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Who We Are
Greenphire is a leading provider of clinical payment and communication solutions. We provide software as a service (SaaS) to reduce costs, increase participant retention, and produce quantifiable results for our clients in the clinical trial industry. Our vibrant culture focuses on four key values: All In, As a Team, For a Purpose, Solving Problems. We are a multi-year recipient of the Philadelphia Business Journal’s Best Places to Work award, and love to give shout-outs and awards to our employees. Our For A Purpose committee champions philanthropic activities throughout the year so employees can give back to our community. We have a diversity committee that focuses on breaking down barriers, recognizing that our uniqueness is what makes us so successful!
The Director of Engineering is responsible for the delivery of Enterprise SaaS products supporting the Clinical Trial industry, overseeing multiple on-shore and off-shore development teams and the delivery of multiple products and initiatives. The Director of Engineering provides strategic planning and tactical execution management, agile release planning across multiple teams, process and tool design, resource management, and continuous improvement. The role demands a blend of technical and business acumen, strategic and tactical focus, and an ability to balance architectural best practice and innovation pragmatism. In a typical business day, the Director of Engineering may find themselves pair-programming with developers on a priority feature or defect and briefing the C-suite on roadmap direction and key technical decisions.
Responsibilities
- Works with the AVP of Engineering to build a technical vision for the company. Explores new technologies for future planning and potential implementation. Evaluates and identifies appropriate technology to deliver business objectives.
- Ensures engineering best practices are defined and met across teams and develops and governs technical standards to ensure adherence.
- Collaborates with architects and principal engineers in the technical design of initiatives and business priorities.
- Recruits, mentors, and retains team members in a continuous improvement environment. Provides leadership and professional growth with the goal to build our next generation of engineering leaders.
- Works closely with Product Management and Architecture to discover business requirements and technical approach for product initiatives and features.
- Supports teams in the discovery and design of product backlog items and identifies and manages cross organization dependencies.
- May develop Proof of Concept solutions to demonstrate technical design. Can dive into the code and pair program with engineers as necessary.
- Initiates and drives continuous improvement initiatives, challenges self and teams to continuously grow and achieve new levels of success.
- Will be held accountable for the design, development, and delivery of Greenphire products and solutions.
- Must be a “team-player” with the ability to work within a highly collaborative environment.
- Must be a creative and critical thinker that is able to confidently express ideas in an articulate, concise manner.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, Engineering or equivalent relevant work experience and/or training.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in the software industry, including 5+ years in a leadership position.
- Strong experience managing people and teams; setting goals, providing clear technical direction, and holding teams accountable for delivering business value.
- Strong experience with software development best practices and tooling, agile testing, developer operations, continuous integration and delivery, and site reliability engineering.
- Relevant technical knowledge of enterprise architecture, cloud services, cloud development, containerization, business domain modelling, data warehouses and analytical platforms.
- Proven experience in Agile Software Development methodology.
- Proven experience building Enterprise SaaS products and solutions for external users and customers.