Director, Application Development
Moncton, NB
JG-MDR-9473
Meridia Recruitment Solutions has partnered with Major Drilling to recruit a Director of Application Development to join their team in Moncton, New Brunswick.
Major Drilling is a leading publicly listed mineral drilling company dedicated to providing high-quality services to the mining industry. Headquartered in Moncton, but with a global presence, our client maintains field operations and has offices in Canada, the United States, Mexico, South America, Asia, Australia, and Africa. Major Drilling is strongly committed to innovation, safety, and environmental sustainability, always striving to exceed clients' expectations and driving growth within the mining sector.
The Opportunity
Major Drilling has made significant investments in its application portfolio and is now building the leadership structure to match. This is a newly created role, carved out of a previously unified IT directorship to give application development its own focused, senior-level owner.
The Director, Application Development will lead Major Drilling's internal development team and own the execution of the application roadmap across a globally distributed environment. The primary driver behind this hire is delivery: getting the right things built, on time, to standard, and translating business needs into well-managed development outcomes.
This is an in-office role based in Moncton, NB, with opportunity for travel to field operations globally.
What You'll Own
Development Leadership & Delivery
Moncton, NB
JG-MDR-9473
Meridia Recruitment Solutions has partnered with Major Drilling to recruit a Director of Application Development to join their team in Moncton, New Brunswick.
Major Drilling is a leading publicly listed mineral drilling company dedicated to providing high-quality services to the mining industry. Headquartered in Moncton, but with a global presence, our client maintains field operations and has offices in Canada, the United States, Mexico, South America, Asia, Australia, and Africa. Major Drilling is strongly committed to innovation, safety, and environmental sustainability, always striving to exceed clients' expectations and driving growth within the mining sector.
The Opportunity
Major Drilling has made significant investments in its application portfolio and is now building the leadership structure to match. This is a newly created role, carved out of a previously unified IT directorship to give application development its own focused, senior-level owner.
The Director, Application Development will lead Major Drilling's internal development team and own the execution of the application roadmap across a globally distributed environment. The primary driver behind this hire is delivery: getting the right things built, on time, to standard, and translating business needs into well-managed development outcomes.
This is an in-office role based in Moncton, NB, with opportunity for travel to field operations globally.
What You'll Own
Development Leadership & Delivery
- Lead a team of developers and QA resources across Moncton, the Philippines, Australia, and Europe
- Drive consistent, disciplined delivery by managing priorities, timelines, scope, and quality across concurrent development projects
- Establish and enforce development standards: source control, documentation, testing, code review, and deployment practices
- Own the execution of the application roadmap, ensuring projects are delivered on target, on budget, and on time
- Partner with business leaders across Finance, Operations, and Supply Chain to validate requirements and prioritize application work
- Maintain and evolve the enterprise application roadmap in alignment with operational priorities
- Ensure long-term scalability, maintainability, and integration of internally developed and vendor-supported applications
- Own the relationship with external development consultants and partners
- Define scope, manage delivery quality, and ensure external work meets internal standards
- Provide hands-on architectural oversight when needed
- Ensure applications integrate effectively across the enterprise platform ecosystem, including internally developed systems, third-party integrations, and Azure infrastructure
- Oversee security, compliance, and supportability standards across the application portfolio
- 8+ years of experience in software development or application management, with at least 3 years in a leadership or management capacity
- Hands-on web and backend development background with the Microsoft development stack: C#, .NET, SQL Server, Azure DevOps, etc.
- Demonstrated experience managing distributed development teams, including offshore or remote resources
- Proven track record of improving development delivery processes and reducing project overruns
- Experience with cloud-hosted application environments, preferably Azure (App Services, Azure SQL, Functions, Event Hub, DevOps)
- Familiarity with ERP systems and the integration patterns that surround them
- Strong business acumen with the ability to translate operational requirements into well-defined development priorities
- Experience managing external development consultants, including scope definition, delivery oversight, and vendor performance
- Comfortable operating in a hands-on capacity when needed, while maintaining strategic oversight of the broader portfolio
- Post-secondary education in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Experience with a complex, enterprise-grade ERP platform
- Background in mobile application development
- Exposure to industries with field-based or remote operations (mining, energy, construction, etc.)
- Experience in a publicly traded company environment
To express interest in this opportunity please apply online by clicking "Apply Now" below.
For more information, please contact Jamie Grant, Partner, at jgrant@kbrs.ca or Nick Leadbetter, Senior Recruitment Specialist, at nleadbetter@kbrs.ca. If you require accommodation to participate in the recruitment process, please let Nick know.
Meridia Recruitment Solutions connects leading organizations with top talent by building strong relationships and creating ideal matches with candidates because we are only successful when you are. We appreciate your interest in this opportunity.
For more information, please contact Jamie Grant, Partner, at jgrant@kbrs.ca or Nick Leadbetter, Senior Recruitment Specialist, at nleadbetter@kbrs.ca. If you require accommodation to participate in the recruitment process, please let Nick know.
Meridia Recruitment Solutions connects leading organizations with top talent by building strong relationships and creating ideal matches with candidates because we are only successful when you are. We appreciate your interest in this opportunity.
