Senior Director, Solutions

Stellantis Financial Services (SFS) is the new captive finance company for one of the world's leading automakers and a mobility provider with iconic brands including Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, DS Automobiles, Fiat, Jeep®, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Ram, Vauxhall, Free2move and Leasys.

Our exciting growth provides opportunities to advance your career as we successfully lead products and services from a small to midsize company in just a few years. Join our world class team and culture and contribute to our core mission which is enhancing our customer's experience.

Position Summary
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The Senior Director, Application Solutions leads the Application Solutions team in delivering scalable, secure, and efficient business applications. Defines and executes application strategy, architecture, development standards, and integration capabilities aligned with business objectives and enterprise architecture. Partners with business, product, and technology leaders to drive innovation, improve operational efficiency, and ensure application solutions support key business capabilities. Oversees software development best practices, governance, reusable frameworks, and performance metrics to promote quality, consistency, and continuous improvement.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic leadership for the Application Solutions organization, fostering a high-performing, collaborative culture while recruiting, developing, and coaching leaders and technical teams.
• Define and execute the enterprise application strategy, roadmap, and cloud adoption plans to support business objectives, growth initiatives, and enterprise architecture standards.
• Partner with business, product, architecture, data, and infrastructure leaders to deliver scalable application and integration solutions that drive business value and operational efficiency.
• Oversee application portfolio, including solution architecture, solution design/reuseable design patterns, technology selection, modernization efforts, and remediation of technical debt and legacy systems.
• Establish and continuously improve software development methodologies, architecture patterns, design patterns, coding standards, governance processes, and KPI-driven performance frameworks.
• Lead workforce planning, resource allocation, vendor management, and sourcing strategies across onshore, offshore, employee, and contractor teams to optimize delivery outcomes.
• Manage operational and financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, risk management, and the implementation of effective controls and contingency plans.
• Serve as a member of the IT senior leadership team, communicating strategy and complex technical concepts to executive and business stakeholders while driving innovation and continuous improvement.
• Additional responsibilities may be added as business needs evolve.

Qualifications and Competencies

Required:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Required Experience:

• Minimum of 15 years of progressive experience across one or more Information Technology disciplines, with a proven track record of delivering enterprise technology solutions.
• Minimum of 10 years of leadership experience managing technology teams/organizations, including the development and oversight of high-performing teams.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience leading and operating within Agile delivery environments and methodologies.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience presenting complex concepts,…