Director of Software Engineering

Director of Software Engineering

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 Consumer and Community Banking, 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. Some of the key pillars you would be driving are, Solution Engineering, Technology life cycle management, Timely delivery, Problem Management, Resiliency and Automation.

 

Job responsibilities

• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver robust cloud-based solutions that drive enhanced customer experiences.
• Leads technology and process implementations to achieve functional technology objectives
• Makes decisions that influence teams’ resources, budget, tactical operations, and the execution and implementation of processes and procedures
• Carries governance accountability for coding decisions, control obligations, and measures of success such as cost of ownership, maintainability, and portfolio operations
• Delivers technical solutions that can be leveraged across multiple businesses and domains
• Influences peer leaders and senior stakeholders across the business, product, and technology teams
• Champions the firm’s culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

 

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

 

• Formal training or certification on software engineering 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 multiple solutions 
• Practical cloud native experience
• Expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders and peer leaders across business product and technology teams
• Experience using AI/ML to improve quality of software and solution 
• Experience with Big Data / Distributed / cloud technology 
• Demonstrated knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline 

 

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

 

• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills, especially in high-visibility transformation programs
• Action-oriented, decisive, drives results systematically.
• Master’s preferred.
• Skilled at assessing risk and making decisions with a holistic, big-picture perspective.

• Demonstrates a can-do attitude and leads by example.

   

Experience Level

Executive Level