As a Director of Software Development, you will lead a global team of talented developers dedicated to building, supporting, and maintaining our market-leading suite of purpose-built software for specialty manufacturers and distributors. The chosen candidate must be a self-starter, possess great organizational skills, and have excellent communication abilities. A proven results-oriented person with a delivery focus and demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast-paced environment.

We enjoy our work as much as we enjoy working together and want teammates who can get things done while positively influencing our workplace environment.

Responsibilities:

• Lead multiple software development teams, including staffing, mentoring, enhancing, and maintaining best-of-class software development leaders across multiple teams and disciplines.
• Collaborate with architects, product managers, software development managers, and developers to architect and develop the best technical design and approach, delivering value quickly to customers without sacrificing software quality.
• Manage and optimize the overall software development lifecycle.
• Create software development roadmaps, operational plans, and the management of execution against project plans and delivery commitments within an Agile/SCRUM environment.
• Report on development status, quality, operations, and system performance to executive management and act quickly and decisively to resolve customer-impacting issues.
• Evolution of the software development practice within the organization, including better reporting, tools, and evolution of development methodology.

Competencies:

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Planning and Management – Highly effective planning and organizational skills.
• Leadership and Vision - Ability to inspire people at all levels to follow your technical vision.
• Discipline and Perseverance – Focus and commitment to solving complex issues through to completion.
• Flexibility and Hard Work – Operate in a fast-paced, iterative development environment; learn and adapt to new business demands and changing technologies.
• Problem Solving – Strong critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
• Quality – Dedicated to producing high-quality software and implementing development best practices.
• Effective Communicator – Excellent written, presentation, and oral communication skills.
• Excellent time management skills - a proven ability to utilize your sense of urgency to prioritize tasks effectively.