As ICON's Senior Director of Software Products, you will own the vision, strategy, and execution of all software systems at ICON—from the ICONOS suite that orchestrates construction operations, to the embedded control systems that power our robotic 3D printing fleet. You will lead a cross-functional organization of 20+ engineers, designers, and product managers, fostering a culture of innovation, technical excellence, and rapid iteration in service of ICON's mission to make dignified housing accessible to everyone.This is a rare opportunity to shape the technological foundation of an industry in transformation. You will work directly with executive leadership to define product strategy, drive architectural decisions that will scale with the company, and build the systems that enable ICON to deliver hundreds of homes while expanding into new markets and applications—including space-based construction.This role is a full-time, on-site role based on our Austin, TX Campus and reports to the VP of Technology Products.RESPONSIBILITIESStrategic Leadership<ul><li>Define and execute the multi-year software product strategy aligned with ICON's business objectives and technology vision</li><li>Partner with executive leadership to identify market opportunities, prioritize investments, and drive key product decisions</li><li>Build and communicate a compelling product vision that inspires teams and stakeholders across the organization</li><li>Establish metrics and accountability frameworks to measure product success, team health, and customer impact</li><li>Represent software capabilities and roadmap to customers, investors, partners, and the construction industry</li></ul>Organization Building<ul><li>Lead, and scale a diverse organization including software engineers, embedded engineers, UX designers, and product managers</li><li>Recruit and develop world-class talent, building teams capable of solving complex technical and design challenges</li><li>Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, continuous learning, and high performance</li><li>Design effective organizational structures, processes, and communication rhythms as the team scales</li><li>Champion diversity, inclusion, and belonging across all levels of the software organization</li></ul>Product &amp; Technology Execution<ul><li>Drive the development of an AI-integrated software platform, including AI-powered design tools, generative models, and automated compliance systems</li><li>Oversee the IconOS suite of products, ensuring seamless integration of planning, monitoring, and operational tools</li><li>Direct embedded software development for robotic control systems, including real-time controls, dynamic stabilization, and sensor fusion</li><li>Ensure the team implements a robust, scalable, and secure architecture across cloud infrastructure, APIs, microservices, and embedded systems</li><li>Work with the team to balance innovation with reliability, maintaining production systems while pushing the boundaries of what's possible</li><li>Prioritize engineering best practices, including CI/CD, testing frameworks, code quality, and documentation standards</li></ul>Cross-Functional Collaboration<ul><li>Work closely with hardware, robotics, operations, and manufacturing teams to deliver integrated solutions</li><li>Collaborate with sales, marketing, and business development to understand customer needs and market dynamics</li><li>Engage with regulatory and compliance teams to build systems that navigate complex approval processes</li><li>Coordinate with IT and security teams to ensure infrastructure reliability and data protection</li></ul>Design &amp; User Experience<ul><li>Oversee user-centered design across all product development, ensuring tools are intuitive, powerful, and delightful</li><li>Oversee the evolution and maintenance of design systems that provide consistency across ICON's product portfolio</li><li>Drive user research initiatives to deeply understand customer workflows, pain points, and opportunities</li><li>Direct towards a balance of aesthetic excellence with functional requirements in both consumer-facing and industrial applications</li></ul><h2>MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS</h2><ul><li>15+ years of progressive software engineering and product development experience, with at least 5 years in senior leadership roles managing multiple teams</li><li>Proven track record of building and scaling software organizations from 20+ to 50+ people</li><li>Proven Competency in modern software architecture, including cloud platforms (AWS), microservices, APIs, and distributed systems</li><li>Understanding of embedded systems, real-time control, and robotics software development</li><li>Experience shipping complex, production-grade software products that serve both internal and external customers</li><li>Demonstrated ability to define product vision and strategy in rapidly evolving markets or emerging industries</li><li>Exceptional communication skills with ability to influence and align stakeholders at all levels, from engineers to executives</li><li>Experience managing budgets, resource allocation, and vendor relationships</li></ul>PREFFERED SKILLS &amp; EXPERIENCE<ul><li>BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field (advanced degree preferred)</li><li>Track record of recruiting, developing, and retaining top engineering talent</li><li>Familiarity with some of the following software and tools:<ul><li>Typescript</li><li>React</li><li>Python</li><li>C#</li><li>C++</li><li>MCP</li><li>AWS</li><li>Serverless</li><li>Rhino</li><li>Revit</li><li>Grasshopper</li><li>Linux</li></ul></li></ul><div><div> </div><div><div>ICON is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an innovative, inclusive, diverse and discrimination-free work environment. Employment with ICON is based on merit, competence, and qualifications. It is our policy to administer all personnel actions, including recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal and state laws. Consistent with the obligations of these laws, ICON will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.