Technology Director at North Highland Consulting in Atlanta, Georgia

Job Description:

JOB DESCRIPTION

LEAVE YOUR MARK ON A BETTER WORLD.

COLLABORATE WITH AMAZING PEOPLE.

MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN.



At North Highland, we believe in doing great things together. With you. With our clients. With a perspective on actions today that shape tomorrow. As the world's most innovative, collaborative consulting group, we've built a space to share ideas like never before. Do you have the skills, passion and commitment to transform industries for the better? Think you can bring your A-game every day? If so, join us. We like big thinkers with action on the brain...



Why North Highland? Every choice you make will give you the opportunity to grow. It's our employee ownership model - with plenty of coaching and personal development opportunities in the mix. For us, training doesn't have an off switch. You'll learn new things, both during and beyond traditional working hours. We want people who strive for the next level, then the next.



At North Highland, you're never a number. Our firm is large enough to scale up, test your mettle and tackle big challenges, but small enough that clients won't lose your face in a crowd. You're recognized individually.



We started as three leaders and a kitchen table. Which means we know expectations are made to be broken. Want to surprise us? Do it. Experiment and stretch yourself. There's room to grow as a budding entrepreneur.



Technology is core to all of North Highland's consulting work and we are looking for the right Director to continue the expansion of our US team.



The Director level is primarily responsible for growing a team of consultants highly skilled in modern enterprise architecture and software engineering, growing our portfolio of business in an assigned group of clients and to participate in the leadership of the global technology capability.



The exciting work you'll get to do with North Highland will:

• Foster a high-quality human experience for our team through effective coaching, mentoring, development of career paths, and modeling superior management and leadership skills.


• Continue to build the team's amazing capabilities through development and management of training plans, hands on skill development, paired project work and project reviews.


• Show a bias to action through high quality work delivered on time and on budget to our clients.


• Creatively collaborate with our client account teams to grow existing and build new client relationships with some of the most exciting brands in the world


• Shape the future by being part of the Technology global leadership team


• Be part of the global thought leadership team on agile, digital transformation, cloud technology and software engineering

The amazing person we need will have:

Significant knowledge and experience with the modern technology landscape including:

• The principles and execution of enterprise architecture in a complex client environment involving hybrid deployment of systems both on-premise and in the cloud


• The design, development and deployment of systems in either AWS, GCP or Azure cloud platforms


• The creation of modern single page digital applications using Javascript, React\React Native, and Angular


• The design, creation and management of DevOps and CICD pipelines


• Understanding and experience of the testing lifecycle

Familiarity and demonstrable senior level experience within the following:

• Helping to grow enterprise architecture and software engineering teams for a consulting agency or a mix of private firm/consulting firm experience


• The design, development and deployment of digital applications, particularly in support of Customer Experience strategy programs or in support of overall Digital Transformations


• Consulting with clients to identify, design solutions for, and create digital solutions targeting the clients most critical problems


• An agile skill set that allows you to function in agile teams and coach clients and teammates new to agile delivery models


• Demonstrated success at developing a high-quality human experience through coaching, leadership and career development of technology teams


• A well-articulated sense of purpose and vision for your life and career


• A commitment to a lifetime of learning and growth


• And, of course, we'd expect an undergraduate degree from an accredited college/university

It would also be great to see skills and experience in:

• Experience working with clients in Retail, Financial Services, and/or Public Sector industries


• Ability to travel freely when needed, throughout the US and occasionally to the UK


• Ability to attend as required client functions, social events and internal North Highland initiatives


• Advanced degree from an accredited college/university

North Highland makes change happen for organizations who dare to be different. By melding workforce, customer and operational transformation, they are one of the world's leading consulting groups, with 65+ offices around the globe. They break new ground today so tomorrow is easier to explore.



For more information, visit northhighland.com and connect with us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.



North Highland is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.