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GE Aerospace · 5 hours ago

Sr Director - Software Engineering - Portals

West Chester

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$176K/yr - $293K/yr

10+ years exp

GE Aerospace is seeking a Sr Director of Software Engineering to lead a team of software engineers and architects in developing solutions for fleet management. The role involves managing complex software projects, ensuring quality delivery, and aligning with stakeholders to meet project objectives.

AerospaceCommercialManufacturing

No H1B

Responsibilities

Build a world class software development team to consistently deliver complex software platforms and research projects of varying size and duration

Design and execute on a well thought out strategy for the organization

Manage a team responsible for UX, front end and back end development using the latest technologies and methodologies adopted from industry wide practices

Actively present leadership updates to GE executive sponsors and customers

Work with others to define future technology platforms and architecture for products and services

Quickly learn, internalize and develop a strong understanding of key priorities and the clients

Align with stakeholders to ensure that data and process changes required in systems are implemented in accordance with project objectives and timelines

Provide day to day work direction for team members engaged in projects and delivery

Facilitate and coach software engineering teams on requirements estimate and work sizing

Demonstrate mastery of intricacies and interactions within dynamic agile cultures and processes

Drive a continuous learning culture to help guide continuous improvements

Provide leadership on Lean/Agile principles and development practices

Actively pursue new methods and practices to increase productivity

Utilize project management tools to track progress and recognize key risk areas for specific implementations

Assist in the resolution of conflicting priorities through the proactive communication of requirements, timelines and stakeholders

Operate as a engaged leader who serves as a subject matter and technical expert for assigned programs and development initiatives

Work with system leaders and functional teams to ensure products and services adhere to compliance and controllership standards

Share technical, procedural, and business knowledge with others

Leverage your domain expertise; you are expected to further the knowledge and improve productivity of your colleagues with activities such as creating learning content, giving presentations, and supporting a continuous learning culture

Partner with the DT CIOs for CEO, Services, Engineering and other stakeholders to our customer portals to drive execution strategy across all technologies related to required business outcomes

Focus on culture and building empowered teams that also partner with necessary stakeholders to ensure continuity of business outcomes

Build necessary functional business knowledge to understand and support stakeholder engagement and recognition of problems to be solved with technology

Partner with stakeholders to adopt technical strategies required to ensure sustainability of technical platforms and adopt enterprise strategies where feasible

Partner with DISE internal stakeholders to ensure consistency of external presence for all GE Aviation applications

Promote the proper use to User Experience within our external presence to ensure a focused, efficient and connected presence for our customers

Qualification

Software engineering managementAgile methodologiesJava web developmentLinux/Unix expertiseSoftware development toolsLeadershipCommunication skillsCritical thinking

Required

Bachelor's degree from accredited university or college with minimum of 10 years of professional experience OR Associates degree with minimum of 13 years of professional experience OR High School Diploma with minimum of 15 years of professional experience

Minimum 7 years of professional experience in software engineering program management

Minimum 7 years of professional experience in people leadership

Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job

Preferred

Defines product vision. Lays out product roadmap. Maps current requirements to industry trends, analyses competition trends

Demonstrates mastery of the intricacies of interactions and dynamics in Agile teams. Guides new teams to adopt Agile, troubleshoots adoption efforts, and guide continuous improvement. Provides training on Lean / Agile. Drives elimination of inefficiencies in coding process. Teaches XP practices to others. Actively embraces new methods and practices that increase efficiency and effectiveness

Previous experience in software development in an agile environment and writing code

Previous experience working in a Java web development environment

Demonstrates advanced understanding of Linux or Unix operating systems

Demonstrates advanced understanding of software development tools & infrastructure

Prioritizes projects based on an assessment of competitive needs. Anticipates areas of competitive vulnerability and offers plans to mitigate them

Evangelizes new technology, predicts trends, and identifies new opportunities based on trends. Acts as industry expert by participating in defining standards and open source initiatives

Creates a culture of customer focus and high performance to drive innovation. Creates and pitches value for the GE investor while balancing that with the sometimes competing value for the external customer. Continuous engagement with focus on GE strategy for customer satisfaction

Establishes framework for a culture of successful collaboration by defining a common understanding of who has decision rights and accountability, and how collaboration and transparency are rewarded

Establishes vision, Identifies and champions internal/external best practices, tools, and ideas to improve execution and quality. Drives an organization of efficiency, accountability and ownership

Able to verbalize what is behind decisions and downstream implications. Continuously reflecting on success and failures to improve performance and decision-making. Understands when change is needed. Participates in technical strategy planning

Additional leadership experience in areas of operations, manufacturing and quality preferred

Uses critical thinking skills and disciplined approaches to help leaders and leadership teams resolve issues and define solutions. Evangelizes and contributes to the GE standards for critical thinking best practices and methodologies across the enterprise. Defines new critical thinking methods. Engages with external thought-leaders and communities on analytical and critical thinking methodologies

Excellent communication skills and the ability to interface with senior leadership with confidence and clarity

Evangelizes the notion that anything worth doing takes repeated effort and failure. Drives the organization toward a continued excitement of attaining the vision and goal in the face of resistance

Innovates and integrates new processes and/or technology to significantly add value to GE. Identifies how the cost of change weighs against the benefits and advises accordingly. Proactively learns new solutions and processes to address seemingly unanswerable problems