Responsibilities:

• Leading multiple cross-functional programs in collaboration with product, engineering, design, and data science.
• Provide deep domain expertise to formulate technical strategies with engineering partners.
• Leverage the insights and experience from your work to influence the improvement of underlying technologies, architectures, and operations.
• Drive engagement with internal partners by working with them to decompose requirements into technical execution plans with measurable milestones.
• Effectively optimize the scope and schedule of deployments, manage cross-functional dependencies, and proactively manage risks.
• Craft clear communication of progress toward goals, reporting status to stakeholders and leadership.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience driving large-scale software projects with engineering and product teams.
• Deep understanding of infrastructure release management.
• Direct experience in big data, online data store or data analytics infrastructure is beneficial.
• Proven experience creating partnerships with cross-functional teams, driving large-scale technical strategies, debating technical approaches, and building long-term scalable solutions.
• Able to identify gaps in solutions and weigh in on product vs. technology tradeoffs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly articulate the business impact and technical constraints tailored to the audience.
• Self-starter who enjoys quickly bringing organization and direction.
• Exemplify the Netflix culture by understanding, advocating, and demonstrating its values.

What sets you apart?:

• You can drive from strategy to execution with minimal direction.
• You are highly skilled and experienced and enjoy orchestrating programs with many moving parts - people, needs, and technologies.
• You have the ability to identify gaps in solutions, debate technical approaches, and weigh in on product vs. technology tradeoffs.
• You aren’t afraid to get your hands dirty, pulling data to provide insight, debug issues, and monitor system health.
• You have a data-driven mindset in your decision-making.
• You have a deep understanding and point of view within your technical domain(s) of expertise.