Director of Product Engineering

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Engineering Leads across Platform and product pods
• Set expectations for engineering performance, delivery, and quality
• Establish and maintain a strong engineering culture focused on accountability and execution
• Serve as the escalation point for technical, delivery, and team-related challenges
• Own delivery timelines, throughput, and engineering capacity planning
• Align product priorities with engineering execution
• Identify and remove blockers impacting team velocity
• Balance speed and quality to ensure sustainable delivery
• Partner with the Principal Solutions Architect to ensure architectural standards are followed
• Support Engineering Leads in making strong architectural and implementation choices
• Ensure technical debt is managed and does not hinder future development
• Collaborate with the SVP of Digital Products on engineering strategy and organizational growth
• Collaborate with the Director of Product Management to align on priorities and delivery commitments
• Collaborate with platform, data, and AI leaders to ensure integrated system development
• Oversee staff augmentation and external engineering resources
• Integrate contractors effectively into pod workflows and delivery processes
• Hire, develop, and retain Engineering Leads and broader engineering talent
• Own headcount planning, onboarding quality, and performance management
• Provide coaching and support to Engineering Leads as they grow their teams
• Build an organization capable of scaling with the product portfolio
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes, tools, and practices
• Maintain strong incident response, monitoring, and post-incident learning
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, quality, and developer experience
• Maintain a focus on long-term scalability and sustainability

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong technical foundation
• 5+ years of experience in engineering leadership roles, managing teams or organizations
• Proven experience leading engineering teams delivering multiple concurrent products
• Strong understanding of modern software development practices, including agile methodologies
• Experience defining and operating engineering processes at scale
• Ability to make informed technical and architectural decisions
• Experience managing engineering capacity, delivery timelines, and prioritization
• Strong leadership and people management skills, with experience developing senior engineers or leads
• Experience working closely with product management and architecture functions
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, modern application architectures, and AI-powered systems
• Experience managing external engineering resources or contractors
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience in AEC, engineering, or professional services environments