Director, Software Engineering Contract

Job Type: Full time

Job Number: JR-019337

Location: Salt Lake City
Office

If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country-and you’re committed to working
hard to play your part in building that future-consider WGU as the next step in your career.

Driven by a mission to expand access to
higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse
workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received
praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping
students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.

The Director of Software Engineering is a key member
of the executive team, responsible for inspiring and leading the engineering team in building the platform that delivers affordable,
innovative education to over 100,000 enrolled students. This role will provide technical expertise, vision, and mentorship to guide the
software engineering team. The Director will oversee multiple teams focused on designing, developing, delivering, and supporting
applications that meet the University’s needs. With a strong, solutions-oriented mindset, they will lead managers through the execution and
delivery of ambitious improvements in the Ed Tech group. Additionally, they will serve as a mentor to other managers, a trusted resource for
fellow directors, a cross-functional partner, and a leader in best practices for prioritization and project timelines.

Essential
Functions and Responsibilities:

• Meets business needs by managing the activities of developers consistently delivering
  quality solutions on-time, within budget, and scope.

• Works with internal customers to gather business processes and project
  requirements.

• Actively drives the development life cycle from requirements analysis, feasibility estimates, design, code,
  documentation, testing, implementation, and support.

• Develops project plans, resource planning, scheduling, and managing
  development timelines.

• Develops and guides cross-functional software teams, implementing industry standard methodologies for
  efficient development processes.

• Responsible for ensuring that design reviews, code reviews, and mentoring of the software
  development team are conducted.

• Supports change management process to manage software releases, application patching and
  changes to production configurations.

• Manages multiple tasks and responsibilities in high-pressure environments; excelling at
  pinpointing and resolving problems in early project stages to avoid cost/time expenses.

• Provides oversight and management of
  department expenses and budget planning.

Knowledge, Skill and Abilities:

• Strong people and management
  skills to interact with staff, colleagues, cross-functional teams, third parties and senior management

• Ability to drive a
  culture of quality and personal accountability through development and delivery teams

• Competent in the tools, processes and
  best practices of software engineering and software operations

• Demonstrates commitment to quality through the ability to
  translate complex technical requirements into functional software using best practices

• Expert in vendor contract management
  and management of distributed development teams and resources

• Expert in project management methodologies, including
  Scrum

• Experience in application architecture and making rational buy vs. build and interface
  decisions

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work equally well in self-managed and
  team-based Agile/Scrum projects

Job Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
  in computer science, computer engineering, or a related field.

• 15+ years of experience in delivering high-quality software
  solutions, with at least 4 years as an individual contributor in programming or software engineering.

• 3+ years of validated
  experience leading teams, including a minimum of 2 years at the Senior Manager or Director level.

The salary range for this
position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to
skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

At WGU, it is not
typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the
facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:

Pay Range: $185,500.00 – $333,900.00

How to
apply: apply online

Full-time Regular Positions (FT classification, standard working hours = 40)

This is a
full-time, regular position that is eligible for bonuses; medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare; health savings account
and flexible spending account; basic and voluntary life insurance; disability coverage; accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity
supplemental coverages; legal and identity theft coverage; retirement savings plan; wellbeing program; discounted WGU tuition; and flexible
paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual, flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual, 11 paid holidays, and
other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave.

The University is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
national origin, disability or protected veteran status.