AI Transformation Lead: Software, Data & Innovation

Quest Software Canada Inc; Cork; Vor Ort; EUR 180.000 - 250.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Quest Software Canada Inc seeks an executive to lead a 10‑person team spanning software, data science and data engineering. The role drives an AI‑first lifecycle, governance and cost controls while partnering with CIO, Finance, Sales, Marketing and Product to deliver high‑value use cases and production‑grade data insights.

The candidate will shape a roadmap, build a high‑performing team, and ensure alignment with business priorities, privacy and security requirements across the enterprise.

Qualifikationen

• Experience leading a team of 8–10 software developers using an AI-first development methodology.
• 5–8 years’ experience as a first‑line manager.
• Degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
• Strong technical credibility across software engineering and/or data science.
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders across a business.
• Track record of building and leading high-performing teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including presenting to senior leadership and non-technical audiences.

Aufgaben

• Lead the design, rollout and adoption of AI-DLC across Quest Engineering, working with development leaders across locations and portfolios.
• Drive adoption through practical workflows, playbooks, onboarding, champions and hands‑on support.
• Establish responsible‑use guardrails covering quality, security, licensing, IP and data.
• Continuously evolve the approach as AI models and tooling develop.
• Manage AI consumption and budget, including monitoring, model selection, routing and cost controls.
• Measure and report engineering productivity and team health using metrics such as throughput, cycle time, quality, defects and engineer experience.
• Build a high‑performance team with clear accountability and a strong reputation across engineering.
• Own a roadmap of AI and automation initiatives across the business, prioritising opportunities based on value and capacity.
• Partner with the CIO, Finance, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success and Product to identify and deliver high‑value use cases.
• Turn Quest’s existing data into commercially useful insight, including churn and propensity modelling.
• Build the data engineering foundations required to scale this work, including pipelines, data quality, governance and access.
• Ensure models and insights influence real business decisions rather than becoming standalone analyses or dashboards.
• Manage privacy, security and compliance considerations in partnership with the relevant functions.
• Lead a small, fast-moving prototyping capability focused on commercially meaningful innovation.
• Identify, prototype and validate AI use cases for the Quest product portfolio.
• Prioritise reusable capabilities that can benefit multiple products.
• Work with Product and Architecture to create a clear path from successful prototype to product adoption.
• Stop initiatives that do not demonstrate sufficient value and continuously monitor the external technology and competitive landscape.

Kenntnisse

AI-first leadership

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Software engineering

Data science literacy

Enterprise software

B2B SaaS experience

Change leadership

Team scaling

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Jobbeschreibung

Quest Software Canada Inc seeks an executive to lead a 10‑person team spanning software, data science and data engineering. The role drives an AI‑first lifecycle, governance and cost controls while partnering with CIO, Finance, Sales, Marketing and Product to deliver high‑value use cases and production‑grade data insights.

The candidate will shape a roadmap, build a high‑performing team, and ensure alignment with business priorities, privacy and security requirements across the enterprise.