Senior Director, Engineering – ICM

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Lead the engineering team responsible for CaptivateIQ’s flagship Incentive Compensation Management (ICM) product.

• Establish the technical vision to transform ICM into an AI-driven platform while ensuring accuracy and maintaining customer trust.

• Own the engineering strategy for ICM, aligning it with company objectives, client needs, and the long-term direction of the platform.

• Identify opportunities and steer product development, including the integration of AI to enhance customer workflows.

• Recruit, nurture, and motivate engineering managers and senior technical leaders.

• Foster a culture of ownership, speed, and continuous improvement within the team.

• Design team structures and processes that adapt as the product matures.

• Guide architectural decisions by balancing speed, scalability, reliability, and maintainability.

• Identify potential risks, challenge assumptions, and elevate quality standards across the organization.

• Create alignment and set priorities across Engineering, Product, Design, and GTM teams.

• Make strategic trade-offs to enable teams to operate swiftly while upholding high-quality standards.

• Collaborate with Product, Design, GTM, and executive leadership to transform ambiguous opportunities into scalable products.

• Influence the engineering culture and organizational framework.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 15 years of experience in software engineering, including more than 6 years in leadership roles managing multiple engineering teams.

• Proven success in building and scaling high-performing teams.

• Experience in owning products from inception to completion and scaling existing systems effectively.

• Hands-on experience in delivering AI/ML-powered product features, preferably those based on large language models (LLMs).

• Demonstrated ability to measure and maintain the quality of AI/ML features.

• Strong technical instincts related to product architecture, infrastructure, reliability, and developer experience.

• Experience working closely with Product and Design, focusing on customer outcomes.

• Capability to create clarity in dynamic and uncertain environments.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience engaging with executive leadership.

• Preferred: experience in enterprise B2B SaaS, finance or compensation systems, or industries where calculation accuracy and auditability are crucial.

• Must be available for an on-call rotation for after-hours support.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for all full-time employees, with approximately 75% coverage for dependents.

• Flexible vacation policy.

• Quarterly mental health days.

• Annual professional development stipend.

• Annual caretaking stipend.

• Growing work anniversary bonuses based on tenure.

• 401(k) plan available for US employees.

• Access to the latest Apple hardware.

• Participation in Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).

• A supportive and inclusive community that promotes DEI goals.

• Competitive total rewards package.