http://jobs.hasbro.com/feeds/temporary-employment-Rhode-Island-jobs/ Custom RSS Feed for temporary-employment-Rhode-Island-jobs Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:51:04 GMT en-us /sites/hasbro/images/Hasbro-Logo.png http://jobs.hasbro.com/feeds/temporary-employment-Rhode-Island-jobs/ 720 Manager, Project Management Girls

Location: RI - Pawtucket
Employment Type: Regular
ID: 8069


Description

Job Title: Manager, Project Management

Department: Girls Design & Development

Business Unit: Design & Development

Job Function/Purpose:

This position is responsible for managing a Project Management team whose responsibility is to lead, coordinate and analyze all activities and processes of product development ensuring that the shipped product meets brand goals and objectives. This position coaches, mentors and supports development of their team members and cross functional team members. They ensure that there are resolutions to all issues escalated from team members and development teams. In addition to managing a team, this position will also have brand project management responsibility as required by the business (a.k.a. working manager).

Key Duties/Responsibilities:

- Lead and monitor the global development process, working with their team & cross functional development partners to deliver project goals. Participate in the evolution of the development process by inventing, recommending, and implementing for constant improvement.
- Make the appropriate business decisions for their development team, escalate potential risks to the management team and provide recommendations.
- Create project development schedules in support of the Global Development Calendar, and drive the team for adherence. Suggest innovative ideas and methods for reducing development timelines.
- Lead HFE Sign Off process for category.
- Facilitate development meetings and drive for results.
- Partner with global operations on critical schedule delays and capacity discussions, and adapt development plans accordingly.
- Develop, maintain, and continuously improve management reports and ensure data is accurate in informational systems.
- Support the continuous improvement of the global development process.
- Partner with cross functional teams, including Hasbro Far East office, to define and refine roles & responsibilities to seek efficiencies in work methodologies.
- May take a role in the training and direction of interns, temporary employees and associate project managers.
- Manage ad hoc requests to support development team, cross functional partners, and management.
- Establish team and individual objectives, complete performance reviews and development plans, and drive success with any assigned direct reports.

Position Scope:

Reports to: Vice President, Girls Development; Indirect to Sr. Director, Development Planning

Budget Responsibility: Direct Control: __0-1____ Influences Indirectly __- 1-____

Number of Direct Reports: Direct Control: __-2-____ Influences Indirectly __-24-____

Title(s) of Direct Reports: Associate Project Managers, Project Managers, Sr. Project Managers,

Requirements::

Education: BS / BA in business or technical area preferred or equivalent experience required. PM certification a plus.

Functional Competencies:

- Communication and presentation skills - Advanced
- Ability to facilitate diverse functional teams and forums- Advanced
- Leadership skills - Advanced
- Product Development Knowledge - Advanced
- Knowledge of Project Management - Advanced
- Knowledge of Design, Engineering and/or Project Management as applied to the development and manufacture of consumer products- Proficient

About Hasbro

Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) is a branded play company dedicated to fulfilling the fundamental need for play for children and families through creative expression of the Company’s world class brand portfolio, including TRANSFORMERS, MONOPOLY, PLAY-DOH, MY LITTLE PONY, MAGIC: THE GATHERING, NERF, LITTLEST PET SHOP and G.I. JOE. From toys and games, to television programming, motion pictures, digital gaming and a comprehensive licensing program, Hasbro strives to delight its global customers with innovative play and entertainment experiences, in a variety of forms and formats, anytime and anywhere. The Company's Hasbro Studios develops and produces television programming for more than 170 markets around the world, and for the U.S. on The Hub TV Network, part of a multi-platform joint venture between Hasbro and Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK). Through the company's deep commitment to corporate social responsibility, including philanthropy, Hasbro is helping to build a safe and sustainable world for future generations and to positively impact the lives of millions of children and families every year. It has been recognized for its efforts by being named one of the "World's Most Ethical Companies" and is ranked as one of Corporate Responsibility Magazine's "100 Best Corporate Citizens." Learn more at www.hasbro.com.

