Associate Director, Product Software Engineering

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We're looking for an Associate Director of Software Engineering who can lead engineering organizations with both technical credibility and strong people leadership . This role exists to ensure our engineering teams are not just busy, but focused on the right problems, aligned to business and customer outcomes, and delivering with confidence. This is a role for someone who has spent years building software, understands what good engineering looks like in practice, and has chosen to multiply their impact by growing teams and leaders . You will not be measured by how much code you write, but by how effectively your teams deliver, how resilient the systems are, and how clearly engineers understand the impact of their work. You will own outcomes across multiple engineering teams and act as a senior leader who helps translate strategy into execution while strengthening how engineering operates at scale. What you're accountable for 1. Growing high ‑ performing engineering organizations : Lead multiple engineering teams through managers and senior technical leaders, setting a clear bar for ownership, quality, and professionalism. Build a strong leadership bench by coaching managers and senior engineers on people leadership, decision‑making, and long‑term team health. Create an environment where engineers are supported, challenged, and proud of the systems they deliver. 2. Connecting engineering work to business and customer impact: Ensure the work your teams deliver is clearly aligned to the results the business is trying to achieve for our customers. Help engineers understand how their day‑to‑day work drives real outcomes, not just shipped features. Reinforce an outcome‑oriented mindset where prioritization and tradeoffs are made with impact in mind. 3. Turning strategy into sustained execution: Translate company and product strategy into clear, actionable engineering priorities across multiple teams. Balance speed, quality, and sustainability while navigating dependencies and constraints. Own delivery outcomes, proactively managing risks, tradeoffs, and cross‑team coordination. 4. Providing technical leadership at scale : Bring strong technical judgment to architectural and system‑level discussions without needing to be the hands‑on implementer. Ensure technical decisions are intentional, aligned, and understood across teams. Step in to guide or course‑correct when systems, practices, or architectures begin to drift or degrade. 5. Advancing engineering effectiveness and modern practices : Continuously improve how work flows from idea to production, increasing clarity, confidence, and predictability. Strengthen engineering fundamentals such as design quality, testing, reliability, security, and operability. Lead adoption of agentic and AI‑assisted development practices-including spec‑driven development-with discipline, intent, and clear guardrails. 6. Operating as a senior leader within the organization: Partner closely with product, architecture, platform, security, and operations to drive alignment and execution. Communicate effectively with stakeholders across a wide range of technical depth, including senior leadership. Manage budgets, staffing, and capacity with a long‑term view of organizational health and impact. How you're expected to lead: You think in systems , but lead in increments . You build alignment through clarity and reasoning , not authority. You combine empathy with high expectations and accountability . You are comfortable making hard calls and standing behind them. You improve organizations through structure, focus, and coaching , not heroics. What we care about in your background We care less about specific technologies and more about experience, judgment, and demonstrated impact . A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a closely re

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R0055247 Associate Director, Software Engineering Wolters Kluwer Wolters Kluwer delivers expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with advanced technology, enabling professionals to make better decisions, stay compliant with complex regulations, and improve outcomes. Its portfolio spans industries such as Health, Tax & Accounting, Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), and Legal & Regulatory. Innovation, digital transformation, and responsible business practices are core to Wolters Kluwer's long-term strategy. Twinfield , part of Wolters Kluwer, is a cloud‑based accounting software solution designed for businesses and accounting professionals. It streamlines financial administration by automating bookkeeping, invoicing, cash flow management, and reporting in real time. Twinfield is known for its strong compliance capabilities, security, and integration options, making it well suited for SMEs, international organizations, and accounting firms. You will be part of the 'Tech B.V.' team, which focuses on development, service and delivery of technology solutions that support Twinfield's digital products and services.

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