Director of Software Engineering (Remote)

The physical location for the candidate selected must be within the contiguous United States and preferably on either CST or EST zones.  

WHO WE ARE

Susan G. Komen brings a 100% virtual working environment, and you can work anywhere within the U.S. We are a force united by a promise to end breast cancer forever. For over 40 years, we've led the way funding groundbreaking research, community health initiatives and advocacy programs in local communities across the U.S. Susan G. Komen is the ONLY organization that addresses breast cancer on multiple fronts such as research, community health, global outreach, and public policy initiatives to make the biggest impact against this disease.

Komen strives to have a culture of passionate, growth-minded professionals who thrive in a team environment and work collaboratively to inspire greatness in others!  We take an ongoing approach to ensure open communication from all levels throughout the organization. It is encouraged to give and receive feedback to ensure two-way accountability with a focus on continual improvement both personally and professionally!

What you will be doing in the role of Director, Software Engineering 

Susan G. Komen is looking for a Director of Software Engineering to lead a full stack development team of architects, developers, and administrators.  The Director is a hands-on leader with a background managing a development team leveraging a modern technology stack consisting of data, application, and front-end frameworks, also responsible for the administration of back-end, application, web, & mobile assets.  The ideal candidate is an energetic, flexible, collaborative, and proactive team leader who positively and productively impacts both strategic and tactical initiatives.  

This Director brings a history of delivering multiple concurrent initiatives, & managing the people, project, technology, & financial resources to build and maintain the database, middle tier, API, web and mobile applications of a well-established enterprise.  This role will lead & collaborate on projects with other development & technical resources, product managers, project managers & subject matter experts to design, develop & maintain best in class web interfaces.  The candidate must have a strong attention to detail and serve as both a leader & team player fostering a constructive attitude towards delivering business solutions.  The Director will be responsible for adhering to the SDLC to update the current online applications, as well as developing and implementing a usability testing process to ensure that new and modified applications and platforms meet the company’s requirements. 

What you will bring to the table 

• Strategic thinking with a passion for creating a vision, developing a strategic plan, & turning it into reality. 
• Ability to develop marketing architecture & technical architecture artifacts of proposed platforms, applications, tools, solutions, and projects, and present to senior leadership in the technology, business, and financial areas. 
• Lead architecture discussions, drive technical decisions, participate in feature development and product roadmap planning. 
• Deliver multiple concurrent projects and contribute through all project phases, from brainstorming to deployment, and ensure Agile development best practices are adhered to across the team and deliverables meet functional and design specifications and requirements. 
• Represent departmental SDLC and adhere to development and deployment best practices leading code reviews, code analysis tools, CI / CD pipelines, and site monitoring to ensure 24 / 7 uptime performance across a variety of Komen properties and our constituents. 
• Manage and motivate technical resources on a day-to-day basis. 
• Passionate about leading a team that brings architectural designs to life. 
• Manages the operations of the IT asset and inventory management function.  
• Manages the maintenance of records and databases containing information regarding licenses, warranties, and service agreements for the organization's hardware and software. Minimizes organizational cost through product standardization and tracking. Tracks quality throughout the product lifetime. 
• Affinity for application / web security. 
• Drive exploration and adoption of existing technology tools and emerging technologies. 
• Comfort using ticket-based technical project management (e.g., Jira and Asana). 
• Work collaboratively with strategy and creative teams, web designers, and integration partners to seamlessly configure and integrate donation mechanisms and clearly communicate with all stakeholders while recognizing potential risks and opportunities to obtain the best results. 
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