Director of Research and Development

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Tracx TMS is seeking a strategic and proactive Director of Research & Development to lead our engineering and product delivery efforts. Reporting directly to the CEO and working closely with the Group CTO, this role will require a hands-on, action-oriented leader who can drive innovation and execution across multiple development teams.

You will be responsible for shaping the overall development strategy, improving engineering processes, and fostering a high-performance culture focused on delivering customer-centric, scalable, and high-quality software solutions. Your leadership will influence not only day-to-day engineering execution but also long-term technology planning and cross-functional collaboration across Product, QA, DevOps, and Design.
 

• Lead software development team daily to deliver timely releases for features, enhancements, and fixes for Tracx’s suite of software applications
• Implement efficient processes, scalable tools, and resource allocation to achieve a high level of productivity
• Work closely with other company leaders to maintain a solid understanding of the impact of specific software releases at all levels of the business and client base
• Partner with Engineering, Product, QA, DevOps, and Design teams to ensure alignment across all functions in planning, scoping, and executing software initiatives
• Provide guidance to the development team to facilitate positive and effective communications throughout the company
• Coordinate staff activity to accomplish objectives for specific projects
• Plan and execute staff development activities and training
• Actively participate in daily stand-ups, as well as prioritization and ticket grooming sessions as necessary to effect on-time and impactful software releases
• Report weekly to the management team regarding work in progress, timelines, updates, staffing issues, and/or obstacles to on-time releases
• Forecast and adhere to an annual budget
• Collaborate with management, subject matter experts, and the development team to establish the company’s technical vision and analyze trade-offs between usability and performance needs
• Encourage and promote team best practices (Unit Testing, Code Reviews, Adherence to ticketing procedures, etc.)
• Other duties as assigned

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More About Jonas Software:

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Jonas’ vision is to be the branded global leader across the aforementioned vertical markets and to be recognized by customers and respective industry stakeholders as the trusted provider of ‘Software for Life’ and as an ambassador for technology, product innovation, quality, and customer service.

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