Careers

Business Analyst will be responsible for working with senior strategists in defining user needs, examining the competitive environment, formulating differentiated market-entry strategies and developing business cases and action plans. As engagements mature, the analyst will also be responsible for translating business requirements into functional specifications and working with the technology team to plan the build of new applications.

Responsibilities:

• Work with the strategic lead to extract user needs through interviews, questionnaires and workshops
• Perform research, competitive analysis and peer benchmarking to understand best practices and market leading innovations
• Analyze user needs, research and competitive/peer findings to formulate user profiles and a detailed set of future-state needs
• Envision how delivery of existing services will change due to market forces and emerging technologies, in particular Web 2.0
• Define potential new offerings and assess these offerings against a strategic framework to identify those most suited for the client
• Create market sizing projections for targeted offerings and build out revenue models to understand the scope of new opportunities
• Work with design and technology resources on defining the functional scope of new offerings
• Supervise the build out of prototypes to ensure their adherence to the perceived user needs
• Test prototypes with the target audience to evaluate how well projected offerings align to their stated desires

Qualifications:

• Core understanding of capital markets and financial instruments
• 3+ years creating business requirements, performing research and contributing to business case development
• Ability to learn quickly, grasp business issues, and work with users in a highly dynamic environment
• Detailed oriented and a dedication to producing high quality deliverables
• Experience working within Financial services firm
• Proven track record of delivery

Most of our clients/projects are based in New York and New Jersey. However, as a consultant, travel is required as needed.

Please send your resume to careers@opencrowd.com.

Disclaimer:

This job description is for informational purposes, to describe the primary duties, skills and abilities necessary to meet the requirements of this position. This description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all requirements or essential functions; it is subject to change at any time.

OpenCrowd is an equal opportunity employer.

We are actively seeking a Sales Executive to help OpenCrowd execute its growth strategy in developing, selling and closing on enterprise-scale internet based solution opportunities. The individual will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer and will be responsible for attaining the revenue and margin goals established by the Executive Management Team. The ideal candidate must be a seasoned sales leader with 10+ years of work experience in selling professional services with deep domain knowledge in either Financial Services, Health or Media. The candidate must have strong consultative selling skills, be able to identify client requirements and creatively demonstrate how OpenCrowd can address and solve client challenges. The candidate must be a leader, a committed team player, organized, and persistent with a strong work ethic, and have excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities:

The primary responsibilities for the candidate will be to identify, pursue and close on new leads and opportunities within the target market segments.

• Develop strategic account plans and execute sales methodologies
• Anticipate and understand client business objectives and tailor OpenCrowd’s solutions in order to achieve these objectives
• Develop long-standing relationships with prospective clients at multiple levels of the organization – primarily C-level executives and negotiate enterprise contracts, in conjunction with OpenCrowd’s executive team.
• Proactively network with other industry leaders, competitors, partners and vendors. They must develop a detailed understanding of the trends and business drivers of the market segments that they are serving.
• Work closely with the delivery team to craft customized sales presentations and proposals.
• Provide revenue forecast visibility to the Executive Management Team in order to better gauge the achievement of OpenCrowd’s sales objectives.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Consultative sales experience targeting enterprise IT, Internet based custom solutions/services to C-level executives within large organizations is a must.
• 10+ years proven experience in personally developing client accounts and relationships and selling complex solutions in the IT Services, Systems Integration or Technology Strategy Consulting sectors.
• Demonstrable C-level relationships in one or more of the following industry verticals: Financial Services, Media, Healthcare.
• Candidate must be tenacious in developing new business, comfortable in identifying new opportunities, cold calling and developing the pipeline with targeted sales and marketing activities.
• Must be results-driven, customer-focused, a self-starter, disciplined, a leader and most importantly a closer.

Our compensation program is designed to attract, motivate, develop and retain the very best people. Our benefits program allows our employees to select the features that make the most sense for their individual and/or dependent(s) needs. Our benefit features include; medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life, disability, retirement plan, pre-tax transit benefit and a competitive time off program.

Please send your resume to careers@opencrowd.com. Principals only.

