Senior Director, Strategy & Transformation...
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Job description
The Senior Director, Strategy, Transformation & Enablement is a senior leadership role within the Chief Product & Technology organization. This leader will help shape platform and technology strategy, lead critical transformation initiatives, and establish the execution discipline needed to scale the organization effectively.
Working closely with product and engineering leadership, this role will co-lead platform strategy, drive technology strategy, oversee complex transformation programs such as migrations and technology rationalization, and manage a team of program managers delivering strategic initiatives. The role also leads SDLC process improvement and transformation, including the adoption of AI tools across engineering functions.
Key responsibilities** **1. Platform product strategy
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Partner with product leaders to help define and refine the IRM SaaS platform product strategy
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Translate strategic priorities into executable roadmaps and cross-functional initiatives
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Support prioritization decisions across platform capabilities, modernization efforts, and growth initiatives
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Help ensure alignment across product, engineering, architecture, and delivery teams
- Technology strategy
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Partner with the platform engineering leader to shape technology strategy
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Drive strategic planning around architecture evolution, platform modernization, and engineering transformation
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Help identify opportunities for simplification, standardization, scalability, and technical efficiency
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Support long-range planning for technology investments and rationalization
- Transformation leadership
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Lead enterprise-scale transformation initiatives across the product and technology organization
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Drive migration programs, technology rationalization efforts, and other strategic change initiatives
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Establish clear governance, milestones, risk management, and executive reporting for transformation work
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Ensure initiatives are delivered with strong accountability and cross-functional coordination
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Improve consistency in how large initiatives are planned, tracked, escalated, and delivered
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Drive organizational rigor across interdependencies, milestones, and change management
- Release Management and Platform Operations
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Oversee platform release trains, release governance, and cross-functional release readiness across the organization
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Drive discipline around SaaS platform upgrades, version management, deployment planning, and upgrade execution to ensure predictable, high-quality releases
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Partner across product, engineering, DevSecOps, and support teams to improve release coordination, operational readiness, and post-release stability
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Establish standard release processes, upgrade playbooks, and governance mechanisms to reduce risk and improve delivery consistency
- SDLC oversight and transformation
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Oversee SDLC processes across the product and technology organization
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Drive SDLC transformation to improve quality, speed, productivity, and engineering discipline
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Champion adoption of AI tools across software development workflows, including design, coding, testing, documentation, and delivery
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Establish best practices, governance, and measurement around AI-enabled engineering productivity
Requirements
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10+ years of experience in senior leadership positions including strategy, transformation, product operations, engineering operations, PMO, or related leadership roles
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Strong experience working in product and technology organizations, preferably in SaaS, enterprise software, or platform environments
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Proven experience leading large-scale transformation programs, including migrations, modernization, or technology rationalization initiatives
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Strong understanding of platform strategy, technology strategy, and software development lifecycle processes
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Experience driving SDLC transformation, engineering process improvement, or developer productivity initiatives
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Strong knowledge of AI tools used across software development workflows and a strong point of view on their operational adoption
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Experience building enablement or learning programs for internal delivery teams, Professional Services teams, or partner ecosystems
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Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, and organizational leadership skills
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Proven ability to combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution