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Exciting hands-on strategic and operational opportunity to build the foundations & growth path of our AEM practice. You'll help us to organically design, develop, deliver and grow a thriving practice that compliments our already established tech services ecosystem.
The future of work is now.
- Fully remote team since 2016.
- Flexible working hours.
- Competitive compensation.
- Generous benefits, and more.
about the company
At WNDYR we believe complex technology should enable simplified processes, which then enable people to do what they do best.
Our world-class Adobe experts tame the tangle of platforms and tools so they're working for you, not the other way around.And we build change capability into the culture of your organization, leaving you ready for whatever comes next.
where you will work
WNDYR is a fully remote company with employees sitting in different parts of the world. Therefore, in order to work effectively, the right candidate must be able to thrive in a fully remote environment.
our interview process
While we try limit interactions and expedite our decision making, due to the nature of this role, the interview process may include:
- Initial Call with our recruiting team to find out if the position and company are right for you
- Zoom meetup with the department lead to learn more about your awesome consulting skills and AEM knowledge, career growth objectives and overall alignment with our Adobe practice delivery team. An opportunity for you to ask any questions about the role or anything else that comes to mind.
- Zoom meetingwith Co-CEO of WNDYR to assess culture and values fit with our company. Note: You may be introduced to our VP Sales and/or asked to attend an in-person or telephone meetup with Dallas based co-Founder or Board representative.
- Shortlisted applicants will be invited to prepare and present a 15 minute assignment which showcases your expertise and early practice foundational objectives
about the job
A multi-functional role that spans strategic, operational and technical leadership.
Initially focusing on Assets, this opportunity is for a special someone that doesn’t fit neatly into a single predefined box. As a go-getter, you want to marry your senior-level digital strategy experience and AEM technical expert knowledge to build a practice from playbook creation through successful customer delivery. Working closely with our VP Service Delivery and VP Sales, you’ll be the master behind the co-creation of our AEM Assets offering. This includes the initial build and iterations of our delivery playbooks, influencing and aligning with pre-sales activity, education and empowerment of our existing team, development and oversight of technical delivery personnel (sourced and/or staffed) and delivery excellence to a defined outcome that sees our customers impressed and empowered. If you are passionate about the platform, understand the content supply chain landscape, excited by working across diverse customer segments and use cases, interested in leading the way for your future colleagues, and looking for a never-get-bored career that impacts the future of work; hello!
Role Responsibilities:
Leadership:
- Support WNDYR to build and document the ideal high performance collaborative team through defining and iterating an effective and scalable offering
- Provide mentorship, guidance and support to new hires through onboarding to ongoing support on complex implementation issues
- Lead the team in identifying , capturing, and distributing knowledge and standard methodologies with clients, partners and colleagues via direct interaction and Adobe communities
- Work closely with the sales organization to define pre-sales collateral supporting our offering, scoping and engineering results driven solutions and product demos where appropriate
- Own P&L with specific ownership of AEM practice
Digital Asset Management (DAM) Strategist:
- DAM Strategist:
- Lead through deep expertise in Digital Asset Strategy, Library Science and Asset Management
- Effectively analyze complex project issues, identify gaps, and the possible solution options, along with facilitating the presentation and review of the options and our recommended solution with the client
- Define and configure Metadata & Taxonomy in AEM to meet our customer’s objectives
- Promote Successful Asset & System Governance
- Quality Consulting:
- Design and deliver consulting services to our customers
- Collaborate within the customer’s organization to develop its digital asset management strategy and vision
- Lead the implementation champions to ensure that all digital assets are successfully migrated, with accurate metadata uploaded into the DAM system.
- Work with business and technical team leaders on metadata, taxonomy structure, tagging, implementation and rollout of DAM, along with the upload and organization of assets, troubleshooting, and training
- Collaborate with Workfront consultants to design and deliver seamless, integrated digital workflow customer experiences that are uniquely informed by customer requirements
AEM Delivery Technical Director:
- Oversee, co-ordinate & where appropriate directly deliver against the following:
- AEM Integration: Integrate AEM Assets with the core AEM platform and third party systems and tools to ensure seamless asset management capabilities.
- Customize AEM DAM to meet the specific needs of our customers, including creating custom workflows, metadata schemas, and user interfaces.
- Manage the ingestion process of digital assets into AEM, ensuring proper tagging and efficient organization.
- Work with metadata to facilitate searchable and retrievable assets.
- Set up and manage asset transcoding to accommodate various formats and resolutions for different devices and screen sizes.
- Create and configure workflow automation for asset approval, publishing, and archiving to streamline asset management processes.
- Optimize the performance of AEM Assets to ensure fast and efficient asset retrieval and delivery.
- Implement security measures to protect digital assets and control access.
- Configure AEM to deliver assets to web pages and digital channels, ensuring they are displayed correctly and efficiently.
- Manage asset versioning and history to track changes and enable rollbacks when necessary.
what you need
Technical Skills:
- Proven 8+ years of relevant experience:
- Gathering and analyzing business needs and translating them into actionable technical requirements
- AEM Assets technical direction or leadership, with in-depth knowledge of Adobe Experience Manager, architecture native capabilities and customization potential
- DAM Strategist, Content Librarian, Taxonomist and/or Product Owner
- Customer Consulting
- Understanding or experience in using productized APIs, SaaS, SOA, Cloud Services, and Content Management Systems
- Experience with developing requirements for metadata taxonomy, interfaces, integrations, and production data migrations
- Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Computer Science or related field (degree can be substituted with relevant working experience).
Consulting Skills:
- Strong presentation skills, including experience of presenting complex ideas in an easy to understand manner to all levels in an organization, both virtually and in person
- Ability to effectively lead through change; setting clear expectations, building enthusiasm while navigating and addressing the “noise” of potential detractors
- Can think strategically on your feet to navigate the unexpected and not allow it to derail progress
- Crowd Control; comfortable leading diverse stakeholder groups with sometimes competing priorities; bringing focus, control and alignment around complex decisions
- Can easily identify opportunities for growth for the company
Soft Skills:
- Strong attention to detail and customer service orientation
- Relational people skills; empathetic, warm, giving - eager to help
- An excellent communicator with the ability to problem-solve while building and maintaining strong working relationships with customers
- Ability to both receive and give constructive feedback with objectivity and an open-mind
- A high degree of flexibility, team spirit, accountability and independence
- Availability to work flexible hours supporting our global customer base
Wow Factors:
- Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in AEM is a strong advantage
- Familiarity with front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
- Experience with additional SaaS Enterprise Work Management tools such as Adobe Workfront
- Startup environment experience and the ability to work remotely (virtual teams)
- Experience building a functional department from the ground up
the compensation
We’re glad you asked! Since we are a startup, we often get the question of whether our compensation will be competitive. The answer is yes! We invest in great talent.
the benefits
- A flexible, remote, work-from-home environment
- Comprehensive Healthcare - dental - vision
- 401k matching plan
- Generous paid time off
- Federal holidays, including Juneteenth & Veterans Day, and the day after Thanksgiving
the fineprint
Supervisory responsibility
This is a supervisory role and reports into our VP Service Delivery
Working conditions/ physical requirements
Typical office environment, generally sedentary position using computers, phones, and other office equipment. This position works in a fast-paced, rapidly changing work environment. The ability to manage stress, build professional and collaborative relationships, and reason through complex business situations is essential.
Acknowledgement
WNDYR is an at-will employer and this document does not constitute an employment contract. WNDYR reserves the right to change its compensation practices and pay rates at any time, with or without prior notice.
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