© 2013 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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J2W Posting Code: Global Design, Engineering and Product Development



Business Unit: Global Development]]>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.hasbro.com/job/Pawtucket-Manager%2C-Project-Management-Girls-Job-RI-02860/2649860/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.hasbro.com/job/Pawtucket-Manager%2C-Project-Management-Girls-Job-RI-02860/2649860/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Director, Global Consumer Insights - Gaming

Location: RI - Pawtucket
Employment Type: Regular
ID: 7868


Description

Reporting to the Senior Director Global Consumer Insights, the Director GCI position supporting our Global Gaming portfolio provides research expertise, thought leadership and consultative support in uncovering consumer and customer insights through actionable research programs and analyses. Specific responsibilities include overseeing the research plans and budget allocation for this business area, setting research objectives with partners to develop comprehensive and cost efficient fiscal year research plans that include the design, implementation and analysis of a range of primary research required to assist clients’ decision making. The Director GCI will evaluate and manage various market research vendors and other data providers to provide provocative, highly actionable and cost effective consumer and market insight and strategic direction. The Director GCI will shape brand building efforts through leading and participating in AHA! Innovation sessions and insights immersions for brand DNA projects. In addition, on behalf of GCI, the Director GCI will spearhead initiatives to improve systems and processes (e.g., methodologies, best practices with GCI, etc.).

The Director Global Consumer Insights (Gaming) will have one full-time direct report (in 2013 it will be a Temporary position).

Job Responsibilities:

Lead Stakeholder Partnership and External Partnerships

- Manage relationships with business partners in Gaming to drive a customer centric corporate culture. Provide thought leadership in identifying market research needs.
- Shape the Global Consumer Insights primary research agenda for Gaming – aligning with corporate and business priorities.
- Leverage synergies with colleagues in Global Consumer Insights and across portfolio brands.
- Develops and executes strategic and tactical market research projects – conventional and innovative methodologies. Market Research activities include, but are not limited to, concept testing, product optimization studies, product positioning studies, communications exploratory and ad tests, consumer segmentation and targeting guidance.
- Manage resources effectively to deliver results within project requirements (objectives, timelines, and cost) using best in class methodologies.
- Utilizes a variety of secondary resources and collaborates with research counterparts to integrate diverse insights and expertise across the department.
- Conducts thorough and careful analysis of data, gathers critical information, effectively prioritizes tasks and projects to deliver quality solutions.
- Effectively manage and source new suppliers for research projects. Insure all vendor relationships have documented MSA/SOWs for work products.

Building Talent/Drive Success with People

- Manage encourage and motivate direct reports. Communicate direction, coach competencies and complete quarterly/annual evaluations. Determine training programs with staff, celebrate accomplishments and as needed create development plans.
- Proactively identify and support workload needs and prioritize workload for self and direct reports.
- Provides leadership in identifying market research needs within the company and aligning research plans with business unit goals and objectives as well as overseeing the business unit GCI budget.
- Manages all aspects of projects, including identifying market research objectives, designing research methodology, developing questionnaires and discussion guides, coordinating research stimuli, implementing and analyzing research and reporting on findings in a clear, actionable and provocative way.
- Manages resources effectively to deliver results within the project requirements (objectives, schedule and costs).
- Evaluates market research vendors and methodologies to provide the highest quality information and insights to internal clients. Responsible for staying current with market research methodologies.

Budget Oversight

- Plan and effectively manage Global Consumer Insights – Gaming primary research budget. Allocate support against identified priorities.
- Provide Gaming monthly budget update to Senior Director Global Consumer Insights identifying savings and reductions as needed.

Communicate Research Findings

- Communicates research findings via reports and presentations to marketing management to ensure clear understanding of information and marketing implications using the GCI AHA! Summary format.
- Consistently ensures the integrity and correct interpretation of all marketing research information.
- Work in collaboration with agency partners to integrate consumer insight with market, competitors and financial insights to bolster effectiveness of marketing programs.

