[Remote] Senior Director, Autonomous Platform Engineering

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. A+E Global Media is seeking a Senior Director of Autonomous Platform Engineering who will lead the transformation of software development practices through innovative technologies and automation. This role involves defining the enterprise Platform Engineering strategy, improving developer productivity, and managing global teams to deliver best-in-class engineering solutions.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the enterprise Platform Engineering strategy supporting Consumer Products and Corporate Technology
• Lead the evolution of engineering platforms that improve developer experience, platform consistency, scalability, and operational efficiency
• Establish enterprise standards for platform architecture, engineering automation, and software delivery
• Drive adoption of Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs), Infrastructure as Code, cloud platform engineering, Kubernetes, container platforms, release engineering, environment management, artifact repositories, secrets management, observability platforms, and platform networking
• Build reusable engineering capabilities that enable product teams to deliver software securely and efficiently
• Leadership, People Management, Budget & Vendor Management

Skills

• Bachelor's degree (Master's preferred) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent academic or professional experience
• Progressive leadership experience managing enterprise Platform Engineering and DevSecOps organizations
• Experience leading globally distributed engineering teams
• Demonstrated success building modern cloud-native engineering platforms
• Deep understanding of Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Application Security, cloud infrastructure, developer platforms, and engineering automation
• Experience implementing AI-enabled software development capabilities and autonomous engineering practices
• Experience managing enterprise technology budgets and strategic vendor relationships
• Strong executive communication and organizational transformation skills

Benefits

• Annual Incentive Target: 20.00%
• Healthcare coverage
• 401k matching

Company Overview

A+E Global Media is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world. It is a sub-organization of A+E Factual Studios. It was founded in 1984, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.aegm.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

A+E Global Media has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2026, 7 in 2025, 4 in 2024, 4 in 2023, 12 in 2022, 5 in 2021, 7 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.