IT Manager, Development and Integration

Collaboration drives Nordson’s success as a market leader in Industrial Precision Solutions and Advanced Technology. Our employees thrive in an environment where we help each other reach our personal best and enable our company to continuously improve and grow, and our customers to succeed. You will find Nordson employees sharing our success by giving back in the communities around the world where we live and work.

Strategic Leadership:

• Partner with business and IT stakeholders to understand their needs, requirements and define technology or process-driven solutions that addresses the gaps.  
• Provide visionary leadership that aligns IT strategies with overall business objectives through development and execution of multi-year technical and business roadmaps.
• Develop and implement SOPs, processes, and procedures across IT organization to ensure robust, best-in-class and consistent IT application management.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture and business stakeholders to create, refine, and drive the IT Development & Integration roadmap, DevOps, and implementation of the solutions.
• Design and implement best-practice processes, data & reporting, compliance, and system integrations impacting the full software engineering lifecycle.

Solution Delivery:

• Collaborate with PMO to deliver project objectives, timelines, prioritization, and implementation plans, ensuring cost effective, quality, and timely delivery of high-quality IT solutions.
• Expand SAFe Agile solution and SRE development delivery methodology across the organization.
• Accountable for overall technical decisions and utilization of end-to-end software development best practices including solution design, coding standards, integration, automation, quality assurance, and deployment.
• Develop expansive library of automated test scripts and software APIs to expediate solution delivery
• Partner with various stakeholders to select and implement most suitable technology solution in a manner that satisfies business requirements, enhances user experience, and maximizes technology capabilities.

Digital Transformation

• Champion digital transformation initiatives by implementing and maintaining DevOps practices.
• Enhance productivity and reduce total cost of IT ownership through reusability of codes and technology solutions.
• Ensure the seamless integration of digital solutions, engineering best processes, methodologies across the organization.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the software engineering team.

Talent Management

• Attract, develop, and lead a world-class IT Enterprise applications organization; develop a team culture of innovation, collaboration, and ongoing improvement.
• Monitor resource capacity and demand to ensure optimal resource utilization and project staffing.
• Foster a collaborative and inclusive environment where experimentation, learning, and adaptation are encouraged.
• Set clear goals and objectives for the team and provide guidance for their professional development.

Performance Monitoring and Reporting

• Establish KPIs and metrics to measure the performance and effectiveness of the IT engineering team.
• Define and report on success criteria relevant for organization strategy.
• Establish and drive improvement plans for non-performing measures.
• Provide regular reports to senior leadership on defined KPIs, and project status.

Required Qualifications, Skills, and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a technology related field. Working experience can be substituted for academic experience.
• 6+ years of experience in IT Software Management, with minimum of 2 years in an IT leadership role.
• Strong understanding of DevOps principles and experience with tools such as Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.
• Strong Working knowledge of Agile and Waterfall project management methodologies.
• Demonstrated leadership and strategic thinking abilities, with the capacity to drive organizational change and alignment.
• Demonstrated ability to drive process standardization, innovation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise software, cloud solutions, technology trends, and industry best practices.
• Fiscal fluency and ability to manage budgets and articulate and demonstrate return on investment for IT

Preferred Competencies and Qualifications:

• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS
• Certified or desire to be certified in one or more cloud platform

Skills and Abilities

• Act as an organizational change agent for improving Software Engineering maturity and practices, in support of business/division goals and strategy.
• Utilize effective frameworks, best practices, and methodologies.
• Establish trust and motivate actions among stakeholders and team members.
• Effectively communicate ideas and influence across the organization.
• Stay informed on business priorities, solution delivery trends, and emerging technologies.
• Communicate project value propositions to IT and business stakeholders.