Director of Technology Development
Director of Technology Development
Job Requisition Identification: HRIT00001
Employment Status: Full-time, Exempt - Salary
Work Location: 177 Mott Avenue, New York, NY 10012
Job Summary: Oversee the design, development, engineering, delivery of our company proprietary system and products that support delivery of the agency’s intelligence, futures and business transformation products and services. System and product offering must drive revenue, support client engagement and retention, and differentiate the company’s capabilities in the food manufacturing industry.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop technical aspects of the company’s strategy to ensure alignment with its business goals.
- Discover and implement new technologies that yield competitive advantage.
- Help departments use technology profitably. Supervise system infrastructure to ensure functionality and efficiency.
- Build quality assurance and data protection processes.
- Monitor KPIs and IT budgets to assess technological performance.
- Use stakeholders’ feedback to inform necessary improvements and adjustments to technology.
- Communicate technology strategy to partners and investors.
- Adhere to all department and company policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Perform other responsibilities/duties as required.
Educational and Job Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Quantitative Methods, Human Computer Interaction, Informatics, or other relevant field.
- Foreign degree equivalent acceptable.
- Advanced Degree preferred.
- Proven ability to architect and frame strategic roadmaps in various time windows (now/next/future), with contingencies and variables clearly articulated.
- 5-7 years of experience leading technology practice and department, including systems architecture, design and development, practical work experience in a senior level technology management position such as CTO, Head of Development, VP of Engineering.
- Development-intensive and hands-on computer programming experience.
- Bi-lingual in English and Spanish preferred.
- Engineering experience leading teams across multiple products and technologies.
- Experience in computer software and product management.
- Work experience in building high-performance teams and scalable best engineering practices.
- Current knowledge of DevOps and cloud architecture.
- Ability to develop and execute vision for technical direction on a global scale.
- Ability to resolve conflict and drive staff motivation.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills to audiences of all levels and backgrounds (executive, business, and technical).
- Successful startup experience in the food manufacturing industry and international; mid to large size organization.
- Ability to work with uncertainty and change with 25% travel.