Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. We are a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. 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 alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Associate Director, Software Engineering will provide leadership and guidance to the engineering teams across technology and business capabilities to build and enhance modern business applications in the company. In this role, you will provide tactical leadership on product development, architecture and technology adherence to ensure the delivery of solutions are secure, scalable, resilient and robust. You will also lead team development, build cross team relationships and collaborate across the entire engineering community to drive an effective and authentic engineering culture and to maximize the effectiveness of the engineering capabilities.
Key Accountabilities

• Direct a team of engineering professionals that design, develop, deploy and enhance the new and existing software solutions.
• Provide broad oversight and guidance to deliver highly scalable and resilient software products and platforms.
• Provide leadership to grow team capabilities, drive team goals and prioritize team resources in alignment with business requirements.
• Influence the engineering community to ensure teams constantly learn and apply new trends and technology to handle business problems.
• Develop plans and deliver results in a fast-changing business or regulatory environment, while leading and developing a team of experienced professionals and supervisors, coaching and making decisions related to talent management hiring, performance and disciplinary actions. You will also collaborate with managers and supervisors in your organization to ensure staff selections align with current and future needs.
• Other duties as assigned

QualificationsMinimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of six years of related work experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Three years of supervisory experience
• Confirmed experience with financial management and budget management
• Confirmed experience to leverage an agile approach and modern development languages and technologies
• Confirmed experience to provide technical leadership to multiple technical teams

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.