABOUT US

Born in 2001, Code and Theory is a digital-first creative agency that sits at the center of creativity and technology. We pride ourselves on not only solving consumer and business problems, but also helping to establish new capabilities for our clients. With a global client roster of Fortune 100s and start-ups alike, we crave the hardest problems to solve. We have teams distributed across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. The Code and Theory global network of agencies is growing and includes Kettle, Instrument, Left Field Labs, Create Group, Mediacurrent, Rhythm, and TrueLogic.

Striving never to be pigeonholed, we work across every major category: from tech to CPG, financial services to travel & hospitality, government and education to media and publishing. We value the collaboration with our client partners, including but not limited to Adidas, Amazon, Con Edison, Diageo, EY, J.P. Morgan Chase, Lenovo, Marriott, Mars, Microsoft, Thomson Reuters, and TikTok.

The Code and Theory network is comprised of nearly 2,000 people with 50% engineers and 50% creative talent. We’re always on the lookout for smart, driven, and forward-thinking people to join our team.