Sr Director Software Engineering
About The Position
This role is for a collaborative, innovative leader within a mission-driven global organization. The Sr Director of Software Engineering will be entrusted with maintaining the psychological safety of direct and indirect reports and ensuring the speed of delivery for multiple products within the Nursing Health Education suite. This position is within the strategic healthcare businesses focused on preparing nursing students, supporting nursing faculty, and helping healthcare organizations develop and retain nurses. It is part of Elsevier's broader Health division and is a key growth area due to nursing shortages and the impact of AI-enabled education in healthcare.
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 different time zones.
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.
- Partnering 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.
Benefits
- Annual incentive bonus
- Country specific benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
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