Senior Director Engineering - Site Lead

Job Summary

The role provides strategic leadership for a major engineering organization, directing senior leaders and managers in the development and execution of long-term functional strategies that support enterprise objectives, operational excellence, and sustained business growth.

The incumbent is accountable for organizational performance, resource allocation, workforce capability, budget and capital planning, and the optimization of engineering operations across a significant business segment.

This leader drives a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement while aligning talent, infrastructure, technology, and financial investments with evolving business priorities.

Through enterprise-wide influence and cross-functional partnerships, the role shapes organizational capabilities, resolves complex business challenges, develops future leadership pipelines, and ensures engineering strategies and investments deliver measurable value, competitive advantage, and long-term organizational success.

Responsibilities and Tasks

• Anticipate and shape long-term organizational resource strategies, aligning enterprise staffing, capability development, infrastructure, technology, equipment, and capital investments to achieve strategic business objectives and sustain competitive advantage.

• Provide leadership and direction for a major engineering organization by directing engineering functional senior managers and directors, establishing long-term strategic priorities, advancing a high-performance culture, and ensuring alignment between engineering capabilities and enterprise business objectives.

• Lead enterprise-wide fiscal stewardship initiatives by establishing resource allocation strategies, optimizing organizational investments, and driving operational excellence to maximize business performance, profitability, and sustainable growth while maintaining quality and customer commitments.

• Establish governance and oversight for the development of complex cost models, capital forecasts, and financial analyses, ensuring investment decisions align with strategic priorities and long-range business plans.

• Develop, champion, and secure approval for multi-year operating and capital budget strategies, ensuring funding priorities support organizational objectives, business growth initiatives, and long-term functional strategies.

• Build and sustain a collaborative, high-performing organizational culture by influencing senior leaders, resolving complex cross-functional challenges, and driving alignment around enterprise priorities and business outcomes.

• Foster an environment of trust, accountability, inclusion, and engagement across the organization, promoting leadership behaviors and organizational practices that strengthen workforce commitment, collaboration, and performance.

Skills & Abilities

• Successful experience directing engineering leaders across multiple disciplines and functions.

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