The purpose for this new leadership role is to Provide thought leadership and drive execution excellence for product cyber security We are seeking a visionary and results-driven Software Excellence Leader to lead and integrate key functions across End-to-End Testing, Software Program Management, Cybersecurity, and Software Engineering Excellence. This role will be instrumental in driving quality, security, and operational efficiency across the software development lifecycle, ensuring alignment with business goals and industry best practices. Drive operational excellence across the secure SDLC for the SW organization by integrating the Software excellence, DevOps, Cyber Security and Program Mgmt capabilities. Mentor Engineering Community of practice for Devops, Program Management and test. Establish and lead the Software PMO, defining governance models, delivery frameworks, and best practices tailored to software development. Collaborate with the product and IT teams to embed security into the SDLC and DevSecOps practices. Establish KPIs and dashboards to measure engineering health and performance. Build and lead the SRE function to ensure system reliability, availability, and performance. Define and implement comprehensive testing strategies across platforms and products. Oversee manual and automated testing, including functional, regression, performance, and UAT. Ensure test coverage, quality metrics, and continuous improvement in QA processes. Lead the DevOps strategy, including CI/CD pipeline optimization, infrastructure as code (IaC), and automation. Collaborate with development and QA teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment processes. Evaluate and implement DevOps tools and platforms Ensure secure, scalable, and compliant DevOps practices. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Electrical/Electronics Engineering from an accredited institution required. 18 to 22 years of design experience software products and/or embedded systems, cloud platforms, Mobile Applications Prior experience as organizational leader for a minimum of 5 to 10 years in globally distributed teams Experience leading organizations with at least 40 members Experience utilizing best practices in software engineering, Agile development methodologies, CI/CD, DevOps, etc. Knowledgeable about industry trends, best practices, and change management. Working knowledge of Embedded Systems including RTOS and Linux based platforms. Track record of demonstrated success in delivery of large-scale software development programs. Proven digitally savvy leader experienced in delivering monetized IoT products and services to market. Experienced with software features and data entitlement for commercial or industrial IoT products. Ability to work within matrixed environments. Proven track record of building and managing successful software development teams. Expert level working knowledge of open source software and ability to employ open, shared and saleable development principles within an enterprise. Capable of developing and advocating digital platforms across a diversified group of business segments. Experience and success with developing and commercializing digital technologies. Empathizes and actively learns about customer's needs and how they create value. Builds relationships outside of engineering teams to understand, influence, and serve as their advocate. Demonstrated experience in building organizational capabilities around technology; developments high performing talent and builds succession depth. Problem Solving - uses digital technology and processes to solve difficult problems with effective solutions, probes all suitable sources for answers, can see hidden problems, is excellent at unbiased analysis, looks beyond the obvious and doesn't stop at the first answers. Innovation Leadership - effective in cultivating creative ideas of others, demonstrates good judgment around creative ideas and which suggestions will work, has a sense about managing the creative process of others, can facilitate effective brainstorming, can project how potential ideas may play out in the marketplace. Creativity - comes up with many new and unique ideas, easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions, tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings. Process Management - Good at figuring out the processes necessary to get things done, knows how to organize people and activities, Knows what to measure and how to measure it, Can simplify complex processes, Gets more out of fewer resources Strategic Agility - sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately, has broad knowledge and perspective; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies & plans. Drive for results - can be counted on to exceed goals successfully. Motivating others - creates a climate in which people want to do their best; empowers others; is someone people like working for and with. Business acumen - knows how business work; knowledgeable in current and possible future technologies; knows the competition. Action oriented - enjoys working hard; is action oriented and full of energy for the things he/she sees as challenging. Intellectual horsepower - is intelligent; deal with concepts and complexity comfortably; described as intellectually capable, and agile.