Disclaimer:

This job description is for informational purposes, to describe the primary duties, skills and abilities necessary to meet the requirements of this position. This description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all requirements or essential functions; it is subject to change at any time.

OpenCrowd is an equal opportunity employer.

The Project Manager is responsible for the day-to-day task management of one or more projects. They ensure project scope is defined, create and manage the project plan, and provide direction to all members of the team. The Project Manager is ultimately responsible for planning and coordinating activities of projects and teams to ensure that the project goals are accomplished and client needs are met.

Responsibilities:

• In conjunction with the Engagement Manager, develop proposals and statements of work, initial project work plans, and ensure that it is adjusted as necessary throughout the project implementation
• Manage day to day project issues and client relationship
• Identify potential risks areas and develop procedures that provide effective solutions or workarounds to the problem at hand
• Determine critical paths and issues impeding the progress of the project; works with the client and team to resolve these issues
• Facilitate regular project team meetings; develop and manage procedures for handling scope change
• Develop review schedules and acceptance criteria at each phase of project
• Assist Engagement Manager in managing day to day client relationships; provide regular updates to Engagement Manager
• Perform supervisory tasks during the project, including performance evaluation and training support for team members
• Motivate and provide leadership for the team. Mentor and train team members
• Conduct interview sessions with varying user levels including executives, technical and business
• Prepare and deliver presentations for diverse audiences at the client site

Qualifications:

• Deep experience (8+ years) in the delivery of software solutions having extensive experience in business analysis or technology
• Experienced and knowledgeable in social apps and rich internet applications technologies; should have managed implementation projects using these technologies
• Knowledge of at least one business vertical like Financial Services, Retail, Healthcare and Pharmaceutical, and Media and Entertainment is a plus
• Experiences in building a collaborative work environment and managing distributed project teams in an on-shore off-shore project model
• Experience managing resources and client relations, including business strategy, customer experience, and technology
• Experience in managing multiple simultaneous projects; Leadership skills including several years of project management and team building
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Willingness and ability to travel for client projects
• Consulting experience is a must

Most of our clients/projects are based in New York and New Jersey. However, as a consultant, travel is required as needed.

Please send your resume to careers@opencrowd.com. Principals only.

Disclaimer:

This job description is for informational purposes, to describe the primary duties, skills and abilities necessary to meet the requirements of this position. This description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all requirements or essential functions; it is subject to change at any time.

OpenCrowd is an equal opportunity employer.

Technical Leads are a key member of the project team. This person will be responsible for overall system solution including working with developers in designing parts of the system, leading investigation of new technologies in the solution design and mentoring developers both on- and off-shore. Their responsibilities differ depending on the phase of the engagement.

Responsibilities:

• Work with the Project Manager to create project estimates and sprint plans
• Provide insight into complexity of business features, user interface design and create solutions that reduce technical complexity while maximizing business and user benefits
• Guide and lead technologists to create the system and detailed technical designs
• Investigate new technologies and guide developers to assist in the investigations
• Ensure team uses best practices during design and implementation
• Review solutions by senior developers and guide them toward an elegant implementation
• Clearly communicate designs and technical requirements with team members

Qualifications:

• 7+ years experience leading web application development efforts using Java and RIA technologies
• Hands on experience with Hibernate and Spring
• Strong Object Oriented Design and experience developing high-performance systems and web sites (caching, performance, messaging, serialization, etc)
• Experience with AJAX development (YUI, JQuery, Dojo, etc)
• Working knowledge of Django/Python is a strong plus
• Knowledge of RDBMS database design and performing data extractions, conversions and manipulations. Worked with at least one of the following: Oracle, Sybase, MySQL, or PostgreSQL
• Experience working in a fast changing environment with tight deadlines
• Ability to pick up new technologies to use on client projects

Most of our clients/projects are based in New York and New Jersey. However, as a consultant, travel is required as needed.

Please send your resume to careers@opencrowd.com. Principals only.

Disclaimer:

This job description is for informational purposes, to describe the primary duties, skills and abilities necessary to meet the requirements of this position. This description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all requirements or essential functions; it is subject to change at any time.

