Director, Digital Foundry - Hybrid/Remote Leadership

Daikin Applied Americas; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 143,000 - 251,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401K with employer matching

Paid time off + holidays

Job summary

Daikin Applied Americas seeks a Director, Digital Foundry to lead software engineering delivery across the Digital Foundry portfolio. You will shape engineering standards, drive modernization, and ensure secure, scalable product development in a hybrid/remote setting.

Responsibilities include directing teams delivering custom software, enterprise extensions, and integrations while partnering with Product, Architecture, QA, and Cybersecurity to realize business value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, application development, SaaS platform delivery, digital product engineering, or related technical leadership roles.
• 5+ years leading teams, managers, vendors, or cross-functional engineering delivery.
• Knowledge of modern software engineering practices, including application architecture, front-end and back-end development, APIs, integrations, data flows, and cloud-based solution patterns.
• Knowledge of SaaS platform delivery models and development/configuration practices for enterprise platforms such as Salesforce and IFS or comparable.
• Skill in leading software engineering teams, managers, contractors, vendors, and cross-functional delivery partners to execute complex digital initiatives.
• Skill in establishing engineering standards, DevOps/DevSecOps practices, CI/CD approaches, release governance, and lifecycle-based delivery controls.
• Ability to translate business priorities into engineering plans, capacity models, delivery roadmaps, trade-off decisions, and measurable outcomes.
• Ability to collaborate across Product, Architecture, QA, Cybersecurity, Integration, Infrastructure, Data, Operations, and business leadership stakeholders.
• Ability to manage portfolio-level risks, dependencies, delivery commitments, resource constraints, and executive communications in a dynamic environment.
• Knowledge of quality, security, reliability, performance, scalability, maintainability, and operational readiness practices for enterprise software solutions.
• Skill in defining and using delivery metrics, engineering KPIs, dashboards, and value reporting to improve predictability and decision making.
• Ability to lead change, build trust, develop talent, strengthen engineering culture, and drive continuous improvement across distributed teams.
• Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position

Responsibilities

• Lead the Digital Foundry function, with accountability for software engineering delivery, execution discipline, team performance, and business outcomes
• Oversee teams delivering custom software, enterprise platform extensions, integrations, APIs, and digital capabilities that support strategic business priorities
• Establish and continuously improve engineering standards, delivery practices, governance, and operating rhythms aligned with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, QA, and DDLC expectations
• Contribute to the Technology Innovation operating model, operating system, and innovation processes to improve prioritization, predictability, transparency, and value realization
• Build, develop, and lead high-performing engineering teams, managers, contractors, vendors, and strategic partners; strengthen engineering culture, accountability, and talent development
• Partner across Product, Architecture, QA, Cybersecurity, Integration, Data, Infrastructure, SaaS Platform, and business leadership to deliver integrated, scalable, and extensible solutions
• Collaborate with leaders responsible for Salesforce, IFS, and other enterprise platforms to ensure effective software engineering delivery, platform extensibility, and lifecycle-based improvements
• Define and use engineering metrics, operational reporting, and value measures to improve visibility into capacity, delivery performance, quality, reliability, risk, and business impact
• Drive modernization, technical debt reduction, platform evolution, automation, and engineering productivity improvements across the Digital Foundry portfolio
• Champion modern engineering practices, including DevOps, DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, platform engineering, and AI-assisted software development
• Communicate engineering strategy, priorities, risks, dependencies, trade-offs, and delivery outcomes to executive leadership and stakeholders

Skills

Software Leadership

DevOps/DevSecOps

CI/CD

Engineering Management

Stakeholder Communication

Cloud Architecture

Enterprise Platform

Platform Engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Salesforce

IFS

Azure DevOps

GitHub Copilot

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Daikin Applied Americas seeks a Director, Digital Foundry to lead software engineering delivery across the Digital Foundry portfolio. You will shape engineering standards, drive modernization, and ensure secure, scalable product development in a hybrid/remote setting.

Responsibilities include directing teams delivering custom software, enterprise extensions, and integrations while partnering with Product, Architecture, QA, and Cybersecurity to realize business value.