Sr Director Software Engineering
$156,700–$290,900 year
On-siteHouston, Texas, United States or St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Job Summary
Lead multiple technology teams across Elsevier Health Education, responsible for the design, development, delivery, and operation of scalable software solutions supporting strategic business objectives for Nursing and Medical Education. Provide technical and organizational leadership across product and engineering domains, driving execution, operational excellence, modernization, and continuous improvement. Develop and execute multi-year technology roadmaps aligned with strategic objectives while establishing engineering standards, architecture governance, and security best practices. Partner closely with product, architecture, data, quality, and business stakeholders to align technology investments with priorities and foster a culture of innovation. Drive cloud modernization, platform consolidation, API-first architecture, and AI-enabled product capabilities across platforms. Build, mentor, and lead high-performing engineering managers and technical leaders across geographically distributed teams, including workforce planning and succession planning.
Required Qualifications
- Demonstrated ability to build and lead high-performing, cross-functional teams
- Experience in healthcare / education technology or another regulated, data-sensitive domain
- Fluency with AI-assisted development (e.g. Claude Code, Copilot) and how to adopt it responsibly across teams
- Familiarity with data governance frameworks in a compliance-heavy environment
- Extensive technical judgment — can go deep on architecture, then zoom out to strategy
- Experience partnering with Product and UX to deliver customer-facing outcomes across diff time zone
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