Director of Engineering Operations

Fingerprint • Chicago, IL

14d • $200,000 - $250,000

About The Position

As the Director of Engineering Operations, you will be a key partner in ensuring the engineering organization operates with clarity, focus, and efficiency. Working closely with the VP, you will help shape priorities, coordinate execution across teams, and remove obstacles to keep projects on track. This role sits at the intersection of strategy and operations, enabling our technical teams to deliver at a high level while maintaining alignment with company goals.

Requirements

• 10+ years in Technical Program Management, Product Management, Strategy or Operations in technology environments; experience working directly with senior tech leadership highly preferred.
• You don’t need to be a current engineer, but you should be comfortable navigating technical conversations and earning credibility with senior engineers
• Background in STEM (Engineering, Computer Science) or equivalent technical experience
• You thrive in dynamic, fast-paced environments, balancing long-term initiatives with urgent priorities and managing ambiguity with focus and discipline
• Excellent verbal and written communicator – you’re able to craft executive-level content and align diverse stakeholders
• Experience managing budgets, tracking KPIs, and driving operational efficiency within a technology organization
• Be a strategic thinker: comfortable both thinking through how to address challenges, solve problems all while consistently prioritizing where to focus
• Have high EQ, being able to read the room quickly and effectively (is both confident and humble)
• Lead with influence: building consensus while navigating complexity
• Have a bias for action: acting with urgency but grounded in thoughtful judgement

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the VP of Engineering to shape and drive the technical roadmap, strategic priorities, and execution rhythm across engineering teams
• Serve as the VP’s "force multiplier", monitoring project health, removing roadblocks, framing complex decisions, and ensuring flawless follow-through
• Reduce operational overhead for the VP by managing cross-functional coordination and communications. Ensure meetings drive clarity, accountability, and progress toward goals.
• Drive priority engineering projects — whether org design, process development, or build efficiency — with a focus on disciplined project management and measurable outcomes
• Build and manage tools for high-velocity program execution, including planning frameworks, org comms and offsites
• Act as liaison between Product Management and cross-functional partners (Engineering, Finance, GTM, HR, Design).
• Prepare high-quality strategic materials for executive and external stakeholders with a focus on clarity and impact
• Surface insights and recommendations to the VP Eng on organizational improvements, decision-making, and operational efficiencies
• Build and maintain dashboards, scorecards, and reporting mechanisms for visibility into performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed