Director of Technology

Tech & Data

Senior

Wo

32-40 hours

Working as a director of technology is the flight you really don't want to miss. Get involved in the rapidly accelerating digital landscape as KLM wants to become the most data & technology-driven airline in the world. You will contribute to changing our way of working, modernizing our technology stack in a layered and loosely coupled architecture. Having the right positioning of our people in this data & technology organization is key to achieving this ambition. Hop on board at KLM and seize this opportunity What will you do?

For one of our business platforms, we are looking for a new director of technology, who will lead the business platform together with the director of product. The shared responsibility lies in the performance of the teams, the quality of the products, and the assigned budget. You will lead, support, and improve the business platform. With a focus on the technology & architecture vision, roadmap, and leading the continuous change and improvement cycle regarding new ways of working, looking at the adoption of new technologies, crafts, and tools. You will take accountability for the business impact generated by the business platform. You are the hierarchical manager of engineering leaders, software engineers, data science leaders, data scientists, data analysts, scrum masters, and the platform architect within the platform. Coach and mentor talent and teams to increased levels of performance and take care of their well-being and job satisfaction.

The key result areas of the director of technology are:

• Ensuring that the platform architecture and design of products are in accordance with up-to-date industry best practices;
• Embedding exploration, experimentation, research & development in a culture of curiosity and continuous learning. Also, enabling good life cycle management;
• To apply BizDevOps way of thinking based on full end-to-end ownership and accountability for the IT product;
• Securing high-performing teams that deliver products with high efficiency and built-in quality. Securing optimal team set-up by diversity, mixing internal/external, and location.
• Responsible for Data Management execution in the platform as well as raising Data Management Awareness. And delivering risk management and mitigation. Where do you land?

  The core of this young department is business platforms, consisting of product teams organized around business processes, whereby product and tech are together end-to-end responsible for the digital products and services that support those business processes. In the last 2 years, we implemented 5 business platforms in Passenger Operations and HR domains. You land in a young department of Business Platform Integral Planning & Control, and you will report to the VP Technology & Technical Innovation. Your profile

  We are looking for a servant leader with a strong agile mindset leading by example. You promote and stimulate the empowerment of teams and people. Are you capable of inspiring, motivating, and coaching the people to adapt to the new organizational set-up and towards the new way of working? And do you fully embrace and support the D&T design and the two-in-a-box leadership together with the Director of Product?

  Moreover, you will bring:

  • full partnership of executive and senior management;
  • extensive, hands-on IT knowledge. And up-to-date knowledge of state-of-the-art technologies and industry best practices in the area of engineering and data science;
  • experience in managing teams who are located elsewhere;
  • profound knowledge of agile and you are experienced in working with it. Also looking at knowledge of LEAN or other continuous improvement methods;
  • knowledge of financial processes and how to apply;
  • up-to-date on developments in the field of Data Management processes, legislation, and how it's embedded within KLM.

    Do you also recognize yourself in the following competences?

    • Impact;
    • innovation;
    • providing direction;
    • customer-focused;
    • organizational awareness. Explore the perks of working with usMore benefits

      If your position allows this: working from home and working from abroad for up to 8 weeks (EU and Caribbean)

      2% development budget to be spent freely

      Plenty of room for personal development and great career opportunities

      Substantial discount on airline tickets (if you have been employed for at least 6 months) What do we offer

      • A gross salary between € 8.221,40 and € 9.317,58 per month;
      • Plenty of scope for personal development and great advancement opportunities;
      • An excellent pension scheme and 8% holiday allowance;
      • A variable income of up to 16%;
      • A profit-sharing scheme, up to 20%;
      • 25 leave days and 5 extra days off;
      • 7 extra days off if you work irregular shifts;
      • Substantial discount on airfare (when you have been employed for at least 6 months);
      • A travel expense scheme and free use of the bus network around Schiphol;
      • If your job allows it: working from home and up to 8 weeks working from abroad (EU and Caribbean);
      • 2% development budget;

        Point of view

        Data Ready for your next destination?

        Don’t wait any longer and apply for this function before the final boarding call on 04/01/2024 A motivation letter is no longer required; we will simply ask you a couple of questions during your online application. Within two weeks, you will receive a message from us. Your application procedure consists of a video assignment, three interviews and a security research.Did you know that according to research, women are less likely to apply than men when they don't meet all the job requirements? What a shame. Because, in our view, 'the perfect candidate' is a myth. So, if you have the drive to grow in aspects of this role, we look forward to your application.A file check (for ex-KLM-employees) and/or a reference check can be part of the application procedure. By applying for this vacancy you consent to these checks. Apply now

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        If you have any questions regarding this vacancy, contact our recruiter Margot or hiring manager VolkertThis job has the following ID number: 16299