Director of Engineering - Learning & Development
Edmond, OKFull-TimeDirectorSoftware Engineering
Skills
What You'll Do
- Champion our engineering career framework, ensuring consistency and fairness in skill evaluations and growth opportunities.
- Partner with engineering leaders to create tailored development plans for engineers at all levels.
- Guide the career progression documentation process, providing feedback to both managers and engineers.
- Facilitate meaningful career conversations and development planning sessions.
- Identify learning and stretch opportunities that align with both individual aspirations and organizational needs.
- Mentor engineering leaders on effective talent development practices.
- Partner with leaders on having productive individual conversations focused on skill advancement and growth.
- Provide guidance on addressing development challenges constructively.
- Partner with leaders to balance technical direction with people development.
- Support leaders in recognizing and documenting growth evidence and technical accomplishments.
- Collaborate with recruiting to define effective hiring strategies aligned with our engineering matrix.
- Help refine job descriptions and role requirements based on our career framework.
- Participate in technical interviews to assess candidates against our engineering competencies.
- Design and improve onboarding programs that accelerate new hires’ integration and development.
- Partner with hiring managers to create personalized 30/60/90-day growth plans for new engineers.
- Ensure technical assessment criteria are applied consistently across teams.
- Champion our cultural values across the engineering organization.
- Drive initiatives that elevate technical standards while fostering a supportive culture.
- Facilitate technical/leadership growth conversations through the engineering matrix.
- Collaborate with engineering leaders to evolve our matrix as technology and industry practices evolve.
- Design and implement scalable professional development programs.
- Create templates and frameworks for effective skill and growth evaluation.
- Develop training materials for managers on talent development best practices.
- Establish metrics to measure the effectiveness of our learning and growth programs.
- Continuously refine our approach based on feedback and outcomes.
Skills Needed to Succeed
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills in order to foster relationships and partnerships.
- Ability to self-motivate, make independent decisions and solve problems.
- Maintain flexibility and initiate the creation of new processes and project strategies.
- Ability to manage conflict and differing opinions while maintaining composure.
- Strong leadership skills and understanding on developing and guiding others.
- Ability to take a great vision and turn it into reality through strategic execution.
- Strong understanding of technical competencies across different engineering roles and levels.
- Deep understanding of software engineering practices and technical growth evaluation criteria.
- Knowledge of talent acquisition strategies and employer branding.
- High School Diploma or GED.
- 5+ years of experience in engineering management, with demonstrated success in developing engineering talent.
- Experience implementing or maintaining engineering career frameworks/matrices.
- Experience with technical interviewing and candidate evaluation methods.
- Proven track record of coaching and mentoring both engineers and managers.
- Experience with formal management training program development.
- Experience facilitating professional development workshops.
- Experience designing effective technical interview processes.