OpenCrowd is an equal opportunity employer.

Senior Java Swing developers will be responsible for designing and implementing new features and improvements in a high criticality, low latency Java Swing application. They must be able to quickly understand the current application and implement solutions that work well within the current architecture and maintain the high levels of service of the application. This position requires strong hands on coding skills, a solid grasp of technical design and a deep understanding of design trade-offs that are often confronted in complex applications.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build new features and enhancements
• Utilize best practices in design and implementation of the system
• Work closely with the technical lead on technical designs and design issues
• Work with the Project Manager to create project estimates
• Communicate designs and technical requirements with clients

Qualifications:

• 4-7+ years of professional software development experience using Java in complex systems
• Solid experience with Java Swing development
• Experience developing Swing application with JIDE a big plus
• Able to quickly understand existing Swing application
• Experience with multi-threaded java application
• Strong track record of on-time delivery
• Should be able to work independently without supervision
• Experience in Financial Services in a Trading Environment a big plus
• Hands on experience of working on Linux/Unix environments as well as knowledge of RDBMS products
• Experience working developing in a complex enterprise environment
• Experience working in a fast changing environment with tight deadlines
• Extensive hands-on Java-based multi-tiered and/or distributed enterprise application development experience

Education:

• Bachelors degree in computer science or related field required.

Most of our clients/projects are based in New York and New Jersey. However, as a consultant, travel is required as needed.

Please send your resume to careers@opencrowd.com. Principals only.

Disclaimer:

This job description is for informational purposes, to describe the primary duties, skills and abilities necessary to meet the requirements of this position. This description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all requirements or essential functions; it is subject to change at any time.

OpenCrowd is an equal opportunity employer.

The UI Architect is responsible for all aspects of the user-centered design process, from user research through design implementation. You will design, lead, and analyze user research activities and leverage the findings into cohesive site architectures, wireframes, and functional specification documentation for web sites and applications. You will collaborate closely with strategists, account managers, designers, and developers to create the best possible user interactions and task flows while being mindful of key branding and marketing concerns.

Responsibilities:

• Design, lead, and analyze user research and usability testing initiatives
• Develop personas and scenarios to inform the design process
• Strategize with client and team regarding task analysis and task completion user flows
• Create content hierarchies, site maps and navigational models that are aligned with the defined, and/or expected, user experience and business requirements
• Create wireframes that illustrate site layout, navigation, controls, and content prioritization
• Articulate user experience issues and concerns and overall design principles to team members and clients
• Translate complex concepts into interactive experiences through the design and/or implementation of Web site architectures
• Collaborate with designers on visual comps and provide input from an information architecture perspective
• Focus on HCI and user centered design principles and uses these elements as foundation for design solutions and informational approach
• Consult on any changes to information flow during site build

Qualifications:

• Experience in Information architecture, User experience architecture, Site Maps, Wireframes, Usability Testing, User Research Plans
• 7-10+ years of professional experience as an Information Architect, User-Experience Architect, or Interaction Designer (agency experience preferred)
• Ability to lead user-centered design initiatives from inception through implementation
• Ability to collaborate with designers, strategists, managers, and technologists
• Ability to communicate design rationale to internal team as well as clients
• Ability to address user needs in the context of business goals, branding, and requirements
• Extensive experience in information design and user scenarios
• Excellent written and verbal communication skill

Preferred:

• BS/BA required; related field preferred
• 4+ years related professional experience working on high-volume content sites
• Your portfolio URL

Most of our clients/projects are based in New York and New Jersey. However, as a consultant, travel is required as needed.

Please send your resume to careers@opencrowd.com.

Disclaimer:

This job description is for informational purposes, to describe the primary duties, skills and abilities necessary to meet the requirements of this position. This description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all requirements or essential functions; it is subject to change at any time.

