Director of Engineering - Retail

Copenhagen, DNK

Director of Engineering - Retail

Company Description

Company Description


Publicis Sapient, the digital business transformation hub of Publicis Groupe, helps clients drive growth and efficiency and evolve the ways they work, in a world where consumer behavior and technology are catalyzing social and commercial changes at an unprecedented pace. With 17,000 people and over 100 offices around the globe, our expertise spanning technology, data sciences, consulting and creative, combined with our culture of innovation, enables us to deliver on complex transformation initiatives that accelerate our clients’ businesses through creating the products and services their customers expect.

 

Job Description

This is an excellent opportunity for an engineering leader who is looking for significant professional growth at an organisation with an award-winning culture for creativity, client impact and openness. Your role will carry a core focus on defining architectural solutions, help structure technology and engineering teams and technically deliver large-scale digital transformation projects across a range of Retail sector clients. You will also play a key role in driving our clients’ adoption of modern architecture and trends such as Headless, Microservices, DevOps and Cloud Native technology platforms.

Along with driving best fit solutions for our clients, you will also work closely with business development leads, client partners and programme delivery managers to realise new business opportunities and help grow client accounts.

 

Your Impact

 

You will work closely with senior stakeholders to pitch, design, and deliver solutions that will transform our clients’ businesses, while also assuming the role of technical delivery lead for large scale geographically distributed engineering teams.  Your key strengths will be in leading large-scale technical strategy, design, planning and delivery, driving best practices adoption, and ensuring the growth of teams and talent. You will also pride yourself in contributing thought leadership and in helping to instil a long-term vision for our Retail technology capabilities at Publicis Sapient.
 

 

Qualifications

  • A strong track record in consulting organisations with proven experience of interfacing with and advising senior client stakeholders up to the C Level
  • Experience in defining technology strategies for clients, with a focus on modern architectures (layered, headless, micro-services based, cloud-hosted)
  • Knowledge of the commerce platforms on the market, and having worked on eCommerce projects in the past
  • Understanding of key retail business areas such as:
  • Online selling (web shop, mobile app, online payments, etc.)
  • Marketplaces
  • Product management and merchandising
  • Omnichannel logistics (home delivery, click & collect, returns, etc.)
  • In-store (POS systems, assisted sales, scan & go, etc.)

 

Additional Information

Benefits of Working Here:

  • Hybrid working model and flexible working hours
  •  Strong people first company culture
  • Numerous learning opportunities to support your professional growth
  • Amazing opportunities for career progression
  • Staff incentives and rewards schemes
  • Company pension plan and occupational disability insurance
  • Ergonomic chairs and height adjustable desks, dog friendly offices
  • Discounts on travel, culture, and leisure activities
  •  “Work Your World Program” – every Publicis Sapient employee is entitled to work anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks every year.
  • Vibrant workplace culture with various events throughout the year (e.g. after works events, healthy breakfast, free coffee, snacks)