Director & Head of Application Development & Engineering
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 30, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 26, 2026. Merck Group scores A on the Alion truth index.
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The Director & Head of Application Development & Engineering is a senior technology leadership role within the Global Digital Workplace organization, reporting to the Head of Digital Workplace. The role leads a global team of approximately 30 employees, including people managers, with responsibility for software engineering, digital solution development and service ownership.The engineering scope spans low-code and enterprise development platforms through to fully custom software development. The organization also provides end-to-end service management for a selected portfolio of third-party workplace solutions.We are looking for a deeply technical software engineering leader with significant hands-on development experience who has progressed into senior leadership. This is not a purely people-management role. The successful candidate will remain close to the technology and provide direction on architecture, engineering and solution design, while leading the organization and its delivery portfolio.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and develop a global organization of approximately 30 employees, including people managers.Provide technical leadership across software engineering, architecture, application development, integration and automation.Lead development across low-code, enterprise development platforms and fully custom applications.
- Drive engineering quality and consistent adoption of established SDLC, architecture, security and engineering standards.Drive modernization, simplification and lifecycle management of the application landscape.
- Oversee end-to-end service delivery for selected third-party workplace solutions, including vendor, lifecycle and service management.
- Partner with business and technology stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable and sustainable solutions.
Experience
- Strong hands-on software development and engineering background, followed by progression into senior technology leadership.Proven experience leading sizeable, multidisciplinary engineering teams, including people managers.
- Strong depth in software architecture, application development, integration and modern engineering practices.
- Experience across both custom software development and low-code/application platforms.
- Ability to combine technical depth with senior organizational leadership.a
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