CoE Software Lead Architect

Job Title

CoE Software Lead Architect

Job Description

Vanderlande is a global leader in logistics automation, empowering the world’s biggest retailers, airports and e-commerce giants. With more than 9,000 employees worldwide, we drive innovation across 3 domains:

• Airports: delivering market-leading baggage handling systems and passenger solutions are active in more than 600 airports worldwide
• Warehouse: supporting major global e-commerce players and retailers in food, fashion, and general merchandise by dispatching billions of products daily
• Distribution: powering the logistics behind the world’s biggest retailers, sorting over 52 million parcels every day through advanced automation solutions

Working at Vanderlande offers a unique opportunity to make a global impact, collaborating with world-leading retailers, airports, and e-commerce giants to drive innovation in logistics automation. As part of an innovative environment, you will be at the forefront of cutting-edge automation technology, helping to shape the future of supply chain solutions. Additionally, you will be part of a collaborative culture, working alongside a passionate and dynamic team dedicated to driving excellence and transforming the logistics industry.

Your position

The Technology BU is a global organization with discipline-based governance and priority setting, supported by Agile ways of working. It is organized across the three domains, with each housing equipment, software, and architecture & integration engineers, ensuring cohesive development. This approach will offer our customers shorter lead times, as well as more cost-effective and reliable solutions. Next to the 3 domains there will be a Innovation and Enabling Technology department, which will focus on driving adjacent and disruptive innovation, advancing digital transformation, and ensuring that Vanderlande remains at the forefront of logistics automation technology. 

As a CoE SW Lead Architect,  you will be responsible for capability building and continuous improvement in the SW development domain within Bu Tech. These capabilities are strategic for the future of Vanderlande to become a SW driven, platform based solution provider. In close co-operation with business stakeholders, subject-matter experts, and the wider communities of practice, you will make sure that the strategic capabilities in your scope remain fit for future and in line with the strategic direction of the company.  This role requires a strategic mindset, technical expertise, and influencing skills to drive capability transformations while ensuring scalability, security, and performance across global logistics platforms.

Your Department

The CoE & Techplatform organisation will report into the department of Innovation and Enabling Technology. This department is responsible for leading the research, development, and implementation of next-generation automation technologies, software solutions, and enabling systems that support all Vanderlande domains. This department focuses on driving adjacent and disruptive innovation, advancing digital transformation, and ensuring that Vanderlande remains at the forefront of logistics automation technology. It will also oversees technology scouting, AI and IoT integration, and the development of scalable platforms that enhance system intelligence, operational efficiency, and automation capabilities across Vanderlande’s global portfolio. 

The CoE & TEchPlatform department consist of experts in the field of Equipment, SW Development and Solution and integration. Within this team of experts, we will drive the capability, processes and tools which will standardize the development methodology, and assure we work with the highest standards and capability to ensure scalability, security, and performance of our solution platforms.

Your Responsibilties
 

• Strengthen the Center of Excellence- Innovation and Enabling Technologies focussing on the platform and software development within Vanderlande to build robust, high-performance solutions.
• Collaboratively mature the software development capabilities in line with the strategic needs and ambitions of the company
• Govern, manage, and implement an aligned set of standards and best practices including frameworks, methods, processes, and tools that can be applied across domains for the SW capabilities
• Establish clear success metrics to measure the maturity of the software development practices across domains and continuously improve and adapt these capabilities accordingly in our development streams.
• Jointly define software lifecycle standards, from development to deployment, ensuring continuous improvement whilst deploying best practices for DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and cloud deployment in CoE set