Description
You will lead a small software team through real challenges,balancing new features, code maintenance, and fast-changing business needs. You can explain Zemax's vision to a customer or executive, cut through ambiguity, and translate strategy into action. You're hands-on enough to understand code but focused on growing managers and teams. You are comfortable translating business needs into technical plans, and you make the hard calls,balancing immediate deliverables with long-term investment in quality and productivity. You do not just manage; you mentor, challenge, and grow your team. You believe in Agile practices, but you know when to adapt them to fit reality. You push for modernization, not just maintenance, and you want to see Zemax stay essential to customers and the business.
Guide Zemax R&D teams in Canada, USA, and the UK to deliver features and modernize the platform. Set and drive department goals, balancing delivery on the product charter with codebase maintenance and continuous improvement in developer productivity. Oversee delivery of next-gen features that keep Zemax leading in optics simulation. Drive modernization initiatives for Zemax, evolving legacy code and architecture to support next-generation features and scale. Champion Agile software development practices, providing oversight on implementation and adapting processes where needed. Work closely with Product Management to build, prioritize, and communicate the roadmap. Present product direction, progress, and vision to Customer Advisory Boards, Technical Review Meetings, and executive stakeholders. Oversee resource allocation, staffing, and compensation planning for your teams, ensuring you have the right mix of skills and experience to deliver.
Move Zemax forward with new features and a modern codebase. Drive growth for a world-renowned product essential to optical designers. Reduce technical debt and speed up release cycles. Shape a collaborative, high-performing global team. Raise Zemax's reputation with customers and leadership.