Associate Director of Web Development

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Associate Director of Web Development

The Associate Director of Web Development will lead the full-stack technical architecture and day‑to‑day web engineering operations of our corporate website. This role will own the website’s technical implementation, performance, release pipeline, and delivery velocity as we transition to a modern, cloud‑native, and edge-optimized web infrastructure.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

Technical Architecture & Platform Strategy

• Own the end‑to‑end technical web architecture for RSM’s corporate websites: authoring, delivery, caching/CDN, integrations, and data flows.
• Define and document reference architectures, guardrails, and patterns for content, presentation, and delivery tiers. Oversee cloud services, tooling, and telemetry to support the site’s operational excellence.
• Provide technical leadership and oversight for a platform migration from legacy VM‑based AEM 6.5 to AEM as a Cloud Service with EDS — optimizing for reliability, performance, security, and efficiency.

Engineering Leadership & Delivery Excellence

• Define and drive coding, branching, testing, and release standards. Normalize pipelines, environments, and deployment strategies for web apps, services, and edge layers. Optimize systems and processes for fast, frequent, and safe releases.
• Set high standards for work management and transparency via dashboards and reporting in Azure DevOps (ADO) with a focus on continuous improvement.

Team Management & Operations

• Build and lead a high‑performing web development team across platform engineering, release engineering. and site reliability. Coach direct reports and evolve the org design as the platform matures.
• Lead incident response, on‑call rotations, problem management, change governance, and post‑incident reviews. Define SLAs, capacity plans, and budget/forecast for infrastructure and tooling. Optimize cost while improving stability and speed.

Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience required.
• Certifications in Adobe Experience Manager, Adobe Analytics, Adobe Target and related applications highly desired.

REQUIRED TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Adobe Experience Manager, Adobe Analytics, Adobe Target.
• Front-end web development skills including JavaScript, CSS, and HTML.
• Back-end web technologies including Apache and IIS web server maintenance.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Cloud-native, edge-optimized web technologies such as EDS or Kubernetes.
• Networking infrastructure technologies including CDN, WAF, and SSL certificate management.
• Secure software development and OWASP infosec best practices.
• WCAG standards for website accessibility.
• Agile software development methodologies.
• Digital marketing best practices and integrations with tools such as Marketo.

LEADERSHIP SKILLS

• People manager experience required.
• Experience building effective engineering teams highly desired.

At RSM, we offer a competitive benefits and compensation package for all our people. We offer flexibility in your schedule, empowering you to balance life’s demands, while also maintaining your ability to serve clients. Learn more about our total rewards at https://rsmus.com/careers/working-at-rsm/benefits.

All applicants will receive consideration for employment as RSM does not tolerate discrimination and/or harassment based on race; color; creed; sincerely held religious beliefs, practices or observances; sex (including pregnancy or disabilities related to nursing); gender; sexual orientation; HIV Status; national origin; ancestry; familial or marital status; age; physical or mental disability; citizenship; political affiliation; medical condition (including family and medical leave); domestic violence victim status; past, current or prospective service in the US uniformed service; US Military/Veteran status; pre-disposing genetic characteristics or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law. 

Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process and/or employment/partnership. RSM is committed to providing equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, interview, or otherwise participate in the recruiting process, please call us at 800-274-3978 or send us an email at [email protected].

RSM does not intend to hire entry level candidates who will require sponsorship now OR in the future (i.e. F-1 visa holders). If you are a recent U.S. college / university graduate possessing 1-2 years of progressive and relevant work experience in a same or similar role to the one for which you are applying, excluding internships, you may be eligible for hire as an experienced associate.

RSM will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the requirements of applicable law, including but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For additional information regarding RSM’s background check process, including information about job duties that necessitate the use of one or more types of background checks, click here.

At RSM, an employee’s pay at any point in their career is intended to reflect their experiences, performance, and skills for their current role. The salary range (or starting rate for interns and associates) for this role represents numerous factors considered in the hiring decisions including, but not limited to, education, skills, work experience, certifications, location, etc. As such, pay for the successful candidate(s) could fall anywhere within the stated range.