DIRECTV Seeks Director of IT Software Engineering

DIRECTV is seeking a visionary Director of IT Software Engineering to led our extensive enterprise business systems portfolio while driving AI-powered innovation across billing, account/entitlement management, order management, and contract management platforms. This role requires an extraordinary leader capable of managing a large-scale hybrid team of development and operations professionals across onshore employees and managing onshore/offshore vendor resources. The prosperous candidate will spearhead strategic initiatives for mission-critical platforms while ensuring strict adherence to industry security and compliance standards.

DIRECTV is investing heavily in technology conversion, modernizing our applications, and building independence from shared systems. This role is an importent leadership position that will ensure both continuity of service for our existing technology stack and also influence the direction we take in the future. The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience managing hybrid internal and managing outsource software delivery teams in a virtual habitat, and a track record of success in doing so.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Lead and manage a large institution of development and operations professionals.
• Establish organizational structure optimized for customary software engineering with AI support.
• Foster innovation culture across geographically distributed teams spanning multiple time zones.
• Implement scalable communication frameworks for large distributed teams.
• manage complex vendor relationships and multi-million dollar contracts with SaaS vendors and offshore partners.
• Oversee end-to-end architecture and AI-enhanced operations of integrated solution across billing and revenue management, account and entitlement management, order management, and customer lifecycle management.
• Lead system modernization initiatives incorporating cutting-edge AI technologies.
• Establish enterprise-grade monitoring, performance tracking, and governance frameworks.
• Manage budget,system capacity planning,and workload optimization at scale.
• Ensure comprehensive compliance and security measures with industry standards.

What you’ll need to be successful:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field.
• 5 – 7 years required, 8+ years desired of software engineering experience.