Job Description:

• Being a member of the Information Technology Business Unit the Director of Software Engineering is responsible for the overall management of the team and specific business applications across multiple global locations.
• Provides leadership and handles all aspects of team management, including the development of team members.
• Reviews, approves and maintains overall responsibility for the technical design of large business systems; integration of business services & information security; implements technology-specific best practices & standards; controls success criteria from design through deployment, including, reliability, cost-effectiveness, performance, data integrity, maintainability, reuse, extensibility, usability and scalability; engages the services of the Domain Architect as a technology liaison across teams and areas within the department.
• Responsible for the overall governance and process adherence for the team.
• Provides leadership for all projects and initiatives involving the team.  Reviews and approves all estimates and project plans.
• Supports adherence to existing process best practices & standards; engages the services of the Domain Process Lead as a liaison across teams and areas within the department.
• The Director has a solid understanding of technology as well as process management, including managing budgets, metrics, personnel, and team morale, as a leader.

Responsibilities:

• Monitoring Team progress towards metric targets
• Monitoring Team service performance based on service level agreements (SLA)
• Actively participating in Continuous Improvement-related initiatives to minimize unfavorable variances
• Overseeing Team system management (i.e., production support, production coverage schedules)
• Identifying actions to improve services as necessary
• Managing the expectations of customers
• Supporting existing programs and initiatives to continually develop new skills and capabilities
• Enabling an environment of continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and teamwork
• Develop and execute a target state talent strategy for staff development
• Construct and nurture high performing Agile squads leveraging strengths and enriching the “Way of Working”

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 12 years’ experience in IT (6+ years of management experience)
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline preferred
• Experience managing staff with capabilities in Java, Angular, API, back-end, real-time processing, framework development.

Talents needed for success:

• Reinforcing adherence to processes
• Performing root cause analyses for technical problems
• Engaging in work product quality review
• Identifying potential scope variances by monitoring work requirements definition, issue resolution, development progress and user sign-off
• Reviewing change requests and developing an impact analysis for the Change Request
• Refining work estimates and resource allocations to address approved change requests
• Providing scope management/change control trigger
• Working with customers (e.g., Product Management) to agree upon requirements and the design of the solution being implemented
• Working with customers (e.g., Product Management) to clearly develop the solution definition, and the ensure that the developed solution meets business requirements
• Driving functional and technical analysis and design activities
• Managing development of the solution
• Driving planning and execution of the testing activities
• Manages the deployment of the solution
• Manages teamwork to the budget
• Mitigates risk by following established procedures, spotting key errors and demonstrating strong ethical behavior.

Leadership Competencies for this level include:

• Strategic Thinking
• Organizational Savvy
• Leading Change
• Financial Acumen
• Coaching
• Inclusive Leadership

MUST HAVE:

Looking for someone who is strong to progress to a next level (an executive director caliber)

Technical and strategic thinking and people management

Functional management

Distribution Technologies, Cloud, Mainframe, Java, Oracle, Angular

Strong technical and soft skills.