Technical Services Lead Vacancy at Quantum Retail


Quantum Retail - Science, Strategy, Solutions are the three tenets of Q. Quantum's innovative retail technology is the combined experience, intelligence, and vision of six seasoned industry executives who believed they could create a retail platform that streamlines supply chain complexities to provide intuitive inventory solutions-plus the infinite ingenuity of Q.


Q synthesizes retail science and strategy to capitalize on fluctuating patterns of consumer behavior and demand, adapt to emerging needs of retailers in an ever-evolving market, and solve specific inventory problems as they arise. Q's predictive inventory management software empowers retailers with the actionable insight, strategic agility, and profit-driven efficiency to thrive in today’s high-velocity marketplace.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Technical Services Lead (Retail)

Location:
Nigeria

Job Description

  • Are you looking for a full-time opportunity working remotely? Do you have experience leading technical solutions teams? Are you equally good at coding and architecting solutions? If so, Quantum Retail is looking for you! Join Q as a Senior Technical Consultant leading teams that deliver Q’s industry-leading solutions.
  • Reporting to the Professional Services Senior Manager, this technical leadership role is responsible for helping ensure efficient, consistent technical delivery of Quantum product implementations across multiple client projects.
  • This individual will work within a group of Senior Technical Consultants and Technical Consultants who are collectively responsible for identifying and implementing technical configuration, custom code and tuning required to successfully implement the Quantum product.
  • The Sr. Technical Consultant is the technical leader working directly with customers to implement Quantum applications.
  • This position requires influential leadership, customer consulting, and technical skills
Key Responsibilities
  • Oversee all technical project deliverables including:
    • Specifications and documentation,
    • Data mapping and data validation,
    • Configuration management
    • Coding,
    • Performance testing and
    • System tuning
  • Lead technical client facing activities including workshops, environment planning and operations training
  • Execute and improve our technical delivery methodology; Streamline processes within Technical Services to provide consistent results to client/project teams
  • Provide performance feedback for team members; mentor and assist with performance plans
  • Management of technical project team KPIs
  • Organize and manage delegation of work to technical team members ensuring accurate and timely completion
  • Coordinate with Project Managers to ensure timely and correct execution of technical consulting activities, including all technical staff assigned to the project
Required Experience and Skills
  • Undergraduate degree is required. 
  • 2+ years experience in a leadership position within Technical Services team lead
  • 2+ years experience managing client projects in Technical or Professional services
  • Experience with Agile methodology in conjunction with Waterfall and/or RUP methodologies
  • Field experience as a technical consultant
  • Experience in Retail technical service delivery
  • Configuration Management
  • Demonstrated ability of success working in a fast paced environment with the ability to work across technical and architectural functions
  • Experience with JIRA, Confluence and Oracle developer
  • Putty and Git.
  • Experience being the primary client technical liaison providing guidance on the hardware needs and the technical solutions
  • Excellent communication and organizational skills at several levels from individual contributor to executive.
  • Problem solving and conflict resolution skills
  • Strong working knowledge of Unix, Oracle (SQL and DBA)
  • Database tuning experience
  • Knowledge of packaging and deploying code to internal and client environments
  • Experience planning, delegating and overseeing execution of technical tasks.Full lifecycle software development
  • Knowledge of server, hardware and network technology
Remuneration
Total annual compensation is USD $80,000 paid at $40/hour for a 40 hour, 50 week work year.

How to Apply

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