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The Senior Director, Software Engineering/Architecture is a leadership role, accountable for managing a team of developers, engineers and/or architects by planning, directing and coordinating team activities to ensure that customer and business expectations are met.

This role ensures that software engineering and architecture projects are delivered on time and within the agreed budget whilst meeting the required quality standards.

The Senior Director, Software Engineering/Architecture owns the development of standards, policies and procedures related to the function.

Key responsibilities:

• Oversees the activities of the software engineering/architecture team, setting goals to ensure timely project delivery.
• Sets direction for the development, planning, directing, coordination and management of the processes related to software engineering/architecture initiatives and projects.
• Accountable for monitoring the conducting of research and analysis, sets objectives, establishes budgets and guidelines.
• Works across the organization with internal and external partners to address issues and concerns, resolving them promptly.
• Accountable for ensuring that the relevant procedures and processes are in place and followed throughout the software engineering/architecture lifecycle.
• Influences the architectural vision by providing input to translating product requirements into work items that the team can perform and ensures that the tasks are accomplished.
• Manages resources and streamlines processes to ensure deliverables are met within the expected timeline.
• Sets direction for the design and execution of the software engineering/architecture lifecycle and assists with the associated activities as and when required.
• Encourages execution of detail quality assurance and automated testing requirements, processes and guidelines.
• Recommends guidelines on which technologies to leverage to enable scalable system architecture designs.
• Collaborates regularly with product owners and works closely with end users to translate the requirements to the team.
• Oversees the execution of projects from conception to implementation, regularly reporting on project status.
• Works across the organization to ensure requests for proposals (RFP) are responded to with complete timelines, deliverables and budget.
• Oversees the documentation of release packages and ensuring the team has access to new releases.
• Remains up to date with current technologies and aware of upcoming and new technologies.
• Instills best practices for software engineering and architecture documentation, assuring designs meet requirements and delivers high quality.
  
  

To thrive in this role, you need to have:

• Significantly vast understanding of the regulatory, risk and compliance environment and requirements.
• Significantly vast knowledge of programming languages, complex programming applications and troubleshooting.
• Significantly vast understanding of software development, engineering and architecture life cycle process and methodologies.
• Significantly vast knowledge of Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Excellent understanding of all processes related to software including analysis, development, architecture, engineering, design, coding, system and user testing, problem resolution and planning.
• Excellent understanding of build and release processes, environment management and source control management.
• Excellent ability to build a cohesive team and to manage people effectively
• Excellent ability to balance and plan the short-term and long-term actions of the team.
• Excellent ability to manage time effectively while setting the tone of the team through modelling and leadership.
• Excellent ability to collaborate and engage with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
  
  

Academic qualifications and certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
• Relevant certifications required.
  
  

Required experience:

• Significantly vast line manager experience in a technical lead capacity.
• Significantly vast demonstrated experience building, managing and leading software development, engineering and/or architecture teams,
• Significantly vast line manager experience dealing with relevant stakeholders, building strong relationships and negotiating with decision makers and influencers,
• Significantly vast demonstrated experience of delivering large software projects, utilizing Agile or Waterfall methodologies,
• Significantly vast demonstrated experience of IT in a complex business environment with the ability to translate technical concepts into business terms,
• Significantly vast demonstrated experience of negotiation or management of third-party services,
• Significantly vast demonstrated experience of developing and implementing relevant strategies in a multi supplier environment, managing third party services,
• Significantly vast previous experience with line management responsibilities and/or allocation of resources within a department or project environment,
  
  

Workplace type:

Hybrid Working

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30+ billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world’s leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services. Our consulting and industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 50 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start-up partners. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D.

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