Executive Director, Engineering - Xumo PLAY

Comcast • Philadelphia, PA

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Executive Director, Engineering leads engineering strategy and execution for Xumo Play across deeply integrated, platform-native experiences on owned-and-operated systems and distribution-optimized experiences across third-party ecosystems. The role connects platform architecture, product strategy, content distribution, audience reach, monetization, and enterprise partner outcomes, aligning engineering investments with engagement growth, platform efficiency, commercial scalability, and long-term business sustainability.

The leader provides technical and architectural direction across distributed systems, cloud-native platforms, streaming and device ecosystems, identity-driven personalization, data sharing, and advertising-driven monetization. The position manages engineering budgets, resources, and strategic investments; builds globally distributed organizations; develops engineering leaders and senior technical talent; and ensures operational excellence, security, compliance, governance, audit readiness, and production quality. The position is office-based in Philadelphia, with four days in the office and one day remote. Nights and weekends may be required as necessary, along with variable schedules.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of relevant work experience.
• Master's degree is preferred; applicants with a combination of coursework and experience or extensive related professional experience may also be considered.
• Ability to work from the Philadelphia office four days per week and remotely one day per week.
• Ability to work nights and weekends and variable schedules as necessary.
• Independent judgment and discretion in significant matters.

Nice To Haves

• Deep experience leading engineering organizations responsible for video, advertising technology, connected-TV applications, backend services, and AI/ML-based personalization and recommendation platforms at scale.
• Proven success building and evolving cloud-based platform architectures for high-volume consumer and enterprise products.
• Experience scaling platforms from early-stage development through significant user growth.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity and drive results in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
• Track record managing global teams, developing engineering leaders and established teams, and fostering accountability, collaboration, high performance, and a winning culture.
• Exceptional cross-functional leadership and ability to partner effectively across product, data, operations, and business organizations.
• Relevant professional experience and skills in back-end development, business outcomes, ecosystems, operational excellence, strategic thinking, and thought leadership.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead Xumo Play engineering strategy across owned-and-operated and third-party distribution environments.
• Lead execution across client applications, backend services, platform integrations, data, personalization, identity, quality, release operations, and partner-facing capabilities.
• Translate FAST, content, enterprise, distribution, partner success, and monetization needs into scalable engineering roadmaps, platform capabilities, and repeatable operating models.
• Establish KPI-driven execution tied to engagement growth, third-party expansion, monetization, platform cost efficiency, reliability, scalability, and long-term ROI.
• Drive integration with the Xumo platform (EntOS), including native user experience integration, shared data models, platform-owned identity, recommendation and programming systems, and hybrid personalization.
• Act as a primary bridge between Xumo Play product ecosystems and platform organizations, and build relationships with platform architects, product leaders, business stakeholders, content teams, enterprise leaders, distribution partners, and monetization stakeholders.
• Balance platform alignment with product ownership by navigating platform roadmap priorities, business KPIs, product autonomy, integration trade-offs, and differentiated customer experiences.
• Provide strategic thought leadership as ownership structures and operating models evolve, helping determine where to preserve optionality, deepen platform alignment, create enterprise-facing capabilities, and protect business outcomes.
• Provide technical and architectural guidance across distributed systems, cloud-native platforms, streaming and device ecosystems, identity-driven personalization, data sharing, and ad-experience-driven monetization.
• Manage budgeting, resource allocation, and strategic investment decisions to align engineering capacity, platform dependencies, and execution priorities with business value and financial outcomes.
• Build and scale globally distributed engineering organizations able to work across platform dependencies, product divergence, partner complexity, and cross-functional execution challenges.
• Develop leaders and senior technical talent who can operate across engineering, product, platform, business, and enterprise partner boundaries.
• Ensure operational excellence, security, compliance, governance, audit readiness, and production quality across Xumo Play systems and platform integrations.
• Inspire team commitment, build a shared vision, and foster a collaborative, inclusive, high-performing engineering culture across onshore and offshore teams.
• Exercise independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance; maintain regular, consistent, and punctual attendance; work nights and weekends and variable schedules as necessary; and perform other assigned duties.
• Follow company operating principles, prioritize customer experience, learn and advocate for company technology and products, work collaboratively, participate in the Net Promoter System, drive results and growth, support inclusion, and act responsibly toward colleagues, customers, investors, and communities.

Benefits

• The company offers an array of benefits and support options intended to support employees physically, financially, and emotionally, with personalized guidance and tools. Details are available in the benefits summary on the careers site.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive