Sr Director - Software Engineering - Portals

Job Description Summary

As a Sr Director of a enterprise application engineering group, you will lead a brilliant team of software engineers and architects to build solutions that our customers use to keep their fleets flying! You will apply your knowledge of data, infrastructure and software development methodologies, best practices, and proven processes to lead teams to deliver a quality software product on budget, within planned schedule with superb quality.

Job Description

Role/ Responsibilities:

• Build a world class software development team to consistently deliver complex software platforms and research projects of varying size and duration.
• Design and execute on a well thought out strategy for the organization
• Manage a team responsible for UX, front end and back end development using the latest technologies and methodologies adopted from industry wide practices.
• Actively present leadership updates to GE executive sponsors and customers.
• Work with others to define future technology platforms and architecture for products and services.
• Quickly learn, internalize and develop a strong understanding of key priorities and the clients
• Align with stakeholders to ensure that data and process changes required in systems are implemented in accordance with project objectives and timelines
• Provide day to day work direction for team members engaged in projects and delivery.
• Facilitate and coach software engineering teams on requirements estimate and work sizing.
• Demonstrate mastery of intricacies and interactions within dynamic agile cultures and processes.
• Drive a continuous learning culture to help guide continuous improvements.
• Provide leadership on Lean/Agile principles and development practices.
• Actively pursue new methods and practices to increase productivity
• Utilize project management tools to track progress and recognize key risk areas for specific implementations
• Assist in the resolution of conflicting priorities through the proactive communication of requirements, timelines and stakeholders.
• Operate as a engaged leader who serves as a subject matter and technical expert for assigned programs and development initiatives
• Work with system leaders and functional teams to ensure products and services adhere to compliance and controllership standards
• Share technical, procedural, and business knowledge with others.
• Leverage your domain expertise; you are expected to further the knowledge and improve productivity of your colleagues with activities such as creating learning content, giving presentations, and supporting a continuous learning culture.
• Partner with the DT CIOs for CEO, Services, Engineering and other stakeholders to our customer portals to drive execution strategy across all technologies related to required business outcomes.
• Focus on culture and building empowered teams that also partner with necessary stakeholders to ensure continuity of business outcomes.
• Build necessary functional business knowledge to understand and support stakeholder engagement and recognition of problems to be solved with technology.
• Partner with stakeholders to adopt technical strategies required to ensure sustainability of technical platforms and adopt enterprise strategies where feasible.
• Partner with DISE internal stakeholders to ensure consistency of external presence for all GE Aviation applications.
• Promote the proper use to User Experience within our external presence to ensure a focused, efficient and connected presence for our customers.

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from accredited university or college with minimum of 10 years of professional experience OR Associates degree with minimum of 13 years of professional experience OR High School Diploma with minimum of 15 years of professional experience
• Minimum 7 years of professional experience in software engineering program management.
• Minimum 7 years of professional experience in people leadership
• Note: Military experience is equivalent to professional experience

Eligibility Requirement:

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job.

Desired Characteristics

• Defines product vision. Lays out product roadmap. Maps current requirements to industry trends, analyses competition trends
• Demonstrates mastery of the intricacies of interactions and dynamics in Agile teams.). Guides new teams to adopt Agile, troubleshoots adoption efforts, and guide continuous improvement. Provides training on Lean / Agile. Drives elimination of inefficiencies in coding process. Teaches XP practices to others. Actively embraces new methods and practices that increase efficiency and effectiveness
• Previous experience in software development in an agile environment and writing code
• Previous experience working in a Java web development environment
• Demonstrates advanced understanding of Linux or Unix operating systems
• Demonstrates advanced understanding of software development tools & infrastructure
• Prioritizes projects based on an assessment of competitive needs. Anticipates areas of competitive vulnerability and offers plans to mitigate them
• Evangelizes new technology, predicts trends, and identifies new opportunities based on trends. Acts as industry expert by participating in defining standards and open source initiatives
• Creates a culture of customer focus and high performance to drive innovation. Creates and pitches value for the GE investor while balancing that with the sometimes competing value for the external customer. Continuous engagement with focus on GE strategy for customer satisfaction
• Establishes framework for a culture of successful collaboration by defining a common understanding of who has decision rights and accountability, and how collaboration and transparency are rewarded
• Establishes vision, Identifies and champions internal/external best practices, tools, and ideas to improve execution and quality. Drives an organization of efficiency, accountability and ownership
• Able to verbalize what is behind decisions and downstream implications. Continuously reflecting on success and failures to improve performance and decision-making. Understands when change is needed. Participates in technical strategy planning
• Additional leadership experience in areas of operations, manufacturing and quality preferred
• Uses critical thinking skills and disciplined approaches to help leaders and leadership teams resolve issues and define solutions. Evangelizes and contributes to the GE standards for critical thinking best practices and methodologies across the enterprise. Defines new critical thinking methods. Engages with external thought-leaders and communities on analytical and critical thinking methodologies
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to interface with senior leadership with confidence and clarity
• Evangelizes the notion that anything worth doing takes repeated effort and failure. Drives the organization toward a continued excitement of attaining the vision and goal in the face of resistance
• Innovates and integrates new processes and/or technology to significantly add value to GE. Identifies how the cost of change weighs against the benefits and advises accordingly. Proactively learns new solutions and processes to address seemingly unanswerable problems

For Candidates in the US:

The base pay range for this position is $176,000 - $293,000 annually. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus based on a percentage of your base salary/ commission based on the plan. This posting is expected to close on January 2nd, 2026.

GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like HealthAhead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness.

GE Aerospace (General Electric Company or the Company) and its affiliates each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a "Sponsor"). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor's welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

Additional Information

Compensation Grade

SPB1

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening.

Relocation Assistance Provided: No