A Director of Technology is a software engineering expert who leads the high-quality delivery of software and enterprise technology solutions across all phases of the SDLC. They possess deep understanding and experience of driving enterprise-level modern architecture, robust software engineering practices and cloud adoption. They also collaborate with senior clients (up to C-suite) across technology and business domains and wider Publicis Sapient delivery and consulting teams to create, shape and achieve business outcomes. They relish the role of a technical leader, bringing high engineering standards, leadership and motivational skills.
Role
The Director of Technology, Financial Services exclusively supports our most rapidly growing business across the DACH region. This is a unique opportunity within Publicis Sapient to assume a critical role as the Technology & Engineering SME for Financial Services in DACH and be part of a passionate team who build what matters.
Your Impact
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Immersive yourself in financial services clients’ business objectives and help define future/evolutionary architecture, transition states, technology choices and operating model
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Deliver new digital solutions and efficiencies across the German Banking Sector (e.g. public, private, cooperative and investment banking)
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Help to drive enterprise-scale engineering transformation and AI adoption to enable accelerated growth initiatives and best-in-class customer experiences
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Be part of the DACH Financial Services Leadership team and directly contribute towards regional business growth by bringing new ideas and go-to-market strategies to unlock new revenue opportunities
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Contribute towards Publicis Sapient best in class engineering practices & initiatives, mentor and inspire a diverse and highly motivated engineering talent
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Represent Publicis Sapient in DACH technology industry forums and platforms
Your Business & Consulting skills
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You will possess strong knowledge of at least one segment of the German Banking Sector (e.g. Core Banking, Payment Systems and Flows, Regulatory Frameworks, Risk Management)
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You will be experienced in influencing very senior client stakeholders (up to the C-suite) and be responsible for building client advocates across all levels
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You will bring a mature PoV on the topics that matter the most across the DACH FS sector and a strategy of how to convert ideas into revenue
- You will have experience delivering Digital Business Transformation for Financial Services sector clients underpinned by modern technology and methodology
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You’ll have the ability to navigate the unknown and lead from the front in helping structure work and drive solution options and estimations at different RFP stages
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You will be experienced in delivering end-to-end outcomes for clients starting from ideation to value realisation
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You will be Fluent in German (Native or C1) and English
Your Technology & Engineering skills
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You have extensive experience in defining end-to-end enterprise architecture and leading complex distributed applications development that leverages Cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI)
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You possess strong knowledge and understanding of software design/architectural concepts like Event-driven Architecture, Microservices & Domain-driven design
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You have a strong understanding of data architecture concepts, including transactional consistency, data modelling, and the trade-offs between different storage and processing paradigms across modern data platforms
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You bring extensive software development leadership experience of large-scale distributed systems, supported by a hands on development background with exposure to multiple languages (e.g. Java, Go, Scala, Python) and frameworks
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You bring hands-on experience designing and implementing Agentic AI systems leveraging frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, HuggingFace, LlamaIndex, AutoGen, or CrewAI, and deep understanding of concepts like reasoning, planning, and tool invocation
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You have broad knowledge of API styles and understanding of the various data solutions and respective applications
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You have strong knowledge of containers and building container-based platforms using Docker, GKE, AKS etc
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