Director of Product & Cloud Engineering

BI WORLDWIDE; Edina (MN); Presencial; USD 180.000 - 260.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

BI WORLDWIDE is seeking a Director of Product and Cloud Engineering to lead the engineering organization powering our recognition and rewards platform. You will mentor engineering managers, steer sprint delivery, and drive cloud governance, security, and cost controls as we migrate from on-premises to the cloud.

The ideal candidate brings deep software engineering background, extensive AWS experience, and a proven ability to influence across product, security, and client teams.

Formación

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years leading engineering teams.
• Experience leading sprint-based SDLC with predictable delivery.
• Strong cloud (AWS) governance, security, and cost management experience.
• BA/BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Responsabilidades

• Lead product engineering managers, UX designers, and Cloud Engineering team; hire, develop, and retain talent.
• Mentor engineering managers and ensure teams own their areas and run a sprint-based SDLC.
• Set cross-team priorities and maintain a predictable product roadmap.
• Own platform health: reliability, performance, and disaster recovery.
• Partner with Product, Client Services, Sales, and offshore teams to deliver roadmap commitments.
• Oversee Cloud governance across teams, including FinOps, tagging, IAM, and security baselines.
• Establish a Cloud Center of Excellence and drive cloud standards cross-functionally.
• Oversee migration of applications from private data centers to the cloud.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Cloud engineering

AWS Expertise

FinOps

DevOps

SDLC Leadership

Educación

BA/BS in Computer Science or Engineering

Herramientas

IAM

Cloud Security

Descripción del empleo

Our Corporate Product Development team is seeking interest for a Director of Product & Cloud Engineering.

The Director of Product & Cloud Engineering leads Product Development, the engineering team that builds and runs BI WORLDWIDE's recognition and rewards platform. This role is responsible for leading and mentoring engineering managers and teams while owning how BI WORLDWIDE governs, secures, and manages the cost of its cloud environment as the organization moves out of its data center.

The ideal candidate is a proven engineering leader who develops managers, stays technical enough to make the hard calls, and brings strong cloud (AWS) governance, security, and cost management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead product engineering managers, UX designers, and Cloud Engineering team; hire, develop, and retain strong talent.
• Mentor and coach engineering managers as they own their areas and run a sprint-based SDLC.
• Set cross-team priorities and make the trade-offs that keep the product roadmap predictable.
• Own product platform health, including reliability, performance, and disaster recovery.
• Partner with Product, Client Services, Sales, and offshore engineering teams to deliver roadmap commitments.
• Own Cloud governance across teams, including cost management (FinOps), tagging, account structure, and access management.
• Partner with BI WORLDWIDE's Security team to keep the cloud environment secure, monitored, and compliant.
• Establish and lead a Cloud Center of Excellence that sets shared cloud standards cross functionally.
• Oversee the task force moving applications from private data center to the cloud.
• Provide director-level communication, status reporting, and escalation management to leadership.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years leading engineering teams and leading engineering managers.
• Proven leader and mentor of direct reports, with a track record of building strong teams.
• Experience leading multiple teams through a sprint-based SDLC with predictable delivery.
• Deep software engineering background; highly technical and credible with engineers and architects.
• 5+ years of hands-on cloud (AWS) experience and strong knowledge of cloud engineering and DevOps.
• Cloud governance experience, including FinOps, tagging, IAM, and security baselines, with strong knowledge of cloud and infrastructure security.
• Ability to influence teams and leaders who do not report to you.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, including experience with executive audiences and clients.
• BA/BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience migrating applications and databases from on-premise data centers to the cloud is a plus.

What Success Looks Like

• Maintains a strong product engineering team whose managers grow and own their areas.
• Delivers the product roadmap predictably while keeping the platform stable and secure.