Senior Director Software Engineering - Digital Marketing

Bachelor's degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of professional experience and/or training.

15+ years of software engineering, application development, product engineering, or related technology experience.

5+ years of people leadership experience, including responsibility for hiring, developing, evaluating, and leading engineering teams.

Demonstrated experience leading multiple software engineering teams through engineering managers or other people leaders.

Significant experience leading engineering for customer-facing websites, digital experiences, digital marketing platforms, eCommerce, digital publishing, or other high-visibility web products.

Strong experience with enterprise Content Management Systems (CMS) and content-driven web architectures.

Strong understanding of modern web engineering, APIs, cloud platforms, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, security, accessibility, SEO, analytics, reliability, and performance.

Demonstrated experience partnering with Marketing, Product Management, Design, Content, Sales, and other business stakeholders to establish priorities and deliver measurable business outcomes.

Demonstrated ability to translate marketing and product objectives into scalable engineering strategies and technology roadmaps.

Experience applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Generative AI to digital products, content operations, marketing workflows, search, personalization, automation, or engineering productivity.

Strong software engineering foundation and technical credibility to guide architecture and engineering decisions while operating primarily through engineering managers, architects, and senior engineers.

Experience with organizational design, workforce planning, budgeting, performance management, and succession planning.

Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, executive presence, emotional intelligence, and ability to influence across technical and business organizations.

Strong customer and business orientation with demonstrated ability to connect engineering decisions to measurable customer and business outcomes.

Experience with Drupal or comparable enterprise CMS platforms; Drupal experience is strongly preferred.

Experience with Digital Asset Management (DAM) platforms and modern content publishing workflows.

Experience in Financial Services, Retirement Services, FinTech, Insurance, or another regulated industry.

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, religion, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law.