Shield AI
Director, Engineering Excellence & Enablement
$210K–$320K
Washington, D.C. · On-site · Director · Full-time · Posted Jul 22, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years in engineering leadership, technical program management, engineering operations, or related experience.
About the job
Leads engineering strategy, operating practices, and cross-functional programs to improve organizational effectiveness, delivery predictability, and engineering excellence.
What you'll do
- Develop engineering operating models, planning processes, governance, and organizational rhythms with the VP of Engineering.
- Drive initiatives in developer productivity, quality, reliability, operational maturity, and continuous improvement.
- Lead enterprise engineering programs and improve execution, metrics, and organizational effectiveness across teams.
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 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.
Pay
USD 210,000–320,000 per-year-salary; base salary
Tools
Agile, DevOps
AI focus
Drive strategic programs such as AI enablement.
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