Director, Software Development (Senior Level)

 

Are you looking for a high energy, strategic, and fast-paced position as a Director, Software Development (Senior Level)?  Join Relias, the company changing lives throughout the world by helping healthcare organizations improve their clinical and financial outcomes!

For 11,000+ health care and human service organizations, Relias helps clients deliver better clinical and financial outcomes by elevating the performance of teams. We help organizations across the continuum of care get better at maintaining compliance, developing staff and promoting consistent, high-quality care. Our platform employs assessments to reveal specific gaps in skills and addresses them with personalized and engaging learning, choosing from 7,000+ online courses that meet accrediting board, state and federal requirements.  We are passionate about our products and our clients; what we deliver and the impact we have on the world is truly something you can be proud to represent.  Join us and make a difference.

WHAT CAN RELIAS OFFER YOU?

• Fantastic health and wellness benefits package, including an outstanding 401k match, a flexible PTO program, and a generous and inclusive parental leave policy. Additionally, Relias pays for the employee portion of the monthly healthcare premium!
• Flexible work environment with onsite and work from home options – you choose when you want to come into the office!
• Active Employee Resource Groups open to all employees!
• Comprehensive onboarding program – a great introduction to our company, customers and culture!
• Growth and career advancement opportunities!
  • 20%+ annual employee promotion and transfer rate
  • Multiple development program options – leadership development, professional development curriculums, and Nanodegree options in both technology and data science
  • Professional development gained from conference attendance and participation in organizations like NC Tech

The Director, Software Development is responsible for working with the Software Development leadership team help to lead and manage our software development teams across multiple technical stacks. This role works closely with the Productivity Engineering department and drives the development of software products and manages the software development lifecycle, from conception to deployment. It oversees cross-functional development teams as they develop software-as-a-service solutions that meet the needs of our customers’ and Relias’ strategic goals. This role, in collaboration with Product Management, ensures that Relias platform design requirements are met, oversees the consistency of user experience on the various platforms, and provides oversight over teams of internal and external engineers.

 

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

Success in this position will be dependent on strong leadership and oversight skills, empowering teams running in an agile model, holding team members accountable to deliver on roadmap requirements, as well as strong collaboration and communication with peers and within the engineering organization. The Director, Engineering will:

 

•             Support ongoing technological advancements and align decision-making with business strategy.

• Understand forward-looking technology trends and areas of innovation
• Work with software development leadership team to evaluate/personally test new technological developments and gauge appropriateness for the business
• Manage department engineering budget, aligning with business strategy.

•             Understand business and customer needs and develop strategies to address

• Understand product and customer needs, working with Productivity Engineering to develop associated technology strategies for rollout in the department
• Ensure development and maintenance of technology to enable strategic initiatives and customer outcomes
• Manage existing vendor relationships and ensure delivery of results

•             Ensure delivery of day to day operations, projects and continuous improvement

• Lead the software development team, providing strategic direction, setting clear goals, and managing day-to-day operations.
• Align with defined software development processes, procedures, and standards as outlined by Productivity Engineering.
• Manage the software development lifecycle, aligning with PM partners, including project planning, estimation, requirements gathering, design, development, testing, and deployment.
• Ensure software products are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards/guidelines.
• Work with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into software solutions.
• Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and collaborati