Director, Engineering - ERP ( Strictly ERP Domain Candidates)

As Director of Engineering at QAD, you will lead a significant portion of the engineering organization responsible for QAD's Adaptive ERP. You will own multiple ERP platform and foundational capabilities, help shape the evolution, modernization, quality, and operational readiness of a mature enterprise product, and lead the acceleration of existing customers' transition to Adaptive. The role combines engineering leadership, technical depth, product thinking, and transformation, with a focus on applying AI to analyze, simplify, and modernize complex enterprise software.

Responsibilities

Lead a significant portion of the engineering organization responsible for QAD's Adaptive ERP; Own and evolve a significant portion of QAD's ERP engineering portfolio, including product quality, architecture, delivery, modernization, and operational readiness; Own and evolve foundational ERP capabilities for the Adaptive Applications organization; Lead development of AI-driven tooling that analyzes and streamlines existing customer environments and accelerates transition to Adaptive; Partner across Engineering, Product, Services, and other QAD organizations to reduce customer complexity; Lead Engineering Managers and Senior Managers to ensure timely, high-quality delivery of SaaS capabilities; Build, coach, and develop Engineering Managers and senior engineers; Drive Agile and product-centric delivery models; Partner with Product, Architecture, Security, and DevOps to align roadmaps and outcomes; Own product quality, release readiness, reliability, engineering health, and delivery outcomes; Lead hybrid internal and partner engineering teams with clear technical direction and quality expectations

Requirements

12+ years in engineering; 5+ years leading managers at Director/Senior Director scope at an ERP product company (SAP, Oracle, Infor, Epicor, IFS, Microsoft Dynamics, Workday, Sage, Unit4 or comparable); Experience at SIs or consultancies alone does not qualify; Has owned a substantial module, platform, or product line of an ERP product, covering roadmap, quality, and delivery; Leads multiple teams through managers/senior managers; Has worked with Product, Architecture, Services, and Support to turn customer problems into product capabilities; ERP Product Engineering experience with mature enterprise products (large legacy codebases, customization/extensions, upgrades, backward compatibility, modernization); AI & Software Engineering experience, including applying AI to software development, modernization, or engineering transformation; Enterprise Software Architecture understanding (system design, APIs, integrations, data, distributed systems); Enterprise Product Evolution experience leading significant product or engineering transformation while serving an existing enterprise customer base; Cloud & Modern Engineering understanding (preferably AWS, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, security, modern SDLC); Technical Judgment in evaluating architectural alternatives; Partner Delivery Governance across blended internal and third-party engineering organizations

Benefits

Health and well-being programs; Programs supporting work-life balance; Opportunity to join a growing business in its next phase of expansion; Collaborative culture; Growth and opportunity where idea-sharing is prioritized over level or hierarchy; Compensation packages based on experience and desired skill set