Development Manager

Who we are

Etraveli Group is the globally leading company for tech solutions and fulfillment capabilities for online sales of flights. We are here to solve complexity, by connecting millions of flights and travelers across the globe. We hold consumer online travel agency brands like Mytrip, GoToGate & Flight Network and serve with flights. Etraveli Group has also established strategic partnerships with companies like Skyscanner, Google Flights, TUI, etc.

Every day we strive to make the world smaller for our customers and bigger for our people. Our diverse team of more than 3000 passionate professionals is what makes us the industry's tech wonder and the best in the world at what we do. Our major offices are in Sweden (HQ), Greece, India, Canada, Poland and Uruguay with the Athens office being one of the largest, hosting around 600 employees working from the center of Athens for the rest of the world.

Position Summary

As a Development Manager at Etraveli Group, you will create a small number of high-performing, productive and healthy teams by driving continuous improvement, tuning the processes to increase efficiency and fostering a growth mentality. You will be overall responsible for a number of teams and to assist you in your role you have team leaders and management colleagues.

What you will be doing

• Be responsible for team deliveries and people management
• Support, coach and lead development teams; ensure that the team's mission, goals, scope and product domain are understood by everyone
• Ensure that teams have a defined and effective way of working in regard to processes, planning, work and tooling. Help remove obstacles and clarify dependencies in order to unblock team's progress.
• Provide ongoing coaching, mentorship, and career development to help team members grow in their roles. Promote cross-team education, and knowledge-sharing and drive cross-team collaboration.
• Participate in the hiring process to bring new talent on board, ensuring the team continues to evolve
• Belong to the management group working on different areas with the overall goal to uphold Etraveli Technology as a great place to work.

You are genuinely interested in people, have the ability to quickly establish relationships, lead teams and help others to succeed while at the same time taking overall responsibility for team delivery. The way we see it, the product owner is responsible for the team building the right things, the team lead is responsible for the team doing things right, and the development manager is responsible for things being done efficiently in the short and long run.

You are good at and like to facilitate meetings, drive learning through workshops, manage and lead individuals and teams in their careers and developments - be a part of something great. You will be an important part of Etraveli Technology's continued success and work closely with our other managers.

About the way we work

We strive to work in self-governing teams, with frequent releases. We adapt our working methods as needed and constantly work towards improving ourselves. We regularly have innovative activities where the teams get to work with both self-driven projects but also things like Hackatons and conferences. We also apply unplanned weeks for team-wide work on tools and technical improvements.

The bigger part of our stack consists of Java/MySQL/React/Typescript. The development environment is in IntelliJ, case management takes place in Jira. We use Atlassian's entire product portfolio and have Git as a repo manager.

Requirements

What we need from you

• Academic degree within Computer Science, Information Technology or related field
• Solid understanding of an agile environment, including at least one role related to the product development process, such as, scrum master, product owner, agile coach, team lead, architect, or engineering manager.
• Strong working experience in a hands-on software development position especially if it contains multiple disciplines (example backend, frontend, database, mobile apps etc)
• Documented leadership experience with focus on building collaborative teams and results.
• Experience in executing, coordinating, planning and following up activities that span across multiple teams and departments.
• Strong communication skills in English and Greek

Preferred Qualifications

• The ideal candidate will have one or more certifications from industry-recognized bodies e.g Scrum, Scaled Agile, Kanban and Kaizen or a coaching level certification.
• Knowledge of principles, processes and concepts of the travel industry
• Experience with Atlassian's products, Jira and Confluence

Benefits

What we offer

Working at the leading European OTA in selling flight tickets means being part of a fantastic group of professionals, all of us with different skills and personalities and we believe that it is precisely this that makes us a great team. We offer you:

• Working in a hybrid model - having the opportunity to work both remotely and at the office
• Health Benefits - Through partners, we offer a private health insurance plan. We also offer the possibility to use 2 extra medical leave days in case of need.
• Monthly ticket restaurant card - to spend in one of the thousands affiliated restaurants, cafes, stores or supermarkets across Greece.
• Office in the City – We sit on bright, large floors (over 4000㎡) in central Athens. Just a short walk from the Ambelokipi Metro station.
• Growth – We believe in personal development and continuous education and finance online courses and other ways to learn. We also have internal seminars and other activities to learn from each other.
• Team activities - We also schedule company/department/team activities and events outside the office space.
• Fun & Work - We have a relaxed work environment where you can enjoy breakfast, free beverages & fruits, playing ping pong or video games. #LI-MN1

Diversity disclaimer

At Etraveli Group we value diversity; we pride ourselves on being a company represented by people of all different backgrounds. During hiring, we are committed to ensure equality and promote diversity in the workplace at every selection stage. As such, we provide the same opportunities for all candidates regardless of race, religion or belief, gender, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or any other characteristic protected under any anti-discrimination law or regulation.