E1E1 — Director (Executive)
Engineering Leadership – Development Engineering Director+ E1
A high-level engineering leadership role responsible for overseeing the development of products or systems across multiple disciplines and functional areas.
What this level means
Executive-level director owning a significant function with strategic authority.
- Scope
- A significant function with strategic authority
- Autonomy
- Sets functional strategy
- Complexity
- Strategic and cross-functional
- Impact
- Function-wide enterprise impact
- Decision rights
- Owns strategy and investment for the function
- Leadership
- Executive leadership of a function
- Typical experience
- 12–18 yrs
What you'd do
- Establish the technical vision and strategic direction for multiple engineering teams or projects
- Lead and own cross-functional projects that span software, hardware, mechanical, or other engineering disciplines
- Oversee the end-to-end development lifecycle of products or systems from concept through launch
- Manage and mentor a diverse engineering organization
- Implement advanced engineering processes and best practices
- Chair technical decision-making forums and govern the architecture/design choices for major projects
- Establish and communicate technical vision
- Lead cross-functional engineering projects
- Oversee product development lifecycle
- Mentor engineering teams
- Implement best practices in engineering
- Chair technical forums
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Technical vision development
- Leadership in engineering
- Cross-disciplinary project management
- Advanced engineering process implementation
- Strategic decision-making
- Mentoring
- Communication
- Architecture governance
- Engineering principles
- Product lifecycle management
- Cross-disciplinary engineering
- Strategic leadership
- Advanced engineering processes
- Technical decision-making
- Mentorship techniques
- Project governance
- High-level of business acumen combined with technical vision
- Exceptional leadership abilities in managing people and projects
- Excellent communication skills
- Strategic Thinking
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Decision-making
- Mentorship
- Project management
What good looks like
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering field
- 12+ years of progressive experience in engineering roles
- Advanced degree strongly preferred
- Experience leading complex projects involving hardware and software
Common titles
Engineering Leadership – Development Engineering Director+ E1Executive Band
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
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