Director Software Engineering - Digital Products - Food

• The Director of Software Engineering - Food leads the execution of the tactical and strategic plans related to developing and delivering digital products while meeting quality standards and deadlines. This job leads and guides the software engineering team to deliver against product planning and prioritization fostering collaboration with cross functional teams and allocating resources effectively to achieve optimal efficiency. This job provides technical direction for software engineering projects assures the adoption of best in-class industry standards and cultivates a culture of continuous improvement in the development process.

• TECHNICAL PRODUCT MANAGEMENT: Oversees the planning implementation and delivery of software projects including resource allocation to ensure they are completed on time and within scope.
• TECHNICAL GUIDANCE: Applies expertise in software development and deployment automation to provide technical direction and support to the engineering team writing clean maintainable and efficient code such as small prototypes utilities tools and proposals with code and advancing the teams capability.
• QUALITY ASSURANCE: Oversees and validates to ensure the quality and performance of software applications through rigorous testing code reviews and adherence to best in class industry standards.
• PROCESS IMPROVEMENT: Leads continuous improvement initiatives and guides the implementation of approved standards to improve software development and deployment processes and operational excellence.
• COLLABORATION: Cultivates collaboration with product managers designers and other cross functional teams to gather requirements set priorities and deliver resolutions to meet business objectives.
• DOCUMENTATION: Oversees and guides the creation and maintenance of comprehensive documentation for software applications deployment processes and system configurations.
• TECHNICAL SUPPORT: Oversees and guides technical support and troubleshooting for deployed appications for minimal downtime and fast resolution of issues.
• TEAM MANAGEMENT: Manages team members to achieve the organization's goals by allocating resources ensuring productivity communicating performance expectations creating goal alignment giving and seeking feedback providing coaching measuring progress and holding people accountable supporting employee development recognizing achievement and lessons learned and developing enabling conditions for talent to thrive in an inclusive team culture.

• Minimum requirements of 6 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 10 years or more of relevant experience.
• Experience delivering software products in cross-functional environments working with product design and business stakeholders.
• Experience working in matrixed global organizations and managing stakeholders across technology regional commercial teams enterprise partners and external providers.

• Knowledge of software development lifecycle (SDLC) practices.
• Experience applying emerging AI-enabled capabilities and new ways of working.
• Experience leading seasoned digital product teams across multiple geographies.
• Strong product and digital leadership: Able to lead complex product portfolios translate business needs into clear digital outcomes and guide teams through modernization platform evolution and customer experience improvements.
• Transformation mindset and execution discipline: Comfortable operating in ambiguity shaping new operating models driving adoption and moving strategic work from concept into practical execution with clear ownership and follow-through
• Business partnership and stakeholder alignment: Experience in working in matrix organizations and managing stakeholders across DT&D regional commercial teams enterprise partners and external providers.
• People leadership and talent development: Experience in coaching team engagement accountability and leadership development; creates an environment where team members can grow lead and deliver at a high standard.
• Global and culturally adaptive communication: Communicates with clarity empathy and flexibility across regions and cultures; balances urgency and directness with active listening relationship building and awareness of local context.
• Forward-looking curiosity and AI readiness: Shows curiosity for emerging technology especially AI-enabled capabilities and new ways of working while remaining grounded in business value adoption and practical impact.

What We Do

We are a family company providing food ingredients agricultural solutions and industrial products to nourish the world in a safe responsible and sustainable way. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials— from eggs to edible oils salt to skincare feed to flooring. By providing customers with products that are vital for living we help businesses grow communities prosper and consumers live well in their daily lives.

Why Work With Us

The decision to join Cargill can open the door to a world of possibility. As part of our Digital Technology & Data team you’ll get to be part of a large and diverse group full of unique perspectives united by a common higher purpose while building a rewarding career full of opportunity growth and the satisfaction of knowing your work matters.

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