Director, Engineering Operations & Strategy

Description

The company builds artificial intelligence that makes the physical world respond to people. Its products span parking, mobility, and real estate, with work that moves parking into a drive-in, drive-out experience for millions of Members.

The company is also extending its intelligence layer into retail and hospitality. The team is made up of product leaders and engineers working across these areas.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of cross-department engineering processes such as hiring, onboarding, and training, and keep them consistent as the organization grows.
• Manage a P&L budget of $50M to $100M+, allocating resources to support senior corporate goals.
• Forecast spend with critical vendors such as AWS and Twilio, track trends, and flag risks or opportunities early.
• Lead strategic engineering decisions, including M&A due diligence and major vendor migrations, working closely with senior executives.
• Own all vendor management for engineering, from contract negotiation and renewals to vendor performance and daily relationships.
• Break down complex operational problems into simple, practical solutions without waiting for direction from above.
• Align senior leaders on decisions with many stakeholders and high risk.
• Keep teams moving quickly, acting on incomplete information when the direction is right.
• Use curiosity and proven methods to break down silos, question the status quo, and align teams across functions.
• Predict operational trends and recommend proactive changes rather than routine upkeep.

Requirements

• You have 6+ years in demanding, high-intensity environments and 2+ years of hands-on engineering experience in software or a similar field.
• You have a consistent record of pushing through obstacles to finish difficult work, driven by real care for the outcome. Management consulting, investment banking, or strategic finance backgrounds are common but not required.
• You have led a strategic function with significant autonomy, managed resources, and owned organizational results.
• You build trust with technical teams and influence them without formal authority.
• You have owned meaningful budget or resource decisions in a high-growth or complex organization and prefer action over waiting for complete information.
• You perform well in fast-moving, ambiguous settings and make sound calls with partial data.
• You can turn complex operational or technical topics into clear reasoning for senior and C-level stakeholders.
• You turn high-level business goals into concrete execution plans that account for wide organizational impact.
• You are highly skilled at using AI tools and frameworks to improve technology operations, technical evaluations, and cross-functional workflows.
• Plus: an MBA from a top-tier business program.
• Plus: an engineering degree.
• Plus: experience in high-growth technology scale-ups or pre-IPO companies.
• Plus: direct involvement in M&A technology due diligence, corporate restructuring, or integration strategy.
• Plus: experience with modern engineering workflows, cloud platforms such as AWS, or AI tooling.

Conditions

This is a director role with high autonomy, leading engineering operations and strategy at a hyper-growth company.

The role is office-first, requiring on-site presence at least four days a week.

The anticipated base salary is $220,000 to $260,000 USD per year. Final pay depends on qualifications, years of relevant experience, distinctive skills, education, certifications or licenses, and location of residence or employment.

An automated tool may assist in reviewing applications against job requirements, and candidate data is kept for as long as reasonably necessary.

Benefits

• Healthcare coverage.
• 401(k) plan.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Basic life insurance.
• A stock option plan.
• Bonus plans, among other total compensation elements.