Sr. Director, Software Engineering - AKKODIS

We are recruiting for a Senior Director, Software Engineering in Saint Petersburg, FL

 Salary Range: 110K – 130K

Role:  Senior Director - Head of Software Engineering and Technical Product Development.
Short Description:
This is a critical senior leadership position reporting directly to the Vice President and General Manager that will be responsible for leading the technical vision, strategy, and execution for our client’s product platform. This role will work closely with the executive team to define and deliver product roadmaps, manage the engineering team, and ensure the delivery of high-quality, innovative solutions that meet the needs of our small business customers. A key aspect of this role is a customer-centric approach, ensuring that our products and services are designed and developed with the customer's needs at the forefront. Critical for success beyond functional area expertise is strong leadership, demonstrated ability to collaborate in a highly matrixed environment, and exceptional communication.
This is a new Role and a critical member of the senior leadership team with additional responsibilities to align cross-functionally with other Business units.

Reason for Role:
Positioning for the next chapter of digital growth requires significant work in executing a roadmap that ensures technology and data are unlocking our potential through world class customer experience and capturing an unfair share of the market. At the heart of our client is their SaaS based product which helps customers succeed through simple online reporting for micro and small businesses and white label partner customers.  We are upleveling the technology and talent and strong, senior, experienced leadership is required to transform the team and execute the mission.

 

Who we are looking for a very unique skillset and a technology visionary and individual who is focused on future platform development.
Critical leadership and experience in 5 key areas:

• Architecture

• Software Development

• Infrastructure and Operations

• Digital platform experience

• People leadership/transformation experience

• Strong Business Acumen and ability to impact a P&L

• Customer-obsession
  
  

Outstanding collaborator, communicator, and adept at delivering business cases and building partnerships across a matrixed organization.
An out of the box thinker who asks questions, challenges status quo respectfully and yet still a fit for the culture.

 

Overview:

The Senior Director of Software Engineering and Product Management will be responsible for leading the technical vision, strategy, and execution for our client’s business. This role will work closely with the executive team to define and deliver product roadmaps, manage the engineering team, and ensure the delivery of high-quality, innovative solutions that meet the needs of our small business customers. A key aspect of this role is a customer-centric approach, ensuring that our products and services are designed and developed with the customer's needs at the forefront. Critical for success beyond functional area expertise is strong leadership, demonstrated ability to collaborate in a highly matrixed environment, and exceptional communication.

 

Responsibilities for the Senior Director, Software Engineering job in Saint Petersburg, FL include:

• Lead the technical product management and engineering teams, fostering a culture of innovation, technical excellence, customer-centricity, and continuous improvement.

• Develop and execute the technical strategy and roadmap for the transformation of our platform, with a focus on meeting and exceeding customer needs.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define product requirements and ensure alignment with business objectives and customer expectations.

• Oversee the development and maintenance of our product’s architecture, ensuring scalability, performance, security, and alignment with corporate strategy, standards, and best practices.

• Oversee the development, and launch of new product features and enhancements, ensuring they are customer-focused and add value.

• Ensure the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and secure solutions with success measured by but not limited to, system up time, defect rate, page load times, quality and velocity.

• Manage ROI analysis (in partnership with Finance and Commercial teams), resource allocation, budgeting, and timelines for product development projects.

• Ensures that security and compliance requirements are built into systems architecture and to identify, evaluate, and select security solutions to meet security and compliance needs

• Stay abreast of industry trends and competitive landscape to inform product strategy.

• Foster strong relationships with key stakeholders, including customers, partners, and internal teams, ensuring a customer-centric approach is maintained throughout.

• Attract, build and retain strong talent showcasing a track record of mentorship, development, and organizational design that builds high performing teams and a strong culture

• Lead the strategic planning for the engineering department, including technology roadmaps, tooling, and processes.

• Establish and maintain technical standards and best practices for software development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.

 

Qualifications for the Senior Director, Software Engineering job in Saint Petersburg, FL include:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering - Required

• Advanced Degree: Computer Science, Engineering or Business - Preferred

• 10+ years of experience of senior leadership roles in a product engineering organization (with at least 5 in a leader of leaders role for software development and engineering and/or technical product development).

• 5 years of experience building/leading in a platform transformation.

• 5 years of experience in Modular Ecosystems.

• 5 years of experience in Security experience in a senior technical leadership role, preferably with B2B SaaS platform

 

Benefits provided for this role include:

Health Care Protection

• Medical Coverage

• Prescription Drug Coverage

• Weight Management programs

• Dental Coverage

• Vision Coverage

• Flexible Spending Account(s)

Financial Benefits

• 401(k)

• Health Savings Account (HSA)

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

• Employee Discounts

• Scholarship Program

• Adoption Assistance

Well-being

• Employee Assistance Program

• Short-term disability

• Long-term disability

• Military leave

• Supplemental Paid Family Leave

Group Term Life Insurance

• Employee Basic Life Insurance

• Employee Optional Life

• Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)

• Spouse Life Insurance

• Children Life Insurance

Time Off

• Vacation

• Floating Holiday

• Holiday Pay

• Culture Day

• Community Volunteerism

If you are interested in this Wintel Senior Director, Software Engineering job in Saint Petersburg, FL, then please click APPLY NOW.  For other opportunities available at Akkodis go to www.akkodis.com. If you have questions about the position, please contact Mike Keegan at 585-465-1236 or michael.keegan@akkodisgroup.com

 

Pay Details: $210,000.00 to $230,000.00 per year

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