Senior Director, Product Development
Job Location:
El Segundo, CA - USA
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Job Summary
The Senior Director Product Development is the single point of accountability for on-time delivery of the entire DIRECTV product roadmap across three platforms Satellite Streaming Managed Hardware Gemini and BYOD Platforms Roku Tizen FireTV Android Apple LG and Vizio. The role serves as the Product organizations escalation authority with Engineering VPs and leads a multi-Director manager-of-managers organization delivering against a multi-million-dollar annual Engineering budget.
Key Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end Product delivery across three distinct platforms Satellite Streaming Managed Hardware Gemini and BYOD Platforms Roku Tizen FireTV Android Apple LG and Vizio as the single point of accountability for on-time execution of the DIRECTV product roadmap.
- Serve as the delivery escalation authority for Product and for dependent Advertising Commercial and adjacent platform roadmaps partnering with and holding accountable VP- and AVP-level Engineering leaders when execution is at risk.
- Lead and develop a manager-of-managers organization of multiple Directors and a sizable team of Product Owners/Managers a significant share of them vendor/contingent resources including active vendor and budget management.
- Direct delivery of a high-volume roadmap spanning hundreds of epics and thousands of features and user stories across multiple Program Increments each year owning Program Increment planning inspection and story-quality standards.
- Own Product delivery against a multi-million-dollar annual Engineering budget reviewing vendor/contingent budgets quarterly and setting platform KPI standards and delivery governance.
Requirements
Experience
- 15 years product development experience including leading teams in a large matrixed technology or media organization. Of those 4 years experience as software engineer/ developer.
- Proven accountability for product delivery at scale and for managing a multi-million-dollar engineering/vendor budget.
- Track record of leading vendor- and contingent-worker-heavy organizations including vendor selection performance and budget management.
- Demonstrated success operating as a senior escalation authority negotiating and driving delivery with VP- and AVP-level engineering and cross-functional partners.
Education
- Bachelors degree in a business engineering computer science or related field required.
Skills
- Deep expertise in Agile/SAFe delivery at scale Program Increment (PI) planning epic/feature/story management inspection and delivery governance.
- Strong executive presence and cross-functional influence with the peer standing and communication skills to hold senior-level partners accountable.
- Rigorous program and budget management with a data-driven approach to platform KPIs story quality and throughput.
System Knowledge
- Working knowledge of Agile delivery and story-quality tooling and enterprise backlog/roadmap management platforms (e.g. Confluence/Jira/Azure DevOps-class tools).
- Familiarity with the relevant platform environments Satellite Streaming Managed Hardware Gemini and BYOD Platforms Roku Tizen FireTV Android Apple LG and Vizio.
- Knowledge on how to leverage Claude ChatGPT and/or CoPilot to enhance product development/ management deliverables and processes.
May require a background check due to job duties requiring routine access to DIRECTV and DIRECTV customers proprietary data. Qualified applicants with arrest and conviction will be considered for employment in accordance with local ordinances and state law.
This role requires but is not limited to minimal travel approximately once every 1 2 months depending on location.
This is a remote position that can be located anywhere in the United States with the exception of Alaska. #LI-Remote
A career with us comes with big rewards:
DIRECTVs compensation structure is designed to be market-competitive and fully supports efforts to attract and retain employees. It is the companys policy to offer pay that is competitive with other employers in the local market. Our salary ranges are determined by role level and location.
The Base Salary range displayed below reflects the minimum and maximum target salary for each of DIRECTVs 4 (four) US Labor Market Zones. Within the range individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors including job-related skills experience and relevant education or training.
DIRECTV WAGE ZONES: $162593 - $295113
Low (N1): $162593 - $243789
Mid (N2): $171150 - $256620
High (N3): $188265 - $282282
Top (N4): $196823 - $295113
Please note that the salary ranges reflect base salary only and do not include bonus or benefits - when you consider all of these together it represents a pretty impressive total compensation package.
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