SaaS Product Engineering Director — Leadership & Impact

APTEAN; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Aptean is seeking a Director of Product Engineering in Alpharetta, GA to lead the Paragon TMS engineering portfolio. You will set technical direction, develop talent, and drive an execution culture focused on customer impact and continuous improvement.

You will partner with product and customer-facing teams to deliver reliable software capabilities, oversee architecture and delivery, and champion engineering excellence across global teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required.
• Progressive experience leading software product engineering teams.
• Experience in people leadership, technical strategy, and delivery ownership.
• Experience partnering cross-functionally in a software or SaaS environment.
• Strong communication, judgment, initiative, and execution discipline.

Responsibilities

• Set engineering strategy, architecture direction, and delivery priorities for Paragon TMS.
• Lead, coach, and develop engineering managers and engineers.
• Partner with product and customer-facing teams to understand customer problems.
• Manage engineering capacity, dependencies, risks, and delivery commitments.
• Champion reliability, maintainability, and technical excellence.

Skills

People leadership

Technical strategy

Delivery ownership

Cross-functional partnering

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Aptean is seeking a Director of Product Engineering in Alpharetta, GA to lead the Paragon TMS engineering portfolio. You will set technical direction, develop talent, and drive an execution culture focused on customer impact and continuous improvement.

You will partner with product and customer-facing teams to deliver reliable software capabilities, oversee architecture and delivery, and champion engineering excellence across global teams.