Senior Director, Engineering

Medicine moves too slow. At Velsera, we are changing that.

Velsera was formed in 2023 through the shared vision of Seven Bridges and Pierian, with a mission to accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of life-changing insights.

Velsera provides software and professional services for:
AI-powered multimodal data harmonization and analytics for drug discovery and development
IVD development, validation, and regulatory approval
Clinical NGS interpretation, reporting, and adoption

With our headquarters in Boston, MA, we are growing and expanding our teams located in different countries!

Key responsibilities

• Accountable for building an effective engineering organization.
• Accountable for defining well-balanced PODs in line with business strategy.
• Responsible for the delivery of high-quality software of multiple teams in one or more adjacent product areas.
• Be deeply involved in the full development lifecycle: design, code, test, deploy.

What will you do?

• Manage a team of Engineering Directors & Engineering Managers (hiring, coaching, motivating).
• Managing the budget for multiple development teams, aligning this budget with strategic business objectives.
• Build a cost-efficient, effective engineering organization, by analyzing engineering processes, detecting operational gaps, implementing improvements.
• Support multiple PODs in delivering high-quality software in one or more adjacent product areas.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as Product and Customer Operations to ensure the successful delivery of software products.
• Report on status of organizational metrics.

What do you bring to the table?

• Strong people leadership skills with the ability to inspire and motivate a team of managers and engineers. At least 6 years of experience in managerial positions.
• The ability to clearly communicate and collaborate well with both technical and non-technical partners across multiple departments.

• Combining profound business insights, critical thinking and problem solving skills to set strategic direction.
• The ability to analyze, define and track key metrics, the ability to act upon these metrics and implement organizational and operational changes.
• A strong technical background in software engineering, with at least 8 years of experience in the software product development industry.
• Experience bringing innovative, industry-leading, category-defining tech products to market.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and Software Development Life Cycle management processes.
• Excellent prioritization and organizational skills, a track record of actively driving processes to deliver quality outcomes.
• Good presentation, oral, and written communication skills.
• Experience working with executive level internal and external clients/partners, acting as a representative of the company.
• Experience with Cloud technologies, Microservices architecture, Application Programming Interfaces (API) and databases.
• Experience in Java, TypeScript, Node, React, and Python.
• Experience in developing software in a regulated environment is a plus.
• Experience working in the clinical informatics, health care and life sciences domain is a plus.

Our Core Values

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People first. We create collaborative and supportive environments by operating with respect and flexibility to promote mental, emotional and physical health. We practice empathy by treating others the way they want to be treated and assuming positive intent. We are proud of our inclusive diverse team and humble ourselves to learn about and build our connection with each other.

Patient focused. We act with swift determination without sacrificing our expectations of quality. We are driven by providing exceptional solutions for our customers to positively impact patient lives. Considering what is at stake, we challenge ourselves to develop the best solution, not just the easy one.

Integrity. We hold ourselves accountable and strive for transparent communication to build trust amongst ourselves and our customers. We take ownership of our results as we know what we do matters and collectively we will change the healthcare industry. We are thoughtful and intentional with every customer interaction understanding the overall impact on human health.

Curious. We ask questions and actively listen in order to learn and continuously improve. We embrace change and the opportunities it presents to make each other better. We strive to be on the cutting edge of science and technology innovation by encouraging creativity.Impactful. We take our social responsibility with the seriousness it deserves and hold ourselves to a high standard. We improve our sustainability by encouraging discussion and taking action as it relates to our natural, social and economic resource footprint. We are devoted to our humanitarian mission and look for new ways to make the world a better place.

Velsera is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

Velsera is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, creed, colour, gender, religion, marital status, domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry.