Employment Opportunities

Director, Interactive Media Technology

Posting Date:

2006-04-03

Posting #:

748

Department:

Interactive Media/Direct Marketing

Status:

Full-Time Exempt

Pay Range:

DOQ

Hours:

Monday-Friday 40 hours+

Job Description: This position manages a team of employees and consultants who build and maintain the Star Tribunes Web site, StarTribune.com and any other applications that support the revenue goals of the company. Is responsible for understanding all of the technology implications of current and planned projects as they relate to Interactive Media Division staffing and infrastructure. Ensures the uninterrupted operation of StarTribune.com and in addition investigates emerging technology trends and solutions. This position is a key resource to the rest of the business and participates in key business strategic plans for Star Tribune products via the Internet.

Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in a technology discipline and minimum of 6 years of programming, systems development and database development. 2 years of Internet development experience. Extensive experience in development on Unix-flavored operating systems, database programming. Knowledge of Internet programming languages, PHP, JSP or Perl and MySQL is preferred Previous experience managing programmers, analysts and project managers preferred. Demonstrated ability to perform effectively in environment of frequent change. Demonstrated ability to communicate complex information in terms understood at all levels.