Educational background and skill requirements

- Bachelor’s or MBA degree in related area

- Particular experience and expertise in Gaming (online/analog/console), New Media/Digital, or Electronics Industries

- 10 to 15 years Market Research Experience in a fast paced, CPG, innovative or technology industry experience highly desirable or Supplier experience

- Advanced knowledge of market research field and techniques

- Very strong problem definition and solution skills

- Intellectual curiosity and a love of learning

- Strong consultative, project management and organizational skills

- Proven data gathering and analytical skills – experience with secondary data sources (NPD, Nielsen, IRI data)

- Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills

- Advanced computer skills – technical proficiencies in Powerpoint, Excel and Word; Access and Online Software Tools a plus

Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) is a branded play company dedicated to fulfilling the fundamental need for play for children and families through creative expression of the Company’s world class brand portfolio, including TRANSFORMERS, MONOPOLY, PLAY-DOH, MY LITTLE PONY, MAGIC: THE GATHERING, NERF, LITTLEST PET SHOP and G.I. JOE. From toys and games, to television programming, motion pictures, digital gaming and a comprehensive licensing program, Hasbro strives to delight its global customers with innovative play and entertainment experiences, in a variety of forms and formats, anytime and anywhere. The Company's Hasbro Studios develops and produces television programming for more than 170 markets around the world, and for the U.S. on The Hub TV Network, part of a multi-platform joint venture between Hasbro and Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK). Through the company's deep commitment to corporate social responsibility, including philanthropy, Hasbro is helping to build a safe and sustainable world for future generations and to positively impact the lives of millions of children and families every year. It has been recognized for its efforts by being named one of the "World's Most Ethical Companies" and is ranked as one of Corporate Responsibility Magazine's "100 Best Corporate Citizens." Learn more at www.hasbro.com.

© 2013 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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J2W Posting Code: Total Brand Management



Business Unit: Global Marketing]]>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:59:00 GMThttp://jobs.hasbro.com/job/Pawtucket-Director%2C-Global-Consumer-Insights-Gaming-Job-RI-02860/2540865/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.hasbro.com/job/Pawtucket-Director%2C-Global-Consumer-Insights-Gaming-Job-RI-02860/2540865/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Customer Service Rep - Tier II (TEMPORARY)

Location: WA - Renton
Employment Type: Temporary
ID: 5476


Description

Suits Optional...
...Brains Required!!

Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc., and the world's largest publisher of adventure games, including Magic: The Gathering® Trading Card Game and Dungeons & Dragons® Roleplaying Games has an exciting opportunity for a Temporary Customer Service Representative – Tier II to join our team.

*- This is a temporary position. Only local candidates need apply. There is no relocation assistance for this position. **

This position will provide the highest standard of customer support for all Wizards of the Coast products. This includes, but is not limited to, live chat, forum and email support for Wizards digital and analog games.

JOB DUTIES

Essential Functions / Major Responsibilities:

- Receive and respond to inbound customer contacts in a knowledgeable, accurate and timely manner.
- Providing customers with responses/solutions in a positive, professional and courteous manner is a prerequisite of this position.
- Demonstrate professionalism and good judgment in performing responsibilities and interacting with managers, customers, developers, team members, and outside authorities.
- Assist in supporting Wizards Organized Play and the Wizards Play Network program.
- Support and assist in the development of the business through continuing community outreach.
- Representative will be responsible for resolving technical support requests from customers.
- Understand what information is proprietary and keep this information confidential.
- Uphold team standards, policies, and values at all times.
- Ensure excellent customer service is upheld at all times.
- Relay customer concerns and problem trends to Leads and Managers.
- Gather and enter data from support interaction into designated software.
- Maintain expert working knowledge of current and upcoming Wizards of the Coast products.
- Maintain a flexible work schedule. Will be necessary to work weekends and holidays.
- Excellent typing/written skills (50 wpm minimum).

Education and Training:

- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Continuing education in Business a plus

Prior Related Experience:

- Two or more years of experience in the customer service field, including phone support, required.
- Experience providing Billing and Technical support desired.
- Strong knowledge of Wizards’ games and products required.

