Senior Director, Head of Digital Applications

BENTLEY SYSTEMS, INC.; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company in infrastructure solutions seeks a Senior Director, Head of Digital Applications, to lead its digital transformation efforts. This role demands over 15 years of experience in platform leadership, cloud modernization, and multi-platform management, particularly with Salesforce and Workday. The ideal candidate will define strategic direction, drive a product-led culture, and ensure platform reliability and security. A competitive salary and attractive benefits are offered.

Benefits

Attractive salary and benefits package

Commitment to inclusion and colleague wellbeing

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience leading enterprise platforms and digital transformations.
• Strong expertise in leading multi-platform environments, especially with Salesforce and Workday.
• Experience in platform integration and API strategy.

Responsibilities

• Define the strategic direction for enterprise platforms.
• Drive transition to an agile, product-led organization.
• Provide technical leadership on core enterprise platforms.

Skills

Enterprise platforms leadership

Cloud modernization

Digital transformation

Product-led operating model

Platform integration

B2B SaaS business models

Job description

Senior Director, Head of Digital Applications

Location: Dublin, Ireland (Remote/ Hybrid)

Position Summary

Bentley Systems seeks a visionary leader with a blend of technical expertise, strategic acumen, and team‑building skills to drive digital transformation and business value to guide our digital application strategy across our portfolio of enterprise platforms. The Head of Digital Applications will steer the evolution of our application landscape, transitioning our teams to a product‑led model that fosters innovation and partnership.

This role is not just about managing platforms; it’s about inspiring a cultural shift towards an iterative, product‑centric mindset. The Head of Digital Applications will guide Bentley’s enterprise application transformation by integrating Salesforce, Workday, and legacy systems into one cohesive, compliant, and high‑performing environment. This role sets the strategic direction for platform interoperability that supports global Sales, Marketing, Quote‑to‑Cash, Revenue Operations, and Finance and Accounting.

Responsibilities

• Lead and define the strategic direction for Bentley’s enterprise platforms, shaping and communicating a clear long‑term vision for digital applications from inception through execution.
• Drive the transition to a modern, agile, and product‑led organization.
• Provide hands‑on technical leadership and guidance on our core enterprise platforms.
• Ensure the reliability, scalability, and security of our application ecosystem.
• Oversee all financial business processes from Lead to Cash within the platform.
• Provide leadership and foster a supportive, high‑performing team culture for engineers, product managers, and analysts.
• Champion a product model and iterative delivery mindset, focusing on continuous improvement and value delivery.
• Serve as a strategic partner by aligning stakeholder relationships and business requirements with scalable technology solutions to drive organisational success.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience leading enterprise platforms, cloud modernization initiatives, and large‑scale digital transformations within global organizations.
• Prior experience and demonstrated ability to lead multi‑platform environments including Salesforce, Workday, and custom enterprise systems is essential, with emphasis on interoperability, governance, and operational excellence.
• Deep understanding of B2B SaaS business models including consumption and subscription.
• Experience in transitioning teams to a product‑led operating model.
• A strategic mindset with prior experience of creating and executing long‑term roadmaps in collaboration with business stakeholders.
• Strong expertise in platform integration, API strategy, event‑driven architectures, and scalable enterprise workflows supporting Quote‑to‑Cash and financial operations.
• Proven experience in system performance engineering, including reliability engineering, observability tooling, telemetry‑driven monitoring, and optimization of API throughput and transaction latency.
• An exciting career as an integral part of a world‑leading software company providing solutions for architecture, engineering, and construction.
• An attractive salary and benefits package.
• A commitment to inclusion, belonging and colleague wellbeing through global initiatives and resource groups.

About Bentley Systems

Around the world, infrastructure professionals rely on software from Bentley Systems to help them design, build, and operate better and more resilient infrastructure for transportation, water, energy, cities, and more. Founded in 1984 by engineers for engineers, Bentley is the partner of choice for engineering firms and owner‑operators worldwide, with software that spans engineering disciplines, industry sectors, and all phases of the infrastructure lifecycle. Through our digital twin solutions, we help infrastructure professionals unlock the value of their data to transform project delivery and asset performance. www.bentley.com

Equal Opportunity Employer

Bentley is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers for employment all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender/gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, religion/belief, national origin, caste, age, or any other characteristic protected by local law or unrelated to job qualifications.