Director Software Engineering

Who We Are   Solera is a global leader in data and software services that strives to transform every touchpoint of the vehicle lifecycle into a connected digital experience. In addition, we provide products and services to protect life’s other most important assets: our homes and digital identities. Today, Solera processes over 300 million digital transactions annually for approximately 235,000 partners and customers in more than 90 countries. Our 6,500 team members foster an uncommon, innovative culture and are dedicated to successfully bringing the future to bear today through cognitive answers, insights, algorithms and automation.  For more information, please visit solera.com.   

The Role     We are looking for a Software Development Director to be   part of our global engineering team.  

The role exists within the   I nternational   team that develops global services and solutions and is part of an ambitious new program building our future within software development agile methodologies.  

What You’ll Do  

Lead   the management of   global   Engineering teams .  

T his role is accountable for all engineering requirements .  

E nsuring issues and requests are dealt with in a timely manner   through the management team .  

Build positive and collaborative relationships globally with key stakeholders  

Be ultimately responsible for   the quality and metrics   f ro m   all engineering   leads and their teams.  

Monitor and oversee daily activities of the delivery teams, removing impediments and providing guidance as needed.  

Escalate to the VP Engineering as needed.  

Review and Approve   resource and workload allocations within the squads as needed to hit delivery requirements.  

Analyze   incoming   business   requests   with senior mgmt , set delivery priorities and   agree any   schedule adjustments to meet timely delivery goals.  

Report   to   the VP Engineering   the   engineering   organization s   productivity and output leveraging   KPI   framework s   across all squads  

Nurture self   organization , increase transparency and trust, help navigate disfunction and conflict, and motivation through autonomy, accountability and purpose.  

Keeping performance and morale high under difficult and challenging circumstances  

Understand legacy vs modern SDLC lifecycles so as to be able to adapt to both   and implement strategies required by the global business .  

Managing team dynamics and creating a culture of innovation while working across departmental and other boundaries  

Helping to define a single development target organization.  

What You’ll Bring  

We are looking for a solid and charismatic leader  

End to End thinking – connecting the dots  

Interpersonal and leadership skills - servant leadership, collaboration, facilitation, and negotiation skills  

Communication skills  

Ability to explain   i mplement and understand global   strategies in a way that   can be introduced within the   Madrid   office with minimal issues.  

Must possess technical software development background to effectively manage features and roadmap execution  

Strong ability to drive the adoption of the Solera Architectural Manifesto  

Qualified in enterprise solutions, based on J2EE .Net/C# and PHP, familiar with domain driven design including microservices architecture  

Qualified and experienced in delivery mechanisms, Agile methodologies and performance frameworks across global products.  

Qualified in quality automation and performance frameworks across global products  

Obsessed by CICD – Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery leveraging PaaS (Platform As A Service) as foundation layer  

Experienced in managing legacy applications and modernization initiatives  

Experienced in Public Cloud (Azure and AWS) and exposed to Docker/Kubernetes  

Strong Program Management skills  

Understanding of Software Product Management best practices  

Experienced in management of teams with multiple skill sets  

Experienced in global product deliveries and multi-lingual platforms.  

Preferred Qualifications:  

​ Strong leadership experience with a solid track record of developing and launching successful software solutions using agile methodologies  

Collaborative team player that can also lead cross-functional teams to deliver solutions on time and above expectations and has managed operations over 200+ engineers  

Strong creative problem-solving and analytical skills to identify opportunities and pain-points through research, data and customer insights to improve the customer experience and drive digital transformation.  

Leading and driving Agile/Scrum Development methods  

Comfortable to work with a high degree of independence and responsibility but also ensure teams are oriented with a positive and can-do attitude.  

Take-charge attitude with strong business acumen, results orientation and decision-making skills  

Excellent written and communication skills