Knowledge, skills and abilities:

- Able to learn and adapt quickly in a demanding customer service environment.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast paced, aggressive environment.
- Self-motivated with ability to establish priorities and effectively manage time to complete multiple tasks within specified timeframes.
- Excellent organizational and communication skills.
- Ability to work flexible hours.
- Effective communication skills (see list below):
- Active listening
- Good written and Oral Communication skills
- Articulate
- Building rapport
- Expressing empathy
- Ability to de-escalate a call and/or e-mail
- Basic computer literacy, including the ability to send, and effectively manage inbound e-mail required.
- Working knowledge of the following programs preferred:
- MS Outlook
- MS Word
- MS Excel
- MS Internet Explorer
- Ability to work effectively with strong attention to detail required.
- Strong customer focus and problem solving skills required.
- Ability to work with team to improve and develop processes as needed.
- Excellent follow through skills.
- Positive ‘can-do’ attitude.
- Ability to work effectively with diverse groups and customers.

A good knowledge of Magic: TCG, Dungeons & Dragons, Magic Online or a familiarity with MMO computer games is very much required.

Suitable candidates will need to maintain a flexible work schedule. May be necessary to work to a 24/7 schedule as well as weekends and holidays as and when required.

We are an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer.

The above is intended to describe the general content of and the requirements for satisfactory performance in this position. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of the duties, responsibilities, or requirements of the position

For more information about careers at Hasbro become a fan on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and join our careers group on LinkedIn.

J2W Posting Code: Wizards of the Coast



Business Unit: Wizards - Corporate]]>Sat, 01 Jun 2013 07:59:00 GMThttp://jobs.hasbro.com/job/Renton-Customer-Service-Rep-Tier-II-%28TEMPORARY%29-Job-WA-98055/1598520/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.hasbro.com/job/Renton-Customer-Service-Rep-Tier-II-%28TEMPORARY%29-Job-WA-98055/1598520/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Programmer Writer / Technical Writer - TEMPORARY

Location: WA - Renton
Employment Type: Temporary
ID: 7873


Description

Suits Optional...?...
Brains Required!!

Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc., and the world's largest publisher of adventure games, including Magic: The Gathering® Trading Card Game and Dungeons & Dragons® Roleplaying Games has an exciting opportunity for a Programmer Writer/Technical Writer - TEMPORARY to join our team. Only local candidates need apply. There is no relocation assistance for this position.

POSITION PURPOSE

Deliver technical documentation including SDKs and API documentation. This documentation includes creating SDKs for our services, conceptual overviews, developer guides, detailed API documentation, and sample code. Your documentation will be used by internal software developers in our infrastructure teams as well as external vendors to ensure a consistent framework is in place for all existing products, as well as future product development efforts.
In this position, you will work directly with developers, testers and project managers to create a wide range of technical documentation. Your ability to communicate with internal teams to navigate and normalize verbiage will be key to success in this role.

Major Accountabilities

- Own the process to plan, write, and publish technical documentation by collaborating with developers and project teams
- Organize and develop deliverables with minimal supervision, with a focus on project deadlines
- Create SDK template and guide automation of SDKs
- Pull C# code snippets and write sample code
- Annotate existing sample apps
- Create Visio diagrams from white boarding exercises
- Write development tutorials and technical papers and create API reference documentation
- Contribute to continuous improvement of documentation standards, tools, and processes

QUALIFICATIONS

- Minimum 5 years of Programmer Writer/Technical Writer experience, with 3 years developing SDK documentation
- Excellent technical writing and editing skills?(Please submit 2-3 examples of your best written work for a professional or technical audience)
- Ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment, as well as cross-functionally
- Familiarity with .NET frameworks required
- Ability to read code (C#, Java) and coach developers as needed on effective code commenting required
- Familiarity with web services such as WCF required (and awareness of optimal approach to interface with REST and SOAP if required is desired)
- Strong communication and time management skills, and the ability to balance high-quality work standards against time constraints required
- Hands-on programming experience with C# and JavaScript desired
- Bachelor of Science degree or BA in English or Technical Communications preferred
- Knowledge and experience in game and entertainment programming technologies and methods
- Willingness and ability to learn and understand new products and technology

Prior Related Experience:

- Experience with Agile, Waterfall, and other hybrid Software Development Lifecycles required
- Experience with documentation and publishing technologies such as XML, XSLT, HTML CSS, and UML
- Experience writing API-level documentation, developer’s guides, and integration guides
- Experience with Linux desired

Time Expected to Reach Full Performance Level in Position:

- 3 months

Physical Requirements:

- Office environment, able to work on computer or phone for long periods of time.