</div><div>Furthermore, as a federal government contractor, the Company maintains an affirmative action program which furthers its commitment and complies with recordkeeping and reporting requirements under certain federal civil rights laws and regulations, including Executive Order 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended) and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (as amended).Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit candidates through this application. ICON does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency submissions for candidates and will not pay fees to any third-party agency without a prior agreement with ICON.</div></div><div>As part of our compliance with these obligations, the Company invites you to voluntarily self-identify as set forth below. Provision of such information is entirely voluntary and a decision to provide or not provide such information will not have any effect on your employment or subject you to any adverse treatment. Any and all information provided will be considered confidential, will be kept separate from your application and/or personnel file, and will only be used in accordance with applicable laws, orders and regulations, including those that require the information to be summarized and reported to the federal government for civil rights enforcement purposes.<a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KtxCrS8fV9XRApKaXFjKJ5twhzR_MkGE">Internet Applicant Employment Notices</a></div></div>

In 2018, we told people we were going to 3D print a house and unveil it during SXSW in Austin, TX before we knew how to do it.&nbsp;Innovation is synonymous with risk and somebody had to take a risk. In partnership with housing non-profit New Story, we successfully delivered the world's first permitted, 3D-printed home in the world. Fast forward to today,&nbsp;ICON has 3D-printed more than 140 homes and&nbsp;structures across the U.S. and Mexico. We recently unveiled a new suite of technologies and products&nbsp;to further automate construction including&nbsp;a radical new robotic printer that enables multi-story construction, a new low-carbon building material, a digital catalog for residential architecture, and an AI Architect for home design and construction. Together, these technologies make our construction technology platform a faster, more sustainable way to build high-quality housing affordably around the world.

Senior Director, Software Products

As ICON's Senior Director of Software Products, you will own the vision, strategy, and execution of all software systems at ICON—from the ICONOS suite that orchestrates construction operations, to the embedded control systems that power our robotic 3D printing fleet. You will lead a cross-functional organization of 20+ engineers, designers, and product managers, fostering a culture of innovation, technical excellence, and rapid iteration in service of ICON's mission to make dignified housing accessible to everyone.This is a rare opportunity to shape the technological foundation of an industry in transformation. You will work directly with executive leadership to define product strategy, drive architectural decisions that will scale with the company, and build the systems that enable ICON to deliver hundreds of homes while expanding into new markets and applications—including space-based construction.This role is a full-time, on-site role based on our Austin, TX Campus and reports to the VP of Technology Products.RESPONSIBILITIESStrategic Leadership<ul><li>Define and execute the multi-year software product strategy aligned with ICON's business objectives and technology vision</li><li>Partner with executive leadership to identify market opportunities, prioritize investments, and drive key product decisions</li><li>Build and communicate a compelling product vision that inspires teams and stakeholders across the organization</li><li>Establish metrics and accountability frameworks to measure product success, team health, and customer impact</li><li>Represent software capabilities and roadmap to customers, investors, partners, and the construction industry</li></ul>Organization Building<ul><li>Lead, and scale a diverse organization including software engineers, embedded engineers, UX designers, and product managers</li><li>Recruit and develop world-class talent, building teams capable of solving complex technical and design challenges</li><li>Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, continuous learning, and high performance</li><li>Design effective organizational structures, processes, and communication rhythms as the team scales</li><li>Champion diversity, inclusion, and belonging across all levels of the software organization</li></ul>Product &amp; Technology Execution<ul><li>Drive the development of an AI-integrated software platform, including AI-powered design tools, generative models, and automated compliance systems</li><li>Oversee the IconOS suite of products, ensuring seamless integration of planning, monitoring, and operational tools</li><li>Direct embedded software development for robotic control systems, including real-time controls, dynamic stabilization, and sensor fusion</li><li>Ensure the team implements a robust, scalable, and secure architecture across cloud infrastructure, APIs, microservices, and embedded systems</li><li>Work with the team to balance innovation with reliability, maintaining production systems while pushing the boundaries of what's possible</li><li>Prioritize engineering best practices, including CI/CD, testing frameworks, code quality, and documentation standards</li></ul>Cross-Functional Collaboration<ul><li>Work closely with hardware, robotics, operations, and manufacturing teams to deliver integrated solutions</li><li>Collaborate with sales, marketing, and business development to understand customer needs and market dynamics</li><li>Engage with regulatory and compliance teams to build systems that navigate complex approval processes</li><li>Coordinate with IT and security teams to ensure infrastructure reliability and data protection</li></ul>Design &amp; User Experience<ul><li>Oversee user-centered design across all product development, ensuring tools are intuitive, powerful, and delightful</li><li>Oversee the evolution and maintenance of design systems that provide consistency across ICON's product portfolio</li><li>Drive user research initiatives to deeply understand customer workflows, pain points, and opportunities</li><li>Direct towards a balance of aesthetic excellence with functional requirements in both consumer-facing and industrial applications</li></ul><h2>MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS</h2><ul><li>15+ years of progressive software engineering and product development experience, with at least 5 years in senior leadership roles managing multiple teams</li><li>Proven track record of building and scaling software organizations from 20+ to 50+ people</li><li>Proven Competency in modern software architecture, including cloud platforms (AWS), microservices, APIs, and distributed systems</li><li>Understanding of embedded systems, real-time control, and robotics software development</li><li>Experience shipping complex, production-grade software products that serve both internal and external customers</li><li>Demonstrated ability to define product vision and strategy in rapidly evolving markets or emerging industries</li><li>Exceptional communication skills with ability to influence and align stakeholders at all levels, from engineers to executives</li><li>Experience managing budgets, resource allocation, and vendor relationships</li></ul>PREFFERED SKILLS &amp; EXPERIENCE<ul><li>BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field (advanced degree preferred)</li><li>Track record of recruiting, developing, and retaining top engineering talent</li><li>Familiarity with some of the following software and tools:<ul><li>Typescript</li><li>React</li><li>Python</li><li>C#</li><li>C++</li><li>MCP</li><li>AWS</li><li>Serverless</li><li>Rhino</li><li>Revit</li><li>Grasshopper</li><li>Linux</li></ul></li></ul><div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><div>ICON is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an innovative, inclusive, diverse and discrimination-free work environment. Employment with ICON is based on merit, competence, and qualifications. It is our policy to administer all personnel actions, including recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal and state laws. Consistent with the obligations of these laws, ICON will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.</div><div>Furthermore, as a federal government contractor, the Company maintains an affirmative action program which furthers its commitment and complies with recordkeeping and reporting requirements under certain federal civil rights laws and regulations, including Executive Order 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended) and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (as amended).Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit candidates through this application. ICON does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency submissions for candidates and will not pay fees to any third-party agency without a prior agreement with ICON.</div></div><div>As part of our compliance with these obligations, the Company invites you to voluntarily self-identify as set forth below. Provision of such information is entirely voluntary and a decision to provide or not provide such information will not have any effect on your employment or subject you to any adverse treatment. Any and all information provided will be considered confidential, will be kept separate from your application and/or personnel file, and will only be used in accordance with applicable laws, orders and regulations, including those that require the information to be summarized and reported to the federal government for civil rights enforcement purposes.<a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KtxCrS8fV9XRApKaXFjKJ5twhzR_MkGE">Internet Applicant Employment Notices</a></div></div>

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