What You’ll Do

• You’ll be leading an engineering organization consisting of several delivery teams (>= 20 engineers), distributed across several geographic locations. Your challenges include
• Develop and build engineering teams attract, recruit and retain capable individuals (engineers and managers) to grow a resilient, diverse organization.
• Enable and support team managers to maximize team members’ potential and unlock high performance and impact by fostering the habits of goal-setting and regular, insightful feedback. Assess team performance and hold team managers accountable for their parts.
• Building effective trustful communication channels between teams, stakeholders and higher management.
• Coach team managers and members to continuously learn and develop themselves.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve the way of working and instigate a continuous improvement culture.
• Identify and manage risks to successful delivery on commitments, define corrective actions and report to higher management.
• Create a safe, professional, and employee friendly environment with a focus on productivity, quality, transparency, openness, and engagement.
• Set up your team for innovation; assuring continuous focus on valuable product improvements through applied research and experimentation.
• Define and forecast budget and control cost for your organization

What You’ll Need

• You have a proven track record in managing larger software engineering teams (±30 engineers) and experience having managers as direct reports.
• Analytical skills and data-driven mindset
• Thorough understanding of the entire software engineering lifecycle.
• University degree level knowledge in Computer Science.
• Hands-on software engineering experience.
• Applied research experience, as demonstrated through the successful rollout of systematic experimentation and innovation practices in the industry.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to influence senior stakeholders and engineers
• Good communication, influencing, time management, and problem-solving skills.

What's Nice To Have

• Software development experience in modern object-oriented languages such as Kotlin or C++
• Experience with the navigation software domain or in the automotive industry
• Exposure to APIs, SDKs, public cloud and microservices
• PhD in Computer Science or other quantitative discipline.

Meet your team

• We’re PU Directions, a product unit within TomTom’s Location Technology Products technical unit. We develop software for onboard, hybrid, and online navigation applications – used by hundreds of millions of people around the world. Our software includes navigation domain logic for traffic-dependent routing and route guidance, and an innovative Electric Vehicle suite; we change the way digital maps are designed and used for navigation. On our team, you’ll see your work transforming connected and embedded navigation around the world.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation package.
• Work flexibility program - work from both home and the office !
• Home office benefits, with a setup budget and a monthly allowance to support.
• Chance to work abroad for 90-calendar days in select countries and states!
• Holiday package that includes your birthday off and a volunteering day per year.
• Bring your ideas and innovation to life during our Hackathon, DevDays, and more!
• Take on learning opportunities – internal programs, O’Reilly, and LinkedIn learning.
• The opportunity to join one of the few top tech location specialists and have an impact on the future of mobility.
• Be part of a supportive, inclusive, and global culture.

After you apply

• First call If your application matches the role, then it’s time to put a voice to the name! We’ll call you to set up an interview.
• First interview In this interview, we want to know more about you – what excites you about location technology and how can you help us solve global challenges for specific teams.
• Second interview We'll dive into your potential role, showing you how you’ll fit into your team and contribute to our vision.
• Third interview We'll continue to dive into your potential role, showing you how you’ll fit into your team and contribute to our vision.
• The final decision Cue the fireworks because we’ll start the onboarding.