Senior Director, Systems Software Engineering
Job Details
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About the Role
Directs short-term multi-domain software and systems engineering plans that translate enterprise strategy into sequenced delivery priorities, operating targets, and customer commitments. Leads multiple teams of managers and directors by setting objectives, delegating authority, confirming spans and structures, and holding leaders accountable for delivery, quality, risk, and operational performance. Oversees budget and investment decisions across engineering domains by rebalancing resources, stopping low-yield work, and redeploying capacity to higher-value initiatives based on evidence, business priorities, and risk posture. Shapes enterprise performance mechanisms, including objectives, key results, service measures, and operating reviews, to confirm measurable outcomes across at least two engineering domains. Implements enterprise standards, controls, and reusable operating practices that reduce fragmentation, strengthen consistency, and sustain gains through documented governance, audit readiness, and adoption monitoring. Sets executive decision points by presenting options, recommendations, and consequences on scope, funding, priorities, and risk tradeoffs for complex engineering and systems initiatives. Manages leadership capability and talent outcomes across the portfolio by calibrating performance, building succession pipelines, and making talent decisions that strengthen organizational capacity over time.
Responsibilities
- Directs short-term multi-domain software and systems engineering plans
- Translates enterprise strategy into sequenced delivery priorities, operating targets, and customer commitments
- Leads multiple teams of managers and directors
- Confirms spans and structures for team leaders
- Holds leaders accountable for delivery, quality, risk, and operational performance
- Oversees budget and investment decisions
- Rebalances resources, stops low-yield work, and redeploy capacity to higher-value initiatives
- Shapes enterprise performance mechanisms
- Implements enterprise standards, controls, and reusable operating practices
- Sets executive decision points
- Presents options, recommendations, and consequences on scope, funding, priorities, and risk tradeoffs
- Manages leadership capability and talent outcomes
- Calibrates performance, builds succession pipelines, and makes talent decisions
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, systems engineering, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience required
- Master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, systems engineering, business administration, or a related field, or equivalent experience preferred
- 12+ years of experience in software engineering, systems engineering, or a related field required
- 8+ years of experience in a management capacity required
- Certification in Agile, Scrum, cloud platform, project management, IT service management preferred
Qualifications
- Compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support team members' ability to live with purpose every day
- A comprehensive suite of benefits focusing on physical, emotional, financial, and social wellness
- Support for working families, including backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave
- Variety of training programs, professional development resources, and mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and more
Skills
- Software engineering
- Systems engineering
- Project management
- Agile, Scrum
- Cloud platform
- IT service management
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Backup dependent care
- Adoption assistance
- Infertility coverage
- Family building support
- Behavioral health solutions
- Paid parental leave
- Paid caregiver leave
- Training programs
- Professional development resources
- Mentorship programs
- Employee resource groups
- Volunteer activities
Pay
Salary Range: $141,600 - 283,250
This Salary Range reflects a National Average for this job. The actual range may vary based on your locale. Ranges in Colorado/California/Washington/New York/Hawaii/Vermont/Minnesota/Massachusetts/Illinois State-specific locations may be up to 10% lower than the minimum salary range, and 12% higher than the maximum salary range.
Schedule
Full time
Equal Employment Opportunity
Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law. The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.
Contact Information
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