Senior Director, Engineering - ICM

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Director, Engineering – ICM based in the Canada.

As Senior Director of Engineering for Incentive Compensation Management (ICM), you will lead the engineering organization responsible for developing and scaling a mission-critical enterprise software platform. You will define the technical vision and engineering strategy for a flagship product, driving its evolution toward AI-powered capabilities while maintaining the highest standards of accuracy, reliability, and performance. Leading multiple engineering teams and managers, you will foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement. Working closely with Product, Design, Go-to-Market, and executive leadership, you will translate complex business opportunities into scalable technology solutions. You will also play a central role in developing future engineering leaders, optimizing organizational structures, and strengthening technical excellence. This is a high-impact leadership opportunity within a fast-growing SaaS environment where technology, AI, and enterprise performance management intersect.

Accountabilities:

- Define and own the engineering strategy and technical roadmap for the Incentive Compensation Management (ICM) product, ensuring alignment with business priorities, customer requirements, and long-term platform objectives.

- Lead the evolution of the product toward AI-native capabilities, identifying opportunities to integrate artificial intelligence into compensation plan design, calculations, payout workflows, and other customer-facing processes.

- Establish robust quality assurance, testing, and evaluation frameworks to ensure AI-powered features deliver reliable, accurate, and trustworthy customer outcomes.

- Oversee the development and scaling of complex enterprise systems where calculation accuracy, data integrity, performance, and reliability are critical.

- Guide architectural decisions and technical investments, balancing development speed with scalability, maintainability, infrastructure resilience, and long-term product quality.

- Recruit, develop, mentor, and inspire engineering managers and senior technical leaders, building a high-performing organization capable of delivering ambitious product and technology objectives.

- Design and evolve engineering team structures, responsibilities, ownership models, and operating processes as the product and organization mature.

- Foster a strong engineering culture centered on accountability, technical excellence, innovation, delivery velocity, and continuous improvement.

- Maintain sufficient technical involvement to identify architectural risks, challenge assumptions, guide critical decisions, and ensure engineering standards remain consistently high.

- Establish clear priorities and alignment across Engineering, Product, Design, and Go-to-Market teams to ensure coordinated execution and successful product delivery.

- Make strategic trade-offs and remove organizational or technical obstacles, enabling teams to move efficiently while maintaining high quality standards.

- Build strong partnerships with executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders, translating technical strategy into business impact.

- Identify opportunities to improve engineering productivity through AI-powered development tools, automation, and modern engineering practices.

- Oversee operational reliability and participate in the escalation and support framework for critical production issues, including the required after-hours on-call rotation.

Requirements:

- At least 15 years of professional software engineering experience, including 6 or more years leading engineering managers and multi-team engineering organizations.

- Proven track record of building, scaling, and leading high-performing engineering teams within complex technology environments.

- Demonstrated experience owning software products end to end, from technical strategy and architecture through development, deployment, and ongoing optimization.

- Strong experience scaling enterprise software systems while maintaining high standards of reliability, performance, security, and maintainability.

- Hands-on experience delivering AI- and machine learning-powered product capabilities, ideally involving Large Language Models (LLMs).

- Understanding of AI product evaluation, quality measurement, monitoring, and continuous improvement to ensure trustworthy customer-facing functionality.

- Experience applying AI to improve engineering productivity, development workflows, or organizational efficiency is an advantage.

- Strong technical expertise across software architecture, infrastructure, system reliability, scalability, and developer experience.

- Ability to provide strategic technical direction while maintaining sufficient technical depth to engage effectively with engineers and challenge complex architectural decisions.

- Proven ability to collaborate closely with Product and Design teams, prioritizing customer outcomes and business value beyond purely technical objectives.

- Strong organizational leadership skills, including experience developing managers, establishing clear ownership, and adapting team structures to evolving business requirements.

- Ability to create clarity, establish priorities, and drive execution in fast-moving environments characterized by complexity and ambiguity.

- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills, including experience influencing and collaborating with executive leadership.

- Strong strategic thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving capabilities.

Additional advantages:

- Experience within enterprise B2B SaaS organizations.

- Background in financial technology, incentive compensation management, sales performance management, or other domains where calculation accuracy, transparency, and auditability are essential.

- Experience leading engineering organizations through significant product transformations or the introduction of AI-native capabilities.

Benefits:

- Competitive compensation: Annual On-Target Earnings (OTE) ranging from $237,440 to $373,630 USD across North America. For candidates based in Toronto, Canada, the disclosed range is $237,440 to $317,094 USD. Actual compensation depends on location, experience, individual capabilities, and anticipated performance.

- Comprehensive healthcare: 100% employer coverage for employee medical, dental, and vision insurance, with approximately 75% coverage for eligible dependents.

- Flexible time off: Flexible vacation policy and quarterly mental health days to support personal well-being and work-life balance.

- Annual stipends: Dedicated financial support for professional development and caregiving needs.

- Work anniversary bonuses: Annual bonuses recognizing professional milestones and contributions, increasing with tenure.

- Retirement savings: Access to a 401(k) retirement savings plan for eligible employees in the United States.

- Premium equipment: Latest Apple hardware and technology tools to support productivity and collaboration.

- Inclusive community: Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that encourage connection, celebrate diverse identities, and promote inclusion and belonging.

- Leadership opportunities: Significant ownership and influence over engineering strategy, product direction, and organizational development.

- Professional growth: Opportunity to work alongside experienced engineering, product, and design leaders in a high-growth technology environment.

- Innovation-driven culture: Direct involvement in shaping next-generation AI-powered enterprise software and advancing the future of incentive compensation management.

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