The above is intended to describe the general content of and the requirements for satisfactory performance in this position. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of the duties, responsibilities, or requirements of the position.

We are an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer.

For more information about careers at Hasbro become a fan on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and join our careers group on LinkedIn.

J2W Posting Code: Wizards of the Coast



Business Unit: Wizards - Corporate]]>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:59:00 GMThttp://jobs.hasbro.com/job/Renton-Programmer-WriterTechnical-Writer-TEMPORARY-Job-WA-98055/2509301/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.hasbro.com/job/Renton-Programmer-WriterTechnical-Writer-TEMPORARY-Job-WA-98055/2509301/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Fraud Specialist - TEMPORARY

Location: WA - Renton
Employment Type: Temporary
ID: 7362


Description

Suits Optional...
...Brains Required!!

Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc., and the world's largest publisher of adventure games, including Magic: The Gathering® Trading Card Game and Dungeons & Dragons® Roleplaying Games has an exciting opportunity for a Fraud Specialist - TEMPORARY. This is a temporary position. Only local candidates need apply. There is no relocation assistance for this position.

POSITION PURPOSE

Performs daily fraud duties within a busy and dynamic Fraud Team; Duties include: Manual Review, investigation, reporting of fraud activity relating to several Wizards Organized Play programs as well as Card Not Present (CNP) fraud in within the online game sector. This position will also assist in maintaining basic ecommerce duties including chargeback handling and review, billing and other tasks as assigned. Must be flexible to work shifts on a 24/7 basis.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

Supervises:

n/a

Other Key Relationships:

This position reports directly to the Fraud Supervisor and maintains a close relationship with the Game Support Service team, Legal department, Sales, Organized Play and other teams as necessary. May receive direction/coaching from Fraud Specialist level 2 or Fraud Analysts.

JOB DUTIES

Essential Functions / Major Responsibilities:

Primary function will involve fraud investigations related to Wizards Organized Play programs; including but not limited to Wizards Play Network programs, sanctioned events, Sales programs and Magic: The Gathering community.

Will be trained to review and investigate simple to moderately complex CNP orders to detect fraudulent activity within Magic: The Gathering Online game including: CNP transactions, accounts and in-game activity.

Serves as a point of contact between customers, internal teams, payment processors and/or shipping carriers where necessary.

Researches and resolves simple to moderately complex credit card chargebacks and disputes.

Will be trained in basic fraud analysis concepts, practices, and procedures.

Must strictly follow policies and procedural guidelines to perform the functions of the job.

Handles e-mail and phone and maintains an excellent customer service at all times including both internal and end user customers.

Must be flexible to work shifts on a 24/7 basis

Works under immediate supervision.

Secondary Functions

Provide basic support for daily e-Commerce functions

Conducts/assists in simple projects as required.

Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Prior Related Experience:

Strong knowledge of Wizards products, particularly Magic: The Gathering game along with solid knowledge of Wizards Play Network programs including active participation in sanctioned tournaments/events will give a strong advantage.

Training will be provided, however, proven relevant experience in the fraud field or related field is a definite advantage. Useful provable skills relating to/involving investigation procedures, data analysis, problem solving a plus.

Position involves writing detailed case investigation reports. Must be able to communicate in writing clearly and concisely.

Education and Training:

Typically requires a minimum of a high school degree. Will consider equivalent work experience.

Qualifications/knowledge in related fields such as Data Analysis, Computer Science, Social Networks, Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement, a real plus

Customer Service skills an advantage

Additional language(s) a plus.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (required):

Ability to work effectively in a fast paced, dynamic environment. Ability to adapt to changing circumstances a must.

Self-motivated with ability to establish priorities and effectively manage time to complete multiple tasks within specified timeframes.

Strong business writing skills or equivalent skills in written English.

Creative problem solving and analytical ability.

Ability to work flexible hours.

Working knowledge of the following programs:

o MS Outlook

o MS Word 2003/2007

o MS Excel 2003/2007

Ability to work effectively with strong attention to detail, thoroughness and demonstrate excellent follow through skills.

Ability to perform job working within designated process parameters.

Ability to work effectively independently, in a team environment, and across departmental lines.

