R&D Global Director

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for an R&D Global Director based in United States. As the R&D Global Director, you will lead a globally distributed software development organization, driving engineering excellence and delivering high-quality enterprise software solutions. You will oversee multiple engineering teams, guiding technical strategy, project execution, and platform modernization while aligning development priorities with business objectives and customer commitments. Combining deep technical knowledge with strategic leadership, you will strengthen engineering processes, improve delivery predictability, and promote a culture of accountability and continuous improvement. You will work closely with cross-functional stakeholders across quality assurance, DevOps, IT, and professional services to ensure seamless collaboration and reliable product delivery. This role offers the opportunity to influence the long-term technology roadmap, modernize complex enterprise platforms, and implement scalable engineering practices. You will mentor engineering leaders, develop global talent, and foster a high-performing environment built on innovation, technical quality, and operational efficiency. If you are an experienced technology leader passionate about enterprise software, organizational transformation, and building successful international teams, this position offers an opportunity to make a lasting impact on digital government solutions. Accountabilities: - Lead and manage a global Java software development organization, providing strategic direction, operational oversight, and accountability across multiple engineering teams, managers, technical leads, and individual contributors.

- Oversee the design, development, modernization, and delivery of enterprise software solutions, ensuring alignment with customer commitments, business priorities, technical standards, and product roadmaps. - Establish and execute engineering strategies that balance immediate delivery requirements with long-term platform modernization, architectural improvements, and sustainable technology investments. - Guide technical architecture and engineering decisions across Java-based enterprise applications, evaluating design approaches, technology trade-offs, system dependencies, and modernization opportunities. - Drive improvements in engineering productivity, software quality, build stability, release reliability, and delivery predictability through effective processes, standards, automation, and governance. - Manage multiple concurrent development initiatives, allocating resources effectively, resolving competing priorities, and maintaining transparency around project progress, risks, and delivery commitments. - Establish and strengthen software engineering practices aligned with Agile methodologies and CMMI Level 2 or higher frameworks, ensuring consistent execution, quality assurance, and process maturity. - Define and monitor engineering performance indicators to identify bottlenecks, address technical debt, improve development efficiency, and support data-driven decision-making. - Lead organizational transformation initiatives, introducing modern technologies, improved workflows, and engineering practices while maintaining continuity of ongoing software delivery. - Foster collaboration across R&D, Professional Services, Quality Assurance, DevOps, IT, and other business functions to ensure coordinated planning, effective communication, and successful product delivery. - Coach, mentor, and develop engineering managers and technical leaders, strengthening leadership capabilities, clarifying accountability, and building a high-performing global organization.