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What you’ll be doing...
In the role of the Sr. Director, Software Development you will lead all aspects of application development towards meeting North Star Architecture for Verizon’s Value brands. You will be responsible for building the next generation of Value core platforms (including experience services, product catalog, martech platforms, and 3rd party integrations) to deliver brand agnostic capabilities in pursuit of modernizing the Value technology ecosystem..
- Lead team in large scale business and technology transformation, modernization and platform consolidation.
- Lead highly successful program implementation, team engagement and continuous improvement; create a culture of transparency and communication throughout the organization.
- Drive key strategic initiatives for the organization, working as team leader with a group of delivery leaders, project managers and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Partner closely with vendors to ensure the contract compliance and service delivery.
- Define and implement the enterprise capability roadmap in alignment with our overall business strategy and objectives, and develop/execute technology investments to deliver those capabilities and enable the platform for future growth and scaling.
- Develop and deploy stakeholder engagement plans to shift technology including digital adoption and artificial intelligence as well as behavior and process changes to achieve project and organizational objectives.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with executive sponsors, key stakeholders, business owners, and IT leaders to ensure the most impactful business outcomes are prioritized and operationalized
- Lead cross-functional teams to deliver programs on-time, within scope, and on budget
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop technology strategies aligned with the organization's digital and AI transformation goals
- Assess existing technology infrastructure, identifying opportunities for improvement within our decentralized company structure
Where you’ll be working... This hybrid role will have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days as set by the manager.
What we’re looking for...
You’ll need to have:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Ten or more years of relevant work experience
- Experience in large services organization designing and leading enterprise-wide technology enablement and change management
- Experience as a technology leader delivering large scale enterprise technology transformation programs, including re-architecting the business layer and building the next generation of services, product catalog and integration of 3rd party vendor services
- Ability to define, own, and execute the long-term technical roadmap for critical BSS platforms
- Proficiency in architecting scalable and secure technology solutions
- Experience leading end-to-end software development and deployment of major commercial initiatives that drive significant service revenue
- Experience in successfully migrating legacy capabilities and ensuring the architecture supports future business agility and scalability
- Success in championing the adoption of cutting-edge development practices and tools, including GenAI-based developer productivity solutions, to accelerate program delivery and enhance team effectiveness
Even better if you have one or more of the following:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
Strong leadership qualities with proven track record to lead and motivate geographically dispersed teams; aptitude to work effectively with business partners, senior management and other team members
Experience in designing and delivering a cloud native domain driven architecture
Experience with TMForum and ODA
Experience with React, NodeJS, Spring Boot, Cassandra, PEGA, and Martech Platforms
Ability to continually improve service while adapting to changing business needs
Ability to direct, motivate and empower others to work towards the organization's goals, ensuring efficient allocation of resources across multiple functions
Excellent verbal/written communication, collaboration, negotiation and influencing skills to lead an environment driven by customer service and teamwork
Ability to elevate strategic contributions by defining clear, measurable, business-centric outcomes and detailed execution plans that directly align technology deliveries with overall organizational goals
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to tackle technology challenges associated with a decentralized legacy technology environment
Where you’ll be working
In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes working from home and a minimum of three days per week in the office, which will be set by your manager. Employees are responsible for maintaining compliance with hybrid work policies.
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Equal Employment Opportunity** **
Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics.
Benefits and Compensation
Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefit options including: medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance and group home & auto insurance. We also offer a matched 401(k) savings plan, up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year, paid parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives, we’ve got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. Depending on the role, employees have the opportunity to receive compensation in the form of premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, allowances, etc. Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service. For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.
The salary will vary depending on your location and confirmed job-related skills and experience. This is an incentive based position with the potential to earn more. For part-time roles, your compensation will be adjusted to reflect your hours.
The annual salary range for the location(s) listed on this job requisition based on a full-time schedule is: $176,500.00 - $339,000.00.