Vice President, Solution Architecture

Who We Are:

SiriusXM and its brands (Pandora, SiriusXM Media, AdsWizz, Simplecast, and SiriusXM Connect) are leading a new era of audio entertainment and services by delivering the most compelling subscription and ad-supported audio entertainment experience for listeners -- in the car, at home, and anywhere on the go with connected devices. Our vision is to shape the future of audio, where everyone can be effortlessly connected to the voices, stories and music they love wherever they are.

This is the place where a diverse group of emerging talent and legends alike come to share authentic and purposeful songs, stories, sounds and insights through some of the best programming and technology in the world. Our critically-acclaimed, industry-leading audio entertainment encompasses music, sports, comedy, news, talk, live events, and podcasting. No matter their individual role, each of our employees plays a vital part in bringing SiriusXM's vision to life every day.

SiriusXM is the leading audio entertainment company in North America, and the premier programmer and platform for subscription and digital advertising-supported audio products. SiriusXM's platforms collectively reach approximately 150 million listeners, the largest digital audio audience across paid and free tiers in North America, and deliver music, sports, talk, news, comedy, entertainment and podcasts. Pandora, a subsidiary of SiriusXM, is the largest ad-supported audio entertainment streaming service in the U.S. SiriusXM's subsidiaries Simplecast and AdsWizz make it a leader in podcast hosting, production, distribution, analytics and monetization. The Company's advertising sales organization, which operates as SiriusXM Media, leverages its scale, cross-platform sales organization and ad tech capabilities to deliver results for audio creators and advertisers. SiriusXM, through SiriusXM Canada Holdings, Inc., also offers satellite radio and audio entertainment in Canada. In addition to its audio entertainment businesses, SiriusXM offers connected vehicle services to automakers.

How you'll make an impact:

As the Vice President of Solution Architecture, you will lead a team of experts to create innovative, consistent, scalable and efficient architectural solutions for delivering SiriusXM services to automotive customers. You will closely collaborate with product management teams, engineering teams, business stakeholders and customers to ensure the best implementations and designs. You will drive increasing levels of quality and performance by driving the modernization of our technology platforms and introducing state-of-the-art tools and processes throughout the organization. Having a key role in the implementation of our product strategy, you will be the bridge providing technical communications and idea sharing across our product and technical teams, and enable our customer-facing teams to evangelize our solutions and support customer projects.

What you'll do:

• Lead, manage and develop a group of Solution Architects and experts to derive the next generation of SiriusXM architecture concepts and designs for the automotive market, while ensuring current architectures are implemented correctly by engineering teams.
• Work cross functionally to ensure customers have a consistent or appropriate experience in the vehicle as related to other channels, such as mobile apps, smart speakers and smart TV's.
• Develop complete end-to-end technical solutions that include platforms for satellite, streaming, cloud / edge, and client components.
• Develop technology roadmaps to ensure SiriusXM stays competitive as a technology leader.
• Interact with customers, industry leaders and key stakeholders on their future designs and drive those concepts into SiriusXM's product and technology roadmaps.
• Review feature and technical concepts of each program and ensure communication of associated designs and concepts to all development and engineering teams.
• Update and continuously improve the architecture and feature development process; enable cross functional and cross program learnings. Drive and implement architectural best practices cross-functionally.
• Engage in the earliest phases of feature ideation with product development leaders.
• Invent and investigate new strategies, process, technology, features, and revenue streams, and cultivate the team to do the same. Work cross functionally to determine, with data, which of these to prioritize and pursue.
• Lead from the front, by taking on responsibility as solution architect for specific features, architecting end-to-end solutions across all technical domains.
• Interface with senior leadership. Present projects to executive management and the product board with data and rationale for strategic decision making.

What you'll need:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• 15+ years of overall experience in leading Systems Design, Systems Engineering or Software Architecture teams.
• Experience leading teams responsible for architecture and development of large scale, highly efficient, reliable and manageable content delivery systems.
• A technical understanding of the automotive infotainment market, including relevant operating systems, legacy vehicle architectures, and Software Defined Vehicle architectures.
• A thorough understanding of internet architecture, content streaming and related topics.
• Experience building systems that provide low latency delivery of large scale live and on-demand events.
• High comfort with technical complexity and ambiguity, and an interest to pioneer.
• Exceptional communication, cross-discipline collaboration and leadership skills.
• Passion for excellence and getting things done.
• Also have a working knowledge of:
  
  • Diverse platforms and programming languages
  • Mobile app development
  • Cloud technology
  • Modern software development, program management and QA tools
  • State of the art security engineering practices and issues.
  • Log analysis tools
• Master's Degree, preferably in Engineering or Computer Science, preferred
• Have launched multiple Digital Cockpit or Infotainment Systems as an OEM or Tier 1 supplier.
• Knowledge of mobile communications and Over-the-Air update capabilities in the automotive industry.
• Knowledge of geo-stationary satellite broadcast technology and Low Earth Orbit satellite communication technology.
• Knowledge of Application-specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) technology, development lifecycle and supply chain
• Willing to travel 15-30%, primarily domestically with occasional international travel.
• Willing to work in a SiriusXM office or in a hybrid fashion combined with a home office.
• Must have a legal right to work in the U.S.

At SiriusXM, we carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, including your background and experience. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary. We expect the base salary for this position to be inthe range of $213,200 to $250,000 and will depend on your skills, qualifications, and experience. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives. We encourage all interested candidates to apply.

Our goal at SiriusXM is to provide and maintain a work environment that fosters mutual respect, professionalism and cooperation. SiriusXM is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, gender identity, marital status, familial status, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

The requirements and duties described above may be modified or waived by the Company in its sole discretion without notice.

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