Director of Software Engineering - Employee Development and Progression

If you are a software engineering leader ready to take the reins and drive impact, we’ve got an opportunity just for you.

As a Director of Software Engineering at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Sector's Employee Platform: Workforce Technology team, you lead a technical area and drive impact within teams, technologies, and projects across departments. Utilize your in-depth knowledge of software, applications, technical processes, and product management to drive multiple complex projects and initiatives, while serving as a primary decision maker for your teams and be a driver of innovation and solution delivery.

Job responsibilities

• Lead technology and process implementations to achieve functional technology objectives
• Partner with Product teams to accomplish the key business deliverables
• Partner with Agility Lead to maintain a clean Jira backlog and Jira Align roadmap
• Make decisions that influence teams’ resources, budget, tactical operations, and the execution and implementation of processes and procedures
• Carry governance accountability for coding decisions, control obligations, and measures of success such as cost of ownership, maintainability, and portfolio operations
• Deliver technical solutions that can be leveraged across multiple businesses and domains
• Influence peer leaders and senior stakeholders across the business, product, and technology teams
• Champion the firm’s culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on team leadership concepts and 10+ years applied experience. In addition, 5+ years of experience leading technologists to manage, anticipate and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise
• Experience developing or leading cross-functional teams of technologists
• Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent
• Experience leading a product as a Product Owner or Product Manager
• Expertise in Agile Methodology including tools like Jira and Jira Align
• Experience in running roadmap planning and resource allocations
• Practical cloud native experience
• Expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Full stack development
• Java development experience
• UX Design experience
• Data analytics experience
• Experience in database design