Senior Director Technology – Web Technologies & AI (all genders)
Cologne
Why Valtech? We’re the experience innovation company - a trusted partner to the world’s most recognized brands. To our people we offer growth opportunities, a values-driven culture, international careers and the chance to shape the future of experience.
The opportunity
At Valtech, you’ll find an environment designed for continuous learning, meaningful impact, and professional growth. Whether you're pioneering new digital solutions, challenging conventional thinking or building the next generation of customer experiences, your work will help transform industries.
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The role
The Senior Director Technology (all genders) is a strategic technology leader responsible for driving digital
transformation initiatives for Valtech clients through modern web technologies, cloud-native architectures, and AI-enabled solutions.
This role combines technology leadership, client advisory, solution innovation, and people leadership.
The individual will shape technology strategy, lead multidisciplinary engineering teams,
influence C-level stakeholders, and accelerate the adoption of AI-driven delivery and digital experiences across client engagements.
The Senior Director Technology (all genders) serves as a trusted advisor to clients and internal stakeholders,
ensuring the successful delivery of scalable, secure, and future-ready digital platforms while fostering engineering excellence and innovation.
Key Responsibilities
Technology Leadership
- Define technology vision and architecture strategies for enterprise-scale digital platforms.
- Lead technology roadmaps across web, ecommerce, composable platforms, cloud, data, and AI.
- Drive adoption of MACH, composable architecture, API-first ecosystems, and modern engineering practices.
- Establish engineering standards, governance frameworks, and quality benchmarks.
- Champion AI-first engineering and AI-assisted software development practices.
AI & Emerging Technologies
- Shape AI strategy and implementation approaches for internal and client-facing solutions.
- Guide teams in applying Generative AI, Agentic AI, RAG architectures, intelligent automation, and AI-enabled customer experiences.
- Evaluate emerging AI technologies, frameworks, and platforms.
- Define governance, security, and responsible AI practices.
- Drive measurable business outcomes through AI innovation initiatives.
Client Leadership & Consulting
- Act as executive technology advisor for strategic accounts.
- Build trusted relationships with CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, and business executives.
- Lead technology discovery sessions, architecture workshops, and transformation programs.
- Translate business objectives into scalable technology solutions.
- Support business development, pursuits, and executive presentations.
Delivery Leadership
- Provide technology oversight across multiple client programs.
- Ensure successful execution of complex digital transformation initiatives.
- Manage technology risk, engineering quality, scalability, and security.
- Support program governance and strategic decision-making.
- Drive continuous improvement in delivery methodologies.
People & Capability Development
- Build and develop high-performing engineering organizations.
- Mentor Engineering Managers, Architects, Tech Leads, and Senior Engineers.
- Drive talent acquisition and workforce planning.
- Promote continuous learning, innovation, and engineering excellence.
- Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and growth-oriented culture.
Commercial & Growth
- Contribute to sales, pre-sales, and solutioning activities.
- Lead technology responses for strategic RFPs and proposals.
- Support account growth through innovation and strategic advisory.
- Identify opportunities for new service offerings and AI-enabled solutions.
- Drive revenue growth and delivery profitability.
Required Experience
Leadership
- 12+ years of progressive technology leadership experience.
- 5+ years in senior technology management roles.
- Proven leadership of large distributed engineering teams.
- Experience managing multiple client engagements simultaneously.
Digital & Web Technologies
Strong expertise in:
- Modern web application architectures
- Headless CMS platforms
- Ecommerce platforms
- Cloud-native development
- Microservices architecture
- API-first ecosystems
- Frontend engineering (React, Next.js, Angular, Vue)
- Backend technologies (.NET, Java, Node.js)
- Platform engineering and DevOps
AI & Data
Experience delivering solutions involving:
- Generative AI
- Large Language Models (LLMs)
- RAG architectures
- AI Agents and Agentic workflows
- Prompt engineering
- AI governance and responsible AI
- Data platforms and analytics
- MLOps and AI deployment practices
Cloud Platforms
Deep knowledge of:
- Microsoft Azure
- AWS
- Google Cloud Platform
Key Competencies
Strategic Leadership
- Technology vision and strategy
- Executive communication
- Business acumen
- Organizational leadership
Client Engagement
- Executive stakeholder management
- Consultative selling
- Solution shaping
- Enterprise architecture advisory
Technical Excellence
- Digital architecture
- AI solution design
- Cloud transformation
- Security and governance
Commercial Impact
- Revenue growth
- Account expansion
- P&L awareness
- Contract and risk management
Success Measures (KPIs)
Business Impact
- Revenue growth across technology engagements
- Client satisfaction (NPS/CSAT)
- Strategic account expansion
- Solution win rate
Delivery Excellence
- Delivery quality
- Technology governance compliance
- Program success rate
- AI adoption across projects
Organizational Impact
- Employee engagement
- Retention of key talent
- Capability development
- Leadership pipeline growth
Innovation
- AI solution adoption
- New service offerings launched
- Technology thought leadership contributions
- Reusable accelerators and frameworks created
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