Director - Technology: (Remote or Local to MN)

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Aeon for Ocean (AFO), a 501(c)(3), our mission is to educate and increase awareness about ocean conservation and marine life amongst kids and their greater role in spreading the message to drive action. We are looking for someone to help support and expand our community engagement.

Role Description:

Aeon for Ocean is seeking a Technology Leader who can manage and support the Technology Group to improve the look, usability, functionality and SEO ranking of our website, ecommerce, blog, mobile app development, STEM educational support, etc. Duties of this position require a varying degree of independent judgment and decision making to take projects from concept to launch.

Strategy, Vision and Leadership:

• Ensuring strategic capacity planning
• Developing and overseeing SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time-based) metrics as per the organizational need
• Create and manage a team of technology professionals and provide guidance to the team
• Communicating with the technology team and other departments as collaboration requires
• Determining business requirements for IT systems
• Identifying and eliminating security vulnerabilities with strategic solutions that increase data security
• Directing and supporting the implementation of new software and hardware
• Identifying and recommending new technology solutions
• Overseeing departmental finances, including budgeting and forecasting
• Assist in implementing executive policies

Technology Skills:

• Technical knowledge, so you can understand without being too lost in technical details
• Communication, both written and verbal, as you’ll need to communicate with technically-minded employees and non-technical colleagues
• Leadership and management skills
• Analytical mindset to develop and utilize reliable metrics
• Understanding of other, non-technical parts of the organization
• Experience in G-Suite administration, Google Analytics, Mobile development, Shared/Cloud/VPS web hosting, Ecommerce, Database design, developing responsive data-driven web site/application, etc.