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The American Retirement Association is looking for an Optimizely Engineering Manager to join our team. Based in Arlington, Virginia, we enjoy a fresh, energetic working environment near the Ballston Metro station. We offer a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefits package, a supportive environment, and the opportunity to be a part of a growing professional team in an exciting field. Visit our website at www.usaretirement.org.

The Optimizely Engineering Manager leads the optimization of the association’s member-facing digital experience capabilities to increase and enhance member engagement in alignment with evolving digital strategy.

Responsibilities include:

• Coordinating across stakeholders to analyze the needs of the organization, establish a shared vision for the ARA customer digital experience, and develop the roadmap of planned improvements.
• Defining and leading projects for the improvement of customer-facing capabilities.  Coordinating projects and efforts across staff, vendors, and development contractors. Providing technical leadership throughout the lifecycle of a project.
• Leveraging technical expertise to improve websites, ecommerce, and integration across systems and data. Installing, configuring, implementing, customizing, and extending the websites to meet the association’s unique needs.
• Overseeing all operational aspects of the association’s websites, including technical infrastructure, security, upkeep, and troubleshooting.
• Developing and maintaining fluency with association Digital Experience Platform.  Guiding marketers, content creators, and other staff in the most effective use of the technology in their roles.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualified candidates will have:

• 5+ years of experience in a similar role.
• In-depth knowledge of full stack web development principles and practices.
• Experience configuring, building, and maintaining various web platforms, including Optimizely (EpiServer) and WordPress sites.
• Knowledge of industry best-practices, structures, and modules.
• Skills in PHP, JavaScript, JQuery, CSS, SQL, and HTML.
• Experience building custom capabilities using .NET technologies.
• Optimizely Content Cloud Developer and/or Optimizely Commerce Cloud Developer Certifications (preferred).
• Knowledge of search engine optimization (SEO) practices.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• A strong attention to detail and accuracy with the capacity to think creatively.
• Superior interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills.
• Ability to analyze problems, develop a path toward problem solving, and manage the process to completion.
• Capacity to make decisions and communicate those decisions with tact and professionalism.
• Strong multi-tasking skills with a comfort in maintaining multiple, often conflicting, priorities.
• Superior project management, planning, and organization skills.
• Ability to work autonomously with initiative.

About American Retirement Association

The American Retirement Association, a non-profit professional association, has a long and storied reputation that dates back to its founding in 1966 as the American Society of Pension Actuaries. Today, its 30,000+ members include every type of pension professional – from business owners, actuaries, consultants, and administrators, to insurance professionals, financial advisors, accountants, attorneys, and human resource managers. While American Retirement Association members come from all corners of the country, representing every part of the industry, they are all united by their belief in and commitment to the private workplace retirement system. The American Retirement Association’s mission is to empower retirement professionals to build a stronger workplace retirement system for Americans through information, education, and advocacy.

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