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Maersk is achieving an unprecedented transformation in the growth of our business, rethinking the way we engage with customers and partners, and how the world’s trade flows across our global network. You will play a vital part in our success, helping ensure that our customers, partners and internal users are provided with the right tools and a seamless experience utilizing a wide variety of technologies across the business.

Work Experience: 16-20 Years overall experience, with a minimum 3-5 years’ experience in managing “Leaders of People”, having extensively worked in Product Development, driving Engineering excellence at scale

Key Skills: As a key member of the fleet platform technical leadership team, you will be accountable for Fleet, Safety & Resilience, Vessel Management and Chartering Products enabling the digitization agenda, data driven decision making, end to integrated platform approach to enhance front line user productivity and business compliance. The ideal candidate is one who has successfully led the development and delivery of complex products at scale; is passionate and knows how to get results; possess a relentless focus on the customer; and can effectively build, inspire, and lead teams.

• Set the technical standards for the teams according to guardrails given by the Platform Technology Leader and or Enterprise Architecture team
• Ensure all Products/Services are built in alignment with Maersk Integration Platform architecture tenets and is optimized for speed, scalability, and reusability
• Focus on identifying synergies with other platform technology teams, avoiding duplication of tech efforts, and promoting reuse.
• Drive agile and product management principles, platform operating model ways of working
• Leading lean thinking across teams, focusing on removal of waste in process and handoff points across the lifecycle
• Owner of objectives key results/performance indicator framework and metrics reporting; reporting on team effectiveness (e.g., time to value, release cadence,availability, NPS)
• Collaborate with multi-functional teams to develop a comprehensive understanding of the key drivers and opportunities within the business
• Invest, build, and retain highly engaged, diverse and high performing engineering team.
• Meet financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions

• Responsible for delivering Fleet Platform Products, Chartering vessel management, Bunker Efficiency for TC Fleet, Energy efficiency, Shipmanager, Compass and Star Connect to support the digitization journey of Fleet, Safety and Chartering business. Working closely with Fleet, Safety and Chartering Business team, Business Platforms leader (two in a box counterpart) and Enterprise Architecture
• Hire and develop high quality engineering leaders while strengthening morale and cohesion across the teams
• Ensure product architecture and implementation is maintainable and scalable to accommodate future development
• Collaborate with multi-functional teams to develop a comprehensive understanding of the key drivers and opportunities within the business
• Handle priorities and clearly communicate expectations to department heads and the executive team
• Provide comprehensive leadership collaborating with a variety of team members including working cross-functionally with the broader technology team at Maersk to drive common platforms and new services
• Collaborate with other Engineering Directors on interdependencies and best-practices
• Meet financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions

• Proven background working in organizations that have adopted agile and product management principles in a globally distributed team set up
• Led/actively participated, setting architecture direction for products with focus on observability, security, and scalability
• Expertise in building Cloud Native applications in .NET/Java Tech Stack leveraging microservices based architecture
• Good understanding of CI/CD principles focused on test automation, Devops culture and inclination to adopt Open-Source tech
• Good understanding of Distributed systems, i.e., Distributed computing and exposure to headfirst engineering, design thinking
• A strong passion for adopting and introducing standard, automated and repeatable processes to improve operational efficiencies, applications/system uptime and reduce total cost of ownership
• Led teams through fast paced development cycles; committed to automation, agile, lean-startup, continuous delivery approach
• Able to work across organizational boundaries and matrixed reporting structures
• Ability to fully understand business goals and metrics, turn data into insights, and translate requirements into actionable analysis
• Able to present and communicate technical concepts in a clear and concise manner
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, supported by excellent written and oral communication
• Exhibit a strong work ethic and technical thought-leadership
• Inspiring and approachable as a leader; Ability to motivate and inspire team to overcome challenges and focus on problem-solving
• Create an environment where people can realize their full potential
• Be humble and lead with open, candid relationships
• Proven expertise in building high performing teams
• Passionate about engaging and developing talent; attract, develop, engage, and retain talented individuals with a compelling, unifying vision that steers and motivates
• Natural bar-raiser: curious and passionate, with a desire to continuously learn more, which you use to understand basic business operations and the organizational levers that drive profitable growth
• Bias to action, being familiar with methods and approaches needed to get things done in a collaborative, lean and fast-moving environment
• Respond effectively to complex and ambiguous problems and situations
• Lead mostly with questions rather than opinions, thriving on the opportunity to own, innovate, create, and constantly re-evaluate
• Simplify, clearly and succinctly convey complex information and ideas to individuals at all levels of the organization
• Motivated by goal achievement and continuous improvement, with the enthusiasm and drive to motivate your team and the wider organization

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

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