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Shape the Future of AAC Software Innovation – Join PRC-Saltillo as our Senior Director of Software!

At PRC-Saltillo, we're dedicated to helping individuals communicate, connect, and live more independently through innovative AAC solutions. As the Senior Director of Software, you'll lead all software engineering, platform development, and software delivery across our product ecosystem. This role provides end-to-end accountability for software platform strategy, engineering execution, delivery effectiveness, architecture alignment, and organizational capability across Windows, mobile, content, and related software systems. If you're a strategic software leader who excels at building high-performing teams, driving technical excellence, and aligning software innovation with business objectives, this is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact while helping shape the future of communication technology.

Why You'll Love Working Here

• Mission-Driven Impact: Help deliver software solutions that empower individuals to communicate and engage more fully with the world around them.
• Strategic Leadership: Guide software strategy, engineering execution, and platform development across a diverse product portfolio.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product Management, QA, Validation, UX, Clinical, and Executive Leadership to drive meaningful outcomes.
• Innovation & Growth: Lead technical teams, influence organizational direction, and promote continuous improvement across the software organization.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Defines and drives the long-term software platform strategy across the Company’s software ecosystem, including Windows, mobile, content, and supporting services.
• Owns senior-level accountability for software engineering execution, organizational effectiveness, platform alignment, release quality, and delivery health.
• Leads software directors, managers, and associated teams to ensure strong execution, team health, technical quality, and organizational alignment.
• Partners with individuals at the Product Management level to align software engineering execution with product strategy and portfolio priorities.
• Ensure that software roadmaps are executable, technically coherent, and aligned with platform, architectural, and business realities.

Education and Experience:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field is required. An advanced degree is preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive software engineering experience is required.
• 7+ years of experience leading software engineering organizations, engineering managers, or multi-team technical functions is required.
• At least 5 years of experience leading software delivery across multiple platforms, products, or domains is required.
• At least 5 years of experience with SDLC improvement, release management, architecture alignment, and cross-functional product engineering execution is required.
• Experience in regulated, medical device, accessibility, or compliance-driven product environments is preferred.
• Experience partnering closely with Product Management, QA/Validation, UX, Clinical, and executive leadership is preferred.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Strong senior leadership capability with demonstrated success leading multiple software leaders and large technical organizations.
• Deep expertise in software engineering, platform development, SDLC execution, delivery management, and software quality.
• Strong understanding of architecture alignment, platform evolution, release discipline, engineering scalability, and organizational design.
• Ability to align software strategy, engineering execution, product priorities, and business goals into coherent, executable plans.
• Strong systems thinking, technical judgment, organizational problem-solving, and decision-making capability under complexity.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and influence skills across executive, technical, product, quality, and operational audiences.
• Ability to balance technical debt, product ambition, team capacity, delivery risk, and long-term platform health.
• Strong organizational and financial management capabilities, including planning, prioritization, budgeting, and resource allocation.
• Commitment to accountability, engineering excellence, continuous improvement, and high-quality execution.