Director Product & Engineering Operations

The Product & Engineering Operations team builds and continuously improves the operating model that connects product planning, project execution, development delivery, and organizational decision-making across R&D.
The Director of Product & Engineering Operations will own the vision, strategy, priorities, and operating model for the function. This leader will build and lead a team responsible for designing, deploying, measuring, and continuously improving company-wide product and development processes, workflows, systems, and execution mechanisms. Partnering with senior Product and Engineering leadership, the Director will translate business and R&D priorities into scalable operational capabilities and measurable improvements in execution.

What will your Job look like?

Build, lead, and develop a high-performing Product & Engineering Operations team, ensuring its structure and capabilities support organizational priorities.
Define and own the strategy and roadmap for operational excellence across Product, Development, Program Management, and Validation organizations.
Establish company-wide product and development operating models, processes, and governance mechanisms, with clear ownership and accountability.
Partner with senior Product and Engineering leaders to improve execution effectiveness, predictability, and organizational efficiency.
Direct a portfolio of strategic initiatives spanning workflows, planning systems, reporting systems, ALM tools, automation, and AI-enabled productivity.
Prioritize operational investments and team resources based on business impact, organizational needs, and adoption readiness.
Ensure processes support ASPICE and other applicable development standards while remaining practical and efficient for engineering teams.
Establish KPI frameworks, monitoring systems, executive dashboards, and operational review cadences that provide visibility into organizational health and support decision-making.
Use data and operational insights to identify systemic bottlenecks, prioritize improvements, and deliver measurable outcomes.
Lead organizational change, secure leadership alignment, and ensure sustained adoption of new ways of working.
Represent Product & Engineering Operations in senior leadership forums, communicating priorities, results, risks, and decisions requiring executive support
Set clear strategic direction, priorities, and accountability, with measurable success and continuous improvement.
Build strong team capabilities across process design, analytics, tooling, change management, and operational execution.
Drive cross-functional alignment and senior-level influence while balancing process discipline, compliance, and long-term capabilities with execution speed and business value.

All you need is:

10+ years of experience in Program Management, Engineering Operations, Product Operations, Development Leadership, or related functions, including substantial leadership responsibility.
Prior hands-on experience in Product Management or Software Development.
Proven experience building and leading teams and owning a function or significant cross-organizational portfolio.
Demonstrated success defining and executing company-wide operational strategies, process transformations, or systems initiatives with measurable results.
Strong understanding of software development and product development best practices.
Experience working within or alongside ASPICE, ISO 15288, ISO 26262, or comparable development frameworks, and translating their requirements into scalable ways of working.
Strong systems and tooling orientation, including planning, tracking, reporting, workflow, or ALM platforms.
Experience establishing KPI frameworks, dashboards, monitoring systems, and executive operational reviews.
Demonstrated ability to align senior stakeholders, manage competing priorities, and drive organizational change.
Exceptional analytical, stakeholder-management, and executive communication skills.

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