Platform Engineering Leader — People, Performance & Strategy

Jobtailor; Missouri; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a Senior Director of Platform Engineering to lead and mentor the platform engineering organization, set strategic priorities, and drive performance improvements. The role emphasizes coaching, collaboration, and insourcing initiatives within a banking technology context.

The candidate will oversee HR processes, partner with technology and business teams, and guide cross-functional leaders through change while upholding risk and customer experience standards.

Qualifications

• 11-15 years of combined people leadership and hands-on experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and coach employees.
• Remove impediments to performance.
• Enable collaboration across teams.
• Lead the platform engineering craft.
• Share best practices.
• Execute insourcing strategies.
• Handle performance reviews, compensation, and other HR processes for the team.
• Collaborate across the Technology team and other internal groups.
• Participate in strategic planning.
• Supervise other people leaders and individual contributors.
• Identify, assess, manage, monitor, and report risks.
• Follow policies and procedures and maintain customer and colleague focus.
• Drive a positive customer experience while operating within the bank’s risk appetite.

Skills

People leadership

Coaching

Strategic thinking

Communication

Agile practices

Influence

Problem solving

Relationship building

Change management

Education

Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science or Information Systems

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a Senior Director of Platform Engineering to lead and mentor the platform engineering organization, set strategic priorities, and drive performance improvements. The role emphasizes coaching, collaboration, and insourcing initiatives within a banking technology context.

The candidate will oversee HR processes, partner with technology and business teams, and guide cross-functional leaders through change while upholding risk and customer experience standards.