Overview
On Site
BASED ON EXPERIENCE
Full Time
Skills
Supervision
Technical Direction
Artificial Intelligence
Roadmaps
Product Strategy
Recruiting
Process Improvement
Workflow
Continuous Integration
Continuous Delivery
Testing
Release Management
Team Leadership
Mentorship
Accountability
Collaboration
Continuous Improvement
DevOps
Innovation
Software Development
SaaS
Microsoft Technologies
C#
.NET
XAML
Cloud Computing
Operational Excellence
Business Acumen
Leadership
Management
Scalability
Computer Science
Job Details
Supervisory responsibilities:
The Director of Development leads and mentors multiple cross-functional development teams.
Job Scope and Accountabilities:
The Director of Development serves as the operational leader of organization's software development organization. This role is responsible for overseeing day-to-day execution of development operations, ensuring that strategic roadmaps are delivered with excellence. This role partners closely with the CTO (who sets the architectural and technical direction) and drives execution across multiple initiatives including AI-enabled features, and platform support for applications.
Key Responsibilities
Execution & Delivery
Qualifications
Technical & Operational Expertise:
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field (required).
The Director of Development leads and mentors multiple cross-functional development teams.
Job Scope and Accountabilities:
The Director of Development serves as the operational leader of organization's software development organization. This role is responsible for overseeing day-to-day execution of development operations, ensuring that strategic roadmaps are delivered with excellence. This role partners closely with the CTO (who sets the architectural and technical direction) and drives execution across multiple initiatives including AI-enabled features, and platform support for applications.
Key Responsibilities
Execution & Delivery
- Own the execution of the development roadmap, ensuring milestones are met on time, within scope, and at high quality.
- Translate architectural direction and product strategy into operational development plans and deliverables.
- Provide direction and oversight across all aspects of development operations including staffing, resourcing, prioritization, and process improvement.
- Build and optimize engineering workflows, CI/CD pipelines, testing practices, and release management.
- Ensure scalability, reliability, performance, and security across platforms and applications.
- Lead, mentor, and scale high-performing development teams across multiple product lines.
- Foster a culture of accountability, ownership, and collaboration aligned with the organization's core values.
- Partner with Product and Customer Success teams to align execution with customer and business priorities.
- Support the CTO's architectural direction and ensure development teams are enabled to deliver against it.
- Serve as the voice of Development Operations in executive discussions, providing visibility into execution status, risks, and trade-offs.
- Drive continuous improvement in development operations to support the organization's growth and innovation goals.
Qualifications
Technical & Operational Expertise:
- 7+ years in software development leadership, with proven success driving execution in high-growth SaaS environments.
- Strong experience with Microsoft technologies (C#, .NET, XAML, MSSQL, REST APIs) and cloud-native architectures.
- Strong background in operational excellence, process scaling, and delivery of complex enterprise solutions.
- 5+ years of leadership experience managing large cross-functional development teams.
- Demonstrated ability to function as an operational leader within a technology organization.
- Skilled at balancing speed, quality, and long-term scalability.
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field (required).
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