Senior Director Product Engineering – Fleet (mfd)

SIXT runs one of Europes largest mobility fleets on a platform that scaled with the business but hasnt fully modernized with it legacy elements meeting a modern cloud platform and 30 product surfaces accumulated rather than evolved. A structured Fleet Ops landscape assessment has set the destination and a credible path. The role of Senior Director Product Engineering Fleet (m/f/d) is the chapter that builds it.

You dont hand the target architecture to someone else to build. You own it end-to-end from problem framing to production reality across product engineering business and the organisational reshape it demands. You hold the pen on every strategic call: start stop replace defer. That rare mandate is exactly what were hiring for. Sounds interesting Apply and join us in our Headquarters in Pullach near Munich!

YOUR ROLE AT SIXT

• Own the Transformation End-to-End You are the executive owner of the Fleet Ops target architecture accountable for turning it into production reality across the full lifecycle Vehicle Creation Purchasing Central Fleet Ops Logistics and Fleet Steering & Analytics
• Hold the Pen on Strategy You sequence the roadmap across teams sign off or redirect every investment on architectural fit and arbitrate trade-offs when teams or markets pull in different directions. Every strategic call is yours recorded in writing and traceable to the target
• Stand Up the Architecture and Keep It Honest You build the canonical data and event backbone the target depends on collapse 30 fragmented surfaces into a small opinionated set and drive legacy decommissioning on a dated schedule. The target is a living artefact you pressure-test against new evidence not a one-off deliverable
• Lead Stakeholders and the Org Reshape You run the strategic forums brief the executive committee on progress and trade-offs and partner with lifecycle business owners and country GMs standing up capability-aligned end-to-end teams with named accountable leaders.

YOUR SKILLS MATTER

• Product Engineering Depth in One Person Deep product judgement problem framing prioritisation surface consolidation the willingness to retire what no longer earns its place paired with equally deep engineering credibility in system design data and event architecture legacy modernisation and delivery at scale
• Strategic Execution You sequence multi-team roadmaps make irreversible start/stop/replace decisions and run a single quarterly platform roadmap under one accountable owner
• Legacy Modernisation at Scale Youve migrated real systems off mainframe and legacy estates run dated sunset plans and shipped platform building blocks into production not slideware
• Executive Stakeholder Management You hold alignment across leadership engineering business and country GMs and translate platform decisions into business language
• Language Fluent English required. German is a plus

WHAT WE OFFER

• Extra benefits Enjoy discounts on SIXT rent share ride and SIXT attractive vehicle leasing offers and exclusive deals with partners for travel tech fashion and more
• AI at your fingertips From day one youll have access to Claude by Anthropic and SIXTgpt SIXTs own AI platform to supercharge your work. We invest in every team members AI journey: encouraging experimentation building knowledge and making sure youre ahead of the curve
• Mobility boost We support your mobility with a company car
• Future security We contribute to your retirement plan and support you with capital-forming benefits to ensure you are well covered
• Feel-good atmosphere Stay active with our modern SIXT gym various leisure activities like the gaming area or the SIXT choir and enjoy our high-quality employee restaurant
• Flexibility Enjoy 30 days of vacation and a hybrid working model with flexible hours
• Giving back Take one day each year to volunteer at a charitable organization dedicated to supporting children

Additional Information :

About us:

We are a globally leading mobility service provider with a revenue of 4.00 billion and around 9000 employees worldwide. Our mobility platform ONE combines our products SIXT rent (car rental) SIXT share (car sharing) SIXT ride (taxi ride and chauffeur services) and SIXT (car subscription) giving our customers access to our fleet of 350000 vehicles the services of 4000 cooperation partners and around 5 million drivers worldwide. Together with our franchise partners we are present in more than 110 countries at 2000 rental stations. At SIXT top-tier customer experience and outstanding customer service are our highest priorities. We believe in true entrepreneurship and long-term stability and align our corporate strategy with foresight. Get started with us and apply now!

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