Director, Software Engineering

This position sits within our Product Development division, which develops, tests, and improves our software solutions in an innovative and collaborative environment.  

THE OPPORTUNITY 

The Director of Software Engineering is accountable for predictable, high-throughput delivery across multiple full-stack product teams operating within a Product Operating Model.

This role owns delivery execution, capacity utilization, estimation accuracy, and technical outcomes, and actively identifies and corrects under-utilization, estimation distortion, execution drag, architectural friction, and product-engineering misalignment.

This is a hands-on leadership role requiring deep full-stack understanding, strong program-level execution instincts, and the authority to challenge assumptions using data, technical judgment, and disciplined operating mechanisms.

Full Stack Technical Leadership 

Maintain an end-to-end, working understanding of the technology stack, including:

• Frontend: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Angular, Vue
• Backend: C#, .NET, Java, Node.js
• APIs & Integration: REST, GraphQL, event-driven architectures
• Data: SQL (PostgreSQL, SQL Server), NoSQL (MongoDB, DynamoDB)
• Cloud & Infrastructure: GCP
• CI/CD: Git, automated builds, test pipelines, deployment strategies

Evaluate architectural trade-offs to ensure systems support delivery speed, scalability, and maintainability, and identify when technical debt or implementation choices are degrading execution or distorting estimates.

Delivery Ownership & Execution Discipline

• Own end-to-end delivery outcomes across multiple product teams
• Establish clear execution baselines, delivery guardrails, and accountability mechanisms
• Hold teams accountable to commitments made during planning
• Identify and remove execution bottlenecks impacting throughput or predictability

Capcity Management & Utilization

• Continuously assess true engineering capacity vs. reported capacity
  • Identify and address, Under-utilization, Skill bottlenecks, Excessive WIP and Context switching
• Drive corrective actions including work rebalancing, scope adjustment, and skill realignment
• Ensure planning reflects actual availability, not assumptions

Estimation & Planning Discipline

• Enforce consistent estimation standards across teams
• Require estimates to be grounded in:
  • Technical complexity, Historical velocity, Dependency analysis
• Break down large or ambiguous work to eliminate uncertainty
• Use delivery data to continuously calibrate and improve estimation accuracy

Product Operation Model Execution

Ensure alignment across:

• Company Objectives → Portfolio Initiatives → Product Roadmaps → Engineering Delivery
• Ensure engineering work maps directly to product outcomes, business value, and strategic priorities
• Partner with Product Managers to maintain capacity-aware, technically feasible roadmaps
• Challenge product commitments that ignore engineering constraints or delivery reality

Engineering Manager & Team Development

• Coach Engineering Managers on:
• Capacity planning and forecasting, Delivery accountability and Technical decision quality
• Ensure performance management is fact-based and outcome-driven
• Set a high bar for ownership, predictability, and execution rigor
• Hire and develop leaders with strong estimation discipline, full-stack awareness, and delivery accountability
• This job description in no way implies that the duties listed here are the only ones that team members can be required to perform

What you Bring to the Team

Experience

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 15+ years professional software engineering experience
• 5+ years leading multiple teams or managers (as Engineering Manager)
• Proven experience operating within a Product Operating Model

Technical Expertise

• Strong full-stack systems understanding
• Ability to evaluate architecture and delivery risk at a system level
• Deep knowledge of modern software engineering practices

Execution & Leadership

• Expert command of delivery, capacity, and flow metrics
• Comfortable challenging teams and stakeholders using data
• Clear, direct communicator with high accountability standards

What Success Looks Like 

• Predictable delivery with minimal variance
• Transparent, explainable timelines
• Stable velocity aligned to true capacity
• Fewer delivery surprises
• Engineering execution tightly aligned to product strategy

Physical Demands and Work Environment 

• The physical activities of this position include frequent sitting, telephone communication, and working on a computer for extended periods. Visual acuity is  to perform activities close to the eyes. 
• Team members are expected to maintain a dedicated and ergonomically appropriate remote workspace. 
• Team members who live within commuting distance of one of our office locations (Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky or Atlanta, Georgia) are expected to work in a hybrid capacity, with regular in-office presence every Tuesday and Wednesday each week. 
• All team members must reside and perform their work within the United States. 

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