Director, Software Development - FinTech SaaS

Overview

Lead the global Financials & Grantmaking engineering organization at Blackbaud, which builds Financial Edge NXT and Blackbaud Grantmaking and comprises approximately 70 engineers across the United States and India.

What you'll do

• Build, mentor, and inspire diverse, high-performing engineering teams and leaders across application development, fostering an inclusive environment where individuals thrive and grow.
• Cultivate a culture of continuous learning and innovation, leveraging AI to accelerate delivery and improve quality, and encouraging the team to actively experiment with emerging capabilities.
• Shape and execute technical strategy in close partnership with Product Management, Enterprise Architecture, and other key stakeholders, aligning technology roadmaps with business priorities.
• Ensure predictable, high-quality delivery by guiding teams to plan with clarity, mitigate risks early, and experiment responsibly, while fostering clear accountability for commitments.
• Own end-to-end delivery from development through operations, embedding security, reliability, and automation, and serve as the engineering escalation point for production-impacting incidents and key customer events.
• Build a data-driven culture where metrics inform decisions and shape strategic change.
• Partner with Security, Compliance, and Internal Audit to meet the control and audit obligations of operating a financial system of record.
• Play a hands-on role in shaping the India site as it scales, helping build the culture, talent, and operating rhythm.

What you'll need

• 15+ years of relevant professional experience, including 10+ years in engineering leadership roles and direct experience managing managers.
• 7+ years delivering SaaS solutions at scale, with proven expertise in end-to-end delivery from development through operations meeting customer expectations and operational SLAs.
• Experience leading large, globally distributed engineering organizations, including people managers, and overseeing teams of 40+ engineers and architects.
• Strong ability to communicate a clear technical vision and influence strategic decisions, bridging complex engineering concepts with business priorities for stakeholders at every level.
• Demonstrated fluency with AI-driven development tools and practices, and a track record of leading teams through adoption and embedding AI into their workflows.
• Experience leading teams in SAFe or a comparable agile framework.
• Experience building accounting, ERP, or financial management systems, with a working understanding of general ledger and subledger design, period close, financial reporting, and the control and audit requirements of a financial system of record.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with nonprofit fund accounting.
• Experience in corporate social responsibility, the nonprofit sector, or with mission-driven organizations.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad, India (Skyview).
• Able to work flexible hours as required by business priorities.