Director of Engineering

Director of Engineering

isolved transforms the way you manage your most important asset your people. Our human capital management (HCM) and workforce technology brings together HR, payroll, time and attendance, expense management, and benefits enrollment all in one robust, easy-to-use platform.

At isolved, we're on a mission to help our customers transform employee experience for a better today and a better tomorrow, and we want to tell the world about it. We know that human resources is always evolving, quite simply because it's a people business, and so our People Cloud platform is not just built with people in mind but is ready for the future of work. As we continue to grow market share and increase our customer community of more than 145,000 employers, we are now seeking an outstanding talent in the following position:

Director of Engineering

Reporting to the Chief Information Officer (CIO), isolved is seeking a Director of Systems Engineering (DSE) to provide the strategic direction, implementation oversight and servicing of systems engineering, program management, and technical support for an industry leading, high-growth company headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

The DSE will direct the strategic & tactical planning, design, testing, deployment, and sustainment of a complex and dynamic portfolio of systems engineering, facilities, and SaaS-based solutions. This position requires an individual with extensive experience in technical programs, technical program management, systems engineering & architecture, strategic innovation, and financial analysis of operational SaaS / Cloud-based solutions. The successful candidate should have excellent communication, leadership, and team skills. The candidate will be responsible for developing a multi-generational plan that defines a strategic vision and value proposition and be accountable to execute and realize that plan in collaboration and support of business, IT, operational partners, and vendor-suppliers.

Principal Responsibilities

• Provides direction to a strategic vision and execution roadmap in collaboration with other business & IT leaders, for networking, hosting, facilities, telecommunications, security, and enterprise infrastructure for on-prem & cloud-based solutions.
• Monitors changes or advancements in technology that enable value-add to the company through competitive advantage and/or expense management.
• Direct experience implementing secure, hybrid infrastructures using Azure services and components including both technical capabilities and cost analysis of various Microsoft PaaS licensing models.
• Takes stakeholder feedback to make informed decisions that identify alternatives and facilitates processes to select solutions that achieve future state vision.
• Continuously evolves the systems, platforms, and infrastructure across the company.
• Analyzes cost / benefit for engineering related investments & strategies and advises senior management on options and opportunities for continuous improvements.
• Manages a team of systems engineers and drives outcomes with maximum business & operational value in collaboration with key business & IT stakeholders.
• Leads the planning, analysis and execution of initiatives that rationalize expense and improve infrastructure and operational efficiencies & effectiveness across the enterprise.
• Is accountable to business & IT partners to deliver programs and projects with excellence in servicing, support, and execution.
• Builds best-in-class organizational capabilities that are based on best-practices, standards, and sustainable processes.
• Establishes performance and operational metrics that targets continuous improvements in achieving business defined goals & objectives.
• Establishes governance & oversight for clear reporting of metrics and drive stakeholder collaboration on future vision, operational goal setting and investment strategies.
• Assess program design, vendor solutions and current-state viability from a technical perspective and identify ways to continuously improve and influence positive outcomes.
• Be knowledgeable of ITIL and NIST frameworks and provide meaningful engagement across IT, Operational and Business partners leveraging these frameworks.
• Coordinate vendor-supplier activities as well as contractor, sub-contractor, and vendor oversight efforts throughout the system engineering life cycle.
• Perform and oversee concept of operations development, requirements definition, analysis and design, system architecting, validation and verification, systems integration, system & operational performance analysis, lifecycle cost analysis & estimation, decision management, and configuration management.
• Provide leadership advice on acquisition strategies, program oversight, technical / engineering recommendations, messaging to key stakeholders and communications to employees.

Essential Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required and advanced degrees preferred.
• 15+ years of technical program management, systems engineering, acquisition & financial management and oversight
• Ability to gather and analyze facts, draw conclusions, define problems, and suggest solutions.
• Ability to maintain favorable public relations and perform problem/issue resolution.
• Ability to communicate effectively, build consensus, facilitate working sessions, and negotiate solutions and alternatives.
• Thorough knowledge of advanced engineering, hosting, cloud, cybersecurity and infrastructure concepts and strong operating principles of data communications, information systems hardware and software, and industry best practices.
• Ability to resolve conflicting business & technology requirements via fact-based analysis and resolutions.
• Ability to work in a team environment and as a self-directed senior leader.
• Ability to work professionally and independently on assigned tasks and to complete assignments in a timely manner with great attention to detail.
• Strong writing and verbal communication skills. Ability to effectively communicate with corporate c-level, vendors, and all levels of staff.
• Experience in influencing and implementing industry best practice across engineering organization, including ITIL / ITSM, NIST and AGILE / SCRUM frameworks
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple projects.
• Has the ability to liaise with multiple business and technology departments and possesses ability to understand on communicate business disciplines and concepts (Cost / Benefit, Budgeting, etc.)

Location: This position will be based in the USA (office or remote) and will require minimal travel.

Duration: This is a full time, permanent position.

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