Oversee and guide the work of DevOps Engineers, QA Analysts and QA Engineers, ensuring high-quality outcomes to clients and directing leadership within North America with alignment to global delivery teams.
Promote and grow the Continuous Delivery practice, collaborating with pitch teams on estimates, scoping, resourcing and articulating practice value to clients.
Champion best practices related to AI enablement, AI engineering, continuous delivery, quality assurance, devops and security compliance; review CI/CD pipelines and translate security/compliance standards into delivery processes.
Develop expertise within the broader technology team across websites, mobile applications, integrations, e-commerce, data and analytics; manage multiple delivery squads and dependencies.
Provide expert advice and nurture relationships with stakeholders within client organizations to identify growth and deliver business value.
Identify, prevent, and mitigate risks affecting engagements and escalate issues to executive leadership when needed.
Provide thought leadership and client education on software delivery trends, composable platform architecture and modernizing project delivery.
Requirements
Experience leading organizations in continuous improvement, shift left, DevSecOps, and/or evolution of software delivery practices.
Experience accelerating the adoption of AI tools, processes and techniques for delivery of software, testing and project delivery.
Proven track record in a similar technology leadership role in continuous delivery, devops, security, and/or quality assurance in a consulting environment.
Deep technical knowledge across cloud-native development, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and secure software development lifecycle.
Experience with composable architecture and/or MACH platforms, including cloud platforms, headless CMS, modern web and mobile frameworks, API integrations, and digital analytics platforms.
Demonstrated experience in providing expert guidance to clients, working with client technology, security and testing teams to deliver highly secure solutions while fostering strong client relationships.
Proven ability to mentor team members and foster a high-performance culture in large multidisciplinary teams.
Strategic thinking with the ability to align technology decisions with broader business objectives.
Experience managing delivery risks across technical complexity, resourcing, client relationships, and scope.
Excellent client-facing skills and experience in vendor selection and management.
Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities, with the capacity to foster trust and empowerment with clients, stakeholders, and team members.
Calm, positive, supportive, and solution-oriented mindset, able to promote a collaborative atmosphere within the team.
Benefits
Great projects: Broaden your skills on a range of engaging projects with international brands that have a global impact.
An inclusive and safe environment: We’re truly committed to building a culture where you are celebrated and everyone feels welcome and safe.
Learning opportunities: Generous training budgets, partner tech certifications, custom learning plans, workshops, mentorship, and peer support.
Generous vacation policy: Ample time away from work to promote overall well-being.
Customizable benefits: Tailor your extended health and dental plan to your needs, priorities, and preferences.
Flexible work arrangements: Remote, in-office, or a blend of both.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion focus and accommodation support via careers@applydigital.com
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