Director of Solutioning Platform Engineering

Kion Group AG

Stockport

Hybrid

GBP 150,000 - 200,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Dematic is seeking a Director, Solutioning Software Platform Development to lead a high-performing multidisciplinary organization that designs, develops, deploys, and sustains modern software tools and data structures supporting the broader solutioning ecosystem.

This leader sets the technical and operating direction for software and UX developers, tools application developers, enterprise data architecture, ontology resources, and deployment/testing capabilities, while driving AI to improve

Qualifications

Proven experience leading multidisciplinary software or digital product teams.
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 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.

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.