Director, Software Engineering

Overview

Lead the management of one complete product portfolio, directing and overseeing engineering teams and all work across an entire capability, in partnership with product leaders and enterprise teams.

What you'll do

• Partner with the product team to establish the priorities across an entire portfolio of product groups.
• Manage software engineering teams that design, build, and maintain solutions across multiple technology products; ensure the translation of business requirements and functional specifications into logical program designs, code modules, stable application systems, and software solutions.
• Build and maintain partnerships with all functions to ensure technology team members understand business needs, functional specifications, and user journeys.
• Provide insight and guidance and resolve cross-functional issues escalated throughout the application development, testing, implementation, and support lifecycle across an entire portfolio of product groups.
• Ensure the creation of standard operating procedures, objectives and key results, and overall operationalization of assigned services or applications within a product group.
• Ensure mechanisms are in place that allow teams to resolve production issues within defined standard level agreements.
• Monitor testing activities from a high level, ensuring all testing efforts align to the team's testing strategy; meet with testing teams when necessary to review progress.
• Responsible for departmental budget and forecasting decisions and budget allocation; ensure technical solutions are delivered and maintained in a cost-effective manner.
• Partner with cross-functional leaders to ensure technology solutions built by the engineering team align to overall architectural and business standards.
• Ensure the alignment, buy-in, and support of diverse project stakeholders by building and maintaining trusting relationships with internal customers.
• Influence and establish best-in-class engineering practices through solid design decisions and tools.
• Set goals, strategies, and budgets, oversee the deployment of large/enterprise-scale initiatives, and encourage a data-driven culture to improve the efficiency, scalability, stability, and security of applications.
• Manage a portfolio of services or applications and provide resources in support of the applications by leveraging partnerships with technology teams, vendors, and business leaders.
• Lead teams through all technology solution development phases by ensuring teams understand and adhere to company methodology, policies, standards, and controls; ensure team members are trained in software development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies, models, and processes.
• Lead a team in support of achieving the company's mission.
• Manage performance and foster an inclusive environment to help associates achieve their potential.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, computer science, computer information systems (CIS), engineering, or related field, or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable.
• 10 years of experience in software engineering or related field.
• 10 years of experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of solutions applying development life cycles (SDLC).
• 5 years of direct team leadership experience leading global technology teams.
• 3 years of experience working closely with senior leadership.
• 3 years of experience managing operational and/or financial budgets, including the managing of third-party vendors and/or software providers.

Nice to have

• Master's degree in business administration, computer science, CIS, engineering, or related field.
• 5 years of experience in software development in an agile environment.
• 3 years of experience in a leadership role of a large matrixed organization.
• 3 years of experience managing the development, implementation, and integration of multiple and/or complex business systems within an organization.
• 3 years of experience in IT management in the retail industry.
• 2 years of second level IT management experience.

Details

• Location: on-site office in Bengaluru.