Sr. Director Software Engineering

At Northwestern Mutual, we are strong, innovative and growing. We invest in our people. We care and make a positive difference.
The Sr. Director is an experienced thought leader who will be focused on providing overall strategic and executive leadership. The Sr. Director of Engineering will be an experienced leader within Planning Solutions (PX)

Primary Duties & Responsibilities: Delivery

• Ensures continuous improvement of Engineering capabilities
• Expectations/Guidelines
• Mitigates Risk
• Collaborates with technical partners (ex. Testing, support, design, product, security) to ensure timely and quality deliverables
• Leading through multiple engineering teams and their respective leads.
• Communicates and nurtures an engaging relationship with business stakeholders
• Helps with Modernization efforts
• Growing engineering skill sets in others.
• Ensures timely delivery of business value through technology as negotiated with product and business

Prior Experience

• Strong communication skills at all levels – upwards and down
• Strong understanding of architecture concepts, resilient application design, cloud technologies and automation; product focused.
• 2-5 year primary leadership role in delivering business outcomes and leading teams with direct reports
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and guide organization maturity
• Demonstrated experience creating tech strategy

Qualifications & Related Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree Required
• Minimum 8 Years' Experience in Highly Technical Roles Covering Multiple Areas Required
• Deep Hands-On Knowledge of Either Web/Cloud/Web Service Based Technology, APIs Or DevOps Concepts; Appropriate Professional Designation Preferred; Prior Experience Leading/coaching/mentoring engineering teams
• Deep Hands-On Knowledge of Application Development, Operation and Support Practices

Special Skills Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Strong Team Leadership Skills
• Excellent Decision-Making Capabilities
• Excellent Facilitation, Collaboration, Negotiation, and Presentation Skills; Comfort with Ambiguity, Frequent Change, Or Unpredictability
• Excellent Organization, and Team Collaboration Skills
• Solid experience working with cross functional teams
• Excellent Written and Verbal Communication Skills

Compensation Range
Pay Range - Start:
$164,850.00
Pay Range - End
$235,500.00
Please note that this is the standard pay structure. Positions in certain locations (such as California) may provide an increase on the standard pay structure based on the location. Pleas e click here for additi onal information relating to location-based pay structures.
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