Director of Engineering

• Demonstrated success in interacting with and managing diverse stakeholders.

• Proactive and effective communicator among senior management.
• Ability to build strong relationships across various business functions.
• Skilled in educating stakeholders on the value and potential of the engineering function.
• Leverages past experience and uses strong communication skills to collaborate effectively with all stakeholders including customers, senior management, and other business leaders

Technical excellence and execution-focused:

• Contributes to architecture by asking the right questions to ensure architecture matches business needs for the area

• Extensive technical experience, including hands-on development in scalable distributed applications.
• Researches new technologies to stay abreast of industry trends and standards.
• Provides leadership to software development managers, and addresses technical, resource, and personnel issues
• As necessary, the director manages vendor and external relationships for their organization and participates in the budgeting process

People leadership & team management:

• Proven experience managing and scaling high-caliber engineering teams.

• Inspiring and engaging leadership style with a vision-setting ability.
• Strong history of attracting, developing, and retaining top talent.
• Demonstrated ability to cultivate a progressive technology culture.
• Proficient in implementing effective structures, processes, and practices for engineering success.
• Comfortable making difficult decisions as an established leader.

Highly strategic and commercially astute:

• Strong prioritization skills to guide teams effectively.

• Insight into product strategy and the ability to develop business plans.
• Experienced in balancing challenges and gaining stakeholder buy-in.
• Ideally, background includes working in customer-centric environments integrating technology into business strategies.