Head of Technology

**The role**

The Head of Technology is responsible for the performance and direction of a multi-talented technical team, across a wide range of media technologies. From responsive projection mapping to complex Content Management Systems and multi-player game design, they oversee a diverse set of organizational capabilities.

They come from a background of creative technical practice and have some fluency across a range of formats and platforms. Within this diversity, they also bring focused experience in a technical discipline related to our work.

The Head of Technology charts a course for the future, and ensures that our work is inspiring, robust, and seamless from concept to completion.

**What we offer**

This is a chance to participate in the evolution of storytelling in public spaces around the world. We are a diverse, engaged, and curious team, interested in growing with people who bring their best selves to work. ngx is at the leading edge of our field - reimagining how technology can weave with art and storytelling to elevate the visitor experience.

**Collaborate with Management to determine the department vision and goals**
- Collaborate with the management team at ngx to set departmental goals and priorities.
- Shape the technical team’s growth and direction.
- Mentor junior and senior talent.
- Participate in charting our organizational course.
- Support a team that works with diverse technologies, messages, clients, and contexts.
- Contribute to globally significant cultural project work.
- Get support for training that will help the team thrive.
- Contribute to a collaborative, trusting, and inclusive place to work.
- Share space with imaginative, curious, committed colleagues.

**Responsibilities**

**People**
- Coach, mentor, and inspire a diverse team of technical creatives. The team includes software developers, systems engineers, technical artists, and physical/digital designers.
- Bring interpersonal intelligence to the work of managing, inspiring, and challenging that technical team.
- Contribute to strong organizational partnerships with ngx’s project partners in exhibit design, AV integration, fabrication, and installation.

**Vision**
- Develop and implement a medium and long-term vision for the technical team’s structure and function.
- Collaborate with peers from other teams to refine and evolve ngx’s vision of creative technology in service of story.
- Engage in organization-wide strategic thinking to build on ngx’s technical expertise
- Bring technical experience and exploratory thinking to strengthen ngx’s position at the leading edge of interpretive digital media.

**Structure for scale**
- Build a high-performing team.
- Catalyze a culture of learning, excellence, and possibility.
- Support retention of a hard working team.
- Support the deliver best-in-class technical solutions for inspirational storytelling across diverse platforms and geographies.

**Pre-requisite skills and experience**
- Experience managing and mentoring technical teams.
- Leadership experience with a track record of success.
- Demonstrated ability to motivate and inspire.
- Confidence to take on unfamiliar challenges.
- Willingness and ability to learn new skills.
- Demonstrated ability to thrive in uncertain circumstances.
- Experience managing technical projects.
- Experience working with new media in cultural or public spaces.
- Relevant academic qualifications or commensurate experience.
- Deep expertise in at least one area of our technical work is preferred.
- Experience with other game engines and related software is preferred.
- Some familiarity with areas of our technical work. Our technical work is wide ranging. It includes:
Understanding contemporary AV hardware, game design, technical systems, and software including Unity, TouchDesigner, HTML5, WordPress, C#.