Director of Software Engineering (Hybrid)

PANTHERx Rare Pharmacy; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid/remote work options

Excellent benefits: medical, dental, 4

401K with employer matching

Job summary

PANTHERx Rare Pharmacy seeks a Director of Software Engineering in Pittsburgh, hybrid role overseeing multiple engineering teams and driving delivery across platforms. You will translate strategic priorities into coordinated delivery, mentor managers, and ensure disciplined software execution aligned to business goals.

You will lead with a focus on scalable practices, cross-functional alignment, and proactive AI governance, enabling growth while maintaining operational excellence in a regulated

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 12+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including 5+ years leading engineering managers, technical leads, or comparable leadership roles across multiple concurrent delivery streams.
• Demonstrated experience scaling engineering teams through headcount growth, organizational change, and evolving delivery practices.
• Strong working knowledge of the .NET/Azure technology stack, integration platforms, and modern SDLC practices.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience partnering with VP-level and executive stakeholders across functions such as IT, QA, Product, and Informatics.
• Track record of managing delivery against hard external milestones and cross-team dependencies.
• Experience managing a blended workforce of internal FTEs and nearshore/offshore contractors, including knowledge transfer and redundancy planning.
• Experience establishing platform or product ownership models and managing technical debt and platform lifecycle across a portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Leads, coaches, and develops Software Development Managers (Marketplace Engineering; Enterprise Pharmacy Systems; RCMx), with accountability for team performance, staffing and delivery outcomes.
• Oversees delivery planning and execution across software engineering teams, including sprint and planning cadence, cross-team dependencies, delivery risks, and performance reporting.
• Establishes and operates a platform-owner model in which every platform has a named, accountable owner responsible for its roadmap, technical debt, lifecycle, and operational health; close current ownership gaps and reduce single-point-of-failure exposure across the platform portfolio (pharmacy systems, integration/ESB, workflow automation, marketplace, and RPA).
• Ensures platform roadmaps and delivery plans remain aligned with enterprise milestones, business priorities, and operational readiness needs; elevate risks and conflicts early.
• Drives consistent, measured, and responsible adoption of AI across the software development lifecycle; owning the shared AI-in-SDLC playbook, tooling standards, quality and security guardrails, and productivity metrics across the engineering towers in coordination with the Principal Architect, Principal DevOps, and enterprise AI governance and Security. Enterprise AI/model governance and the data/ML platform remain with Data & Analytics.

Skills

Leadership

Software engineering

Stakeholder management

Communication

Delivery planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

.NET/Azure

Camunda

Azure Event Hubs

Job description

PANTHERx Rare Pharmacy seeks a Director of Software Engineering in Pittsburgh, hybrid role overseeing multiple engineering teams and driving delivery across platforms. You will translate strategic priorities into coordinated delivery, mentor managers, and ensure disciplined software execution aligned to business goals.

You will lead with a focus on scalable practices, cross-functional alignment, and proactive AI governance, enabling growth while maintaining operational excellence in a regulated