Sr. Director of Engineering (Product Development)
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Location: Austin, TX 78745
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Full-time
Description
Senior Director of Engineering (Product Delivery)
Why We Need You - The Mission & Our Vision
Veryon is a leading software and technology company that exists to enable aviation teams around the world to improve efficiency and safety. Our products maximize uptime for aircraft maintenance teams through our customer driven innovation and world class customer service.
Veryon has more than 7,500 customers in 137 countries, we service general and business aviation, military/defense, commercial aviation, and OEM industries. Our core values drive us, in business, internally, and in our everyday lives.
Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Engineering, this role will be responsible for leading a global team of Software Engineers to ensure that new product development demonstrates innovation and drives customer value and adoption. The role will oversee the software development of both Veryon Tracking and Veryon Publications product offerings. The Senior Director will be expected to co-ordinate efforts with development teams and subject matter experts within Veryon and our customers and partners as well as deliver technology solutions while adhering to our core values.
Ideally the candidate would have a strong understanding of or experience working with aviation maintenance tracking solutions combined with good technical expertise in software development and excellent communication skills.
This new leader's team will be spread across the globe in North America, Asia and Europe.
What You'll Accomplish - Your Performance Objectives
Objective #1
Within your first 30 days, gain a solid understanding of the current state of the team, the technology and the projects
Objective #2
Within your first 90 days, demonstrate your ability to take in-depth understanding and create actionable plans of action.
Objective #3
Within your first 6 months, establish yourself as a senior technology leader.
Who We're Looking For - The Personal Competencies That Matter
Collaborative: You have empathy for your colleagues and customers. You demonstrate cross-functional collaboration within the engineering teams and seek out opportunities to build relationships with others throughout the company. You understand we are all on the same team working towards the same goals.
Intellectually Curious: You have a strong level of curiosity and care about learning. You understand that learning is a continuous part of being an engineering manager and are always looking for ways to sharpen and/or broaden your skillset.
Flexibility: You understand that priorities and requirements will evolve, and you may have to be flexible in your approach and in your expectations. You are open-minded and adapt well to changing environments as a company grows and scales. You aren't afraid to step outside your comfort zone and take the initiative to help the team succeed.
Technical Skills: You have technical expertise across numerous technologies, and the ability to train and mentor your team on how and when to utilize them.
How We Work - The Core Values That We Live By
Fueled By Customers: We work hard so our customers can get more uptime. A customer-centered approach is on the forefront of our minds. We are big on transparent communication with our customers, and we celebrate their wins internally because we love the positive impact we are making on their lives.
Win Together: We focus on the "we" and not the "me". Collaboration is key, we value diverse backgrounds and skill sets. Our mission is to win as a team, we think everyone plays an integral part in our success.
Make it Happen: When we make a commitment, we get it done. We take a proactive approach, commit, adapt to evolving landscapes and problems, and tackle problems at every difficulty level.
Innovate to Elevate: We set the standard in aviation by embracing and advancing cutting edge technology. We take a fail-forward approach using everything as a learning experience. We encourage creativity and experimentation within our teams. This helps us set the bar high and provide world class expertise in aviation.
Full-time
Description
Senior Director of Engineering (Product Delivery)
Why We Need You - The Mission & Our Vision
Veryon is a leading software and technology company that exists to enable aviation teams around the world to improve efficiency and safety. Our products maximize uptime for aircraft maintenance teams through our customer driven innovation and world class customer service.
Veryon has more than 7,500 customers in 137 countries, we service general and business aviation, military/defense, commercial aviation, and OEM industries. Our core values drive us, in business, internally, and in our everyday lives.
Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Engineering, this role will be responsible for leading a global team of Software Engineers to ensure that new product development demonstrates innovation and drives customer value and adoption. The role will oversee the software development of both Veryon Tracking and Veryon Publications product offerings. The Senior Director will be expected to co-ordinate efforts with development teams and subject matter experts within Veryon and our customers and partners as well as deliver technology solutions while adhering to our core values.
Ideally the candidate would have a strong understanding of or experience working with aviation maintenance tracking solutions combined with good technical expertise in software development and excellent communication skills.
This new leader's team will be spread across the globe in North America, Asia and Europe.
What You'll Accomplish - Your Performance Objectives
Objective #1
Within your first 30 days, gain a solid understanding of the current state of the team, the technology and the projects
- Familiarize yourself with the Veryon products, being able to click through and demo the applications at a high level.
- Demonstrate a clear understanding of the existing SDLC process at Veryon and associated key metrics.
- Familiarize yourself with the technical implementations of the Web, Mobile and Desktop applications.
- Gain an understanding and appreciation for all of the individuals influencing success of this role, including direct and indirect reports, peers and project stakeholders across around the globe.
Objective #2
Within your first 90 days, demonstrate your ability to take in-depth understanding and create actionable plans of action.
- Work with your and you peers' teams to take ownership and deliver your first feature to production.
- Establish regular touchpoints with direct reports and stakeholders within other business units.
- Establish and monitor goals and growth plans for individual team members by various means such as 1:1s and metrics.
- Evaluate usage of existing and potentially new technologies, ensuring that the development team is optimized with the appropriate tooling that makes a direct impact to efficiency and effectiveness.
Objective #3
Within your first 6 months, establish yourself as a senior technology leader.
- Partner with product to ensure continued on-time delivery of features and bug fixes using Scrum methodologies.
- Complete your first set of performance reviews for your team and provide recommendations for continuous improvement and career growth.
- Implement at least two innovations and demonstrate value using both KPIs and qualitative measures.
- Clearly articulate the cost and time savings associated with advancements in development practice such as the further adoption of AI tools in the development process.
- Maintain, track and provide readouts on key KPIs monthly.
- Build strong relationships across the organization.
Who We're Looking For - The Personal Competencies That Matter
Collaborative: You have empathy for your colleagues and customers. You demonstrate cross-functional collaboration within the engineering teams and seek out opportunities to build relationships with others throughout the company. You understand we are all on the same team working towards the same goals.
Intellectually Curious: You have a strong level of curiosity and care about learning. You understand that learning is a continuous part of being an engineering manager and are always looking for ways to sharpen and/or broaden your skillset.
Flexibility: You understand that priorities and requirements will evolve, and you may have to be flexible in your approach and in your expectations. You are open-minded and adapt well to changing environments as a company grows and scales. You aren't afraid to step outside your comfort zone and take the initiative to help the team succeed.
Technical Skills: You have technical expertise across numerous technologies, and the ability to train and mentor your team on how and when to utilize them.
How We Work - The Core Values That We Live By
Fueled By Customers: We work hard so our customers can get more uptime. A customer-centered approach is on the forefront of our minds. We are big on transparent communication with our customers, and we celebrate their wins internally because we love the positive impact we are making on their lives.
Win Together: We focus on the "we" and not the "me". Collaboration is key, we value diverse backgrounds and skill sets. Our mission is to win as a team, we think everyone plays an integral part in our success.
Make it Happen: When we make a commitment, we get it done. We take a proactive approach, commit, adapt to evolving landscapes and problems, and tackle problems at every difficulty level.
Innovate to Elevate: We set the standard in aviation by embracing and advancing cutting edge technology. We take a fail-forward approach using everything as a learning experience. We encourage creativity and experimentation within our teams. This helps us set the bar high and provide world class expertise in aviation.