Director/Senior Director - Technology

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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 is a leadership role within the organization and will visibly participate in and contribute to the growth and scale of the Engineering team and expanding the portfolio of clients. This person also plays a key role in shaping the technology strategy for client engagements, leading technical delivery teams, as well as actively supporting new sales opportunities as a technical expert.Your Responsibilities:

  • Build trusted relationships with key decision makers and influencers within current clients as well as new clients in partnership with the Product and Consulting teams.
  • Play the role of Chief Technology Advisor to client's C-suite and other client contacts, across multiple projects
  • Build, grow and mentor the Engineering team, at all levels, to develop top talent and help our team evolve their tech careers
  • Maintain excellent communication skills, in all directions, at all levels and possess excellent presentation and roadmap facilitation skills
  • Encourage 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 reputation
  • Have the executive presence needed to gain the trust and confidence of our clients

Partnering with Sales and Business Development teams

  • Provide technical expertise and support to Sales and Proposal activities, driving pursuits as needed
  • Create Statements of Work (SoW) and commercial contracts for client engagements
  • Build out architectural diagrams for potential clients, for both existing and new technologies
  • Develop competitive estimates and plans, while managing risk, for executing projects and detail these in proposals and SoWs

Project Execution

  • Accountable for on-time and on-budget project delivery
  • 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

Prior consulting experience is a definite plus.Although this position is remote there is a level of flexibility and mobility required to spend time onsite with our clients and teams 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!

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We love our location at Lasalle and Wacker. We're right at the river bordering downtown and River North. There are great options for every palate!

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