Sr Director Software Engineering

About the role

Driven technology leader entrusted with maintaining the psychological safety of both direct and indirect reports. Entrusted with the speed to delivery for multiple products within our Nursing Health Education suite of products.

Responsibilities

• Leading multiple technology teams across Elsevier Health Education, under Health Markets responsible for the design, development, delivery, and operation of scalable software solutions supporting strategic business objectives of building innovation products for Nursing and Medical Education.
• Providing technical and organizational leadership across product and engineering domains, driving execution, operational excellence, modernization, and continuous improvement.
• Pricing closely with product, architecture, data, quality, and business stakeholders to align technology investments with business priorities while fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and talent development.
• Developing and executing multi-year technology roadmaps aligned with Elsevier Health Education’s strategic objectives.
• Driving cloud modernization, platform consolidation, API-first architecture, and AI-enabled product capabilities across Nursing and Medical Education platforms.
• Establishing engineering standards, architecture governance, security, scalability, and operational best practices across multiple teams.
• Evaluating emerging technologies, including Generative AI and machine learning, to improve learning experiences and accelerate product innovation.
• Building, mentoring, and leading high-performing engineering managers and technical leaders across geographically distributed teams.
• Creating a culture focused on engineering excellence, innovation, accountability, continuous learning, and inclusion.
• Driving workforce planning, succession planning, organizational design, and leadership development.

Requirements

• 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

Qualifications

• U.S. National Base Pay Range: $156,700 - $290,900.
• Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates.
• This job is eligible for an annual incentive bonus.
• We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits.