Technical Director, Appnovation

• 10-15 years of experience in enterprise digital delivery, with a track record leading complex, multi-team technology programmes
• Solutions architecture experience - you've designed systems, led technical pre-sales, written proposals, and presented to client leadership
• Demonstrable experience operationalising AI tooling across engineering teams (not just personal use or R&D)
• Strong delivery management background - you've run or reformed a delivery function, PMO, or equivalent; you understand what good agile maturity looks like and how to get there
• Experience with modern web and cloud technologies including MACH architectures, headless CMS platforms, cloud-native infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure), and CI/CD pipelines
• People leadership - you've managed engineering teams of meaningful size, handled performance, hiring, and career development
• Commercial awareness - you understand utilisation, margin, and how to grow accounts; you can have a commercial conversation with a client without needing someone from sales in the room
• Strong documentation skills: architecture diagrams, ADRs, technical specifications, and estimation rationale
• Pre-sales capability - scoping, estimation governance, RFP/proposal technical input, proof of concepts

Desirable

• Appnovation is a global, full-service digital partner that combines Strategy, Experience & Design, Engineering and Managed Services. We build digital solutions that deliver real impact today and serve as foundations for future growth. Bold ambition. Practical action. Endless possibilities
• Appnovation is seeking a Technical Director to lead solutions architecture, delivery excellence, and AI-driven transformation across our Americas portfolio
• This is a senior leadership role with real ownership. You will be a technology leader for the majority of our Americas delivery portfolio, responsible for client outcomes, team performance, and the operational standards that keep a global consultancy running well
• You have a solutions architecture background - you can design systems, lead pre-sales, scope engagements, and ensure technical quality from sprint zero through to delivery
• You see delivery discipline as a competitive advantage, not overhead. You have strong views on agile maturity, sprint cadence, quality gates, and Jira/Confluence hygiene - and you've built or reformed these systems before
• You're genuinely excited about AI and have moved beyond experimentation. You've operationalised AI tooling (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, AI-augmented QA, or similar) across real engineering teams at scale - not just run pilots
• You communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both engineering teams and non-technical stakeholders, building consensus and driving decisions
• You have experience presenting solutions to client architecture review teams and are comfortable estimating engagements at multiple levels with clear rationale
• You're comfortable navigating ambiguity - fragmented requirements, evolving scopes, distributed teams across time zones - and you bring structure without rigidity
• You take ownership of outcomes, not just deliverables. If a project is going off track, you see it early and act
• You balance idealism with pragmatism, knowing when to advocate for the ideal solution and when to make strategic compromises
• You lead people as well as technology - you're comfortable managing, mentoring, and growing an engineering team, and you care about the people as much as the platform