Sr. Director, Software Engineering - Digital Product Engineering

The role

You will lead the Digital Product Engineering organization responsible for software platforms covering the customer lifecycle from discovery to service. You will define long-term technology strategy, scale engineering talent, and drive AI-enabled software engineering and digital products.

What you will do

• Lead and scale multiple software engineering organizations through a team of Directors, managers, and senior technical leaders.
• Establish organizational strategy, operating models, staffing plans, budget priorities, and delivery governance.
• Build a high-performing engineering culture focused on accountability, ownership, quality, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Define and execute the long-term engineering vision supporting Scout's digital ecosystem.
• Drive platform modernization, cloud adoption, scalability, resilience, performance, and security initiatives.
• Define the organization's strategy for AI-assisted and agentic software development.
• Drive the architecture and adoption of AI-native capabilities across digital products and internal platforms.
• Partner with Product leadership to align engineering investments with product strategy.
• Own execution across a broad portfolio of digital products and platforms.
• Recruit, retain, and develop exceptional engineering talent and leadership.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or substantial experience working in the software engineering field.
• 15+ years of software engineering experience with progressively increasing leadership responsibility.
• 8+ years of engineering leadership experience managing managers and senior leaders.
• Demonstrated success leading large engineering organizations through multiple levels of management.
• Experience leading Directors and organizations consisting of multiple engineering teams and functions.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale customer-facing digital products and platforms.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures, APIs, microservices, mobile applications, web platforms, integrations, and modern software development practices.
• Experience establishing engineering strategy and operating models for high-growth organizations.
• Exceptional communication, executive presence, organizational, and leadership skills.

Nice to have

• Experience building and scaling e-commerce solutions, digital commerce platforms, and customer-facing transactional experiences.
• Experience supporting customer experience, ownership, service, and digital engagement platforms.
• Experience supporting mobile applications, customer identity platforms, CRM ecosystems, and enterprise integrations.
• Experience leading geographically distributed engineering organizations.
• Experience driving organizational transformation and technology modernization initiatives.
• Experience establishing AI-assisted software development practices or integrating generative AI, intelligent agents, and AI models into digital products and platforms.
• MBA or advanced technical degree

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and income protection plans
• 401(k) program with employer match and immediate vesting
• 20 days planned PTO, as accrued
• 40 hours of unplanned PTO
• 14 company or floating holidays, annually
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents of all genders
• Paid leave for bereavement, jury duty, voting time, or military leave
• Corporate Vehicle Program with eligibility for 1 assigned vehicle
• Mobility stipend

Before you apply

• Applicants must be 18 years of age or older.
• This role is not eligible for remote work in New York City.

About the company

Scout Motors is carrying forward the heritage of an iconic American vehicle brand by electrifying and digitizing it. The company empowers inclusive and entrepreneurial teams to innovate and shape the future of transportation.