***Position is bonus eligible***
Prestigious Financial Institution is currently seeking a Director of Platform Engineering Enablement with strong DevOps and CICD product experience. Candidate will be responsible for the strategy, roadmap, and execution of platform products that accelerate developer productivity and enable self-service capabilities across the organization. This portfolio includes Developer Experience, Delivery Enablement (inclusive of CICD, CICD Tools enablement, and Deployment Automation), and Infrastructure Enablement. In this role, you will have direct impact on hundreds of developers' daily experience and the organization's ability to deliver software quickly (from commit to deploy), safely, and efficiently. This is an opportunity to shape the future of engineering productivity and drive meaningful organizational transformation. This role supports our evolution to modern platform engineering practices and our commitment to developer experience excellence.
Responsibilities:
Product Strategy & Execution
Define product vision and maintain 12-18 month roadmap for Developer Enablement aligned with organizational objectives and industry best practices
Own and prioritize backlog for Developer Experience, Delivery Platform, and IaC Enablement
Write user stories, facilitate sprint planning, and drive elimination of manual release bottlenecks through automated, self-service capabilities
Consolidate fragmented CI/CD tooling and champion "golden path" principles
Stakeholder Management & Research
Serve as the voice of internal developers and DevOps practitioners
Conduct user research to understand pain points; build relationships across engineering, security, and business units
Present roadmaps and business cases to executive leadership; make data-driven trade-off decisions
Metrics, Collaboration & Adoption
Track and improve product health metrics including adoption, user satisfaction, and DORA metrics (deployment frequency, lead time, change failure rate, MTTR)
Partner with Infrastructure, Security, and Engineering teams to ensure seamless integration and technical alignment
Drive platform adoption through documentation, training, workshops, and developer communities
Key Accountabilities
Reduce developer time-to-productivity and increase deployment frequency • Meet platform SLO targets and achieve satisfaction goals • Optimize costs, minimize security vulnerabilities, and support compliance
Supervisory Responsibilities:
Supervises a team of 5 – 10 Platform Engineers
Qualifications:
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
Data-driven decision making and analytical thinking
Ability to translate technical concepts for executive audiences
Strong prioritization and trade-off decision making
Collaborative leadership style with ability to influence without authority
Customer-centric mindset with empathy for user needs
Strong experience in Modern Kubernetes environments and of the K8 ecosystem (Cloud Native Foundation projects like ArogCD, Flux, GitOps, etc)
Delivery experience in Developer Experience IDP platforms (Backstage, serice Catalogs) as well as other enabling solutions like custom CLIs
Technical Skills:
Strong understanding of developer workflows, tooling, and pain points
Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions, etc.) including automation of these platforms for self-service
Knowledge of infrastructure as code (Terraform, AWS operators, etc.)
Understanding of containerization and Kubernetes fundamentals
Experience with metrics, monitoring, and observability tools
Education and/or Experience:
15+ years of product management experience, preferably in platform engineering, DevOps, or developer tools
5+ years in people leadership or management
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
Proven track record of delivering complex technical products in enterprise environments
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and cloud platforms
Understanding of software development lifecycle and modern engineering practices
Experience working in regulated industries or with compliance requirements (preferred)
Product management certifications (e.g., Pragmatic Institute, SAFe) are a plus
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