Head of Software Engineering — Agritech Growth

Vylor Inc.; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

PTO and well-being pay

Parental leave

Retirement plan and tuition assistance

Job summary

Vylor Inc. is seeking a visionary Director of Software Engineering to translate business goals into multi-year technical direction and to lead a multi-team engineering organization.

You will own portfolio results, governance, and the talent bench while partnering with executives to drive secure, scalable platforms. The role requires a track record of managing budgets, driving platform modernization, cloud strategy, and data/AI initiatives in a regulated or large-scale environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computing or equivalent experience.
• Experience leading a multi-team engineering organization with managers.
• Experience translating strategy into multi-year direction and delivering.
• Experience owning portfolio results, delivery health, budget, and investment return.
• Experience with governance for engineering excellence, resilience, and security.
• Ability to brief executives on strategy and risk.

Responsibilities

• Translate business strategy into multi-year technical and organizational direction.
• Balance customer value, risk, architecture, data, and operations across portfolios.
• Sustain delivery health and predictability; adjust with evidence.
• Own budget and sourcing strategy and represent the function to executives.
• Build the leadership bench and workforce strategy for the function.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Strategic planning

Budget & sourcing

Risk & security governance

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in computing

Tools

Cloud platforms

Data & AI build-out

Job description

Vylor Inc. is seeking a visionary Director of Software Engineering to translate business goals into multi-year technical direction and to lead a multi-team engineering organization.

You will own portfolio results, governance, and the talent bench while partnering with executives to drive secure, scalable platforms. The role requires a track record of managing budgets, driving platform modernization, cloud strategy, and data/AI initiatives in a regulated or large-scale environment.