Global Head of Technical Scale and Strategy (Field Engineering)

• Technical Leadership & Centralized Functions: Lead and operate core technical and centralized functions across Field Engineering, ensuring they scale effectively and support the broader organization.
  
  
• Future Operating Models: Define, design, and test innovative operating models for the organization, deciding where to centralize, where to push accountability to BUs, and which initiatives to pilot.
  
  
• Strategic Planning & Execution: Partner with the SVP and leadership team to set long-term organizational strategy, drive critical initiatives, and ensure cross-functional alignment.
  
  
• AI-Driven Productivity & Innovation: Enable a builder-first, AI-first culture by identifying opportunities to leverage AI, tooling, and automation to improve productivity and impact across the org.
  
  
• Cross-Functional Influence: Collaborate with Product, Sales, Finance, People, and other teams to ensure strategic initiatives are executed effectively and priorities are aligned.
  
  
• Organizational Insight & Experimentation: Use data, experience, and technical expertise to identify bottlenecks, test new approaches, and recommend solutions that optimize performance and growth.
  
  
• Change Leadership & Communication: Drive adoption of new models, processes, and initiatives while ensuring clarity, engagement, and alignment across leaders and teams.

• Deep technical understanding of field engineering organizations, enterprise solutions, and technology strategy, with the ability to assess and evolve end-to-end Field Engineering models.
  
  
• 10+ years of experience in strategy, business operations, or technical leadership in high-growth technology companies.
  
  
• Proven ability to define strategy and execute at scale in complex, technical organizations.
  
  
• Experience running centralized technical or operational functions and influencing distributed teams.
  
  
• Strong perspectives on leveraging AI, automation, and tooling to drive productivity, improve decision-making, and enable a builder-first culture.
  
  
• Ability to envision the future of a global Field Engineering organization—including operating models, career ladders, team structures, and cross-functional alignment—and design practical pathways to get there.
  
  
• Exceptional cross-functional collaboration and influence skills; comfortable working across Product, Sales, Finance, People, and technical teams.
  
  
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and experimental mindset; comfortable testing new approaches and iterating based on data and outcomes.
  
  
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with both internal leaders and external partners.
  
  
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity, balancing innovation with operational rigor, and driving accountability across large, complex organizations.

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