Director of Software Engineering

JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase · Banking · Wilmington, DE +1 · Consumer & Community Banking

Director of Software Engineering for Consumer and Community Banking group, leading a technical area and driving impact across teams, technologies, and projects. Responsibilities include leading technology and process implementations, making decisions on resources and budget, carrying governance accountability, delivering technical solutions, influencing stakeholders, and championing the firm's culture.

What you'd actually do

  1. Leads technology and process implementations to achieve functional technology objectives
  2. Makes decisions that influence teams’ resources, budget, tactical operations, and the execution and implementation of processes and procedures
  3. Carries governance accountability for coding decisions, control obligations, and measures of success such as cost of ownership, maintainability, and portfolio operations
  4. Delivers technical solutions that can be leveraged across multiple businesses and domains
  5. Influences peer leaders and senior stakeholders across the business, product, and technology teams

Skills

Required

  • Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts
  • 10+ years applied experience
  • 5+ years of experience leading technologists
  • Experience developing or leading cross-functional teams of technologists
  • Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent
  • Experience leading a product as a Product Owner or Product Manager
  • Practical cloud native experience
  • Expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field
  • Experience influencing senior stakeholders and peer leaders across business product and technology teams
  • Experience with Distributed Datastores
  • Experience with Big Data / Distributed / cloud technology
  • Demonstrated knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline

Nice to have

  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, especially in high-visibility transformation programs
  • Action-oriented, decisive, drives results systematically.
  • Skilled at assessing risk and making decisions with a holistic, big-picture perspective.
  • Demonstrates a can-do attitude and leads by example.
  • Detail-oriented, able to distinguish between important and urgent tasks.
  • Prioritizes helpfulness, mentorship, and team development.
  • Acts with integrity.

What the JD emphasized

  • 10+ years applied experience
  • 5+ years of experience leading technologists