ArisGlobal
ArisGlobal
ArisGlobal develops solutions for the life sciences industry, helping organizations manage drug development, safety monitoring, and regulatory compliance. Its customers include more than 500 life sciences companies, contract research organizations, and government health authorities worldwide, including major biopharmaceutical businesses and regulators such as the FDA, Health Canada, and NMPA. Headquartered in the United States, ArisGlobal operates through regional offices in Europe, India, Japan, and China.

Director of Software Engineering - Zagreb

Lead engineering and product delivery for ArisGlobal’s regulatory SaaS portfolio in Zagreb. Oversee distributed teams, modernization initiatives, AI adoption, and GxP-regulated software execution.

Description

  • Lead engineering and product development for ArisGlobal’s regulatory portfolio, including LifeSphere Regulatory, RIMS, NavaX Regulatory Products, and Sporify
  • Own delivery from initial planning through release while meeting milestones and customer commitments
  • Coordinate PI Planning, sprint governance, and dependencies across distributed teams
  • Advance technical debt reduction, SaaS upgradeability, architecture modernization, database migration, and CI/CD automation
  • Define engineering standards, ready and done criteria, and quality gates across the product line
  • Deliver SaaS transformation initiatives involving multi-tenant architecture, customer onboarding, and go-live preparation
  • Work with Product Management on prioritization, execution ownership, roadmap accuracy, and customer timelines
  • Lead technical responses to customer escalations and represent Engineering in customer forums, steering committees, and advisory boards
  • Drive adoption of AI-assisted development tools and embed effective practices into product workflows
  • Recruit and develop engineering teams across Europe and India through hiring, performance management, and career development
  • Set objectives and accountability structures for engineering managers, team leads, and senior engineers
  • Promote engineering ownership, disciplined quality practices, and ongoing improvement
  • Oversee contractor and vendor relationships
  • Govern multi-year transformation programs through milestone oversight and risk management
  • Provide engineering leadership with updates on program progress and organizational health
  • Direct capacity planning across engineering teams

Requirements

  • At least 10 years of experience in software product development
  • Three or more years in a senior engineering or product leadership position
  • Demonstrated success leading distributed engineering teams across multiple regions
  • Experience delivering software in a regulated sector, ideally life sciences, pharmaceuticals, or healthcare
  • Strong experience delivering SaaS products
  • Background in cloud-native architecture, CI/CD, and release engineering
  • Ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments, including executive-level customer engagement
  • Experience leading large-scale technology transformation or modernization programs
  • Familiarity with regulatory submission and compliance areas such as eCTD, IDMP, or RIM is preferred
  • Practical experience with AI-assisted development tools and GenAI integration in product workflows is preferred
  • Experience spanning both product management and engineering is preferred

Benefits

  • Flexible work-location options
  • Competitive compensation
  • Supportive and welcoming company culture
  • Inclusive workplace environment
  • Equal employment opportunity

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