Senior Director Technology

About AccuWeather:

AccuWeather recognized and documented as the most accurate and most used source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world has saved over 12000 lives prevented injury to over 100000 people and saved companies tens of billions of dollars through better planning and decisionmaking.

Billions of people around the world rely on AccuWeathers proven Superior Accuracy across our consumer digital the #1 weather destination and one of the top 100 mostvisited websites in the world and our awardwinning AccuWeather app delivers detailed realtime forecasts to millions of smartphones.

AccuWeather forecasts also appear on digital signage in 700 newspapers are heard on over 400 radio stations and viewed on 100 television stations. The AccuWeather Network and AccuWeather NOW reach an audience of over 125 million on cable and streaming platforms including DirecTV Charter Communications Spectrum Verizon Philo Frndly TV Comcasts Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Stream Roku Xumo Rockbot LG and Amazon Freevee.

AccuWeather For Businessserves more than half of the Fortune 500 companies and thousands of other businesses and government agencies globally.

Dr. Joel Myers Founder and Executive Chairman established AccuWeather in 1962 and is considered the father of modern commercial meteorology. Myers a leading creative thinker and visionary has been called the most accurate man in weather by The New York Times and has been recognized as one of the top entrepreneurs in American history by Entrepreneurs Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurs..

SUMMARY

The AccuWeather Technology organization is seeking a highly motivated leader with exceptional strategic operational entrepreneurial and interpersonal skills and deep expertise in webbased platforms and APIs to join the Digital Technology leadership team as Senior Director Technology. Someone who likes to experiment innovate and engineer breakthrough customer experiences bring simplicity to software engineering and drive quality throughout the organization.

As the Senior Director Technology youll lead and influence a high performing middleware and R&D team to consistently deliver complex web mobile app AI and other prototypes production middleware solutions and drive innovation cuttingedge technologies and worldclass quality into AccuWeathers products. We are looking for someone who is technically strong energetic highly collaborative and passionate about software architecture design and implementation AccuWeathers products and our customers.

This position is located onsite at AccuWeathers facilities in either State College PA or NYC.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Champion a culture of innovation by guiding the identification exploration and rapid prototyping of emerging technologies ensuring the organization remains at the forefront of industry trends
• Establish processes for ideation and experimentation enabling teams to develop and validate new concepts quickly iterate effectively and transition prototypes into production
• Direct the design development and maintenance of critical middleware layers and orchestration systems that enable seamless communication and data flow between applications and services
• Collaborate with Product Program Management and stakeholders to define strategic Technology roadmaps ensuring R&D goals middleware requirements and proofofconcept initiatives align with broader business objectives
• Guide teams in building highly available resilient and performanceoriented solutions leveraging cloud platforms CDNs and distributed systems best practices
• Implement and refine Agile DevOps and CI/CD practices; promote continuous improvement in coding standards frameworks and monitoring to achieve worldclass engineering quality
• Recruit and retain highcaliber engineering team members providing ongoing coaching and feedback to cultivate a collaborative innovative and diverse team environment
• Encourage knowledge sharing thought leadership and curiosity in internal and external tech communities ensure ongoing professional growth and the adoption of cuttingedge practices
• Engage with external vendors and partners to identify develop and integrate new solutions that enhance the companys technological capabilities focusing on timely delivery and ROI
• Participate in defining the broader Technology strategy and budget ensuring R&D and middleware initiatives are effectively prioritized funded and managed.

QUALIFICATIONS

• BS/BA in related discipline with 12 years experience and 7 years management experience
• Proven history of technical and organizational leadership
• Proven ability to lead and work within geographically distributed engineering teams
• Mastery of software engineering and testing processes and concepts
• Mastery of Agile DevOps Automation and CI/CD processes and concepts
• Deep understanding of and experience with global large scale distributed platforms
• Deep understanding of and experience with cloud platforms (Azure AWS Google Cloud)
• Deep understanding of and experience with content delivery network (CDN) implementation and caching strategies
• Experience with AI Machine Learning and data science
• Experience with performance engineering and monitoring logging and analytics tools
• Proficient in C# Java ObjectiveC or similar
• Experience leading teams of 20 or more software engineers
• Experience managing contracting vendors and consultants
• Selfdriven; strong problemsolving skills; adaptable proactive and willing to take ownership
• Strong verbal / written communication skills; excellent collaboration reporting and analytical skills

Benefits:

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Comprehensive healthcare and dental benefits.
• 401(k) retirement plan with 50 company match.
• A collaborative work environment

Commitment to Diversity:

AccuWeather is committed to diversity and encourages all qualified candidates to apply. We are an equalopportunity employer.

If you are a highly motivated organized and dynamic professional with the skills and experience to excel in this role we invite you to join our team and make a significant impact on our organizations success.