Documentation Management Lead

We are seeking our new Documentation Management Lead to join the 74Software team!

74Software develops innovative enterprise integration software that is at the heart of our customers infrastructure. The customer is centric in everything we do and clear and effective product documentation is key for our customers successful use of 74Software products.

Were searching for an experienced technical writer to join our R&D teams and help take our documentation portal to the next level. The ideal candidate has a technical background in software development experience in implementing innovative documentation strategies good collaboration skills and strong leadership. He/she will work in a transversal role and lead the technical writer community work around processes tools and best practices to make product documentation usage a best-of-class user experience.

Objectives of this role

• Develop a comprehensive documentation strategy and structure that meets organizational standards.
• Provide a documentation portal reader-friendly experience by making the key features like documentation structure navigation search and AI help engaging and efficient.
• Define and implement processes tools and best practices in collaboration with the Axway technical writer community.
• Maintain and enhance high-quality documentation delivery in collaboration with our documentation portal provider.
• Evaluate current content (analytics) and develop innovative methods for improvement.

• Research create and maintain a sustainable and resilient documentation strategy.
• Research and optimize content structure working closely with the R&D and product management teams to understand their requirements.
• Build efficient and effective documentation processes and develop and document procedure manuals for documentation authoring storage reuse and publication.
• Build strong collaborative relationships within R&D as well as other departments (UX Product Management Support PreSales) to gather feedback and develop documentation improvement plans.
• Work with R&D teams and technical writers to define the best solutions for a seamless integration of documentation delivery in the product release cycle.
• Work with our documentation portal provider on issue resolution and maximize the documentation portals high availability.

• Five or more years of experience as an effective technical writer in a software company.
• Experience in defining and implementing a documentation strategy. Familiar with the Doc as Code approach.
• Experience in various tools to manage documentation including XML based tools Flare Confluence
• Proven ability to quickly learn and understand new documentation practices and standards and integrate them in the documentation strategy.
• Superb written communication skills with a strong attention to detail.
• Experience in working in a transversal role with technical writers engineers and product managers.
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.

Preferred skills and qualifications

• Bachelors degree (or equivalent) in journalism communications or relevant technical field.
• Firm understanding of SDLC (software development lifecycle).
• Previous experience in agile software development.
• Familiar with the Zoomin platform.

Location

• Sofia Bucharest Dublin Paris or home office in Europe

Company Overview

74Software is an enterprise software group founded through the combination of Axway and SBS independently operated leaders with unique experience and capabilities to deliver mission-critical software for a data-driven world. A pioneer in enterprise integration solutions for 25 years Axway supports major brands and government agencies around the globe with its core line of MFT B2B API and Financial Accounting Hub products. SBS empowers banks and financial institutions to reimagine tomorrows digital experiences with a composable cloud-based architecture that enables deposits lending compliance payments consumer and asset finance services and operations to be deployed worldwide.

74Software serves more than 11000 companies including over 1500 financial service customers. To learn more visit 74Software.

74Software is an AA and EEO employer

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