[Hiring] Director AI ERP @Valsoft Corporation

Role Description

We are seeking a strategic and execution-focused Director of AI & ERP Systems to lead the evolution of our core ERP platforms into intelligent, AI-enabled systems. This role combines ownership of mission-critical ERP infrastructure with forward-looking AI strategy, driving both operational excellence and meaningful innovation.

Our ERP products are long-lived, revenue-critical client-server systems (primarily written in C and Providex), running on Linux and Windows virtual machines in Microsoft Azure or on customer systems.

What You'll Do

• AI & ERP Strategy Leadership
  • Define and execute the roadmap for AI-enabled ERP capabilities
  • Identify opportunities to embed AI/ML into ERP workflows
  • Drive incremental transformation toward intelligent systems
  • Partner with leadership to align initiatives with business priorities
• ERP Engineering Ownership
  • Own engineering health, delivery, and technical direction for the ERP platform
  • Lead and grow the ERP engineering team
  • Set pragmatic standards for legacy systems
  • Balance modernization with stability
  • Act as escalation point for critical production issues
• AI Platform & Data Enablement
  • Support development of AI/data capabilities across the product suite
  • Guide data pipelines and model integration
  • Ensure governance, security, and compliance for AI systems
  • Evaluate and recommend third-party AI tools
• Production & Operational Excellence
  • Own system reliability with 24/7 expectations
  • Lead incident response and root-cause analysis
  • Define on-call processes and reduce operational risk over time
• Infrastructure & Cloud Leadership
  • Own the Azure ERP environment
  • Ensure best practices for disaster recovery, backups, and patching
  • Drive infrastructure automation improvements
  • Support cloud and SaaS evolution
• Leadership & Collaboration
  • Act as senior technical leader across engineering and product teams
  • Collaborate closely with Product, Support, and Leadership
  • Mentor and develop the engineering team

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a senior engineering leadership role overseeing ERP or other mission-critical enterprise systems
• Hands-on exposure to AI/ML initiatives with the ability to translate technical capabilities into measurable business value
• Understanding of how AI can be applied in enterprise software contexts
• Demonstrated track record of shipping AI systems into production that deliver real outcomes (revenue growth, cost reduction, efficiency gains) — not just internal experiments or prototypes
• Experience with legacy system modernization while maintaining stability for existing customers
• Strong background in cloud infrastructure, preferably Microsoft Azure
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills

What Success Looks Like (First 6 Months)

• Stabilization of the core ERP platform with clear improvements in system reliability, performance, and customer satisfaction
• A defined and actively executing roadmap to modernize the Providex platform without disrupting existing customers
• Initial AI capabilities deployed into production with demonstrable business impact
• A credible, market-aligned vision and architecture for a next-generation ERP platform
• Measurable improvement in customer sentiment and retention
• Improved engineering velocity, accountability, and execution cadence
• Clear linkage between AI and product investments and revenue opportunities