Front End Practice Lead

4 days ago


Auckland City, New Zealand Datacom Full time

About Datacom

Here at Datacom, It's all about the People We are caring and humble and foster an environment where we can bring our best selves to work. Our people make the difference.
A value we hold strong, it's our fantastic team that’s testament to the continued success of our business.
Your career and continued learning and development, is front and center of conversations in our teams. If you choose a technical career focus, or leadership and supporting people is your thing, we have a pathway that will help you achieve these goals Not to mention an amazing team of experienced mentors to support you getting there. We have a leadership framework created for people through all stages of their career journeys.
Datacom’s reputation has been shaped by investing in our people, our culture and, ultimately, our clients. We can offer the most exciting customer opportunities, whilst ensuring stability, opportunity, and great benefits
Through challenging times recently and last year, where we have seen the Nation locked down, we carry on, working remotely, and in more ‘normal’ times we offer the flexibility and benefits of a hybrid working model. We’ve even continued to thrive and grow through these times
About the Role
This is a key, strategic role within Datacom, tasked with driving growth, innovation and ultimately commercial success for a market facing proposition.
Working within the Digital Engineering division you will guide the future of our proposition for Frontend development. You will take responsibility for growing a high performing team, combining your deep technical expertise with strong commercial awareness to craft, position and sell Front-end related services.
A willingness to work collaboratively with our design teams, our clients and understanding our client’s customers. A good understanding of different delivery methods across agile and product is advantageous. A good understanding of design systems/frameworks, analytics, branding and Micro-Front ends.

**What you’ll do**:

- Team Leadership: Define and execute the capability plan to create a culture of success, including team growth, performance, and development.
- Sales: Articulate and evangelise the Front-end development value proposition across Sales, Service and Marketing to internal stakeholders, customers and the wider market.
- Commercial and financial management: Create and manage the operational budget, including month-end processes, invoicing and reporting.
- Partner Engagement: Lead strategic planning around opportunity and product roadmaps to ensure we work with our partners both efficiently and with impact.

What you’ll bring
The Front-End Practice Lead role in Datacom is a senior position leading a specialised area within our high-performing Digital Engineering business.
With responsibility spanning the entire process from capability development to identifying business value and managing delivery this is a challenging role demanding the highest level of people, technical and business skill. You’ll utilise your deep technical experience in front-end technologies to provide insight and solutions to our large set of customers across New Zealand.
You come with demonstrable experience driving growth, managing commercial operations and leading innovation. You will have excellent people skills, commercial acumen, and a solid understanding of software professional services delivery.
This is a unique opportunity to realise the potential of Frontend development within a premier technology brand. You will have the autonomy and freedom to lead, working with some of the brightest minds in the business.
Why Datacom?



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