软件开发总监
Software Development Director
职位描述：
职位概述
软件开发总监是负责管理阿尔卑斯公司整个软件开发职能的战略和运营领导者。该职位推动与业务目标和数字化转型目标一致的软件开发计划的愿景、执行和持续发展。
总监通过软件开发经理领导多个开发团队，建立工程最佳实践，并确保交付可扩展、高质量的软件解决方案。该职位在与高管领导层和跨职能利益相关者紧密合作的同时，促进创新、问责制和持续改进的文化。
核心职责
战略领导
- 制定并执行与组织目标一致的总体软件开发策略。
- 领导和指导软件开发经理和高级技术领导者。
- 建立高效、可扩展的工程组织。
- 推动长期技术路线图和创新计划。
组织领导与人才发展
- 吸引、培养和留住顶尖的软件工程师人才。
- 建立领导梯队和继任计划。
- 培养协作、包容、问责和持续学习的文化。
- 指导领导者有效管理团队绩效和成长。
软件卓越与最佳实践
- 建立并执行软件开发标准、框架和治理。
- 推广架构、编码标准、测试、CI/CD 和 DevOps 的最佳实践。
- 确保代码质量、安全性、性能和可维护性达到高水平。
- 推动持续改进和运营卓越。
交付与执行
- 监督跨团队的多个软件计划的执行。
- 确保高质量产品按时、按范围交付。
- 将开发优先级与业务需求和产品策略对齐。
- 识别并缓解项目和产品组合中的风险。
敏捷与流程领导
- 在整个组织中推广敏捷方法（Scrum、Kanban）。
- 推动敏捷成熟度、持续交付和迭代开发实践。
- 优化流程以提高效率、透明度和团队生产力。
技术战略与数字化转型
- 通过创新的软件解决方案领导数字化转型计划。
- 评估和采用新技术和工具以支持业务增长。
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Job Description:
Position Summary
The Software Development Director is a strategic and operational leader responsible for overseeing Alpine’s entire software development function. This role drives the vision, execution, and continuous evolution of software development initiatives aligned with business objectives and digital transformation goals.
The Director leads multiple development teams through Software Development Managers, establishes engineering best practices, and ensures the delivery of scalable, high-quality software solutions. This role fosters a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement while partnering closely with executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
Core Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
- Define and execute the overall software development strategy aligned with organizational goals.
- Lead and mentor Software Development Managers and senior technical leaders.
- Build a high-performing, scalable engineering organization.
- Drive long-term technology roadmaps and innovation initiatives.
Organizational Leadership & Talent Development
- Attract, develop, and retain top software engineering talent.
- Establish leadership pipelines and succession planning.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, inclusivity, accountability, and continuous learning.
- Coach leaders to effectively manage team performance and growth.
Software Excellence & Best Practices
- Establish and enforce software development standards, frameworks, and governance.
- Promote best practices in architecture, coding standards, testing, CI/CD, and DevOps.
- Ensure high levels of code quality, security, performance, and maintainability.
- Champion continuous improvement and operational excellence.
Delivery & Execution
- Oversee execution of multiple software initiatives across teams.
- Ensure consistent, predictable delivery of high-quality products on time and within scope.
- Align development priorities with business needs and product strategy.
- Identify and mitigate risks across projects and portfolios.
Agile & Process Leadership
- Champion Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) at scale across the organization.
- Drive agile maturity, continuous delivery, and iterative development practices.
- Optimize processes to improve efficiency, transparency, and team productivity.
Technology Strategy & Digital Transformation
- Lead digital transformation initiatives through innovative software solutions.
- Evaluate and adopt new technologies and tools to drive competitive advantage.
- Collaborate with engineering, sales, and product teams to modernize platforms and systems.
Stakeholder Collaboration
- Partner with executive leadership, product management, design, and business stakeholders.
- Communicate progress, challenges, and outcomes clearly to senior leadership.
- Align technical execution with organizational priorities and customer needs.
Problem Solving & Innovation
- Address complex organizational and technical challenges at scale.
- Foster innovation and encourage new approaches to solving business problems.
- Promote data-driven decision-making across teams.
Job Requirements
- Proven experience in a senior leadership role (Director or above) in software development.
- Strong technical background with deep understanding of modern software engineering practices.
- Experience managing multiple teams and leaders (e.g., Managers, Leads).
- Demonstrated success in delivering large-scale, complex software initiatives.
- Experience leading Agile transformations across organizations.
- Strong experience driving digital transformation initiatives.
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to influence and collaborate at the executive level.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
Competencies
- Strategic Thinking: Ability to align technical strategy with business goals.
- Building Partnerships: Creates strong cross-functional collaboration to achieve objectives.
- Leadership & Talent Development: Builds and grows high-performing teams.
- Communication: Clearly conveys complex ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Innovation: Drives creative, forward-thinking solutions.
- Adaptability: Leads effectively through change and evolving priorities.
- Analytical Thinking: Uses data to inform decisions and improve outcomes.
- Results-Driven: Focuses on delivering measurable business value.
Compensation Information:
Certain states require that pay information be included in job postings. The specific hiring rate within the posted pay range will depend on the successful candidate’s qualifications, prior experience, and the geographic location. For example, In Florida, the pay rate will be between $144,000-$200,000 (highly experienced).
ITW is an equal opportunity employer. We value our colleagues’ unique perspectives, experiences and ideas and create workplaces where everyone can develop their careers and perform to their full potential.
As an equal employment opportunity employer, ITW is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair treatment for employees, beginning with the hiring process and continuing through all aspects of the employment relationship.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
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