Director, Software Development

Company Description

Workleap is the one simple employee experience platform to elevate hybrid work.

With over 20,000 happy customers in more than 100 countries, Workleap allows you to listen to your employees, align your teams and grow everyone’s potential so they can deliver their best work.

Job Description

So, what will your new role look like?

As the Director of Software Development at Workleap, you will be responsible for the technical strategy, software development, and quality of one or more products in the Workleap portfolio. You will bring leadership that will drive innovation and engineering excellence, while collaborating with your peers across the technology, product, and the broader Workleap organization to accelerate the Workleap business goals. As the leader of a team of software development managers and engineers, you will create and foster a strong high-velocity engineering culture where the teams will find the right balance to deliver on their commitments in timely manner at the highest quality, to accelerate the business goals. As part of the technology leadership team, you will be expected to discover and champion strategic initiatives that have impacts that span all of Workelap to accelerate the realization of the Workleap vision.

Responsibilities:

• Joining a team of 3 Directors, your direct reports will consist of Software Development Managers and potentially Staff Developers. As a Director, you will provide direction and guidance to an overall organization of 40 to ensure goals and objectives are being met.
• Define and drive the team’s strategic direction, through strategic objectives and roadmaps to deliver innovative, high-quality software products that meet customer needs and business goals.
• Identify and champion new initiatives to drive additional business value in collaboration with stakeholders across the organization, including other technology teams, product management, design, and other cross-functional teams to accelerate the achievement of business goals.
• Drive and optimize the software development lifecycle, from business and system requirements to concept and design, to implementation, testing, and deployment with engineering excellence, adhering to best practices, quality benchmarks, and timelines.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and innovation within the software development organization, encouraging experimentation, knowledge sharing, and learning.
• Manage relationships with external partners, vendors, and contractors as needed to support software development projects and initiatives.
• Create, grow and develop high performance teams, acting as a role model by embodying Workleap’s value, and coaching the teams to grow to become future leaders in the organization.

A typical week?

As the Director of Software Development, your week will be dynamic and multifaceted, filled with strategic planning, people management, budget reviews and cross-functional collaboration. Specifically, this includes meeting with your leadership team to align on short- and long-term objectives, review operational metrics, 1:1s with your direct reports to unblock projects, and coaching for career growth. There will be weekly cross functional discussions to address client feedback, review upcoming features, and explore potential strategic initiatives and partnerships.

In summary, a typical week in this role at Workleap is varied and challenging, requiring a balance of strategic thinking, technical expertise, and strong leadership skills to drive innovation, collaboration, excellence, and growth within the development teams and across the organization.

What are the next challenges awaiting your team?

We just started the journey of putting in place a platform as the home of all products for Workleap. There are many unknowns and opportunities still on the table to define the future of the business. This role will have a big impact on the future of Workleap.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence within and across departments to drive a strategic initiative;
• Strong Software Development and Systems Design skills to deliver SAAS software products leveraging software development best-practices and processes;
• Experience leading a team of a minimum of 3 Software Development Managers and an organization of at least 25 developers;
• Proficiency in data analysis to make data-driven decisions;
• Strong cross-collaboration experience with executives across departments, including Product, Legal, Sales, and HR;
• Extensive experience with building and driving the successful execution of roadmaps;
• Strategic thinking to improve efficiency and velocity to meet business objectives;
• Clear and concise communication skills with an ability to adapt to your audience;
• Track record demonstrating a positive impact on team Building and talent development;
• SaaS industry experience. Ideally from 2 different software companies;
• Minimum 3-4 years' experience in a similar role.

Assets:

• Experience in a rapidly evolving industry with the capacity to navigate and lead through organizational change is valuable;
• Experience in innovation leading to the development of new products, features, and solutions that drive business growth and competitive advantage in the market.

Additional Information

At Workleap, we build together, we trust each other, and we support each other in success or failure. You will be able to express yourself, evolve and develop your creativity in an environment that will adapt to your daily life and your needs.

We strive to create a healthy and inclusive work environment. This is everyone’s business.

Our Candidate Experience Flow at Workleap:
Phone Screen - Virtual Interview using Microsoft Teams - Work Sample - Job Offer

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