About Wolters Kluwer
Wolters Kluwer is a global leader in professional information, software solutions, and services for the health, tax & accounting, governance, risk & compliance, and legal & regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer, headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands, reported 2023 annual revenues of €5.6 billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs approximately 21,400 people worldwide.
Within the Tax & Accounting division (TAA) we are looking for a Software Development Manager for Flowin.
Software Development Manager – Flowin
About the role
Flowin is our SaaS-based e-invoicing solution, serving customers who rely on secure, compliant, and scalable digital invoicing capabilities. To strengthen our Product Software Engineering organization, we are looking for a Software Development Manager to lead the end-to-end technical delivery of the Flowin value stream.
In this role, you will oversee multiple engineering teams responsible for delivering our product and technical roadmap. You will drive architectural alignment, elevate engineering excellence, and coach the team while ensuring our solutions meet the highest standards of reliability, quality, and performance.
This is a key role for someone who enjoys combining technical depth, people leadership, strategic thinking and operational execution in a fast-evolving SaaS environment.
Responsibilities
People Leadership & Team Development
Lead and coach a growing group of engineering professionals.
Foster a high-performing, collaborative, and inclusive engineering culture.
Guide career development, performance management, and succession planning.
Roadmap Ownership & Delivery
Own the successful delivery of the Flowin product and technical roadmap.
Partner closely with Product Management and the Value Stream Lead to align business priorities with engineering execution.
Translate strategic goals into clear delivery outcomes across teams.
Monitor progress, manage risks, and ensure on-time delivery of secure, high-quality software.
Technical Leadership & Architectural Direction
Ensure architectural consistency, scalability, and maintainability across all teams.
Act as an escalation point for complex technical decisions.
Foster modern engineering practices such as cloud-native design, automation, and secure-by-default development.
Enterprise Collaboration
Align value stream delivery with enterprise technology and product strategies.
Collaborate with other value streams, enterprise teams, and business stakeholders to drive cross-organizational outcomes.
Process Governance & Engineering Excellence
Champion consistent use of Agile, DevOps, and quality assurance practices.
Ensure compliance with the software development lifecycle and internal governance standards.
Lead change initiatives that improve agility, quality, and engineering maturity and support teams through transitions.
Your Profile
You are an experienced engineering leader who thrives in a SaaS product environment and enjoys enabling teams to deliver impactful results. You bring:
Proven experience leading multiple software engineering teams in a fast-paced, product-driven organization.
A strong technical background and the ability to influence architectural and design decisions.
Demonstrated success in delivering complex software products end-to-end.
Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to work across organizational boundaries.
Experience with change management, process improvement, and (scaled) Agile environments.
A passion for people leadership, coaching, and developing technical talent.
Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, enterprise-minded approach.
Nice to have:
Background in SaaS software development.
Experience managing budgets, resource plans, and vendor engagements.
Familiarity with large-scale enterprise systems or high-volume transactional workloads.
Location: Leuven, Belgium - Hybrid
To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.
Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.
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What We Do
Wolters Kluwer (www.wolterskluwer.com) is a global leader in information services and solutions for professionals in the health, tax and accounting, risk and compliance, finance and legal sectors. We help our customers make critical decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with specialized technology and services. Founded in 1836 and headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands, the company serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries and employs 18,600 people worldwide. Wolters Kluwer reported 2019 annual revenues of €4.6 billion. Listed on Euronext Amsterdam, Wolters Kluwer shares (WKL) are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Wolters Kluwer has a sponsored Level 1 American Depositary Receipt program. The ADRs are traded on the over-the-counter market in the U.S. (WTKWY).
