Who We Are:

We are on a mission to modernize the Transportation, Logistics and Supply Chain industry. We partner with our clients who are leading the industry beyond disruption. We bring transformational business strategies and digital products, to our clients, that make the world more efficient, connected and viable.  We are inspired by people who are passionate, curious and want to innovate.

The Director or Senior Director - Technology will be responsible for working with one or more teams of engineers, the technical execution and delivery of a project, and helping to develop and scale the CarrierDirect Engineering Organization. In addition, this person also plays a key role in shaping the technology strategy for client engagements, as well as actively supporting new sales opportunities as a technical expert. 

Your Responsibilities:

• Provide technology expertise and leadership on multiple client projects
• Play the role of Chief Technology Advisor to client’s C-suite and other client contacts
• Be the coach and mentor to the team and help team-members of all levels evolve their tech careers
• Maintain excellent communication skills, in all directions, at all levels
• Track the engineering team’s capacity and maximize its sustainable productivity
• Encouraging team collaboration and cross-collaboration with other teams
• Build project-specific domain knowledge/expertise within the team
• Implement and lead process execution and improvement
• Contribute to the efforts to build reusable assets and IP and transform redundant processes to become more efficient

Strategic Technology Expertise/ Leadership

• Be passionate about moving technology forward and changing the digital landscape
• Act as the single point of technology leadership for a client engagement and provide technical sponsorship for client projects

• Provide business value through technology solutioning and help clients to create long-term technology roadmaps keeping in line with progress in tech

• Be a thought leader and help evangelize CarrierDirect’s technical prowess and help in brand building

• Have an executive presence needed to gain the trust and confidence of our clients

Partnering with Sales and Business Development teams

• Provide assistance and support to Sales and Proposal activities
• Create Statements of Work (SoW) and commercial contracts for client engagements
• Build out architectural diagrams for potential clients, for both existing and new technologies
• Participate in client prospecting calls and provide technical expertise support for the sales team

• Develop competitive estimates and work breakdown models, while managing risk, for executing projects and detail these in proposals and SoWs

Project Execution

• Accountable for on-time and on-budget project delivery
• Working with the product manager to turn feature requirements into actionable user stories
• Maintaining team efficiency and day-to-day throughput
• Working with the product manager to inform prioritization, sequencing, and product trade-offs when necessary

• Providing technical and architectural guidance
• Managing uptime and infrastructure budget costs

Although this position is remote there is a level of flexibility and mobility required to spend time onsite with our clients to enable delivery of our high quality solutions. Expected travel is approximately 25%.

Why Work Here:

Our values are “Go the extra mile, do the right thing, speak your truth, stay hungry and curious, and be cool, no ego.” We work in an open environment where feedback is welcomed and encouraged and we are continuously seeking out how we can be better as individuals, as a team, and as a company. As a growing company, we encourage people that want to have a visible impact in how we build, operate, and perform to apply and join us!