Director - Software Engineering

Job Description:

This position is responsible for applying knowledge of people leadership, software development methodologies, best practices, and proven processes to transform and deliver outcomes and decrease the time to market.

This role will be responsible for managing multiple teams of engineers solving hard problems in autonomous cloud services, building reusable cross-product cloud components and platforms.

This role will collaborate across the organization to prioritize software development needs including design, development, documenting, and testing new and existing software.

The Director, Software Engineering will evaluate results within the enterprise to determine if organizational objectives are being met as well as analyze and resolve software development issues and needs in terms of the software's full life cycle.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:


* Oversee the software development function including the development and implementation of business plans, policies, and procedures including but not limited to:
+ Participating in the development of strategies and business plans for new Vertex software products
+ Working across multiple product/service teams to help build a unified cloud engineering organization
+ Aligning with cross-functional team owners to understand initiatives and implementations.
+ Working with product owners across the businesses to understand market needs & vision; quickly translate that vision into demonstrable software.
+ Delivering application and services to validate and ensure the portfolio meets all operational standards.
+ Work with product owners and architects to develop multi-generation software technology plans.
+ Working directly with customers to understand their business and technical needs.
+ Driving increased efficiency across the teams, eliminating duplication, leveraging product and technology reuse, and commonality.

Leads efforts to improve the technology, processes, and quality of new product prototypes.
+ Providing leadership for the migration and implementation of new Vertex product architectures.

Leading the team with hands-on technical expertise to design, deploy, secure and optimize cloud services.
+ Driving world-class quality in the development and support of products allowing IP/assets be leveraged by various business models as appropriate through to delivery.
+ Communicating effectively both within immediate team and leadership ensuring the team receives consistent messages and has clear understanding of business direction, strategy and results.
+ Managing strategic business partnerships and relationships through Technical, Financial, Contractual and Relationship Management.
+ Building a world class software development team.

Ensuring new and existing talent is in place to meet the changing needs of the enterprise through coaching, me...