Director, Engineering

<p></p> <p> </p> <p><span><span><span><span><b><span><span>An Amazing Career Opportunity for a Director, Engineering!!</span></span></b> </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><b><span><span>Location: Sweden, Stockholm </span></span></b></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><b><span><span>Job ID: 34713</span></span></b></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span> </span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span><span><span><span>The Director of Engineering is responsible for leading the engineering efforts within a specific business unit, ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality products and fostering a culture of technical excellence across distributed teams. This role requires a blend of technical expertise, strategic thinking, and people management skills across geographical boundaries and through an indirect people management model driven by influencing. While team members report directly to their local leaders, the Director of Engineering will provide functional leadership, ensuring alignment with broader product and engineering goals. </span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span><span><span><b><span>Who are we? </span></b></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span>HID Global powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places, and things, allowing people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span>We are a high-tech software company headquartered in Austin, TX, with over 4,500 worldwide employees. <span>Check us out here: </span></span><a href="https://www.hidglobal.com/" target="_blank"><span><span>www.hidglobal.com</span></span></a><span><span> and </span></span><a href="https://youtu.be/23km5H4K9Eo" target="_blank"><span><span>https://youtu.be/23km5H4K9Eo</span></span></a> </span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span> </span></span></span></p> <p><br/> <span><span><span><span><b>HID’s Identity and Access Management Solutions Department:</b></span> </span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span><span><span><span>HID Global Identity and Access Management Solutions products protect more than 85 million user identities. At HID Global, we understand that no person, device, or workplace can go unprotected. This philosophy of Zero Trust drives us to create new advances in risk-based multi-factor authentication, leads us to secure user identities in converged access environments and drives the need to expand implementations with our industry-leading digital certificates and PKIaaS solution to manage them at scale.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><br/> <span><span><span><b><span><span>As our </span></span></b><b><span><span>Director, Engineering</span></span></b><b><span><span> you’ll support HID’s success by:</span></span></b> </span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span><span><span><b><span>Technical Leadership:</span></b></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span><span><span><span>Lead the development and execution of the technical roadmap for the business unit, in alignment with product and business goals</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span>Provide guidance on technical architecture, system design, and engineering best practices, ensuring the scalability, reliability, and security of solutions</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span>Oversee key technical decisions and ensure that teams are using appropriate tools, frameworks, and methodologies (e.g., Agile, DevOps, CI/CD)</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span>Stay current with emerging technologies and trends, driving innovation and continuous improvement within the engineering function</span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span><span><span><b><span>Recruitment, Team Management and Development:</span></b></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span><span><span><span>While engineering team members report to local leaders, the Director of Engineering is responsible for providing functional leadership and mentoring across teams within the business unit</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span>Work closely with local leaders to ensure that the engineering talent aligns with the unit’s technical direction and growth objectives</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span>Promote a culture of collaboration, open communication, and shared ownership across distributed teams</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span>Act as a mentor and coach to engineering leads and senior engineers within the function, fostering a supportive and high-performing environment</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span>Ensure consistency in team development, training opportunities, and career progression across locations, in partnership with local leaders</span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span>Participate in the recruitment of talent, focusing