Director Software Engineering
Job Summary
Make a difference in a growing innovative mental health organization and center of excellence in people-centered care. Work with supportive colleagues who are passionate about improving lives and champions for quality and continuous learning.
As the Director Software Engineering you will provide strategic and operational leadership for software engineering teams driving the delivery of secure scalable and innovative technology solutions that support Homewood Healths business objectives.
What Youll Be Doing
- Provide leadership for the planning execution and delivery of software development initiatives across assigned engineering teams.
- Establish and maintain engineering standards delivery processes and governance practices that support quality predictability and continuous improvement.
- Oversee software quality platform reliability production support incident management and operational performance.
- Monitor key delivery and technology metrics to identify risks improve outcomes and ensure business objectives are achieved.
- Act as a senior escalation point for technical and operational challenges.
- Lead mentor and develop engineering leaders and team members.
- Foster an inclusive collaborative and high-performing culture aligned with Homewoods values.
- Identify organizational capability gaps and implement development strategies to strengthen technical and leadership competencies.
- Support organizational change initiatives and contribute to the ongoing evolution and maturity of the Digital Solutions division.
- Collaborate with Product PMO Clinical Operations and other business leaders to support strategic planning prioritization and successful delivery of initiatives.
- Communicate technical strategies risks dependencies and outcomes to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ensure compliance with privacy security and regulatory requirements within a highly regulated environment.
- Manage vendor and third-party technology relationships including service performance integration oversight and risk management.
- Represent Digital Solutions in executive reporting due diligence activities and RFP/RFI processes.
- Partner with the EVP & CTO and Architecture team to define engineering strategy standards and best practices.
- Evaluate technology investments modernization opportunities and build-versus-buy decisions.
- Champion engineering practices that support scalability security maintainability and long-term business objectives.
- Contribute to technology roadmaps and enterprise-wide strategic initiatives.
What Were Looking For
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Information Technology Engineering or a related discipline; a Masters degree is considered an asset.
- Minimum 8 years of progressive experience in software engineering technology delivery or related technical roles including at least 4 years of people leadership experience leading software engineers engineering managers or technical teams.
- Proven experience delivering and supporting enterprise-scale software platforms and digital solutions with a strong track record of partnering with project program or portfolio management functions.
- Experience within healthcare insurance financial services or other highly regulated industries is preferred.
- Experience leading organizational growth transformation or scaling initiatives is considered an asset.
Why work with us
Homewood Health is Canadas largest and leading service provider for medically focused evidence-based treatment of mental health and addiction disorders. Our organizational culture values service excellence integrity collaboration and innovation. Our people make a difference!
As an equal opportunity employer Homewood Health is committed to employment accessibility diversity equity and inclusion. For this reason we encourage applications from members of equity-seeking groups including women racialized and indigenous communities persons with disabilities and persons of all sexual orientations and gender identities/expressions.
This job posting is for an existing vacant position within the organization. Join us at Homewood Health and be part of a diverse team helping Canadians live healthier more productive and fulfilling lives.
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About Company
Homewood Health is the Canadian leader in mental health and addiction services. With over 130 years of experience, we achieve outstanding outcomes every day through our national network of over 4,500 employees and clinical experts, and through the Homewood Health Centre—one of Canada’ ... View more