Senior Director of Software Engineering

Global Product Scale-UpPermanent Role - Up to $240,000 + Super + BonusSydney-based, hybrid workingIntrinzic are proud to be partnering with a Sydney-headquartered global technology business whose product sits quietly behind some of the world's most recognisable consumer brands. You've almost certainly used it - most people have - you just didn't know who built it.Live across multiple international markets and about to be in several more, they're at the sharp end of a genuine scale-up curve, with major new enterprise logos signing and a product roadmap that's expanding well beyond its original category.The business is deliberately hiring fresh eyes, and the VP you'd report to genuinely wants someone who'll challenge how things are done - not nod along. You'll inherit a function at its scale-up peak, with a mandate to mature it, hire your own leadership layer, and own the engineering strategy for taking a proven platform into every international market with continuous releases. That's a rare problem to get your hands on in Sydney.The role at a glance:Senior Director, Engineering & Quality - leading a function of 50+ across Sydney and the US, with offshore squads across Asia and South AmericaThree Directors reporting to you across Engineering and QA - including vacancies you'll hire yourselfFull stack (Node.js) product engineering environment, plus data/analytics and DevOps in remitContinuous product releases every few weeks into live client environments - this is genuine end-to-end product delivery, not internal ITOwn the quality strategy: engineering-led test automation, deployment automation, release disciplineWhat we need in the right person - and we'll be upfront here:A hands-on developer by background who's grown into leading engineering functions - engineering is the main focus here, and any QA leadership exposure alongside it is a real advantageTo be clear: this isn't a hands-on coding role. Your value is in the detail with your Directors and leads - release quality, engineering maturity, how the function scales - not in the codebaseCurrent or recent Head of Engineering / Senior Director leading multiple squads in parallel, building custom client-facing software - ideally SaaSGenuine end-to-end ownership: from client requirements through build, testing, deployment into client environments and production support. Owning one slice of one application won't get you thereProven experience uplifting engineering maturity - not inheriting a machine that already ran wellA leader of leaders, with the people leadership to build high-performing teams at this scale whilst staying out of the weedsThe presence to push back - on senior stakeholders, on enterprise clients challenging your engineering practices.If you've been sitting in a large, compartmentalised environment wondering what it'd be like to own a product engineering function end to end, with real autonomy, your own leadership team to build, and a platform millions of people touch every day, this is that seat.To submit your profile for consideration or for further information, please click APPLY or email aaron@intrinzic.com.auPlease note: Candidates must be Australian permanent residents or citizens to apply for this opportunity.