Director, Product Engineering

Assembly Health

1d•$190,000 - $210,000

About The Position

Assembly Health is seeking an experienced Director of Product Engineering to lead our software engineering organization through a period of rapid growth, AI innovation, and platform modernization. Reporting directly to the Chief Technology Officer, the Director of Product Engineering will be responsible for the delivery, quality, and scalability of Assembly's technology products. This leader will oversee engineering execution across multiple product lines, establish modern software development practices, and build a high-performing global engineering organization. The ideal candidate combines deep technical leadership with operational excellence and has experience building enterprise SaaS platforms in healthcare or similarly regulated industries.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
15+ years of software engineering experience
8+ years leading engineering organizations
Experience building AI-enabled products
Proven success building SaaS platforms
Experience leading Agile engineering organizations
Experience managing distributed engineering teams
Strong cloud architecture knowledge (Azure preferred)
Experience with enterprise integrations and APIs
Excellent executive communication skills

Nice To Haves

Healthcare technology experience
Revenue Cycle Management experience
AI/ML product development experience
HL7/FHIR integration experience
Microsoft technology stack experience
Experience leading organizations through rapid growth
Experience integrating acquired technologies

Responsibilities

Lead all software engineering teams responsible for Assembly's products and internal platforms
Build and mentor engineering managers and senior technical leaders
Create a culture focused on accountability, execution, innovation, and continuous improvement
Recruit, retain, and develop top engineering talent
Manage both domestic and offshore engineering organizations
Own successful delivery of AI-enabled products and automation initiatives, ARC platform, Revenue Cycle technology platforms, HL7 and interoperability solutions, Customer-facing applications, Internal operational systems, Analytics platforms, API development
Establish best practices and drive engineering velocity while maintaining platform stability through Agile delivery, Sprint planning, CI/CD, DevSecOps, Automated testing, Release management, Code quality, Architecture reviews, Technical documentation
Partner with the CTO to execute the technology roadmap including Cloud modernization, AI platform integration, Automation initiatives, Platform scalability, Security improvements, Technical debt reduction
Partner closely with Product Management, Operations, Client Success, Revenue Cycle Operations, Data & Analytics, Infrastructure, Information Security, and Executive Leadership to translate business priorities into engineering execution.
Develop engineering metrics and create executive dashboards including Sprint velocity, Release cadence, Defect rates, Platform uptime, Engineering productivity, Team capacity, Customer issue resolution, Delivery predictability
Lead technical relationships with Strategic technology vendors, AI partners, Offshore development partners, Integration partners, Cloud providers