Company Overview
With 80,000 customers across 150 countries, UKG is the largest U.S.-based private software company in the world. And we're only getting started. Ready to bring your bold ideas and collaborative mindset to an organization that still has so much more to build and achieve? Read on.
At UKG, you get more than just a job. You get to work with purpose. Our team of U Krewers are on a mission to inspire every organization to become a great place to work through our award-winning HR technology built for all.
Here, we know that you're more than your work. That's why our benefits help you thrive personally and professionally, from wellness programs and tuition reimbursement to U Choose - a customizable expense reimbursement program that can be used for more than 200+ needs that best suit you and your family, from student loan repayment, to childcare, to pet insurance. Our inclusive culture, active and engaged employee resource groups, and caring leaders value every voice and support you in doing the best work of your career. If you're passionate about our purpose - people -then we can't wait to support whatever gives you purpose. We're united by purpose, inspired by you.
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About the Role:
UKG is looking to hire a Director of Engineering to join our extremely talented Reporting and analytics Engineering. The Director of Engineering is responsible for the direct management of fast evolving product engineering teams, improvement in processes and service quality, strategic planning and management of resources. Plays a critical role in enhancing and enabling business capabilities through technology innovation and collaboration with the business, manage and execute a development roadmap and possesses a true passion for technology that is readily apparent in their past experience and/or personal projects as well as is an expert with the technologies being used by the team. Balance this with building relationships with their business product owners to execute the development roadmap.
Responsibilities:
• Experience in Analytics and reporting visualization
Drive innovation and manage product development teams within a fast paced, agile environment
• Cultivate an environment of continuous engineering improvement through mentoring, feedback, and metrics
• Recruit IT professionals with business and industry experience, and develop, reward and energize a competent, effective team within the technology organization. Identify and implement strategies to attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged workforce.
• Manage and/or lead software development teams, obtaining necessary resources, acting as an escalation point and removing impediments to achieve goals and objectives
• Engage in hands-on design and ensure alignment of strategy, architecture, tools/methods with software engineers and architects to execute product roadmaps
• Collaborate with a wide variety to stakeholders within business and technology teams to drive change required to execute product roadmaps
• Enable integrated teams to deliver technology solutions in support of key product initiatives by working closely with product managers, technical project managers, architects, engineers, and quality assurance
• Collaborate within and across business units to prioritize, plan, and execute the development schedule for major product releases
Qualifications:
• Strategic Leadership & Vision:
o Proven experience in defining the quality & delivery for Business Intelligence solutions, aligning with customer needs and business objectives for SaaS products.
o Demonstrated ability to translate complex business requirements from UKG customers into scalable, actionable, and intuitive BI solutions (reports, dashboards, visualizations).
o Strong understanding of the BI landscape, including emerging trends, technologies, and best practices, with the ability to evaluate and recommend tools and architectural patterns.
• BI-Specific Technical & Execution Expertise:
o 12-15+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, with at least 4+ years in a leadership role managing teams focused on Business Intelligence, data warehousing, or data analytics.
o Extensive hands-on experience leading the design, development, and deployment of complex, large-scale enterprise BI solutions, including data modeling, ETL/ELT processes, data warehousing, and advanced data visualization.
o Deep understanding of data governance, data quality, and data security principles and experience implementing them within BI solutions.
o Experience with modern BI platforms and visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Looker, Qlik, Sisense, or similar) and the underlying data architectures that support them.
o Proficiency with cloud-based data warehousing solutions (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift) and experience building BI applications on cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
o Solid understanding of integrating internal or external enterprise systems via APIs, events, or other integration implementations to source data for BI purposes.
o Familiarity with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) in the context of deploying BI components or data pipelines.
• Team Leadership & Development:
o Proven experience attracting, hiring, mentoring, retaining, and leading high-performance teams of BI engineers and data professionals (i.e., FTEs, not contractors) in a fast-paced, dynamic product development environment.
o Ability to foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the BI engineering team.
• Operational Excellence & Delivery:
o Experience driving agile development methodologies and best practices for BI development lifecycles, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery.
o Strong project management skills with a track record of successfully delivering complex BI projects on time and within budget.
o Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, including customers and executive leadership.
UKG is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace, including the recruitment process.
Where we're going
UKG is on the cusp of something truly special. Worldwide, we already hold the #1 market share position for workforce management and the #2 position for human capital management. Tens of millions of frontline workers start and end their days with our software, with billions of shifts managed annually through UKG solutions today. Yet it's our AI-powered product portfolio designed to support customers of all sizes, industries, and geographies that will propel us into an even brighter tomorrow!
Equal Opportunity Employer
UKG is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, disability, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.
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It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Disability Accommodation in the Application and Interview Process
For individuals with disabilities that need additional assistance at any point in the application and interview process, please email UKGCareers@ukg.com.
The pay range for this position is 159,900 to 229,800, however, base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge and location. This position is also eligible for a short-term incentive and a long-term incentive as part of total compensation. Information about UKG's comprehensive benefits can be reviewed on our careers site at https://www.ukg.com/careers