Director, Client Software Development Services
VC3
Job Description
<div>At <a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/vc3">VC3</a>, we don’t just solve IT problems — we own them. We serve hundreds of municipalities and organizations across the United States and Canada, bringing IT to the people who need it most. We believe in earning trust, having a growth mindset, and delivering excellence every single time. <br><br>We're a team of doers, builders, and tech whisperers who live by 4 core values:<br><strong>Go Beyond </strong>| <strong>Own It </strong>| <strong>Be Curious</strong>| <strong>Serve as One</strong><br><br>We pride ourselves on making IT personal, making IT easy, and getting IT right. And it all starts with our talented team that is committed to raising the bar.<br><br><strong>The Impact you will have:<a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/vc3">VC3</a> is a leading Managed, Security and Professional Services Provider partnering with public and commercial organizations across North America to secure, operate, modernize their technology. Our Software Development Services team partners with clients to design, build, and evolve the software that runs their business, including: a custom purpose-built software solutions for the local government, compliance and education sectors. <div>The Director, Software Development Services is primarily a leadership role and owns practice P&L, team performance and client outcomes and is expected to raise the bar on both the people and the results. This leader is responsible for web development (front and back end), software development (including custom, automation, API, integration and Agentic AI development), and <a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/vc3">VC3</a>’s EdTech commercial product. The role has a clear mandate to scale the practice commercially while transforming the team to an AI-first, code-generation-driven engineering model.<br><br>The ideal candidate is a former Software Engineer or DevOps lead who has built and grown a software practice inside a services organization. The role is hands-on with AI-first development tooling, comfortable in front of external clients, and motivated by the opportunity to grow the client base, revenue and mature best practices.<h3>What you will be doing:</h3><div><div><strong>Practice Leadership & Growth• Lead, grow, and mature the Software Development practice within <a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/vc3">VC3</a> including: capability, capacity, and commercial performance.</strong></div><div><strong>• Partner with Sales and Client Strategy to expand existing client relationships, develop new logos, and shape pipeline for the practice.</strong></div><div><strong>•Own scoping, estimation, statements of work, and delivery of commercial software development client engagements.</strong></div><div><strong>•Define and evolve the practice's service offerings, pricing posture, and delivery methodology.</strong></div><div><strong>•Own the full P&L for the business unit, with direct accountability for gross marg