Engineering Delivery & Standards

• Oversee development scope planning, implementation, and delivery according to commitments, meeting agreed plans with product and project management and maintaining functional and technical quality.
• Ensure the right skills and capacity are established across programs like Cargospot/UXR.
• Collaborate with architects and development teams to ensure performant, robust software and drive architectural strategy adherence and product roadmap alignment.
• Liaise with Product Managers, Architects, and technical leads to clarify requirements ensure they’re well specified and balanced with the architecture and product strategy, along with fair and accurate estimations/planning.
• Actively identify and manage risks, issues, blocking points, and changes; facilitate impact assessments and prioritization with key stakeholders.
• Ensure testing and product support align with agreed priorities and SLAs, with a focus on quality and customer experience.

Team Management

• Lead the Cargo BU engineering organization (~100 headcount) across CHAMP geographies (London, Luxembourg, and the Philippines), covering Engineering Managers, and external/partner developer governance .
• Provide leadership, direction and nurture a high-performing, collaborative, and innovative software engineering culture.
• Motivate and steer multi-disciplinary and geographically distributed (multi-cultural) teams.
• Oversee the developer career framework, leveling, and hiring bar; supervise organizational development, recruiting, and career development in conjunction with HR.
• Define and support the staff retention plan in alignment with CHAMP objectives.

Working with Other Departments

• Collaborate closely with Product Managers to ensure software development aligns with the CHAMP product roadmap.
• Work closely with Architects to ensure development standards and enterprise architecture strategy adherence.
• Streamline engagement with IT to ensure effective development tooling and deployment aligned with CHAMP’s technology strategy.
• Promote a constructive, collaborative cross-department culture to encourage innovation and reach organizational goals.
• Establish and maintain relationships with external suppliers such as recruitment agencies, training providers, vendors, IT consultants, and service providers.

Qualifications and Experience

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Demonstrated experience leading engineering, and delivering application/SaaS products on time while maintaining quality for large, international customer bases.
• Established technology leadership presence with a proactive leadership style, combined with the technical depth to direct architecture and decision-making.
• Proven ability to break complex problems into manageable parts, dive deeply into detail, and return to the big picture—customer value.
• Structured, process-driven mindset with non-negotiable standards for performance and quality.
• Strong experience with Agile, Scrum, and Lean software engineering best practices.

Technology Environment (Fluency Expected; Hands-On Depth Required)

• Backend services with a focus on Java, Spring Boot, and Web Services with databases like Oracle, SQL Server, and MongoDB, integrating via REST APIs into core Java cargo applications.
• Frontend frameworks, including Angular and Ionic for mobile apps.
• Server handling for Linux, private datacenters, and AWS environment (Ansible & Maven technologies); CI/CD with GitLab/Bamboo.
• Proficiency with AWS cloud architecture and operations (or equivalent), encompassing DevOps, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code practices, and cloud cost management (FinOps).
• Familiarity with Kafka, NGINX for load balancing and ELK; coupled with modern AI/ML tooling and AI-enhanced development practices.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field; advanced degrees preferred.
• 12+ years of relevant software engineering experience across the full lifecycle, including requirements management, product support, and strategy.
• 8+ years in engineering leadership, including line and collaborative program/project management, at the director or equivalent level, in a large-scale, global, multi-cultural environment.
• Proven experience owning a cloud-hosted SaaS platform end-to-end, encompassing hosting strategy, and cost management.
• Strong preference for experience leading AI adoption in engineering and embedding AI into products.
• Experience in governing large external/offshore development partners, ensuring quality and effective delivery.
• Strong analytical problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills, with excellent command of English.

Additional Notes:

• Candidates are required to submit a recent (not older than 3 months) criminal record certificate upon selection.
• Security compliance includes adherence to CHAMP Security Requirements, such as IT Security Policies (ISMS Policy and Acceptable Use Policy), mandatory training, confidentiality and data protection, responsible use of company assets, and incident reporting.

Commitment to Equality:

CHAMP Cargosystems ensures equal opportunity and prohibits discrimination or harassment in any form. Employment decisions are based rigorously on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications—regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or belief, family/parental status, or any other legally protected status.

Data Handling:

Please read the full CHAMP Candidates Privacy Notice for information concerning the processing and confidentiality of your personal data. Any data submitted with your application will be processed under applicable regulations like the GDPR and Luxembourg Data Protection Law of 2 August 2002.