Senior Director, Product Development

DIRECTV • El Segundo, CA

22h • Remote

About The Position

The Senior Director, Product Development is the single point of accountability for on-time delivery of the entire DIRECTV product roadmap across three platforms — Satellite, Streaming Managed Hardware – Gemini, and BYOD Platforms – Roku, Tizen, FireTV, Android, Apple, LG and Vizio. The role serves as the Product organization's escalation authority with Engineering VPs and leads a multi-Director, manager-of-managers organization delivering against a multi-million-dollar annual Engineering budget.

Requirements

• 15+ years product development experience, including leading teams in a large, matrixed technology or media organization.
• Of those, 4+ years’ experience as software engineer/ developer.
• Proven accountability for product delivery at scale and for managing a multi-million-dollar engineering/vendor budget.
• Track record of leading vendor- and contingent-worker-heavy organizations, including vendor selection, performance, and budget management.
• Demonstrated success operating as a senior escalation authority, negotiating and driving delivery with VP- and AVP-level engineering and cross-functional partners.
• Bachelor's degree in a business, engineering, computer science, or related field required.
• Deep expertise in Agile/SAFe delivery at scale — Program Increment (PI) planning, epic/feature/story management, inspection, and delivery governance.
• Strong executive presence and cross-functional influence, with the peer standing and communication skills to hold senior-level partners accountable.
• Rigorous program and budget management, with a data-driven approach to platform KPIs, story quality, and throughput.
• Working knowledge of Agile delivery and story-quality tooling and enterprise backlog/roadmap management platforms (e.g., Confluence/Jira/Azure DevOps-class tools).
• Familiarity with the relevant platform environments — Satellite, Streaming Managed Hardware – Gemini, and BYOD Platforms – Roku, Tizen, FireTV, Android, Apple, LG and Vizio.
• Knowledge on how to leverage Claude, ChatGPT and/or CoPilot to enhance product development/ management deliverables and processes.
• May require a background check due to job duties requiring routine access to DIRECTV and DIRECTV customer’s proprietary data.
• Qualified applicants with arrest and conviction will be considered for employment in accordance with local ordinances and state law.

Nice To Haves

• This role requires but is not limited to minimal travel approximately once every 1 – 2 months depending on location.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end Product delivery across three distinct platforms — Satellite, Streaming Managed Hardware – Gemini, and BYOD Platforms – Roku, Tizen, FireTV, Android, Apple, LG and Vizio — as the single point of accountability for on-time execution of the DIRECTV product roadmap.
• Serve as the delivery escalation authority for Product and for dependent Advertising, Commercial, and adjacent platform roadmaps, partnering with and holding accountable VP- and AVP-level Engineering leaders when execution is at risk.
• Lead and develop a manager-of-managers organization of multiple Directors and a sizable team of Product Owners/Managers — a significant share of them vendor/contingent resources — including active vendor and budget management.
• Direct delivery of a high-volume roadmap spanning hundreds of epics and thousands of features and user stories across multiple Program Increments each year, owning Program Increment planning, inspection, and story-quality standards.
• Own Product delivery against a multi-million-dollar annual Engineering budget, reviewing vendor/contingent budgets quarterly and setting platform KPI standards and delivery governance.

Benefits

• DIRECTV's compensation structure is designed to be market-competitive and fully supports efforts to attract and retain employees.
• It is the company's policy to offer pay that is competitive with other employers in the local market.
• Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location.
• The Base Salary range displayed below reflects the minimum and maximum target salary for each of DIRECTV's 4 (four) US Labor Market Zones.
• Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
• Please note that the salary ranges reflect base salary only and do not include bonus or benefits - when you consider all of these together, it represents a pretty impressive total compensation package.

What This Job Offers

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