Director Product Engineering

Job Title: Director - Product Engineering

• Support the execution of the vision and roadmap for the Product Engineering organization, ensuring alignment with business goals for high-quality product development and maintenance.
• Contribute to the long-term technology strategy in alignment with business and product goals.
• Collaborate on the product engineering roadmap with Product and Design leadership.
• Architect scalable, secure, and high-performance platforms using modern cloud-native principles.
• Lead product design governance and ensure consistency, usability, and technical excellence.
• Champion the integration of AI/ML into product features to drive automation and personalization.
• Partner with Data Science teams to operationalize ML models and ensure responsible AI practices.
• Lead and mentor engineering teams, fostering a culture of innovation and accountability.
• Establish and monitor engineering KPIs for velocity, quality, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Drive continuous improvement in development processes, tools, and infrastructure.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, Marketing, and Customer Success teams.
• Represent engineering in senior leadership forums, providing updates on progress and aligning with strategic goals.
• Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion across the engineering organization.

Who are you:

• Product Engineering leader with 18+ years of experience in the software industry, preferably from the Healthcare Domain
• Agile leader. Hands on people management. Be the coach and leader for the team and delivery.
• Passion to conceive, design and implement innovative products.
• Solve integration problems of the product.
• Product delivery management experience, preferably large engagements
• Ensure high utilization, and healthy profit margins.
• Identify potential risks and issues in product implementation, services, and solutions.

Education:

• Bachelors Degree/masters degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related area, or equivalent experience, desired.

Tech Skills:

• Solid understanding of cloud platforms (AWS preferred), microservices architecture, and containerization
• Have worked on cloud native applications using AWS/Azure.
• Agile methodology and Engineering principles for application delivery.

Leadership Role Core Competencies

• Technical Expertise: Deep subject-matter knowledge; mentors others and drives excellence.
• Strategic Thinker: Sets direction, aligns priorities, and influences at scale.
• Type A Energy: Assertive, organized, goal-oriented, and relentlessly driven.
• Confident Communicator: Clear, persuasive, and audience aware.
• Innovative & Impact-Driven: Anticipates challenges, creates solutions, and measures results.
• Systems & Scale Focused: Designs for long-term impact and cross-functional scalability.
• Agile Leader: Adapts quickly, thrives in ambiguity, and leads through change.
• Authentic & Accountable: Leads with integrity, urgency, and ownership.
• Developer of People: Builds talent and champions growth.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in product-led organizations or SaaS platforms.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Exposure to data architecture, analytics platforms, or AI/ML integration.

Soft Skills:

• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Leader with an attitude of self-starter with excellent people skills.
• Effective time and project management.
• Analytical thinker and a great team player. Attention to detail is a must.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal & problem-solving skills.