Director, Engineering Excellence & Enablement (R5467)

The Director of Engineering Excellence & Enablement is a strategic leader responsible for improving the effectiveness, efficiency, and execution maturity of the engineering organization.

Reporting to the VP of Engineering, this leader partners closely with Engineering, Product, Program Management, and other cross-functional leaders to translate company and product strategy into scalable engineering capabilities, operational rhythms, and enterprise-wide initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Engineering Strategy & Organizational Enablement: Partner with the VP of Engineering to develop engineering capabilities, operating models, and execution plans. Identify capability gaps and recommend investments in people, processes, tooling, and organizational structure.
• Engineering Excellence: Define and drive engineering excellence initiatives focused on developer productivity, quality, reliability, operational maturity, and continuous improvement. Establish engineering effectiveness metrics and dashboards.
• Operational Cadence & Execution: Establish and facilitate consistent engineering operating cadences, drive accountability for execution, and improve planning accuracy.
• Enterprise Engineering Initiatives: Lead complex, cross-functional engineering initiatives, such as AI enablement, developer experience improvements, and technical governance.
• Organizational Effectiveness: Partner with engineering leaders to improve organizational health, team effectiveness, and leadership maturity.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of engineering leadership, technical program management, engineering operations, or related experience.
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale cross-functional initiatives in complex technology organizations.
• Experience establishing engineering operating models, governance, planning processes, and execution frameworks.
• Strong understanding of modern software engineering organizations, Agile development, DevOps, and engineering metrics in the Aerospace & Defense industry.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders without relying on direct authority.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, organizational, and executive presentation skills.
• Strong analytical mindset with experience using data to drive organizational improvements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience partnering directly with VP or C-level technology executives.
• Experience scaling engineering organizations through periods of rapid growth or transformation.
• Familiarity with developer productivity and organizational effectiveness measurement.

What We Offer:

• Salary: USD 210,000-320,000 per year
• Bonus
• Benefits
• Equity