OpenCrowd is an equal opportunity employer.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams of Strategists, Technologists, and Project Managers to create effective user-centered online experiences. Draw on expertise in information/interaction design, visual design, usability, and relevant web technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Use your information/interaction design skills to develop and document site structures, navigation flows, wire frames, and mockups
• Use your creative and visual design skills to develop creative concepts and detailed, visually appealing page designs that will translate into validating, standards compliant table-free documents
• Create iterative mockups, prototypes and production-ready XHTML/CSS
• Focus on user needs and optimum user experience
• Stay current with evolving standards and technologies, learning new skills as needed

Qualifications:

• Solid information, interaction, and visual design skills
• Experience creating site architecture diagrams, wireframes, process flows
• Experience designing for dynamic and template-driven sites
• Expert Adobe CS skills
• Mastery of hand-coded XHTML and CSS
• Willingness to contribute to both large, complex projects and smaller tasks as directed
• Ability to work quickly and manage multiple projects and timelines
• Great attitude, strong work ethic, excellent communication skills
• Creative, yet meticulously detail oriented. Sense of craftsmanship
• Excellent problem solving ability

Preferred:

• Flash/Actionscript

Most of our clients/projects are based in New York and New Jersey. However, as a consultant, travel is required as needed.

Please send your resume to careers@opencrowd.com.

Disclaimer:

This job description is for informational purposes, to describe the primary duties, skills and abilities necessary to meet the requirements of this position. This description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all requirements or essential functions; it is subject to change at any time.

OpenCrowd is an equal opportunity employer.

We are looking for individuals who can work in a dynamic team environment and help craft and build innovative solutions for our clients. We are looking for programmers who can help us extend our product set (Collaboration AppBuilder) as we add more features.

Responsibilities:

• Build software components that comply with the application architecture and detailed design
• Work with project managers and/or clients to scope work, produce estimates and to help define deliverables and timelines
• Select technologies, recommend architectures and create technical design based on client requirements

Qualifications:

• At least three years experience developing web applications in Django/Python
• 4 to 7 years experience developing database-driven, web applications
• Experience with Django and deployment on Google App Engine a strong plus
• Solid experience with front end development (HTML, JavaScript, CSS, AJAX) a must
• Proficiency across the range of J2EE technologies and frameworks like Struts, Spring is a solid plus
• Strong Object Oriented Design and experience developing high-performance systems and web sites (caching, performance, messaging, serialization, etc)
• Knowledge of RDBMS, database design. Worked with at least one of the following: Oracle, Sybase, MySQL, or PostgreSQL
• Experience working in a fast changing environment with tight deadlines
• Ability to clearly communicate ideas and technical decisions

Most of our clients/projects are based in New York and New Jersey. However, as a consultant, travel is required as needed.

Please send your resume to careers@opencrowd.com.

Disclaimer:

This job description is for informational purposes, to describe the primary duties, skills and abilities necessary to meet the requirements of this position. This description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all requirements or essential functions; it is subject to change at any time.

OpenCrowd is an equal opportunity employer.

We are looking for individuals who can work in a dynamic team environment and help craft and build innovative solutions for our clients. We are looking for programmers who can help us extend our product set (Collaboration AppBuilder) as we add more features.

Responsibilities:

• Build software components that comply with the application architecture and detailed design
• Work with project managers and/or clients to scope work, produce estimates and to help define deliverables and timelines

Qualifications:

• Preferred 2 years experience developing database-driven, web applications
• Proficiency across the range of J2EE technologies and frameworks like Struts, Spring is a solid plus
• Solid experience with front end development (HTML, JavaScript, CSS, AJAX) a must
• Experience with Django and deployment on Google App Engine a strong plus
• Strong Object Oriented Design experience
• Knowledge of design patterns
• Knowledge of RDBMS, database design. Worked with at least one of the following: Oracle, Sybase, MySQL, or PostgreSQL
• Experience working in a fast changing environment with tight deadlines
• Strong written and oral communication skills

Most of our clients/projects are based in New York and New Jersey. However, as a consultant, travel is required as needed.

Please send your resume to careers@opencrowd.com.

Disclaimer:

This job description is for informational purposes, to describe the primary duties, skills and abilities necessary to meet the requirements of this position. This description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all requirements or essential functions; it is subject to change at any time.

OpenCrowd is an equal opportunity employer.