Director Software Development, Entrust Agentic Trust

In this role you lead the R&D organization behind the Agentic Trust platform, translating a four-plane architecture into a concrete development strategy and product roadmap. You drive engineering execution, quality, security, and operational readiness across the platform, partnering with cross-functional leaders to deliver cohesive, scalable capabilities for identity, authorization, and policy enforcement. You balance innovation with the rigor required for cryptographic, enterprise-grade software for regulated customers. This is a high-impact leadership role at a company shaping the future of identity-centric security.

• Career growth programs
• Flexible work arrangements
• Collaborative culture
• Diversity and inclusion
• Accessibility and accommodation support
• Global opportunities

• Define and execute the software development strategy, design the organizational, delivery model, and technical roadmap for the Agentic Trust platform
• Translate product and architecture priorities into funded plans with measurable outcomes and clear ownership
• Set up planning, dependency management, design reviews, testing, release readiness, and production operations
• Own delivery predictability, product quality, reliability, security, cost, and productivity
• Ensure architecture decisions and business dependencies are implemented consistently across build tracks
• Lead the development of cloud-native services, APIs, SDKs, and policy/authorization components
• Embed secure SDLC, threat modeling, privacy, observability, resilience, and third-party assurance in the lifecycle
• Make build-versus-buy decisions, manage technical debt and platform risk
• Create production ownership with SLAs, incident response, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement
• Build and develop a high-performing, inclusive software organization across levels and disciplines
• Hire and coach technical talent, define career paths and performance expectations
• Partner with Product and Architecture to balance scope, timing, quality, and risk
• Communicate progress, decisions, dependencies, and risks to executives and stakeholders

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent practical experience
• 20+ years of software development experience
• 10+ years leading software development managers or multiple teams
• Proven success delivering enterprise-grade cloud or security products from concept to production
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems, APIs, cloud platforms, secure development, DevSecOps
• Experience leading products with demanding security, privacy, availability, or regulatory requirements
• Ability to influence senior leaders and resolve cross-functional conflict in ambiguity

• Influence and negotiation
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Strategic thinking
• Cloud-native services
• APIs and SDKs
• Policy and authorization components