Directors and Senior Directors of Engineering
Hire a Director of Engineering
Directors who have scaled an org through a step change in size, not held a title through a flat year.
The remit
- Multiple teams through their managers, typically 25 to 80 engineers
- Manages managers, owns the org design as much as the roadmap
- Accountable for a product area or platform end to end
What we calibrate for
- Has scaled an org through a real step change and can describe what broke
- Built a management layer under them rather than staying the only decision maker
- Owns a budget and can defend headcount to a CFO
- Track record across at least two company stages, so the playbook is not situational
Comp context
$220K to $290K base in most US markets
Market context for the level, not a quote for your mandate. We benchmark base and equity together against your stage before a shortlist goes out.
Where this level starts and stops
The step up from Manager is managing managers, which is a different job rather than more of the same one. The step up to VP is owning the function's strategy instead of executing against it.
Hiring at this level? A calibrated shortlist lands in 5 business days, and the fee is 18% of first-year base, invoiced once they have started work.
Other levels we recruit
Hiring a Director of Engineering? Let’s fill it.
On the intake call you find out whether we already have strong leaders for your role. If we don’t, you hear that too.
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