Senior Director, Global Engineering Strategy & Execution

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Monthly & Quarterly Reviews: Own end-to-end compilation ensuring 100% on-time delivery; standardize templates across engineering functions; automate data collection from capacity management, HR systems, project tracking, and development platforms. Metrics & KPI Management: Track engineering productivity metrics, team health indicators, capacity planning, capability management, and quality measures; maintain executive dashboards with real-time operational visibility. Planning and Road Mapping: Facilitate and oversee the planning and maintaining of the Global Engineering team's three year plan, updated annually. Quality Assurance: Implement validation and review procedures ensuring data accuracy and report quality before executive presentation. Meeting & Project Management: Facilitate leadership meetings with productive agendas; track action items with systematic follow-up; coordinate engineering-driven project portfolio requiring SVP oversight. Cross-Functional Liaison: Primary coordination between Engineering and Enterprise IT, Operations, Cybersecurity, Product Management, Project Management Office, and Finance groups; manage information flow and ensure critical issue escalation. Process Improvement: Identify and eliminate bottlenecks; create documented procedures teams will follow; identify opportunities to implement business process automation leveraging system APIs and integration capabilities; manage engineering memorandums, policies, and procedures; establish problem management processes to identify root cause of repeat issues and report steps for remediation. Early Warning Systems: Identify operational issues, team health concerns, and delivery risks before impact; analyze trends and patterns; develop automated alerting for threshold breaches; participate in regular status calls to detect issues early and escalate. Organizational Health: Monitor team performance, resource utilization, and capacity across engineering groups; provide regular operational risk assessment and mitigation recommendations. Executive Administration: Prepare executive presentations and communications; ensure consistent follow-up on decisions and commitments. Key Performance Indicators On-time delivery of monthly operating reviews and quarterly business reviews with zero compilation failures; Predictable monthly operating review / quarterly business review cycles for 4+ quarters Reduction in leadership administrative time spent on data compilation, report preparation, and operational coordination Automated data pipelines eliminating manual reconciliation; executive dashboards providing real-time visibility; proactive identification of operational issues before impact; build leadership trust in data Operational Transformation: Move from reactive management to proactive, systematic operational excellence, measure reduction in escalation surprises Leadership Capacity: Enable SVP and VPs to focus on more strategic initiatives rather than administrative tasks Data-Driven Decisions: Establish KPI's and dashboards enabling evidence-based resource allocation and organizational health decisions Audit Readiness: completion of audit preparation activities within defined timelines; zero critical findings during internal audit reviews Compliance Reporting: on-time delivery of monthly compliance reports and quarterly regulatory submissions with complete documentation Team Player: This position will have a number of peers the incumbent will need to build strong working relationships with. 10+ years operational support for senior executives in Chief of Staff, Program Manager, or Operations Manager roles Technology/engineering background in software development organizations; understanding of Agile methodologies, DevOps practices, and engineering metrics Process improvement track record with examples of eliminating manual processes, improving reporting accuracy, implementing operational improvements, and implementation of continuous improvement procedures. Data analysis & reporting skills proficient with spreadsheet applications, business intelligence platforms, and data visualization tools; ability to create executive dashboards and presentations Business Process Automation: Experience with workflow automation tools, API integrations, and scripting capabilities to eliminate manual processes System Integration: Understanding of enterprise systems connectivity including HR platforms, project management tools, development environments, and business intelligence systems Operational Excellence: Natural focus on process efficiency, quality improvement, systematic problem-solving; exceptional attention to detail in executive materials Communication & Coordination: Excellent facilitation skills, strong story-telling skills, ability to work across organizational boundaries, proactive problem identification and escalation capabilities Business Acumen: Achieved through the completion of an MBA program or through relevant experience transforming large t

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