Senior Director of Engineering

Confidential; Singapore; On-site; SGD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential in Singapore seeks a Senior Director of Engineering to lead engineering and product teams, owning product strategy, technology direction, and execution. Translate business priorities and customer needs into reliable, scalable products delivering measurable results.

The role requires a leader with strong technical depth, product judgment, and experience building high-performing teams. You will shape roadmaps, strengthen engineering capabilities, and drive accountability from

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering organizations or complex digital products.
• Ability to own product strategy and roadmaps with engineering alignment.
• Track record delivering measurable customer and business outcomes.
• Strong depth in software architecture and modern engineering practices.
• Sound judgment translating customer insights to investment decisions.
• Experience leading multiple teams including hiring and development.
• Proven ability to scale teams and platforms while maintaining quality and reliability.
• Good communication and ability to influence executive decisions.
• Experience operating in fast-moving multi-market environments.
• Degree in CS/Engineering or related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering and product strategy with a shared vision across functions.
• Own the product lifecycle from discovery to delivery with clear success measures.
• Balance customer value, commercial impact, and feasibility in decisions.
• Set technical direction for architecture, platforms, and standards.
• Improve delivery predictability, quality, and speed through execution.
• Hire, coach and retain leaders to build a culture of ownership and collaboration.
• Use research and analytics to validate opportunities and evaluate performance.
• Manage budgets, capacity planning, and organization design across teams.
• Collaborate with business units to resolve trade-offs and communicate progress.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to enhance customer experiences and capabilities.

Skills

Leadership

Product strategy

Software architecture

Distributed systems

Stakeholder management

Hiring managers

Education

CS/Engineering degree or equivalent

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Director of Engineering to lead both engineering and product teams. This leader will own product strategy, technology direction, and execution, translating business priorities and customer needs into reliable, scalable products that deliver measurable results.

The role requires a leader with strong technical depth, product judgment, and experience building high-performing teams. Working closely with executive leadership and business stakeholders, you will shape the product roadmap, strengthen engineering capabilities, and drive accountability from discovery through delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering and product strategy: Establish a shared vision across both functions, aligning technology investments and product priorities with business goals and customer needs.
• Own the product lifecycle: Guide customer discovery, roadmap development, prioritization, delivery, and continuous improvement, with clear measures of success.
• Drive business outcomes: Balance customer value, commercial impact, technical feasibility, and investment requirements when making product and technology decisions.
• Set technical direction: Oversee architecture, platform development, and engineering standards to support scalability, reliability, security, and long-term maintainability.
• Strengthen execution: Establish clear ownership and effective planning across product and engineering, improving delivery predictability, quality, and speed.
• Build and develop teams: Hire, coach, and retain engineering and product leaders, strengthen succession planning, and create a culture of ownership and collaboration.
• Champion customer insight and experimentation: Use research, analytics, and experimentation to validate opportunities and evaluate product performance.
• Lead resource allocation: Manage budgets, organizational design, and capacity planning, balancing near-term delivery with longer-term capability building.
• Partner across the business: Work closely with commercial, operations, finance, and other stakeholders to resolve trade-offs and communicate progress, risks, and investment decisions.
• Advance innovation: Assess and adopt emerging technologies, including AI, where they improve customer experiences, product capabilities, or team effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering organizations, including senior leadership responsibility for complex digital products or platforms.
• Demonstrated ownership of product strategy and roadmaps, with experience leading product teams alongside engineering.
• A track record of delivering measurable customer and business outcomes through product development and technology execution.
• Strong technical depth in software architecture, distributed systems, and modern engineering practices.
• Sound product judgment, with the ability to turn customer insights and business priorities into focused investment and delivery decisions.
• Experience leading managers and senior leaders across multiple teams, including hiring, performance management, and organizational development.
• Proven ability to scale teams and platforms while maintaining quality, reliability, and operational discipline.
• Strong commercial acumen, with experience managing budgets, capacity, and competing priorities.
• Clear communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence executive decisions and explain complex trade-offs.
• Experience operating in a fast-moving, multi-market environment is preferred.
• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.