Senior Manager, Software Development
Hearst · South San Francisco, CA, United States · $160k–$180k
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Improve the Health of Your Career at Zynx Health
Join the team behind one of healthcare's leading clinical decision support solutions. At Zynx Health , we combine evidence-based clinical content, technology and analytics to help healthcare organizations improve patient outcomes, enhance safety and deliver higher-quality care.
Our success is fueled by talented people who are passionate about making a difference in the lives of patients and care providers. If you're looking for meaningful work in a collaborative, innovative environment where your contributions have measurable impact, Zynx Health could be the next step in your career.
The Opportunity
Zynx Health is seeking a Senior Manager, Software Development to lead software engineering execution across multiple development teams. In this role, the Senior Manager, Software Development will manage Software Development Leads and own software delivery, engineering quality, release readiness, resource planning, and cross-team coordination, partnering with product management, architecture, data platforms, security, compliance, QA, and business stakeholders.
The role offers the opportunity for a people-focused, delivery-oriented engineering leader to strengthen engineering consistency, improve development practices, mature release readiness, reduce technical debt, and support the responsible adoption of AI-assisted engineering tools.
Responsibilities
Software Engineering Leadership
- Lead the overall software engineering organization through Software Development Leads
- Manage, coach, and develop Software Development Leads, setting clear priorities, ownership, delivery expectations, and accountability
- Provide leadership across multiple software development teams, workstreams, and technology platforms
- Support team maturity, leadership development, performance management, onboarding, retention, and succession planning
Delivery Execution and Cross-Team Coordination
- Own software delivery execution, sprint and release readiness, quality practices, resource planning, and cross-team dependency management
- Translate product and technology priorities into clear team plans, delivery expectations, milestones, and execution priorities
- Identify and communicate delivery risks, blockers, dependencies, staffing needs, operational concerns, and recommended actions
- Partner with product management, architecture, data platforms, security, compliance, QA, and business stakeholders to align delivery execution with business and technology priorities
Engineering Standards and Development Practices
- Establish and reinforce consistent engineering standards across teams, including maintainable design, code quality, documentation, testing, code review, release readiness, and operational readiness
- Ensure Software Development Leads apply consistent development, CI/CD, operational support, and team-level DevOps practices within their teams
- Promote reusable patterns, responsible modernization,
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software engineering leadership, application development, DevOps, platform engineering, or related technology roles
- 3+ years of experience leading or managing software development teams, technical leads, engineering leads, or cross-functional engineering teams
- Experience managing software delivery across multiple teams, workstreams, or product delivery areas
- Experience leading through technical leads, team leads, or first-line engineering leaders
- Bachelor's degree preferred, or equivalent practical experience
Preferred Experience
- Experience in healthcare, clinical content, regulated software, compliance-driven environments, or enterprise SaaS
- Experience leading distributed or remote software engineering teams
- Experience improving engineering standards, release-readiness practices, CI/CD consistency, or operational support models across multiple teams
- Experience guiding responsible adoption of AI-assisted coding or engineering productivity tools
- Familiarity with embedded DevOps models, platform engineering partnerships, or shared engineering-practice governance
Accommodations
We are committed to an accessible application process. If you need an accommodation to apply, please contact accommodations@fdbhealth.com . This email address is for accommodation requests only.
Benefits
This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; a 401(k) retirement plan; a flexible spending account; paid holidays; paid time off; an employee assistance program; and other company benefits.
Compensation
The base salary range below is the Company's good-faith estimate for this position in the posted work location at the time of posting. Final starting salary will be based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to skills, experience, training, certifications, education, location and market considerations.