Director Software Development

Job Description

Make your mark at the world’s largest HVAC company

Daikin is seeking a dynamic and visionary leader to support a team of developers and DevOps engineers, leveraging tactical and operational experience to provide strategic technical guidance to stakeholders. This role includes oversight of .NET-based applications as well as modern front-end frameworks like React.js, Angular and owns operational and strategic roadmaps on critical customer developed applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate as a key member of a senior-level IT Management Team.
• Oversee a significant area within IT, including both back-end and front-end development.
• Develop strategies and roadmaps for responsible areas and contribute to the overall IT strategy.
• Manage team financials, including AOP, budget management, and forecasting.
• Handle people management, including work plan development, performance management, and talent development.
• Build and develop the team, including organizational structure, recruiting, and team management.
• Utilize data-driven approaches to present management reports on team performance, including metrics and deliverable status.
• Communicate status to senior management in both IT and business.
• Ensure team adherence to all IT processes, policies, and procedures, including IT security.
• Engage with business stakeholders in their respective functions or business areas.
• Provide governance and leadership for all programs/projects executed or supported by the team.

Qualifications and Competencies:

1. Financial Acumen - Interpreting and applying understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions.
2. Decision Quality - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
3. Ensures Accountability - Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
4. Drives Results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances, providing direction, delegating, and removing obstacles to get work done.
5. Manages Conflict - Handling conflict situations effectively, with minimal noise.
6. Develops Talent - Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals.
7. Optimizes Work Processes - Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
8. Builds Effective Teams - Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
9. Communicates Effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications (including written and verbal) that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
10. Project Portfolio Management - Planning, prioritizing, sequencing, and managing one or more project portfolios to optimize and prioritize projects, maximize business value, and minimize technical debt.
11. Strategic Roadmap Planning - Producing a high-level, multi-year product and capability roadmap to communicate the organization’s focus and priorities to internal and external stakeholders.
12. Tech Savvy - Anticipating and adopting innovations in business-building digital and technology applications in alignment with Enterprise Architecture. This includes fluency and ability to perform hands-on as needed:
• Building governance and processes for developer and DevOps-based teams, creating alignment with other development teams.
• Significant experience managing enterprise-level .NET applications.
• Familiarity with .NET architecture on Windows and Linux platforms, including best practices in development, security (authentication, authorization, and safe code), unit testing, and project and solution application architecture.
• Proficiency in modern front-end frameworks such as React.js, Angular etc..