Associate Director - Digital Engineering

International Motors•Lisle, IL

15h

About The Position

International Motors is seeking an innovative and strategic Associate Director, Digital Engineering to lead the engineering teams responsible for delivering and supporting critical digital platforms that power our customers, dealers, operations, and enterprise business capabilities. This highly visible leadership role combines technology strategy, engineering leadership, organizational development, and digital transformation. The successful candidate will lead multiple engineering disciplines while defining the future architecture, modernization strategy, and technology roadmap for a portfolio of applications and platforms. As a leader within our Digital Engineering organization, you will help shape the next generation of customer, dealer, sales, service, and operational solutions while building a culture of engineering excellence, innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you are passionate about building exceptional teams, modernizing enterprise platforms, driving engineering excellence, and creating innovative digital solutions that serve thousands of users, we would love to talk with you.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and at least 9 years of information systems/information technology experience
At least 5 years of management experience OR Master's degree and at least 7 years of information systems/information technology experience
At least 5 years of management experience OR At least 12 years of information systems/information technology experience
At least 5 years of management experience
Qualified candidates, excluding current employees, must be legally authorized on an unrestricted basis (US Citizen, Legal Permanent Resident, Refugee or Asylee) to be employed in the United States.
We do not anticipate providing employment related work sponsorship for this position (e.g., H-1B status)

Nice To Haves

Experience with Enterprise Platforms like Pega, Syncron, SAP, Sitecore, Coveo
Experience with Application Development using .NET Core / .NET, C#, ASP.NET, JavaScript / TypeScript, React, Angular
Experience with REST APIs and Microservices Architecture
Experience with Cloud & Platform Engineering on Microsoft Azure, Azure DevOps, Cloud-native architectures, Containerization technologies, API Management Platforms, Integration Platforms
Experience with DevOps & Engineering Practices including CI/CD Pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, Automated Testing, Quality Engineering, Release Management, Observability & Monitoring, Application Performance Management
Experience with Security & Compliance Engineering
Understanding of both commercial enterprise platforms and modern custom development practices and ability to guide teams across both environments.

Responsibilities

Building organizational capability, developing talent, improving engineering maturity, and ensuring teams possess the skills necessary to support current and future technology needs.
Define and execute the technology strategy and roadmap for a portfolio of critical applications and digital platforms.
Drive modernization initiatives focused on cloud adoption, APIs, platform scalability, automation, and operational excellence.
Partner with business, digital and technology leaders to align technology investments with strategic business objectives.
Evaluate emerging technologies and establish long-term architectural direction.
Balance customer needs, business priorities, technical debt, security requirements, and platform sustainability.
Lead and coordinate cross-functional digital engineering teams responsible for designing, developing, deploying, and supporting applications.
Oversee the design and implementation of application architecture and overall solution development.
Partner with engineering teams to develop and implement a robust set of services, APIs, integrations, and reusable components that power digital products and business capabilities.
Drive adoption of modern engineering practices including Agile delivery, DevOps, CI/CD automation, observability, automated testing, and platform reliability engineering.
Establish technical standards, architecture governance, development frameworks, and engineering best practices.
Lead and develop teams across multiple engineering disciplines, including: Full Stack Engineering, Configuration Engineering, Application Development, Platform Engineering, Application Support, DevOps, Quality Assurance and Test Automation, Production and System Operations, API and Integration Services, Technical Architecture.
Recruit, develop, mentor, and retain high-performing engineering talent.
Build an inclusive, collaborative, and customer-focused engineering culture.
Establish career development plans and succession strategies.
Coach managers, technical leads, and engineers to achieve their full potential.
Foster transparency, accountability, innovation, and continuous learning.