Director, Software Engineering

Director of Software Engineering that's responsible for the delivery of Cox Automotive advertising and marketing capabilities. The Director of Software Engineering is a part of a strategic organization tasked with building products and services aligned to the growth plans of Cox Automotive. The Director will work closely with Engineering Leadership and key stakeholders across the company to execute the strategic priorities of the company.
The Director is a leader who can effectively guide and build agile teams to be successful by fostering an environment of trust, collaboration, and high-performance. This person must knock down technical, cultural, or organizational impediments, mentor lead technical staff, and collaborate with other product, architecture and engineering leaders to develop a healthy organization. The Director should have a passion for delivering results and learning how new technologies and processes can deliver better software to our customers
PRIMARY DUTIES/KEY RESPONSIBILITES

• Manages a set of engineering teams.
• Overall responsibility for the engineering and architecture alignment of all solutions delivered within release train. Ensures that team organization, individual development, and communication are in line with the business solution set and broader Cox Automotive vision.
• Builds agile and leadership teams that perform at a high level. Fosters inter-team collaboration and productivity.
• Implements, measures and reports on the execution strategy defined for the team. Execution includes delivery of planned work, with deliverables that meet company standards with respect to quality, scalability, and reliability. Effectively communicates with key stakeholders when either scope or timeline of projects require modification.
• Oversees engineering processes and ability to generate new processes to meet needs. Works closely with senior leadership on continual process improvement and organizational change to support Agile values.
• Responsible for appropriately allocating teams to the highest value investments per business backlog and release planning. Formulate and communicate mitigation strategies for long running projects, or projects where risk is high.
• Tracks and measures project work and programs to assess overall success.
• Responsible for ensuring the program agile teams' overall morale and productivity continue to improve.
• Manages career progression for team members to include hiring, performance reviews, salary decisions, mentoring, and coaching.
• Oversees budgeting for team including: hardware to support projects, staffing, facilities and tools for software development.
• Responsible for engineering brand awareness strategy and implementation as well as responsible for continuing to evolve culture of engineering team to drive Cox Automotive Engineering operating principles.
• Represents Cox Automotive in the local and regional community; building and fostering relationships used to promote community outreach, name & brand recognition, and talent acquisition.

Qualifications:

• BS/BA degree in computer science or related discipline, or equivalent experience, with advanced degree preferred
• 10 + years of relevant experience with at least 5 years' experience in a leadership role
• OR MS degree + 8 years of experience
• OR Ph.D. degree + 5 years of experience
• OR 14+ years of experience with no degree
• Background and experience in Automotive industry a plus
• Experience leading agile teams through cloud adoption a plus
• 7+ years of experience delivering software
• Team player with excellent work habits and interpersonal skills
• Servant leader with proven leadership background
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Other duties

About Cox Automotive
At Cox Automotive, people of every background are driven by their passion for mobility, innovation and community. We transform the way the world buys, sells, owns and uses cars, accelerating the industry with global powerhouse brands like Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, Manheim and more. What's more, we do it all with an emphasis on employee growth and happiness. Drive your future forward and join Cox Automotive today!
About Cox
Cox empowers employees to build a better future and has been doing so for over 120 years. With exciting investments and innovations across transportation, communications, cleantech and healthcare, our family of businesses - which includes Cox Automotive and Cox Communications - is forging a better future for us all. Ready to make your mark? Join us today!
Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page .
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