Associate Director- IOT and Computer Vision

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and scale application platforms leveraging Azure offerings to create secure and robust IoT and Computer Vision solutions.
• Translate business goals and multi-year strategies into actionable product roadmaps and team initiatives.
• Lead cross-functional teams of developers and architects, fostering collaboration and ensuring alignment with strategic business goals.
• Mentor and motivate team members to deliver high-quality solutions that meet customer requirements.
• As a product owner, oversee a technical team of architects, tech leads, developers, managing responsibilities such as requirement clarification, backlog grooming, low-level technical designs, and defining acceptance criteria.
• Drive technology adoption decisions and establish processes for sprint delivery cycles, applying product management principles to enhance efficiency and innovation.
• Spearhead the implementation of Industry 4.0 use cases, leveraging IoT and Computer Vision platforms to drive operational excellence and business value.
• Operate within Agile/SAFe methodologies as part of scrum teams, utilizing Azure DevOps for code reviews and collaboration.
• Prepare proposals and action plans for new IoT and Computer Vision platform use cases, identifying market opportunities and driving strategic growth initiatives.
• Provide consulting expertise to teams requiring cloud, IoT, or Computer Vision knowledge, fostering a culture of innovation and expertise development.
• Apply financial analysis expertise for cost optimization and quality maintenance, aligning tech decisions with enterprise standards for platform integrity.
• Collaborate with teams to define roadmaps, prioritize features, and ensure project success, bridging the gap between technical requirements and business objectives.
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Qualifications

Qualifications

• Proven experience in implementing data ingestion strategies and reusable framework libraries for IoT and Computer Vision platforms.
• Proficiency in Cloud as well as Edge offerings, and domain-driven development principles
• Strong leadership skills with experience leading cross-functional teams and mentoring team members.
• Expertise in Agile/SAFe methodologies and using Azure DevOps for collaboration.
• Excellent communication skills to bridge the gap between technical requirements and business objectives.
• Experience in financial analysis for cost optimization and quality maintenance
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Mandatory Technical Skills

• Experience with IOT, Computer vision, Data & analytics
• Experience working with Azure DevOps or similar tools for tracking, developing, deploying software
• Experience in cost estimation for Platform-as-a-Service cloud hosting cost estimates (including both cloud hosting costs and software licensing)
• Should have knowledge of Azure and Industry 4.0 along with working experience on Container orchestration technology
• Knowledge of Azure or AWS
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Mandatory Non-Technical Skills

• Experience leading cross-functional teams with diverse skillsets in multiple time zones
• Support identification and requirements gathering for new processes and services (or changes to existing processes and services) to improve operational support
• Excellent communication and strong interpersonal skills
• Experience with Agile and Hybrid development and deployment projects
• Agile or other project management certification is a plus
• Solves complex, politically sensitive problems across teams
• Strong analytical skills to support problem troubleshooting, resolution, and root cause determination to complex technology issues
• Ability to thrive in a fast pace and demanding work environment.
• Strong documentation skills and ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical personnel
• Good collaboration and partnership skills to foster key relationships with other technology, application and business teams
• Requisite skills to assist with influencing others in order gain consensus and alignment for key deliverables that span multiple teams and organizations
• Ability to leverage partnership with third-party providers to achieve business goals
• Ability to navigate complex cloud landscape and still deliver results
• Vendor partnership / management experience
• Understanding of infrastructure and cloud technologies, principles, and methodologies
• Experience with running programs and initiatives with remote teams in multiple locations