Director Engineering – Manufacturing

We are looking for an Engineering Leader to drive the operation of Manufacturing Product Development organization at IFS. This role combines strong people leadership solid technical judgment and deep collaboration with Product and Manufacturing domain stakeholders to deliver enterprise-grade solutions at scale.

This is a leadership role with hands-on technical expectations appropriate to experience. You will lead one or more engineering teams with scope aligned to your experience demonstrated impact and business needs. Regardless of scope this is not a people-only management role  technical credibility and product understanding are essential.

AI is a core enabler in this role. You are expected to treat AI as a practical part of modern software delivery and product capability helping teams use AI to improve engineering productivity and to deliver Manufacturing features that create real customer value.

What Youll Do

• Lead and develop software engineers delivering Manufacturing product capabilities remaining hands-on where this adds the most value.
• Own delivery outcomes across the full software lifecycle balancing scope quality risk and operational responsibility (you build it you run it).
• Provide technical leadership through design reviews architectural discussions and hands-on guidance when needed
• Ensure high standards of engineering quality using modern practices:
  • CI/CD automated testing observability secure coding
• Lead and continuously improve engineering execution across teams by applying Agile and iterative delivery principles strengthening flow predictability and quality through datadriven improvement and removal of systemic impediments
• Lead and drive practical adoption of AI-assisted engineering workflows across teams
• Contribute to or guide in the development of AI-enabled Manufacturing capabilities
• Work closely with Product Management Architecture and Manufacturing domain experts to turn business needs into scalable solutions

Manufacturing Domain Focus

Strong domain leadership across Manufacturing areas including (depth expected in at least one with working knowledge across others):

• End-to-end Manufacturing lifecycle (Plan Build Quality Maintain)
• Regulatory and industry-specific requirements
• Large-scale multi-tenant configurable Manufacturing solutions

Ability to align Manufacturing domain strategy with platform data and integration capabilities

AI Expectations

AI is expected to be embedded responsible and outcome driven.

You are expected to:

• Use AI-assisted development tools in your own work
• Enable teams to use AI to improve delivery speed quality and confidence
• Support the development and validation of AI-powered Manufacturing features where applicable
• Understand relevant AI integration patterns (e.g. RAG-based features agent-assisted workflows evaluation practices) at a level appropriate to your scope

This role requires AI fluency and sound engineering judgment.

Qualifications :

Required Background

• Strong foundation in software engineering and enterprise application development
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing engineers
• Handson familiarity with modern architectures including cloudnative services APIs CI/CD and automated testing
• Ability to read review and reason about production code operating comfortably at both codelevel and systemlevel design
• Experience working closely with Product Management and business stakeholders
• Strong communication coaching and decision-making skills

Preferred Experience

• Manufacturing ERP or industrial enterprise software
• Large-scale configurable multi-tenant products
• AI-enabled features in enterprise software
• Customer-facing technical discussions in enterprise environments

What Were Looking For

• You balance technical depth with people leadership
• You lead with context and trust not control
• You care deeply about quality maintainability and customer impact
• You see AI as a practical accelerator not a buzzword
• You optimize for long-term sustainable delivery
• You grow impact by enabling others

Additional Information :

We embrace flexibility and hybrid work opportunities to support diverse needs and lifestyles while also valuing inclusive workplace experiences. By fostering a sense of community we drive innovation strengthen connections and nurture belonging. Our commitment ensures you can work in a way that suits you best while also engaging with colleagues to share ideas and build meaningful relationships.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time