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# Senior Director Software Engineering

- **Company:** EMPOWERED LLC
- **Location:** Overland Park, KS, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $151,800.0 - $220,050.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Information Systems, Internet Service Provider, Software Engineering, Software Systems, Computer Equipment, Information Technology, Multiplatform
- **Published:** August 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/us653b27846eea01cd83d6aec18566bb80/eaa

## About the Role

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
Broad technical expertise across software systems, applications, and multiplatform environments.
Experience overseeing complex software systems and applications throughout the software development lifecycle.
Experience managing managers and professional employees, including hiring, developing, motivating, coaching, and directing people.
Experience managing project workloads, competing priorities, resources, schedules, risks, budgets, and delivery commitments.
Experience managing operating costs, labor, and departmental financial performance.
Experience managing relationships with internal stakeholders, external clients, and third-party vendors.
Ability to solve complex problems, make decisions with broad operational impact, and use analysis, experience, judgment, and input from others as appropriate.
Ability to provide strategic direction, establish goals and performance expectations, allocate resources, and hold leaders and teams accountable for results.
Strong ability to build trusting relationships, provide constructive feedback, influence outcomes, and work effectively across multiple levels of an organization.
What will set you apart:
Master's degree in a related systems or business field.
Ten (10) years of experience, including at least four (4) years of experience directly managing people, including hiring, developing, motivating, and directing people as they work.
Experience developing managers, strengthening leadership pipelines, mentoring rising leaders, and creating opportunities for professional growth and organizational learning.
Experience identifying organizational risks, improving operational efficiency, and aligning systems, services, and resources across complex or global environments., ***For remote and hybrid positions you will be required to provide reliable high-speed internet with a wired connection as well as a place in your home to work with limited disruption. You must have reliable connectivity from an internet service provider that is fiber, cable or DSL internet. Other necessary computer equipment, will be provided. You may be required to work in the office if you do not have an adequate home work environment and the required internet connection.***
Job Posting End Date at 12:01 am on: 08-20-2026
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## Description

The Senior Director Software Engineering will lead a software engineering function at the business unit or corporate level, providing strategic and technical direction across multiple teams, managers, and professional employees. This role will oversee complex software systems and applications throughout the development lifecycle, establish priorities and standards, manage resources and budgets, and develop short and long-term business strategies. The Senior Director Software Engineering will also build leadership capability, manage key stakeholder relationships, and drive accountable execution across teams and initiatives.
What you will do:
Lead software engineering teams responsible for the architecture, technical design, development, implementation, maintenance, support, repair, and enhancement of complex software systems and applications.
Provide subject matter expertise across multiplatform applications and determine appropriate courses of action in partnership with systems and business leadership.
Direct the software development lifecycle, including design, coding, testing, documentation, installation, maintenance, and support of proprietary and purchased software systems and applications.
Establish and oversee policies, procedures, and expectations for system performance, quality assurance, testing, and technical documentation, ensuring solutions meet established business and customer requirements.
Evaluate and make decisions regarding application enhancements, technical improvements, and changes based on system needs and organizational priorities.
Manage project and development workloads across teams, including priorities, schedules, resources, risks, delivery expectations, and adjustments necessary to meet commitments.
Execute deliverables through subordinate managers, ensuring initiatives are completed on time, within predefined requirements, and within approved budgets while maintaining accountability for team and project performance.
Communicate project status, risks, dependencies, and impacts to key stakeholders and manage relationships with internal departments, external clients, and third-party vendors.
Oversee organizational design, resource allocation, and leadership structure for assigned departments or work units, setting clear short and long-term goals and delegating responsibilities based on capabilities and capacity.
Develop short and long-term business strategies, prioritize initiatives, allocate resources, balance workloads, and manage leadership expectations related to deliverables and timelines.
Recommend and implement improvements to policies, processes, systems, services, and operating practices while identifying, evaluating, and mitigating operational and delivery risks.
Apply an enterprise and global perspective to identify opportunities to improve or align systems, services, resources, and processes, and establish measures to evaluate performance and risk.
Manage departmental operating costs and budgets, including labor, financial performance, budget development, monitoring, and analysis of discrepancies.
Make leadership decisions related to hiring, pay, performance, appraisals, employee development, work schedules, and discipline while coaching employees, developing leaders, addressing performance gaps, and fostering professional growth and organizational learning.
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