SUMMARY

The Director of Commercial Software Development is responsible for leading and delivering technical efforts in support of the development of innovative technology-based solutions that delight our customers and enable commercial growth for the organization. Reporting into Armada’s Innovation Function, this role will oversee development efforts and architectural design, be a product owner for development projects and hire and develop technical staff in support of Armada’s commercial technology products and new service/product development efforts. In this role, you will regularly take abstract, early-stage product and service concepts and manage a team to design, test, and deploy scalable and commercially viable solutions leveraging Agile methods and modern development tools and frameworks.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the architecture, technical design, build, test and release efforts for Armada’s commercial technology solutions

• Provide technical oversight across Armada’s commercial applications, prioritizing our product development strategy in accordance with product roadmaps, continuous innovation, and product delivery schedules

• Leadership for integration and data mobility to support commercial technology products
• Assist with leadership and facilitation of organizational alignment around emerging technologies and frameworks that can be applied to new service and product development programs
• Lead efforts to assess current state development processes, and tools and recommend automations, improvements, updates, and re-alignment to “best practice” development strategies
• Develop a culture and operating model to team up with Armada and client stakeholders, 3rd-Party partners, software vendors and academia to facilitate ideation and design sessions and to rapidly iterate solutions
• Must have the managerial courage to challenge the norm and define creative solutions that address problems and seize opportunities
• Think strategically about adopting new technologies that are beyond the horizon and deliver on sound architectural design

• Provide staff management, mentorship, and career development oversight

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or equivalent
• 10+ years of progressive experience in software development and delivery including 5+ years of leadership of agile teams in support of cloud-based solution development and deployment

• Strong knowledge of design principles and best practices with hands on experience in modern technology concepts and multiple architectures with the ability to advocate for pros/cons of each approach
• Previous experience and success within fast-paced, collaborative, multidisciplinary, start-up type environments where requirements are not fully defined upfront
• Proven ability to quickly pursue, learn, and apply emerging technologies

• Technical mastery and significant, diverse development and delivery experience with multiple programming languages, SOA technologies, and enterprise integration technologies (e.g. Java/JavaScript, .NET, MSSQL, PHP, Python, Go, REST/SOAP web services, microservices, cloud computing, container-based architecture, CI/CD)
• Can provide leadership for DevOps engineering practices
• Experience with Mobile architectures and development paradigms

• Strong interpersonal skills including excellent oral, written, and presentation skills that enable strong internal and external relationships and effective stakeholder engagement at all levels

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced Degree and/or industry certifications
• Specific expertise with supply chain business concepts and or experience with implementation and integrating with supply chain technology solutions
• Experience with Digital Transformation enablement technologies including RPA, ML/AI, Edge, Blockchain/Smart Contracts, Mobility, Gamification, IoT, VR, AR, Chatbots