Senior Director of Engineering, Emerging Products, Product Engineering

1Password is growing. We’ve surpassed $400M in ARR and we’re continuing to accelerate, earning a spot on the Forbes Cloud 100 for four years in a row and teaming up with iconic partners like Oracle Red Bull Racing.

At 1Password, we’re building the foundation for a safe, productive digital future. Our mission is to unleash employee productivity without compromising security by ensuring every identity is authentic, every application sign-in is secure, and every device is trusted. We innovated the market-leading enterprise password manager and pioneered Unified Access Management, a new cybersecurity category built for the way people and AI agents work today. As one of the most loved brands in cybersecurity, we take a human-centric approach in everything from product strategy to user experience. Over 180,000 businesses, from Fortune 100 leaders to the world’s most innovative AI companies, trust 1Password to help their teams securely adopt the SaaS and AI tools they need to do their best work.

If you're excited about the opportunity to contribute to the digital safety of millions, to work alongside a team of curious, driven individuals, and to solve hard problems in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, then we want to hear from you. Come join us and help shape a safer, simpler digital future.

The Sr. Director of Engineering, Emerging Products, Product Engineering, will lead the technical strategy, execution, and operational integration of acquired technologies, teams, and platforms into 1Password’s ecosystem.

• 12+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years leading large engineering organizations through significant organizational or platform transformation.

• Proven experience leading large-scale integration, modernization, or platform consolidation initiatives.

• Experience operating in high-growth SaaS organizations with multiple products, platforms, or acquired systems.

• Strong systems-thinking mindset with experience modernizing monolithic architectures into scalable, API-first, cloud-native services.

• Deep understanding of platform engineering, distributed systems, reliability, observability, operational excellence, and developer workflows.

• Experience balancing short-term delivery pressure with long-term architectural sustainability.

• Demonstrated success leading leaders across multiple organizations and functions.

• Strong organizational design, change management, and cross-functional alignment capabilities.

• Ability to build trust quickly and navigate complex stakeholder environments.

• Experience evaluating technical risk, integration complexity, operational readiness, and platform compatibility during acquisition or transformation initiatives.

• Ability to establish clear integration roadmaps, milestones, and decision frameworks while adapting to evolving business priorities.

• Ability to connect technical strategy to customer outcomes and business impact.

• Comfortable partnering deeply with Product, Security, Customer Success, and Executive Leadership teams.

• Strong judgment in prioritization, sequencing, and investment tradeoffs.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to communicate effectively with engineers, executives, customers, and cross-functional partners.

• Comfortable leading high-visibility initiatives and executive-level reviews.

• Interest in applying AI thoughtfully to engineering workflows, integration processes, operational tooling, and platform strategy.

• Ability to help teams navigate evolving technology landscapes responsibly and pragmatically.

Partner with executive leadership, Product, Engineering, Security, and Corporate Development teams to assess acquisition opportunities and define technical integration approaches that align with 1Password’s long-term platform and product strategy.

Lead complex integration initiatives spanning architecture consolidation, identity systems, infrastructure modernization, operational alignment, developer workflows, and customer migration strategies.

Establish repeatable processes, tooling, governance, and technical standards that enable 1Password to integrate acquisitions efficiently while minimizing disruption to customers and internal teams.

Ensure acquired technologies and systems meet 1Password’s standards for security, reliability, observability, scalability, compliance, and operational excellence.

Work closely with Product, Security, Customer Success, IT, Legal, and GTM organizations to align integration priorities, communicate tradeoffs, and deliver seamless customer and employee experiences.

Guide organizations through periods of rapid growth, restructuring, and transformation while maintaining clarity, accountability, and strong team engagement.

Recruit, coach, and develop high-performing engineering leaders and teams. Foster a culture of ownership, transparency, continuous improvement, and thoughtful execution.

Identify opportunities to unify systems, reduce duplication, improve developer velocity, and create durable platform capabilities that support 1Password’s multi-product future.

USA-based roles only: The annual base salary for this role is between $285,000 USD and $425,000 USD, plus immediate participation in 1Password's benefits program (health, dental, 401k and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs.

Canada-based roles only: The annual base salary for this role is between $265,000 CAD and $398,000 CAD, plus immediate participation in 1Password’s generous benefits program (health, dental, RRSP and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs.

1Password is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace that is built on trust, support and respect. We welcome all individuals and do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity and expression, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, colour, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, sex, citizenship, education, languages spoken or veteran status. Be yourself, find your people and share the things you love.

Accommodation is available upon request at any point during our recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please speak to your talent acquisition partner or email us at nextbit@agilebits.com and we’ll work to meet your needs.

Remote work is a part of our DNA. Given that our company was founded remotely in 2005, we can safely say we're experts at building remote culture. That said, remote work at 1Password does mean working from your home country. If you've got questions or concerns about this, your talent partner would be happy to address them with you.

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