Director, Solutioning Software Platform Development

About the role

Dematic is building a next-generation Solutioning Suite to help our project teams implement end to end design, engineering, and management of customer-specific solutions with speed, quality, and confidence. We are seeking a Director, Solutioning Software Platform Development to be accountable for building and leading a high-performing multidisciplinary organization that designs, develops, deploys, and sustains modern software tools and associated data structures that support the broader solutioning ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary tools organization spanning software developers, UX developers and designers, tools application developers, enterprise data architecture, data ontology resources, and deployment/testing roles.
• Define and execute the tools team operating model, engineering standards, and delivery practices needed to build scalable, secure, maintainable, and user-centered applications and data capabilities.
• Promote modern software development practices including agile planning, code quality disciplines, automation, testing, DevOps-oriented release practices, and disciplined lifecycle management.
• Identify and incorporate AI capabilities where appropriate to improve productivity, user experience, engineering effectiveness, and the overall value of the tools portfolio.
• Partner with program leads, application leaders, business stakeholders, and technical experts to translate strategic priorities into roadmaps, staffing plans, delivery milestones, and measurable outcomes.
• Establish strong collaboration between software engineering, UX, application development, data architecture, and deployment/testing functions so solutions are integrated, usable, and production-ready.
• Build a high-performing team culture through coaching, talent development, role clarity, hiring support, performance expectations, and continuous improvement in how the team works together.
• Provide transparent status, risk, resource, and capability updates to leadership, while proactively removing blockers and ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, governance, security, and business priorities.

Critical behaviors and capabilities

• Innovation mindset with a bias toward improving how work gets done, identifying opportunities to modernize processes, and advancing digital tool capabilities that create measurable business value
• Creative problem solving with the ability to navigate ambiguity, break down complex challenges, and develop practical, scalable solutions across technical and business constraints
• Strong ability to work across a cross-functional organization, build alignment among diverse stakeholders, and influence decisions without relying solely on direct authority
• Proven track record of change leadership, including guiding teams through new ways of working, driving adoption, and sustaining momentum through transformation

Required qualifications

• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary software or digital product teams, including engineering, UX, application development, and deployment-oriented functions
• Strong understanding of modern software development practices, including agile delivery, architecture collaboration, testing, release management, and continuous improvement
• Demonstrated ability to build high-performing teams through coaching, talent development, organizational design, and effective leadership in a matrix environment
• Experience working across software, data, and user experience disciplines, with an appreciation for enterprise data architecture, semantic/ontology concepts, and production deployment considerations
• Ability to identify and apply AI opportunities responsibly and pragmatically to improve team productivity, product capabilities, and user outcomes
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills, including the ability to align technical direction with business priorities and enterprise constraints

Pay

The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $185,250 to $284,050 at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.