Development Manager – C++ - L4

• Work with product managers and hotel release management team to develop and evolve the product using agile practices. You will have the complete bottom line for ensuring high quality, on-time delivery of product enhancements in a fast paced environment

•Lead an agile team to deliver product enhancements with high quality and fast time to market. Run ahead of the team to conceptualize solution design, anchor design and code reviews to ensure that the feature is delivered with high quality to production the very first time

•Be responsible for maintenance of key components of Amadeus hotel platform and ensure production up time.

•Work closely with developers to architect and design the best technical designs and deliver very high quality code. You should be willing to roll up your sleeves as and when required and help the team to build scalable, maintainable and resilient components

•Be responsible for building architecture and hotel domain competency in the team. Mentor the team to see the big picture, understand how the various components of the product suite works in tandem to meet the end customer requirements

•Build a vibrant, positively motivated team having a high sense of urgency; set the bar high and provide necessary support and mentoring to team members to achieve it

•Advocate planning and continuous improvement. Set and communicate clear and aligned goals, monitor progress and ensures leaders in own organization do the same.

•Develop and communicate logical, convincing justifications, including lessons learnt that build commitment and support for one’s perspectives and initiatives

•Actively monitor dependencies in a distributed application landscape and work with stakeholders to ensure that dependencies are resolved in a timely fashion

•Actively monitor deliverables in a distributed application landscape across multiple projects and align stakeholders on the impact of their deliverables on other teams and help expedite delivery

•Weekly status reporting, ensuring delivery per budget

•Relevant job experience

8 - 12 years of experience working in a distributed product development environment

Should have excellent technical knowledge of distributed platforms acquired via hands on experience. Extremely strong in in C++, and having technical = on multiple areas

Should have exposure to complete product development lifecycle including production support

Should have prior experience working with product management to prioritize roadmap items for delivery

Should have cross functional expertise and hands on experience as a developer, architect, business analyst and team lead on complex technology projects (C++)

Should have worked in cross functional teams (product management, development, QA, customers), understand team dynamics and priorities of each functional stakeholder and work with them to meet the deadlines

Should have excellent communication, presentation and negotiation skills

Should be assertive, able to resolve conflicts and gain consensus in a cross functional team

Past experience with working on agile teams, scrum master, PMI-ACP certification is a plus

Knowledge of travel domain is a plus

•Skills / Competencies

Strong technical skills with hands on experience in architecting and leading teams building enterprise products.

Strong technical knowledge and hands on experience with object oriented design (C++) to be able to work effectively with engineering managers

Good knowledge of data structures, algorithms and distributed systems design

Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills

Stakeholder management in a functional organization; ability to work under pressure, negotiate and reach consensus

Demonstrates resourcefulness and resilience in the face of change, obstacles and adversity. Updates knowledge and skills to handle new complexities, challenges & responsibility

Builds and sustains trusting, collaborative relationships and alliances across functional, organizational and geographic boundaries to achieve goals

Builds positively motivated teams. Develops talent and replacement plan for own organization that increase efficiency and build diversity. Creates an environment where team members are held accountable for their area of responsibility. Mentors, guides and sponsors development of key talent.