Director, Software Engineering

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Diligent is the AI leader in governance risk and compliance (GRC) SaaS solutions helping more than 1 million users and 700000 board members to clarify risk and elevate governance. The Diligent One Platform gives practitioners the C-Suite and the board a consolidated view of their entire GRC practice so they can more effectively manage risk build greater resilience and make better decisions faster.

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Position Overview

The Director of Software Engineering will lead and scale critical areas of software engineering for Diligent within our Technology Centre of Excellence. This role is deeply technology-focused combining hands-on technical depth with strategic leadership to drive the design development and delivery of industry-leading products across the Diligent portfolio.

As a senior technology leader the Director will set long-term engineering strategy and roadmaps align technology investments with business priorities and collaborate closely with Product Architecture Data AI Security and other cross-functional partners to deliver measurable customer and business outcomes.

In addition to strong software engineering leadership this role will champion Diligents transformation into an AI-first organizationidentifying opportunities where artificial intelligence can accelerate innovation enhance customer experience and unlock new business models. The Director will serve as a senior technical authority embedding AI fluency experimentation and strategic foresight into engineering practices and decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and technical leadership across software engineering domains leading leaders and high-performing teams at scale.

• Own and drive the technology vision multi-year roadmaps and execution strategy ensuring alignment with Diligents business objectives and AI-native direction.

• Partner closely with Product Design Data AI Security and other stakeholders to prioritize initiatives balance trade-offs and deliver outcomes across complex cross-functional programs.

• Translate company goals and portfolio strategy into clear actionable engineering plans communicating priorities dependencies and progress effectively at all levels.

• Actively track emerging technologies and AI advancements assessing their relevance and strategically integrating them into products platforms and engineering processes.

• Champion AI-first and technology-led thinking challenging conventional approaches and driving innovative scalable solutions.

• Lead with strong written and verbal communication clearly articulating technical concepts roadmaps and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical audiences including senior leadership.

• Foster a culture of experimentation continuous improvement and engineering excellence encouraging rapid learning and innovation.

• Ensure responsible AI adoption maintaining awareness of risk ethics and resilience while scaling AI capabilities.

• Develop deep customer and domain understanding ensuring technology decisions are grounded in customer value and long-term impact.

• Manage budgets capacity planning and resource allocation to support strategic priorities.

• Build mentor and retain strong engineering leadership creating a high-trust high-performance environment.

Required Experience / Skills

• 15 years of experience in software engineering with significant experience leading large complex engineering organizations and managing managers.

• Strong technical foundation with the ability to engage deeply in architecture design and technology decisions.

• Proven track record of defining and executing technology strategies and roadmaps in SaaS and enterprise environments.

• Demonstrated experience leveraging AI and emerging technologies to solve real business and customer problems.

• Exceptional communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to influence align and drive clarity across senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.

• Strong prioritization and decision-making skills in ambiguous fast-moving environments.

• Customer-centric mindset with the ability to balance innovation scalability and operational excellence.

• Experience operating in globally distributed teams and fast-growing organizations preferred.

What Diligent Offers You

• Creativity is ingrained in our culture. We are innovative collaborators by nature. We thrive in exploring how things can be differently both in our internal processes and to help our clients
• We care about our people.Diligent offers a flexible work environment global days of service comprehensive health benefits meeting free days generous time off policy and wellness programsto name a few
• We have teams all over the world. We may be headquartered in New York City but we have office hubs in Washington D.C. Vancouver London Galway Budapest Munich Bengaluru Singapore and Sydney.
• Diversity is important to us. Growing maintaining and promoting a diverse team is a top priority for us. We foster and encourage diversity through our Employee Resource Groups and provide access to resources and education to support the education of our team facilitate dialogue and foster understanding.

Diligent created the modern governance movement. Our world-changing idea is to empower leaders with the technology insights and connections they need to drive greater impact and accountability to lead with purpose. Our employees are passionate smart and creative people who not only want to help build the software company of the future but who want to make the world a more sustainable equitable and better place.

Headquartered in New York Diligent has offices in Washington D.C. London Galway Budapest Vancouver Bengaluru Munich Singapore and Sydney. To foster strong collaboration and connection this role will follow a hybrid work model. If you are within a commuting distance to one of our Diligent office locations you will be expected towork onsite at least 50% of the time.We believe that in-person engagement helps drive innovation teamwork and a strong sense of community.

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