Director Application, Data & Integration

Role overview

Application and engineering leadership

• Oversee enterprise application architecture and establish architecture, development, and lifecycle standards.
• Guide solution design and partner with Product Owners and implementation providers.
• Mature engineering practices, CI/CD, release management, testing, documentation, monitoring, and secure development.
• Lead AI-assisted development adoption to improve productivity and delivery while maintaining quality, security, and human oversight.

Integration, Dynamics, and data

• Own integration architecture and standards for APIs, interfaces, and system-to-system data exchange.
• Lead technical work for Dynamics 365 Project Operations and the broader Dynamics platform.
• Develop enterprise data architecture, data engineering, analytics, reporting, data quality, lineage, and master-data capabilities.

People and operational partnership

• Build and lead application development, integration, QA, data engineering, and analytics capabilities.
• Develop technical staff and balance internal capabilities with implementation partners and specialized contractors.
• Partner with IT Operations on security, resilience, access, data protection, monitoring, and operational support.

Experience and technical qualifications

• Progressive technology leadership across enterprise applications, software engineering, integration, and data.
• Experience building or maturing software engineering and DevOps practices.
• Knowledge of modern application architecture, APIs, integrations, and cloud platforms.
• Practical experience with CI/CD, automated testing, secure development, and application lifecycle management.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools to materially improve engineering productivity and software delivery.
• Experience in data architecture, data engineering, analytics, or business intelligence.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams and external technology partners.
• Microsoft technology and Dynamics 365 experience is strongly preferred.

Leadership qualifications

• Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with technical teams and business leaders.
• Able to build capabilities, set pragmatic technical standards, develop people, and communicate complex concepts to business and executive stakeholders.