Senior Director of Engineering (Connected Trip Experience & Data) in Manchester

Manchester Full-Time On-site

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As a Senior Director Software Development, you are responsible for leading the Connected Trip Experience, Foundational capabilities and Data within the Marketplace Business Function, a department of self steering teams who develop products and constantly innovate to delight our customers
Leading the Technology organisations for Connected Trip Product Experience, Foundations and Data
Deeply partnering with Product & Data, planning and delivering to meet our objectives
Embedding Gen AI into our Customer Experience, Ways of Working and Data platforms
Continually raising the maturity and capability of the organisation so that we are fast, sharp and focused
Ensuring your organisation is engaged, focused and resilient
Desired Outcomes:
Deliver on Connected Trip product and Data & AI ambition
Evolve and execute our technology strategy improving tech maturity, scalability, agility, and efficiency, and ensuring future-proofing
Embed Data & AI deeply into the organisation from a Customer, Builder and Platform perspective
Deeply embed customer centricity into the habits of your organisation
Highly engaged, motivated and focused organisation empowered to deliver at speed
Technology thought leadership and partnership in and out of Marketplace to drive our strategy forward
Ensure the technology strategy is clearly communicated and understood across the organization, and drive adoption and execution
Drive alignment and buy-in from both tech and non-tech stakeholders by effectively influencing and collaborating at all levels
Lead, inspire and motivate your Engineering function through leading by example and setting expectations around what success looks like, giving ownership and providing clarity when necessary
Line manage Directors and Senior Managers as well as top technical talent, such as Principals
Communicate strategy in a compelling manner to multiple teams and relevant stakeholders
Foster inclusion by holding self and others accountable
Drive people centric initiatives that enable workforce diversity
Organisational design, strategy and budget to ensure we are set up to deliver on our strategic agenda
Partner in and outside of our Business unit to lead and shape the people agenda across Booking.com
Create a learning environment by coaching, two-way feedback, helping people extract and share personal learnings, and support teams to constantly adapt
Foster a positive engineering culture who innovate, work as a team and celebrate success
Build a world class team through nurturing, attracting, and retaining tech talent from around the world
Empower your teams to do their best work at Booking.com
Be curious, learn, iterate and shape our culture
Deputise for the VP
Create long-term plans that align with the overall focus of the business
Lead, influence and own delivery within your function including department goals
Partner with other functions and business units to deliver on our strategic agenda
Maintain focus on the end goal, minimise risk and remove roadblocks for our strategic agenda
Ensure clear and effective communication at all levels: proactively keep all stakeholders informed of what’s happening, upcoming changes, projects, issues and risks
Foster mastery in engineering craftsmanship across Booking.com including shaping ways of working
Own Technology-wide topics and help lead and grow the department
Embed Agile ways of working and values within the organisation
Identify problems and significantly improve, change or adapt existing methods and techniques drawing from personal experiences and feedback
Drive a DevOps culture
Shape, define and build new products, processes and operational plans in alignment with the commercial and financial needs of the business
Lead, take ownership and shape the technology strategic objectives and roadmaps
Be a strategic thought partner and influence senior stakeholders across the Accommodations and the broader business to set and align the strategic direction of your function
Make decisions in complex and ambiguous situations, and guide others in their decision making by recognizing and challenging assumptions, introducing relevant data and multiple perspectives
Ensure that the Booking architecture principles and engineering practices are adhered to, and that there is direction and alignment for each product
Anticipate the need for changes based on context, and set renewed courses of action to engage teams and achieve goals, while striving to make the impact clear and understandable
Drive innovation in your function
Own the architecture across your function

Benefits

Health insurance
Free access to Headspace for you and your loved ones
Global Employee Assistance Program
Meditation and Breastfeeding rooms at the office
Booking Cares - 2 days per year to volunteer and learn
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Pension plan
Annual paid time off
Parental leave - 22 weeks
Grandparent leave - 10 days
Care leave - 10 days
Bereavement leave - up to 4 weeks
Anniversary leave
Working from Home Furniture and Ergonomic Support
Working from Abroad - up to 20 days per year
Discounts & Wallet credits to spend on our products
Upgrade to Booking.com Genius Level 3
Friends & Family Booking.com discount vouchers
Free access to online learning platforms
Development and mentorship programs to support career growth
Access to trainings and workshops
Team development opportunities
Local discount programs
Game rooms in offices
On-site meals, coffee and snacks including vegan options

First hand experience of building customer centric experiences at scale on AI, Mobile, and web platforms in partnership with ProductDeep engineering and technology leadership background who can influence and shape our technology narrative including engineering best practice, AI adoption and modernisationDemonstrable experience of partnership with senior stakeholders in and out of technology across matrix organisationsDemonstrable experience at building and growing a collaborative, high trust and focused organisationExperience of leading technology organisations at scaleDemonstrable experience of leading organisations involved in data & AI products & servicesBuilding a DevOps cultureDemonstrable experience of setting, leading and influencing both the Engineering and Business strategy to the medium and long-termWell versed in Engineering CraftsmanshipDemonstrable experience of working in Agile environments and more importantly an Agile culture and ethosStrong commercial acumenDemonstrable experience of building, shaping and leading a cross functional Engineering function or business unit at scale (150/200+ people)Experience with managing and coaching teams of senior tech leaders including building and growing teamsExcellent communication skillsIndependent, pragmatic and proactive work attitudeExperience with large scale platforms and high traffic (100,000+ visitors per day), preferably E-commerce sites or marketplace companiesBe able to deputise for the VP of EngineeringCloud based technologiesExtensive years of Tech Leadership experienceBe humble and humanMust understand technology and have a proven track record of designing and building high quality web and mobile applications especially high volume consumer facing applications

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