Director, Software Development
Location: California - Alameda or Fully Remote
Duration: Full time Employment Job description
The Director, Software Development establishes policies and procedures that produce high-quality digital software product. Directs and oversees the software engineering function in developing, releasing, and maintaining software applications for Client. Creates functional strategies and specific objectives for the sub-function and develops budgets/policies/procedures to support the functional requirements. Has deep knowledge of the managed sub-function and solid knowledge of the overall departmental function. Drive a culture of developing high quality software for out consumers and help strengthen our position as the premier leader in the Diabetes Care business.
WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON
A track record of launching high performance, high scale consumer facing mobile and web applications
Manage teams of software developers and technical leads at multiple seniority levels
Own software resource strategy and planning, including strategic working relationships with external partners
Provide effective employee performance management utilizing goals, constructive feedback and coaching for improvement
Collaborate with product owners, architects, and business units to translate business needs into high quality implementations
Work with project managers, product owners, and technical leads to influence scope and priorities for product development
Strong hands on technical knowledge or mobile and cloud technologies
Author and update internal and external policies and procedures
Effectively manage vendors to maximize value
Maintain an excellent understanding of the business long term goals and strategy and ensures that designs are aligned with these
Serve as mentor and coach to technical delivery staff
Inspire and motivate the development teams to deliver innovative and exciting solutions with an appropriate sense of urgency
Promote knowledge sharing across product-development teams
Assume a leadership role in ensuring on-time, high-quality delivery of products through the entire application life cycle
Ensure a culture of design excellence, maturity, quality, collaboration, planning, and responsiveness in the software development team
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or relevant field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
Minimum (10) ten years of experience managing large-scale digital software teams.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Strong people management skills, proven success in recruiting, creating and motivating a strong performing engineering team
Strong understanding of mobile and cloud based development methodologies and state of the art design patterns
Proficient with software development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies like Agile, Test- driven development
4+ years of engineering leadership experience managing multiple teams and/or locations
Medical Devices industry systems experience
Ability to work independently and supervise a diverse staff
Experience with Agile software development
Ability to demonstrate initiative and strong technical knowledge
Ability to coach/mentor IT staff members to function as a highly effective team
Expertise in mobile and cloud development technologies. Strong technical skills and demonstrated ability to manage and developer teams for large systems.
