Adobe AEM Technical Director

Job Requisition ID: 40529 

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We are seeking an Engineering Director to support growth in our Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) and Digital Architecture capability area. This role sits at the intersection of technology strategy, large-scale delivery, client advisory, and people leadership.

You will be responsible for shaping enterprise digital experience platforms, leading complex Adobe Experience Cloud engagements, and building high-performing engineering and architecture teams that deliver measurable business outcomes.

What will your typical day look like?

• Leverage deep expertise across Adobe Experience Cloud to solve complex business challenges and deliver scalable, future-ready digital solutions.
• Lead the design and delivery of enterprise Digital Experience Platforms, aligned to client business strategy and customer experience goals.
• Act as a senior Adobe SME, confidently advising executive stakeholders on platform strategy, trade-offs, and investment decisions.
• Define and govern enterprise digital and solution architectures, ensuring alignment across content, experience, integration, and data layers.
• Lead and inspire multi-disciplinary delivery teams across multiple programs and clients, driving a culture of excellence and accountability.
• Proactively identify and manage technical, architectural, and delivery risks, including scope and dependency impacts.
• Lead large-scale business development initiatives, including executive-level pitches, proposals, solution design, and estimations.
• Oversee resource strategy and team composition, working with resource managers to align skills to delivery needs.
• Monitor engineering maturity and performance, implementing continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead the creation of digital assets, accelerators, and reference solutions, including business cases and commercial models.
• Provide strategic leadership to capability initiatives, supporting growth plays and long-term platform strategy.

Enough about us, let’s talk about you.

You may have all or some of the following skills / experiences:

• 15+ years of experience in Software Engineering and Architecture, with leadership roles in large-scale enterprise digital transformations.
• Proven experience defining and leading enterprise-scale digital architectures for customer-facing platforms.
• Deep hands-on and architectural expertise across Adobe Experience Cloud, including: Adobe Experience Manager (AEM Sites, Assets, Cloud Service), Adobe Commerce, Adobe Experience Platform (AEP), Customer Journey Analytics (CJA), Adobe Journey Optimizer (AJO), Workfront
• Strong experience with AEM Cloud Services, including Edge Delivery Services and modern headless/composable architectures.
• Experience implementing Enterprise DAM solutions using AEM Assets, with a strong understanding of Content Supply Chain use cases.
• Sound understanding of AEM upgrades and migrations, including planning and execution for AEM 6.5 to Cloud Service.
• Strong knowledge of modern digital engineering practices, including:
  • API-first and microservices architectures. Expertise with Adobe AppBuilder and API Mesh is highly desirable.
  • CI/CD, source control, and automation
• Deep understanding of cloud computing concepts and platforms. Experience with AWS and/or Azure is highly desirable, particularly in the context of hosting, integrating, or operating digital experience platforms.
• Proven ability to lead and scale high-performing delivery teams, including offshore and distributed teams.

Why Deloitte?  

At Deloitte, we focus our energy on interesting and impactful work. We’re always learning, innovating and setting the standard; making a positive difference to our clients and our society. We put coaching at the heart of what we do, helping our people grow their careers in any direction – whether it be up, moving into something new, or even moving across the world.  

We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion. We have a diverse collection of people from different backgrounds, with different experiences, gender identities, abilities and thinking styles. What binds us together is a shared commitment to value everyone’s perspective and to cultivate inclusion; so that our work environment is a safe space we can all belong. 

We prioritise flexibility and choice. At Deloitte, you get trust on Day 1. We know our people get their best work done when they’re in control of where and how they work, designing their work week around their client, team and personal commitments.

We help you live and work well. To support your personal and professional life, we offer a range of perks and benefits, including retail discounts, wellbeing leave, paid volunteering days, twelve flexible working options, market-leading parental leave and return to work support package. 

Next Steps

Sound like the sort of role for you? Apply now, we’d love to hear from you!

By applying for this job, you’ll be assessed against the Deloitte Talent Standards. We’ve designed these standards so that you can grow in your career, and we can provide our clients with a consistent and exceptional Deloitte employee experience globally. The preferred candidate will be subject to background screening by Deloitte or by their external third-party provider.