Director of AI-Driven Engineering Practices

Elsevier; United States; Remote; USD 123,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

Elsevier is seeking a Director of Engineering Practices to raise architectural standards and embed AI-assisted development across the SDLC. You will partner with engineering leadership, architects, and product teams to drive consistency, quality, and continuous improvement at scale.

This global role blends hands-on tooling, governance, and strategic guidance, translating guardrails into actionable artifacts, promoting reusable components, and adopting modern practices across multiple product

Qualifications

• Solid knowledge of architectural and software development methodologies.
• Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices and AI-assisted development.
• Ability to quickly comprehend new technologies and translate them into workable tools and processes.
• Demonstrated ability to implement technical direction and standards across one or more product lines and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to translate technical findings into clear recommendations for engineering leadership.
• Strong working knowledge of architectural design and governance practices.
• Experience delivering complex projects and working directly with customers or internal stakeholders.
• Exceptional global applications will be considered - not relocation, but to work from current location.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical implementation of practices, processes, workflows, and tooling that improve product development.
• Own the translation of architecture standards, engineering best practices, and guardrails into actionable artifacts for the SDLC.
• Build and maintain tooling and processes that surface architectural and quality risks across the SDLC.
• Stay hands-on with tools, techniques, and AI coding capabilities used across product development, including reviewing code and prototyping.
• Help product development teams work through complex technical problems to drive cost efficient solutions.
• Own the technical implementation of decisions and best practices established by the Architecture Board.
• Drive adoption of internal engineering platforms, developer tooling, and reusable components within assigned teams.
• Identify and evaluate emerging technologies and engineering approaches to pilot improvements.

Job description

Elsevier is seeking a Director of Engineering Practices to raise architectural standards and embed AI-assisted development across the SDLC. You will partner with engineering leadership, architects, and product teams to drive consistency, quality, and continuous improvement at scale.

This global role blends hands-on tooling, governance, and strategic guidance, translating guardrails into actionable artifacts, promoting reusable components, and adopting modern practices across multiple product