Director,SoftwareEngineering

Overview:  The Director, Software Engineering will guide, coach and mentor managers and teams representing the Software Engineering function for a number of teams, or a small to medium sized product portfolio, towards high performance. This role is primarily focused on the management and development of people and practices and enables self-directed teams to successfully execute their goals within an agile organization in support of corporate vision and strategy. Duties and Responsibilities: - Provide excellence in management and leadership for multiple teams to help achieve company objectives. - Responsible for the overall quality and delivery of multiple projects. - Identify goals and tracking metrics to ensure objectives are met and recommend process improvements. - Support organizational capacity through staffing, budget /compensation planning, skills development, and acquisition of required tools and technologies: - Conduct regular succession planning activities for key roles within the Agile organization; - Manage and approve staff performance and discipline plans; and - Help to attract, recruit, retain and develop top engineering talent. - Embraces all Engineering facets - Engineering, QA & DevOps. - Works closely across functional teams, striving to deliver a high-quality product to market in an automated fashion. - Stay focused on customer / market needs. - Collaborate effectively and routinely share information and best practices across all functions to ensure organizational effectiveness. - Ensure staff understand and adhere to corporate policies and procedures. - Handle escalations that cannot be resolved independently by direct reports and may similarly escalate to more senior management as appropriate. - Assist in delivery of Technology Roadmap while meeting a defined budget. - May represent company in industry groups and events to create internal and external awareness of functional solutions. - May represent company in relations with major customers,