Senior Director, Software Engineering - Annuities

About the role

Clarivate is looking for a Senior Director, Software Engineering to lead engineering strategy, execution and operational excellence for its IP Annuities & Renewals technology portfolio. The role builds high-performing engineering teams, delivers scalable and reliable platforms and partners with Product, Architecture, Operations, Security, Data and Business teams. The position is full-time, hybrid, based in either the Belgrade, Serbia office or the London, UK office, and leads a team of 75+ people spread across the globe.

Key responsibilities

• Define and execute the engineering strategy for a mission-critical technology portfolio.
• Lead the delivery of reliable, scalable, secure and maintainable software platforms and services.
• Drive modernization, simplification, automation and continuous improvement across engineering practices and technology capabilities.
• Build, coach and develop engineering leaders and teams.
• Partner with Product, Architecture, Operations, Security, Data and Business stakeholders to prioritize investments and deliver measurable business value.
• Establish engineering standards for quality, reliability, security, observability, delivery predictability and operational performance.
• Oversee workforce planning, budgets, vendor partnerships and resource allocation.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, information technology or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 15+ years of progressive software engineering experience in enterprise-scale environments.
• 5+ years of hands-on or leadership experience across cloud platforms, distributed systems, APIs, automation and software operations.
• Experience leading an engineering organization globally and managing several business-critical enterprise software platforms serving thousands of customers across the US, Europe and Asia.
• Experience leading large-scale modernization programmes such as legacy-platform migration, cloud adoption, distributed systems or architectural transformation.
• Experience managing annual engineering budgets and/or vendor portfolios.

Required skills

• Cloud platforms, distributed systems, APIs, automation and software operations.
• Nice to have: enterprise integration patterns, workflow orchestration, domain-driven design, event-driven architectures and platform-based ecosystems.
• Nice to have: exposure to complex business or financial platforms, system integration, portfolio alignment, risk management and long-term platform sustainability.