Senior Director, Systems Software Engineering

Cencora is an innovative company focused on creating healthier futures. They are seeking a Senior Director of Systems Software Engineering to lead multi-domain software and systems engineering plans, manage teams, and oversee budget decisions to ensure operational performance.

Responsibilities:

• Directs short-term multi-domain software and systems engineering plans that translate enterprise strategy into sequenced delivery priorities, operating targets, and customer commitments
• Leads multiple teams of managers and directors by setting objectives, delegating authority, confirming spans and structures, and holding leaders accountable for delivery, quality, risk, and operational performance
• Oversees budget and investment decisions across engineering domains by rebalancing resources, stopping low-yield work, and redeploying capacity to higher-value initiatives based on evidence, business priorities, and risk posture
• Shapes enterprise performance mechanisms, including objectives, key results, service measures, and operating reviews, to confirm measurable outcomes across at least two engineering domains
• Implements enterprise standards, controls, and reusable operating practices that reduce fragmentation, strengthen consistency, and sustain gains through documented governance, audit readiness, and adoption monitoring
• Sets executive decision points by presenting options, recommendations, and consequences on scope, funding, priorities, and risk tradeoffs for complex engineering and systems initiatives
• Manages leadership capability and talent outcomes across the portfolio by calibrating performance, building succession pipelines, and making talent decisions that strengthen organizational capacity over time

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, systems engineering, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, systems engineering, or a related field
• 8+ years of experience in a management capacity
• Master's degree in computer science, software engineering, systems engineering, business administration, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Certification in Agile, Scrum, cloud platform, project management, IT service management