24 Jan
Senior Director of Product Engineering
Nebraska, Omaha / council bluffs , 97201 Omaha / council bluffs USA

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Director, Product Engineering

Portland, OR; Omaha, NE, Dallas, TX

Position Description

Take Ownership of Product Engineering for ShiftWise and Join a $2 Billion-Dollar Healthcare CompanyThis unique role is an exciting opportunity for an experienced product engineering leader to make a direct and tangible impact on a thriving and growing organization by upgrading the user experience for the current SaaS platform, helping to develop a client-facing mobile app, and leading a team to the highest level of success.If you are eager to help build the U.S. and international SaaS solution for enterprise customers in the healthcare space, then we invite you to consider the advantages of stepping into the role of Director, Product Engineering:
  • This is an

    exciting time to join us as we are in the midst of change and innovation, and you will

    help to facilitate a digital transformation that will impact the entire enterprise. You will have the opportunity to make a difference immediately, stabilize the team and culture, create and execute plans, and bring high-level technical leadership to a talented group of professionals that will benefit from consistent guidance.
  • Pivotal to your success will be your ability to

    drive communication,

    establish credibility and build relationships and trust with business leaders/executives, software development and product teams, customers, and a variety of other key contacts throughout the organization. Your

    success will be visible across the enterprise and beyond as you serve as our in-house

    project management expert.
  • In addition to a

    competitive salary and bonus incentive program, we offer a

    comprehensive benefits package. Furthermore, you’ll enjoy the unique culture that AMN has cultivated. We take pride in our collaborative and compassionate environment and our status as an industry leader in diversity. We are committed to the communities we serve and operate as a growth-oriented business.
AMN is a competency-focused organization, and the exemplary candidate for this role will encompass the following core competencies:

  • Drive for results - overcoming obstacles and finishing projects on time and on-budget

  • Organizational agility - knowing how organizations work and how to get things done both through formal channels and the informal network; understanding the origin and reasoning behind key policies, practices, and procedures; understanding the cultures of organizations

  • Strategic agility - building a vision for the future of Product Engineering and paving a path to move forward
AMN Healthcare is the innovator in healthcare workforce solutions and staffing services to healthcare facilities across the nation. Our workforce solutions including managed services programs, vendor management systems, and recruitment process outsourcing enable providers to successfully reduce complexity, increase efficiency and improve patient outcomes within the rapidly evolving healthcare environment. We provide our employees with a unified and inspired workplace guided by our core values. In 2018, AMN Healthcare was ranked on Forbes list of America’s Best Mid-Size Employers as well as Fortune's list of the 100 Fastest-Growing Companies.Founded by healthcare staffing veterans and software entrepreneurs, ShiftWise has now become the largest provider of contingent workforce management solutions in the healthcare industry. With a full suite of proprietary applications combined with extensive in-house labor management expertise, ShiftWise delivers Software as a Service (SaaS) to over 1,000 hospitals and health care providers nationwide. In 2017, ShiftWise was named in the “Top 10 Healthcare Compliance Solutions Providers for 2017” by Healthcare Tech Outlook. This award is part of an annual listing of companies that are at the forefront of providing healthcare compliance solutions and impacting the marketplace.

Role OverviewReporting to the CIO, as the Director, Product Engineering, you will provide thought leadership to drive the development, deployment, and evolution of AMN’s MSP technology products, services, and overall experience for our most strategic clients. Your goal will be to provide healthcare client organizations with the workforce solutions needed to serve their communities. In collaboration with Shiftwise and AMN leaders, you will deploy your experience, skills, and dedication to create the product engineering plans aligned with ShiftWise’s strategy. Working closely with product management, you will develop the technical roadmap that aligns with building a world-class Vendor Management System platform for our enterprise and strategic clients. You will lead our efforts to ensure the highest quality software development across the ShiftWIse Product Engineering group, focused primarily on technical solution development supporting vendor management products we are delivering to our customers.You will have direct oversight of a team of about 20-30 engineers, who will develop solutions for enterprise clients with web and mobile needs. The team will be dispersed throughout different locations and will include both onshore and offshore resources.The role will be responsible for developing and expanding the following technology products:
  • ShiftWise VMS 2.0 (including mobile application)
  • Shiftwise Reporting & Analytics solutions
  • Shiftwise Client Portal
  • Shiftwise AV Portal
  • Fyre VMS Integration

Role SpecificsMore specifically, your key job tasks will be to:
  • Lead the software development of the technical solutions across ShiftWise Engineering group, affecting the very experience of our perspective of customers by defining the technical solutions to the product-defined customer experience we endeavor to build.
  • A hands-on leader will assess existing and potential talent to build out this world-class team of up to 20-30 software engineers and managers.
  • Form strategic partnerships with senior internal customers within and outside of the technology organization.
  • Contribute to strategy and supporting roadmaps aligned to the overall strategy in collaboration with other directors and enterprise architecture.
  • Actively plan and manage a portfolio of high-quality products & services through a lifecycle of envisioning/investing/sustaining/retiring.
  • Maintain knowledge of new developments in the area of specialty and incorporate these innovations where appropriate. Drive innovation, improvement, and adoption of industry-leading practices including open source, CI/CT/CD, cloud, microservices/container architecture.
  • Recommend and implement technology direction for applications and services including package, SaaS, and custom-developed solutions.
  • Lead system design of highly scalable systems with native telemetry and monitoring in mind. Enabling self-healing systems.
  • Drive cost out of systems operations and maintain critical technology roadmaps in place to continue to adapt to new technologies.
  • Negotiate any third-party deals for tools, services, or products.
  • Agile/SAFe champion Supervisory Responsibilities.
  • Develop and maintain a culture where employees are highly motivated, energetic, and productive. Hold self and team members accountable to high standards and company values.
  • Create a sense of product “ownership” amongst the team.
  • Negotiation and conflict resolution while maintaining productive relationships.
  • Take accountability for department budget, delivery, and service performance, optimizing the cost of service delivery, ensuring services are meeting or exceeding service levels.
  • Be responsible for other Duties/Projects as assigned by business management as needed.

