Sr Director Software Engineering

Posted 2 Days Ago
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5 Locations
In-Office
157K-291K Annually
Senior level
Information Technology • Legal Tech • Analytics
The Role
Lead multiple engineering teams to design, deliver, and operate scalable Nursing and Medical Education products. Drive cloud modernization, API-first platforms, generative AI/ML adoption, architecture governance, and cross-functional alignment with product, data, and quality. Build and mentor engineering leaders, define multi-year roadmaps, and lead workforce and succession planning to ensure delivery and continuous improvement.
Summary Generated by Built In

 Are you a collaborative innovative leader looking to work for a mission driven global organization?

About the role; Driven technology leader entrusted with maintaining the psychological safety of both direct and indirect reports. Entrusted with the speed to delivery for multiple products within our Nursing Health Education suite of products.

About the team; This is within our strategic healthcare businesses focused on preparing nursing students, supporting nursing faculty, and helping healthcare organizations develop and retain nurses. It sits within Elsevier's broader Health division and has become an increasingly important growth area as nursing shortages and AI-enabled education reshape healthcare.

Responsibilities

  • Leading multiple technology teams across Elsevier Health Education, under Health Markets responsible for the design, development, delivery, and operation of scalable software solutions supporting strategic business objectives of building innovation products for Nursing and Medical Education.
  • Providing technical and organizational leadership across product and engineering domains, driving execution, operational excellence, modernization, and continuous improvement.
  • Partnering closely with product, architecture, data, quality, and business stakeholders to align technology investments with business priorities while fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and talent development.
  •  Developing and executing multi-year technology roadmaps aligned with Elsevier Health Education’s strategic objectives.
  •  Driving cloud modernization, platform consolidation, API-first architecture, and AI-enabled product capabilities across Nursing and Medical Education platforms.
  • Establishing engineering standards, architecture governance, security, scalability, and operational best practices across multiple teams.
  • Evaluating emerging technologies, including Generative AI and machine learning, to improve learning experiences and accelerate product innovation.
  • Building, mentoring, and leading high-performing engineering managers and technical leaders across geographically distributed teams.
  • Creating a culture focused on engineering excellence, innovation, accountability, continuous learning, and inclusion.
  • Driving workforce planning, succession planning, organizational design, and leadership development.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated ability to build and lead high-performing, cross-functional teams.
  • Experience in healthcare / education technology or another regulated, data-sensitive domain.
  • Fluency with AI-assisted development (e.g. Claude Code, Copilot) and how to adopt it responsibly across teams.
  • Familiarity with data governance frameworks in a compliance-heavy environment.
  • Extensive technical judgment — can go deep on architecture, then zoom out to strategy.
  • Experience partnering with Product and UX to deliver customer-facing outcomes across diff time zone

Elsevier employs 10,000 people worldwide, including over 2,500 technologists. We have supported the work of our research and health partners for more than 140 years. Growing from our roots in publishing, we offer knowledge and valuable analytics that help our users make breakthroughs and drive societal progress.

Digital solutions such as ScienceDirect,  Scopus, SciVal, ClinicalKey and Sherpath support strategic research management, R&D performance, clinical decision support, medical education, and nursing education. Researchers and healthcare professionals rely on over 2,800 journals, including The Lancet and Cell; 46,000+ eBook titles; and iconic reference works, such as Gray's Anatomy. With the Elsevier Foundation and our external Inclusion & Diversity Advisory Board, we work in partnership with diverse stakeholders to advance inclusion and diversity in science, research and healthcare in developing countries and around the world. 

U.S. National Base Pay Range: $156,700 - $290,900. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates. This job is eligible for an annual incentive bonus.

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Skills Required

  • Demonstrated ability to build and lead high-performing, cross-functional teams.
  • Experience in healthcare / education technology or another regulated, data-sensitive domain.
  • Fluency with AI-assisted development (e.g. Claude Code, Copilot) and responsible adoption across teams.
  • Familiarity with data governance frameworks in a compliance-heavy environment.
  • Extensive technical judgment with ability to operate at architecture and strategy levels.
  • Experience partnering with Product and UX to deliver customer-facing outcomes across different time zones.

RELX Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about RELX and has not been reviewed or approved by RELX.

  • Retirement Support Retirement support is positioned as a meaningful part of total rewards through a 401(k) plan with matching contributions, alongside other financial protections such as life and disability coverage. Tuition reimbursement and share purchase access further broaden the financial value of the package beyond base salary.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Leave and time off breadth appears strong, with generous vacation allowances, mental health days, and options like sabbaticals and tiered PTO by tenure. Parental and caregiving leaves are described in detail, reinforcing time-away benefits as a standout component of the overall package.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits Wellbeing and lifestyle benefits are supported by offerings such as mental health support (e.g., app access), EAP resources, gym-related perks, and wellness incentives. Flexible working hours and related work-life supports add to the perceived day-to-day value of benefits.

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The Company
HQ: London
10,001 Employees
Year Founded: 1880

What We Do

RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics for professional and business customers across industries. We help scientists make new discoveries, doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients and lawyers win cases. We prevent online fraud and money laundering, and help insurance companies evaluate and predict risk. Our events enable customers to learn about markets, source products and complete transactions. In short, we enable our customers to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive. We do this by leveraging a deep understanding of our customers to create innovative solutions which combine content and data with analytics and technology in global platforms. RELX serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs approximately 30,000 people of whom almost half are in North America. We operate in four major market segments: Scientific, Technical & Medical; Risk & Business Analytics; Legal; and Exhibitions.

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