Ability to identify problems seeks and evaluates solutions, propose, implement and communicate solutions involving other team members as appropriate.

Effective communication skills (see list below):

o Active listening

o Good interpersonal skills

o Expressing empathy

Time Expected to Reach Full Performance Level in Position: 90 days

We are an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer.

The above is intended to describe the general content of and the requirements for satisfactory performance in this position. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of the duties, responsibilities, or requirements of the position.

For more information about careers at Hasbro become a fan on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and join our careers group on LinkedIn.

J2W Posting Code: Wizards of the Coast



Business Unit: Wizards - Corporate]]>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:59:00 GMThttp://jobs.hasbro.com/job/Renton-Fraud-Specialist-TEMPORARY-Job-WA-98055/1913586/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.hasbro.com/job/Renton-Fraud-Specialist-TEMPORARY-Job-WA-98055/1913586/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Architect - TEMPORARY

Location: WA - Renton
Employment Type: Temporary
ID: 8100


Description

Suits Optional...
...Brains Required!!

Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc., and the world's largest publisher of adventure games, including Magic: The Gathering® Trading Card Game and Dungeons & Dragons® Roleplaying Games has an exciting opportunity for a Architect, MTGO – TEMPORARY to join our team. Only local candidates need apply. There is no relocation assistance for this position.

POSITION PURPOSE

Design, document and lead solutions to address specific business needs for applications, systems, web sites, and services by using company defined practices, industry best practices and proven architectural patterns to deliver value-added solutions and artifacts for business, technology and production implementation for a variety of business units.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

This position is an essential member of the Architecture team, and will be involved in creating, strategizing and maintaining the enterprise standards, practices, technologies and directions to provide a systemic solution for all of WotC’s IT directions. This position will be embedded into one or more solution oriented teams working on a variety of systems. Presenting the direction to the development staff, producers, product owners and leading them into the technical solution and practices will be fundamental.

Major Accountabilities:
- Enterprise Architecture-15%

o Helps draft standards, guidelines and roadmaps

o Evaluates solutions for Buy vs. Build and SAAS options

o Creates and shares audience-specific diagrams and provides clear explanations of options for technology

o Identifies how a project impacts the overall direction and technology stack of the company
- System Architecture- 25%

o Recommends the implementation direction for key strategic technology initiatives

o Maintains a broad view of project architecture, including application, information, infrastructure, and process with a primary focus on web and software initiatives.

o Possesses broad knowledge of the technology with especially strong experience in web services, .NET/C#, eCommerce, SQL, XML, JavaScript, DHTML, and CSS.

o Recommends and evaluates outsourced and 3rd party solutions and components for integration into Wizards’ systems.
- Solution Architecture -60%

o Consults with the business regarding technology feasibility

o Assesses projects during the Initiate phase for technical sizing and complexity

o Leads and coordinates technical activities and artifacts for a specific solution or system

o Designs the overall structure for each architectural view: the decomposition of the view, the grouping of elements, and the interfaces between elements and services

o Identifies, articulates, and negotiates tradeoffs related to scalability, manageability, testability, security, maintainability, usability, functionality, cost, and time

o Grasps issues quickly and makes educated, critical judgments in the absence of complete information
- Other Skills and Requirements

o Earns and maintains the respect of the project team, the project manager, the customer, and the user community, as well as the management team

o Effectively contribute and guide the Architectural Team in establishing critical strategic directions

o Extremely strong communicator using many tools

o Effectively earn trust, influence, inspire persuade, motivate and mentor

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Possesses a strong working knowledge of the technology with especially strong experience in service oriented architecture, Enterprise Service Bus, Architectural Patterns, Microsoft .Net stack including WCF, SQL Server, C#
- XML, DHTML, HTML5, JavaScript, PHP and CSS
- eCommerce, SOX, PCI and PII practices
- Ability to work effectively with diverse groups of people.

Problem Solving

This position requires the ability to examine a problem and prospective solution from many angles, presenting trade-off, values and restriction of each perspective, and maintaining guidance and focus on the business value and technical strategies simultaneously. The elimination and reduction of technical debt in existing systems and additionally avoiding the creation of new technical debt or dependencies is a significant priority.