The Ideal CandidateTo be a strong fit for this opportunity you will have:
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology related discipline or equivalent from accredited college or university (or an equivalent combination of education and experience)
  • Master’s Degree preferred
  • 10+ years experience owning, managing, and developing highly-scalable systems capable of serving enterprise customers
  • 7-10 years experience in software development with a budget of $3 million spending
  • 5+ years’ progressive leadership experience in setting technology strategy, software development, engineering, and operations
  • 3+ years experience in developing solutions using either Azure AWS or Google cloud platforms
  • Experience in a B2B SaaS-based company will be an advantage
  • Well versed and experienced in Agile / Continuous Development and Deployment across several Software Development teams
  • Experience developing technology strategy and product roadmaps Broad technology product experience and a passion for staying abreast of the state of the market both broad industry trends and in-depth in an area of specialization
  • Strong collaborative skills to work across multiple stakeholder groups to translate business strategies, initiatives, goals, and objectives into product roadmaps and budgets
  • Ability to communicate technical concepts and break down complex business problems into easily understood communications
  • Leadership skills include the ability to motivate, inspire, counsel, coach, mentor,r and facilitate individuals and teams to take responsibility and accountability for the goals
  • Transformational leadership abilities with a deep understanding and practical application of change management framework that will enable the continued transition of activities in alignment with our AMN strategy
  • Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Negotiation, facilitation, and stakeholder management skill
  • Financial acumen and the ability to manage budgets, cost, quality, and schedule controls
You should also be willing and able to travel approximately 25 percent of the time.

Success FactorsThe ShiftWise and AMN move fast, innovate rapidly, and maintain a laser focus on delivering the best customer experiences in the healthcare industry. To excel in this role, you will be eager to take your place at the heart of enabling this culture, developing and driving this strategy across the ShiftWise team as part of the AMN organization. You will display your leadership skills as you take responsibility for building and leading a growing team of software development managers and engineers in the development, delivery, and support of solutions and services. Significant emphasis will be placed on identifying opportunities for innovation to ensure the success of the ShiftWise product offerings. Your communication skills, interpersonal abilities, and success at facilitating change will also be critical here. We’re looking for a leader who can push back with a non-disruptive, constructive approach. You’ll need tact and diplomacy as you navigate the organizational structure and work within a large enterprise group. These values are embedded in everything we do, and we invest in maintaining a culture that allows people to thrive and grow. We embrace a servant-leadership approach and we'll expect you to do so as well. This means modeling a positive attitude, promoting a high-energy atmosphere, and recognizing success. The pace is fast here and things can get intense. The leader who will thrive in this environment will embody a balanced approach that encompasses a commitment to results combined with the personality of an inspirational and engaging leader who is passionate about the success of the enterprise team.

Why AMN

Awards and RecognitionIn addition to being recognized as a leader in healthcare staffing and workforce solutions, AMN has decades of innovation and thought leadership in the healthcare staffing industry and has been recognized by some of the most prestigious organizations in the healthcare industry — and beyond. Here’s a small sampling of a few of our many accolades:
  • Fortune’s 100 Fastest Growing Companies list - 2018
  • Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index company - 2017, 2018 & 2019
  • The Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® awarded at a national and local level
  • HRO Today’s Diversity & Inclusion Excellence Award - 2018
  • Innovation Leader’s Impact Award - 2018
  • Named the Largest Healthcare Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts - 2018

Career Growth PotentialHistory shows that if you invest in your role at ShiftWise and AMN, we'll invest in your career. In this role, you'll be able to showcase not only your process improvement expertise but also your leadership skills and ability to deliver results all characteristics we look for when advancement opportunities arise. In fact, given our strong growth, we hire with an eye to the future, looking for professionals with a career runway.

A Company That CaresWe have a strong dedication towards social responsibility, as evidenced in the many ways we serve communities around the world. For example, more than 18,000 indigenous people have been directly helped by AMN missions to Guatemala. The 2018 volunteers recently returned from the sixth humanitarian and medical mission.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) represents our commitment to economic and social development that will have a positive impact on the health and well-being of our team members, local and global communities, and stakeholders at large while advancing the quality of our company through engagement in the world around us.

Respect Passion Continuous Improvement Trust Customer Focus Innovation AMN Healthcare is an EEO/AA/Disability/Protected Veteran EmployerWe encourage minority and female applicants to applyAMN Healthcare is committed to fostering and maintaining a diverse team that reflects the communities we serve. Our commitment to the inclusion of many different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives enables our innovation and leadership in the healthcare services industry. We value professionalism in everything we do – this includes the professional presence we project as we interact with internal and external customers.

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