Senior Director of Engineering, Emerging Products, Product Engineering

Details

• 12+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years leading large engineering organizations through significant organizational or platform transformation.
• Proven experience leading large-scale integration, modernization, or platform consolidation initiatives.
• Experience operating in high-growth SaaS organizations with multiple products, platforms, or acquired systems.
• Strong systems-thinking mindset with experience modernizing monolithic architectures into scalable, API-first, cloud-native services.
• Deep understanding of platform engineering, distributed systems, reliability, observability, operational excellence, and developer workflows.
• Experience balancing short-term delivery pressure with long-term architectural sustainability.
• Demonstrated success leading leaders across multiple organizations and functions.
• Strong organizational design, change management, and cross-functional alignment capabilities.
• Ability to build trust quickly and navigate complex stakeholder environments.
• Experience evaluating technical risk, integration complexity, operational readiness, and platform compatibility during acquisition or transformation initiatives.
• Ability to establish clear integration roadmaps, milestones, and decision frameworks while adapting to evolving business priorities.
• Ability to connect technical strategy to customer outcomes and business impact.
• Comfortable partnering deeply with Product, Security, Customer Success, and Executive Leadership teams.
• Strong judgment in prioritization, sequencing, and investment tradeoffs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with engineers, executives, customers, and cross-functional partners.
• Comfortable leading high-visibility initiatives and executive-level reviews.
• Interest in applying AI thoughtfully to engineering workflows, integration processes, operational tooling, and platform strategy.
• Ability to help teams navigate evolving technology landscapes responsibly and pragmatically.
• Partner with executive leadership, Product, Engineering, Security, and Corporate Development teams to assess acquisition opportunities and define technical integration approaches that align with 1Password’s long-term platform and product strategy.
• Lead complex integration initiatives spanning architecture consolidation, identity systems, infrastructure modernization, operational alignment, developer workflows, and customer migration strategies.
• Establish repeatable processes, tooling, governance, and technical standards that enable 1Password to integrate acquisitions efficiently while minimizing disruption to customers and internal teams.
• Ensure acquired technologies and systems meet 1Password’s standards for security, reliability, observability, scalability, compliance, and operational excellence.
• Work closely with Product, Security, Customer Success, IT, Legal, and GTM organizations to align integration priorities, communicate tradeoffs, and deliver seamless customer and employee experiences.
• Guide organizations through periods of rapid growth, restructuring, and transformation while maintaining clarity, accountability, and strong team engagement.
• Recruit, coach, and develop high-performing engineering leaders and teams. Foster a culture of ownership, transparency, continuous improvement, and thoughtful execution.
• Identify opportunities to unify systems, reduce duplication, improve developer velocity, and create durable platform capabilities that support 1Password’s multi-product future.