Secondary Functions:

The flexibility and interest in all areas of the company is needed to supply a consistent momentum towards best practices and Enterprise vision while delivering a variety of solutions to provide both technical and business value in each area.

Key Relationships:

Managing Architect –Person most directly involved with your day to day support and assignments. They will manage the logistics of your position, convey enterprise vision and directions and help coordinate the tools and resources to empower you to exercise your roles. Communication at this level is often highly technical.

Architects –Peers for trying ideas, collaborating solutions and supporting directions your designs will follow. Communication at this level is casual, but highly detailed, and the most technically detailed by this position.

Producers, Executive Producers, Directors – These are your business owners. They will support you in learning the business needs and requirements for your projects. They are the owners of the visible direction your solutions will take. Communication at this level is one of abstracting the technical into designs and diagrams that are easily consumed by non-technical team mates. This also requires mentorship and leadership to assist non-technical team members to trust and endorse your solution.

Managers, Senior Managers – Key team members who represent both business and technology directions that execute your designs. They manage the resources and implementation plans that fulfill your designs.. Communication at this level is similar to producers, though it may be abstracted further to ease the technical detail again to a non-technical audience.

Executives – The team leaders who approve, and establish the priorities for the projects you will engage. Communication at this level is strictly conceptual, highly abstracted, and is highly efficient.

Developers, Build – Technical team members who will forward your design into a development plan, with your assistance, and then construct the solution you have specified. Communication at this level is again extremely detailed technically, and often requires a mentorship approach to leading others in new ideas, concepts and technologies.

QA – Technical team members who will create patterns, scripts and other tools to verify that the construction of your designs successfully matches the construction of your designs. Communication at this level is a combination of business value focused combinations of criteria and technical clarification and education on the details of how the system functions and how best to test the functional scenarios.

Operations –The team members who will assist you in understanding the resources available and the new requirements you will specify in creating, operating and maintaining your designed solutions. Communication at this level is highly technical, though focused at a system or implementation perspective.

QUALIFICATIONS
- Demonstrated abilities to

o communicate effectively across a spectrum of business, creative, and technology personnel to all levels of the organization

o Lead groups of developers to meet deadlines and delivery

o Improve quality of engineering, designing and implementations
- Time and experience in

o technology disciplines (minimum of 10 years)

o architectural practices (specifically separate from development or development leadership)

o other than programming highly desirable, e.g., software quality assurance, project management, build engineering and configuration management
- Familiar with wide range of architectural tools, diagrams, and practices

o Highly desired to have experience in architectural methodologies and frameworks
- Significant experience with Magic the Gathering (either online or analog play) is required.

o Judge or Tournament Organizer experience desired

o Knowledge of the Magic Comprehensive Rules required

o Ability to play a standard format deck in an interview required (may provide own deck)

Education and Training:

BS, BA or equivalent experience

Prior Related Experience:
- 7-10 years of experience preferred, at least 4 of which have been in an environment where the architect role is not also the business systems analyst, and preferably not the technical lead programmer
- 2-4 years technology and architecture experience on enterprise or large consumer scale systems
- 4-6 years as a senior programmer
- 4 or more years’ experience preferred in the domain to which the architect is assigned, e.g., game systems, eCommerce, CRM, Human Resources, ERP, etc.
- Experience aligning retail and digital marketing, and analog and digital play experiences
- Experience with Distributed Data models, ESB, Cloud computing, PCI and PII desired
- International experience

Time Expected to Reach Full Performance Level in Position:

This complex position will take 6-12 months to master. The first 30 days will be invested in learning the systems in place, solution area, team culture, and the foundation for the immediate work assignment. After 60 days, substantial contribution or work is expected to begin delivery – discussions with other architects, producers, development team – with artifacts, documentation, and design proposals being created. By the end of 90 days, the architect will be a highly contributing member to the development team, architectural team, and will continue striving to be a trusted resource for business team members, requiring only check-in with the Managing Architect.

Physical Requirements: Office environment, able to work on computer or phone for long periods of time.

We are an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer.

The above is intended to describe the general content of and the requirements for satisfactory performance in this position. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of the duties, responsibilities, or requirements of the position.

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