Director, IT Solutions
About The Position
The Director of Developer Experience leads the enterprise approach to improving software delivery through AI-enabled practices and tools across IT. This hybrid role is based in Towson, Maryland; New Britain, Connecticut; or Charlotte, North Carolina. The director works with capability teams, which retain delivery ownership, to evaluate emerging technologies, validate practical applications, and establish reusable playbooks and standards across the software development lifecycle. The role owns the AI-powered SDLC tooling portfolio, including vendor relationships, licensing, cost management, and lifecycle decisions. It enables consistent, responsible adoption of tools and practices intended to improve developer experience, delivery effectiveness, and quality. The director partners with architecture, cybersecurity, privacy, and other control functions, while implementation and delivery accountability remains with capability teams. The role also leads a team focused on practical experimentation, shared enablement, tooling ownership, and continuous improvement. The position requires a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent professional experience and at least 10 years of relevant technology experience, including at least five years leading teams or enterprise capabilities. Relevant certifications are a plus. The role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
- 10 or more years of experience in software engineering, developer experience, platform engineering, DevSecOps, or related technology domains.
- At least 5 years leading teams or enterprise capabilities.
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-team adoption of new technologies and ways of working, building stakeholder commitment, overcoming resistance, and delivering measurable improvements.
- Experience evaluating, piloting, and scaling AI-enabled development tools or practices in an enterprise environment.
- Experience owning or managing enterprise technology tools or portfolios, including vendor relationships, licensing, costs, and lifecycle decisions.
Nice To Haves
- Relevant certifications in cloud platforms, agile/product operating models, DevOps, security, or AI.
Responsibilities
- Define and lead the developer experience and AI-powered SDLC roadmap in alignment with IT strategy, business priorities, and opportunities identified across capability teams.
- Assess industry developments and existing practices, and partner with teams to prototype and validate approaches for fit, usability, integration, implementation effort, risk, cost, and value.
- Translate proven approaches into reusable playbooks, reference patterns, and shared standards spanning requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, maintenance, and agile delivery practices.
- Own vendor relationships, licensing, costs, and lifecycle decisions for AI-powered development and SDLC tools; rationalize overlapping capabilities and coordinate with platform owners when AI functionality is embedded in broader platforms.
- Partner with architecture, cybersecurity, privacy, and other control functions to align tools and practices with enterprise requirements, while capability teams retain implementation and delivery accountability.
- Build commitment to AI-powered SDLC practices by demonstrating value, engaging leaders and practitioners, addressing adoption barriers, and supporting teams through learning and sustained use.
- Measure adoption, developer experience, delivery effectiveness, quality, and value; use findings to refine the roadmap and inform leadership investment decisions.
- Build and lead a team focused on experimentation, shared enablement, tooling ownership, and continuous improvement.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Life insurance
- Vision insurance
- Disability benefits
- 401(k)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Paid time off, including paid vacation, holidays, and personal days
- Tuition reimbursement
- Wellness program
- Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products
- Discount programs for partner vendors
- Access to learning resources, including a digital learning portal, Lean Academy, and online university
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
