# Head of Wordpress Development

**Company:** [IBMC](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/c3DF7rNDzoXfKwb66Rh2C7.md)
**Location:** Remote
**Workplace:** remote
**Employment type:** Full-time

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## Description

**IBMC** is a Business Management Consulting firm that connects global companies with top-tier talent. We are currently assisting our sister company a leading marketing and technology agency specializing in the financial services industry in hiring a strategic and technical **Head of WordPress Development**. Our client serves a 100% international market, delivering high-performance and secure web solutions.

The Head of WordPress Development is a high-impact leadership role responsible for ensuring technical excellence, driving innovation, and managing a skilled development team. You will act as the primary bridge between international client needs and technical execution. This role requires a blend of expert-level coding knowledge, project coordination mastery, and the ability to mentor a growing engineering department.

**Key Responsibilities**

-   **Client Engagement:** Serve as the primary technical liaison, gathering complex requirements and ensuring alignment between client expectations and technical delivery.
-   **Project Coordination:** Lead cross-functional teams to deliver high-performance web projects, managing resources, timelines, and quality standards.
-   **Technical Architecture:** Provide expert guidance on systems architecture, scalability, and backend/frontend integration strategies for financial platforms.
-   **Workflow Optimization:** Modernize development processes, including deployment (CI/CD), version control (Git), and automated testing.
-   **Quality Assurance:** Lead rigorous reviews of deliverables (design, performance, and security) to ensure adherence to global best practices.
-   **Team Leadership & Mentorship:** Foster growth within the development team through structured code reviews, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
-   **Technical Troubleshooting:** Offer hands-on support for resolving high-level technical escalations across multiple projects.
-   **Strategic Planning:** Translate business and design requirements into structured technical roadmaps in collaboration with Product Managers.

## Requirements

-   **Experience:** Minimum **6–8 years** of experience in WordPress development, with at least **3 years in a leadership or managerial role**.
-   **Project History:** Proven track record of managing complex, client-facing WordPress projects from discovery to deployment.
-   **Technical Expertise:** Expert knowledge of WordPress architecture, performance optimization, and custom plugin/theme development.
-   **Engineering Standards:** Strong experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and managing staging-to-production environments.
-   **Stakeholder Management:** Excellent ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical international clients.
-   **Language:** Fluency in **English and Bahasa Indonesia** (written and spoken) is mandatory.
-   **Leadership:** A passion for mentoring and driving consistent engineering practices to minimize technical debt.
-   **Location:** Based in Indonesia, with flexibility for remote work and occasional travel for meetings.

## Benefits

-   **Competitive Salary:** Premium package aligned with senior leadership experience.
-   **Global Exposure:** Opportunity to work with diverse international clients in the financial services sector.
-   **Business Travel:** Opportunities to connect with international markets and attend industry events.