Squad Lead

**Squad Lead Roles and Responsibilities**

**1. Account Responsibilities**
- **Risk Mitigation**: Create and manage risk mitigation plans for all projects within the squad, including identifying potential challenges and implementing proactive solutions (aligns with Technical Project Lead responsibilities).
- **Resource Allocation and Prioritization**: Manage resource assignments and prioritize effectively to ensure that squad resources are optimally utilized.
- **Quality and Delivery Oversight**: Ensure the squad consistently delivers Integrant’s brand promise—high-quality deliverables paired with excellent service.
- **Collaboration with Stakeholders**: Collaborate with account management, HR, and sales/marketing teams to understand current and future project requirements and align squad deliverables accordingly.
- **Reporting**: Provide regular reports to the CEO and other departments, outlining squad achievements, challenges, and potential solutions.
- **Strategic Thinking**: Assess the future of projects strategically, identifying areas for growth and improvement.
- **Efficiency and Utilization Metrics**: Track and optimize utilization, efficiency, quality, and productivity, ensuring alignment with account expectations.
- **Investment Justification**: For any investments, define their value using SWOT analysis to guide decision-making and prove the return on investment.

**2. People Responsibilities**
- **Skill Development**: Promote continuous learning by providing training in technical and soft skills, ensuring alignment with both project and organizational objectives.
- **Coaching and Mentorship**: Act as a coach and mentor to team members, focusing on planning, leadership, and other soft skills essential for their growth.
- **Performance Feedback**: Provide regular performance feedback, addressing any underperformance constructively to ensure improvement.
- **Career Development Support**: Support career development by helping team members identify and overcome blockers in their technical or soft skills journey.
- **Setting KPIs and Metrics**: Define KPIs and metrics to measure individual productivity, utilization, and quality, aligning them with Career Development Plans (CDP) and assigned projects.
- **Roadmap Creation for Growth**: Establish clear, personalized roadmaps for each employee, outlining steps for progression and the required technical and soft skills.
- **Constructive Feedback and Motivation**: Deliver constructive feedback tailored to individual personalities, motivating team members to meet their objectives.
- **Win-Win Solutions**: Balance employee needs with organizational objectives to foster an environment where both employee and organizational goals are met.

**3. Organization Responsibilities**
- **Initiative Execution**: Implement initiatives and enhancements that contribute to organizational growth and improvement.
- **Positive Impact through Suggestions**: Actively provide suggestions for organizational enhancement and develop clear action plans for improvement.
- **Encouraging Participation**: Encourage team members to participate in organizational activities, fostering a sense of community and shared purpose.
- **OKR Engagement**: Align squad efforts with Organizational Key Results (OKRs), implementing strategies that benefit the employee, project, and organization as a whole.

**Requirements**:
- **Professional Experience**- 8+ years of professional experience in software development or a related field.
- At least 2 years of experience as a people manager, with a proven track record of mentoring and developing teams.
- **Technical Expertise**- Strong skills in software architecture and design, with the ability to create secure, scalable, and reliable solutions.
- In-depth knowledge of industry-standard best practices, development lifecycle processes, and methodologies. Experience with Agile methodologies is a plus.
- **Quality Management and Metrics**- Thorough understanding of quality management principles and practices.
- Experience leveraging metrics to drive decision-making and implement process improvements.
- **Leadership and Communication**- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively communicate across teams and stakeholders.
- Proven ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment, demonstrating strong organizational and prioritization skills.
- Self-motivated and action-oriented, with the ability to work independently while thriving in a high-productivity, multi-tasking environment.
- **Problem-Solving and Decision-Making**- Decisive and proactive approach to work, willing to take a hands-on role to ensure deliverables are met on time and at a high quality.

**Benefits**
- Competitive compensation package
- Supportive and friendly work environment
- Premium medical insurance [employee +family]
- English language development courses
- Interest-free loans paid over 2.5 years
- Employment referral program
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