Director of Engineering

About the Role:

We are looking for a seasoned Director of Engineering to join our Engineering organization at Ovative Group. In this role, you will directly lead the Data Products and BI & Reporting teams, serving as the senior engineering leader responsible for the quality, operational health, and delivery of these product engineering teams, while sitting as part of our broader Engineering leadership org. You will own the engineering systems, standards, and processes that enable your teams to build and ship high-quality software reliably and at pace.

You will directly lead a team of Engineering Managers and senior engineers across Data Products and BI & Reporting, partnering closely with Product, Data Science, and cross-functional stakeholders to drive the EMRge platform forward. The ideal candidate brings deep engineering leadership experience, a strong instinct for operational excellence, and a track record of building healthy, high-performing engineering teams.

Responsibilities of a Director of Engineering:

Engineering Excellence

• Define, implement, and continuously improve development standards, coding guidelines, and engineering governance controls across all product teams
• Own the quality framework for engineering: code review standards, testing strategy, release gates, and technical debt management
• Champion security, compliance, and data governance best practices within the engineering organization, including SOC2 alignment
• Drive architectural consistency and scalability across the EMRge platform, our proprietary technology product stack, and associated services
• Evaluate and introduce new tools, technologies, and practices that advance engineering maturity

Developer Operations

• Own and partner across the full software development lifecycle (SDLC) from planning through deployment, ensuring predictable, repeatable delivery processes
• Build and maintain the DevOps infrastructure and toolchain that enables developer productivity and deployment confidence
• Partner with Engineering Managers to deliver sprint planning, capacity management, and delivery forecasting
• Track and deliver engineering health metrics including cycle time, deployment frequency, change failure rate, and mean time to recovery
• Identify and systematically resolve developer experience friction across environments, tooling, and workflows

Engineering Team

• Directly manage and develop a team of Engineering Managers and Lead Engineers, providing coaching, expectation-setting, and career development support
• Foster a culture of accountability, psychological safety, continuous learning, and high standards
• Partner with recruiting to attract and retain outstanding engineering talent; participate actively in hiring processes and candidate assessment
• Drive team health through regular engagement, meaningful 1:1s, and proactive identification and resolution of morale or performance issues
• Elevate Ovative’s engineering brand through internal development programs, external community engagement, and content creation

Product Delivery

• Serve as the senior engineering accountability layer for on-time, high-quality delivery of product features and platform capabilities
• Partner with Product leadership to align roadmap priorities with engineering capacity and technical constraints
• Remove cross-functional blockers that impede delivery; escalate and resolve dependency and coordination issues across teams
• Provide transparent, accurate delivery forecasting and status communication to engineering and product leadership
• Balance velocity and sustainability—ensuring teams can maintain delivery pace without compromising quality or team health

Requirements:

• 10+ years of engineering leadership experience, including direct management of Engineering Managers or senior technical leads
• Demonstrated ability to build and run engineering operating systems: SDLC ownership, DevOps maturity, quality governance, and delivery metrics
• Track record of developing high-performing, engaged engineering teams through coaching, accountability, and culture-building
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with the ability to lead discussions with technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior product and business leaders
• Experience driving engineering standards and governance in a complex, multi-team product environment
• Ability to communicate technical concepts, tradeoffs, and delivery risk clearly to executive audiences
• Previous hands-on software development experience (front-end, back-end, or data engineering)

Preferred

• Experience in a data-intensive SaaS or analytics product environment
• Familiarity with SOC2 compliance requirements and implementation in an engineering context
• Experience with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure) and modern data infrastructure
• Background in marketing technology, measurement, or analytics platforms

Benefits of Working at Ovative Group: 

We provide strong, competitive, holistic benefits that understand the importance of your life inside and out of work.  

Culture:  

Culture matters and we’ve been recognized as a Top Workplace for ten years running because of it. We demand trust and transparency from each other. We believe in doing the hard and complicated work others put off. We’re open in communication and floor plan. We’re flat – our interns sit next to VPs, our analysts work closely with senior leaders, and our CEO interacts with every single person daily. Put together, these elements help foster an environment where smart people can support each other in performing to their highest potential.  

Ovative is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can participate and thrive. We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind, including on the basis of race, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. Our policies reflect this commitment—for example, our medical leave benefits are inclusive of same-sex partners, ensuring equitable care and support for all families. 

Compensation and Insurance:  

We strive to hire and retain the best talent. Paying fair, competitive compensation, with a large bonus incentive, and phenomenal health insurance is an important part of this mix.  

We’re rewarded fairly and when the company performs well, we all benefit.  

Tangible amenities we enjoy:  

• Access to all office spaces in MSP, NYC, and CHI  

• Frequent, paid travel to our Minneapolis headquarters for company events, team events, and in-person collaboration with teams

• Generous paid vacation policy  

• 401k match program  

• Top-notch health insurance options, inclusive of same sex partners 

• Family formation benefits including reimbursement options for fertility, pregnancy, and parenting needs 

• Monthly stipend for your mobile phone and data plan  

• Sabbatical program  

• Charitable giving via our time and a financial match program  

• Shenanigan’s Day  

Working at Ovative won’t be easy, but if you like getting your hands dirty, driving results, and being surrounded by the best talent, it’ll be the most rewarding job you’ll ever have. If you think you can make us better, we want to hear from you!