Description

　　Very strong and stable company has an immediate need for a Director, Applications Engineering. This is a hybrid remote employee opportunity. Typically, in the Cary office 2 days per week. Within this role, you will direct people, projects and process. You will drive results through inspired leadership and a focused and disciplined approach to product development that is consistent with best practices. The incumbent must be technically sound, provide clear vision and develop a team that is an outstanding resource to the organization. Possessing excellent interpersonal skills and leadership presence, the Director will proactively develop strong relationships across functions within the company.

　　In this role, they will oversee all aspects of Software Development. In addition to the base salary, this position is will be bonus eligible.

　　Job Responsibilities:

　　 Responsible for managing all the project development managers who manage all aspects of project development and product maintenance over the entire product life cycle (initiate, plan, execute, control, support) – includes product launch activities.

　　 Product Release Management for all departmental products and projects

　　 Responsible for departmental financial management and resource management, including staffing profile currency and interdepartmental reviews.

　　 Provide mentoring and coaching to the project development manages and other employees.

　　 Ensure software development best practices are followed consistently across the teams, including estimation, design reviews, security considerations, code inspections, quality assurance, planning activities and set software engineering standards where gaps exist.

　　 Address escalations from the software development teams to ensure the delivery of the products on time, within budget and meeting the deliverable scope.

　　 Manage, integrate and balance resource requirements across multiple projects without adversely impacting deliverables, timelines or quality.

　　 Supervise performance and professional development for the project development managers.

　　 Build good team atmosphere by developing positive working relationships with team members and other departments.

　　 Coordinate recruiting, hiring and performance evaluation requirements.

　　 Implement and support company objectives and decisions.

　　 Oversee and perform Project Development Manager duties as needed.

　　 Work with Application Architects to ensure development teams follow architecture guidelines and best practices.

　　 Review use of technology by project teams

　　 Interfaces across all of business. Able to understand impact to business from any IT change.

　　 Interfaces across all of IT understanding and communicating impact from requests and changes.

　　 Lead solution/ proposal development activities for new business opportunities.

　　 Interface with Category Directors to ensure software solutions meet objectives in priority order.

　　 Foster a cultural environment of teamwork and innovation within and between teams.

　　 Provide technical leadership across Railinc software development.

　　 Present projects and at the enterprise level to business, executive and technical personnel

　　Requirements

　　• Lead a software engineering organization of 90 with up to 10 direct report managers.

　　• Emphasis is on leadership, business acumen, communication. This position does not require hands-on capabilities.

　　• Must have experience leading a SE organization at a Director Level

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