Squad Lead Europe-based remote

Sherpany is the Swiss market leader for meeting management software. Since its founding in 2011 it has pursued the goal of creating a world in which every meeting counts. Over 400 European companies and 12000 decisionmakers are already using Sherpany with the aim of making their business relevant meetings more productive and thereby increasing corporate success. With headquarters in Zurich and 130 Sherpanees from 27 different nationalities we are an international company with a flat hierarchy in which you can take lot of responsibility and your ideas are always welcome.

Tasks

What you will be doing:
In this role you will be responsible for providing a clear direction leadership and mentorship to a crossfunctional squad of frontend backend and mobile developers with a total of six direct reports and other attached functions like QA engineers or UI/UX designers. Your mains tasks include:

• Provide regular feedback coaching and support to enhance your teams performance while promoting a positive team culture and cohesion within the squad through teambuilding activities recognition programs and opportunities for personal and professional growth.
• Foster collaboration and communication among team members as well as with other departments or stakeholders promoting a positive and respectful work environment
• Acting as a primary point of contact providing updates on project status addressing concerns and managing expectations to ensure alignment with business goals.
• Oversee the planning execution and delivery of projects within the squad ensuring alignment with business objectives and deadlines. Identify potential risks or obstacles to project success and develop strategies to mitigate them.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the squad including process optimization skills development and adoption of new technologies or methodologies by staying up to date with industry trends.
• Encourage knowledge sharing and crosstraining within the squad fostering a culture of learning and development to enhance overall team capabilities.

Requirements

What we will love about you:

• You look forward to inspiring coaching and supporting our team with your solid technical knowhow and practical experience as a leader.
• You have strong project management skills including planning scheduling and tracking progress using methodologies such as Agile Scrum or Kanban.
• Youre familiar with software development best practices including testing methodologies code reviews and debugging techniques.
• You have excellent communication skills both verbal and written and able to effectively convey ideas and information to team members and stakeholders.
• You have experience in building and fostering a collaborative team environment while building rapport and resolving conflicts.
• Knowledge or previous experience with our tech stack and developing cloud solutions is a plus (our tech stack: React/Next.js Python/Django Postgres Docker/Kubernetes etc.)What we will love about you:

Benefits

How you can imagine us:

• You are part of a company with people working from everywhere in the world in which you can take lot of responsibility and your ideas are always welcome
• In order to maintain your worklife balance we offer flexible working hours home office and/or remoteworking
• Your personal and professional development is important to us which is why we offer financial support for further education trainings etc.
• We work with modern Apple products; every employee receives an own MacBook
• Last but not least: Our corporate culture means a lot to us which is why we organize regular team events and cultivate a valuecentric cooperation

Our recruitment process:

1. Send your online application
2. First interview with our Talent Acquisition Specialist
3. Interview with VP of Engineering and Chief Product Officer
4. Final interview: Get to know the squad and the other Squad Leaders
5. Offer