Senior Director, Engineering

Job highlights

• At least 6 years of experience in managerial positions

• A strong technical background in software engineering,with at least 8 years of experience in the software product development industry

• Experience bringing innovative,industry-leading,category-defining tech products to market

• Experience with Agile methodologies and Software Development Life Cycle management processes

• Accountable for building an effective engineering organization.

• Accountable for defining well-balanced PODs in line with business strategy.

• Responsible for the delivery of high-quality software of multiple teams in one or more adjacent product areas.

• Be deeply involved in the full development lifecycle: design, code, test, deploy.

What will you do

• Manage a team of Engineering Directors & Engineering Managers (hiring, coaching, motivating).
• Managing the budget for multiple development teams, aligning this budget with strategic business objectives.
• Build a cost-efficient, effective engineering organization, by analyzing engineering processes, detecting operational gaps, implementing improvements.
• Support multiple PODs in delivering high-quality software in one or more adjacent product areas.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as Product and Customer Operations to ensure the successful delivery of software products.
• Report on status of organizational metrics.

What do you bring to the table?

• Strong people leadership skills with the ability to inspire and motivate a team of managers and engineers. At least 6 years of experience in managerial positions.

• The ability to clearly communicate and collaborate well with both technical and non-technical partners across multiple departments.

• Combining profound business insights, critical thinking and problem solving skills to set strategic direction.

• The ability to analyze, define and track key metrics, the ability to act upon these metrics and implement organizational and operational changes.

• A strong technical background in software engineering, with at least 8 years of experience in the software product development industry.

• Experience bringing innovative, industry-leading, category-defining tech products to market.

• Experience with Agile methodologies and Software Development Life Cycle management processes.

• Excellent prioritization and organizational skills, a track record of actively driving processes to deliver quality outcomes.

• Good presentation, oral, and written communication skills.

• Experience working with executive level internal and external clients/partners, acting as a representative of the company.

• Experience with Cloud technologies, Microservices architecture, Application Programming Interfaces (API) and databases.

• Experience in Java, TypeScript, Node, React, and Python.

• Experience in developing software in a regulated environment is a plus.

• Experience working in the clinical informatics, health care and life sciences domain is a plus.