Senior Director, Software Engineering, ProQuest LLC d/b/a Clarivate Analytics (US) LLC, Philadelphia, PA
Duties: Lead technical teams and focal point for development issues across a development-wide program. This includes cross-functional coordination with Content, Product Tech, DevOps, and AI teams. Oversee the designs and may develop prototype/actual code. Maintain responsibility for reviewing requirements, and the design, implementation, and unit testing for their teams. Attend project planning sessions with Product Owners, Content Owners and Business Analysts to analyze requirements. Maintain responsibility for communicating accurately the status of ongoing work to stakeholders and present status updates to project management and senior leaders. Ensure teams develop modules using disciplined processes, adhering to industry standards and best practice guidelines. Lead and manage teams including hiring and supporting career development of teams’ members (objective setting, performance management, talent management, etc.). Responsible for building and managing an organization of multiple software engineering teams - including hiring and managing performance of Software Engineers and Engineering Managers.
Requirements: Bachelors degree in Management Information Systems, Information Systems Technologies, Computer Science Electrical/Electronics Engineering or related discipline, plus at least 10 years of related experience. Must have 10 years of experience working as a software engineer developing commercial software. Must have 8 years of experience with common programming languages including Java and designing back-end applications. Must have 8 years of experience working with any one of the RDBMS (MySQL/SQL Server/Oracle/PostgreSQL). Must have 7 years of experience in leading/managing software engineering teams and defining test plans and performing unit testing, SQL database development including designing queries, triggers, and stored procedures, performance tuning, or data ETL. Must have experience with JavaScript, XML, and Unit testing frameworks including Junit. Must have 5 years of experience working in Agile Development (Scrum), SaaS delivery model and AWS Environment. Must have 5 years of experience in interfacing business product leaders and engineers to gather requirements and translate requirements into system design and coordinating with product and business teams in planning and estimating product roadmaps, business cases, and other problem resolutions. Must have experience with Lucid Charts, Figma, Jira or equivalents. Must have experience with current JavaScript frameworks, particularly ExtJS, Angular, DoJo or similar. Must have experience building Microservices, SOAP, REST Services (Java/NodeJS). Must have knowledge and understanding of ML, NLP, including entity extraction, data mining, sentiment analysis, content summarization and time series forecasting and association rule mining. Must have strong written and verbal communication skills in English. Telecommuting is allowed within standard commuting distance from Philadelphia, PA Clarivate office (2-3 days a week in the office). Travel responsibility: Must be willing and available to travel domestically and internationally at least 15-20 days a year.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems, Information Systems Technologies, Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, or a related discipline
- At least 10 years of related experience
- At least 10 years of experience developing commercial software as a software engineer
- At least 8 years of experience with Java and back-end application design
- At least 8 years of experience with a relational database management system such as MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, or PostgreSQL
- At least 7 years of experience leading or managing software engineering teams
- At least 7 years of experience defining test plans and performing unit testing
- At least 7 years of experience with SQL database development, including queries, triggers, stored procedures, performance tuning, or data ETL
- Experience with JavaScript, XML, and unit testing frameworks including JUnit
- At least 5 years of experience with Agile development using Scrum, SaaS delivery models, and AWS environments
- At least 5 years of experience interfacing with product leaders and engineers to gather requirements and translate them into system designs
- At least 5 years of experience coordinating with product and business teams on planning and estimating product roadmaps, business cases, and problem resolution
- Experience with Lucidchart, Figma, Jira, or equivalent tools
- Experience with current JavaScript frameworks, particularly ExtJS, Angular, Dojo, or similar
- Experience building microservices and SOAP and REST services using Java or Node.js
- Knowledge of machine learning and natural language processing, including entity extraction, data mining, sentiment analysis, content summarization, time series forecasting, and association rule mining
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
- Willingness and availability to travel domestically and internationally 15–20 days per year
Clarivate Analytics Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Incentives in sales and select product/tech roles provide meaningful upside for high performers, with commission structures boosting total compensation when targets are exceeded. Role-linked variable pay is a clear strength in revenue-driving positions.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO is ample in the U.S., with paid parental leave available, making time-off policies a notable part of the package. Generous vacation and holiday allowances stand out as positives.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Hybrid and remote options are common and paired with a formal wellbeing framework and EAP, supporting work–life balance. Core medical, dental, and vision coverage is broadly available in the U.S., reinforcing everyday wellbeing support.
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