Shield AI
Director, Engineering Excellence & Enablement
Washington, D.C. · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of engineering leadership, technical program management, engineering operations, or related experience.
About the job
Leads initiatives and operating practices that improve engineering effectiveness, execution predictability, organizational health, and alignment across the company.
What you'll do
- Develop engineering operating models, planning processes, governance, and organizational rhythms.
- Drive engineering excellence initiatives, metrics, and improvements to productivity, quality, reliability, and execution.
- Lead cross-functional engineering programs, including AI enablement, and coordinate reporting, risks, and stakeholders.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of engineering leadership, technical program management, engineering operations, or related experience.
- Demonstrated success leading large-scale cross-functional initiatives in complex technology organizations.
- Experience establishing engineering operating models, governance, planning processes, and execution frameworks.
- Strong understanding of modern software engineering organizations, Agile development, DevOps, and engineering metrics in the Aerospace & Defense industry.
Nice to have
- Experience partnering directly with VP or C-level technology executives.
- Experience scaling engineering organizations through rapid growth or transformation; familiarity with developer productivity and organizational effectiveness measurement.
Tools
Agile, DevOps
AI focus
Drive strategic programs such as AI enablement.
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