Director Engineering - Remote , India - Schaumburg Illinois

Company: Paylocity
Location: Schaumburg, Illinois
Posted On: 01/15/2025

Paylocity is an equal opportunity employer.Location: Remote (Must be based in India, preference is to be near Bangalore)Paylocity is an award-winning provider of cloud-based HR and payroll software solutions, offering the most complete platform for the modern workforce. The company has become one of the fastest-growing HCM software providers worldwide by offering an intuitive, easy-to-use product suite that helps businesses automate and streamline HR and payroll processes, attract and retain talent, and build a strong workplace culture.This position requires a strategic technical leader committed to finding and delivering against our internal application teams and our customers' unmet needs across a wide variety of core services powering our Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions.Who you are:

• An engineer at heart with passion for leadership, people development, strategy and delivering outcomes.
• You deliver high quality, on time software providing the ultimate customer experience.
• Develop and execute technical and organizational strategy to scale technology with business & user growth.
• Possess learning agility, a growth mindset, and the ability to turn the ambiguous into actionable plans.
• An experienced people leader that can attract, retain, and develop high performing engineering talent.
• An advocate for continuous improvement of our software development process and our teams.
• A passion for technology, people, and achieving outcomes.
• Able to work in a collaborative environment where you proactively engage and share your ideas.
• Excited to work on cutting-edge technology.
• Can introduce meaningful & impactful change, strategically, leading your team and others effectively through this change.
• Demonstrates a high level of accountability and instills accountability into the teams you lead.
• Can interact with all levels of the organization (Executive to Individual Contributors) and understands how to effectively communicate with the respective audience.During the first six months, you will:
  • Lead functional area through the development of new products, solutions, and processes.
  • Oversee functional resource allocation setting and delivering against fiscal year objectives.
  • Coach and mentor managers and future leaders.
  • Identify and lead process improvements within assigned function or across product & tech.
  • Establish strategy for one domain area.
  • Participate with other senior managers/leaders to establish and implement cross-functional strategic plans and objectives.
  • Make decisions that impact the management and direction of assigned function and affect short-term functional revenue.
  • Plan business strategy/ objectives 6-12 months out, while setting directional strategy 1-3 years out.
  • Lead major initiatives through delivery and the ability to run them (operational excellence).
  • Be looked to as a model for balancing product/business and engineering concerns designed to scale with Paylocity's growth while influencing Paylocity's technical direction.Required Experience:
    • Minimum 10 years' work experience with technology company and a minimum experience of 5 years+ as a people manager.
    • Expert Communicator - both written and verbal, with all levels of the organization (Executive to Individual Contributor) and adjust approach accordingly.
    • Able to effectively present information, gain feedback and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients and customers.
    • Hands-on knowledge of Agile engineering practices.
    • Experience with Software Platforms, Consumer products, mobile & web development with a user base of 10 million+ users.Paylocity is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. At Paylocity, we believe diversity makes us better.We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. To request reasonable accommodation in the job application or interview process, please contact leavebenefits@paylocity.com.This email address is exclusively designated for such requests, aligning with federal and state disability laws.
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