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Director, Engineering Strategy & Operations

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Verkada

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United States , San Mateo

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Salary:

200000.00 - 400000.00 USD / Year

Job Description:

As the leader of the Engineering Strategy and Operations team, you will lead a team that enables 400+ Builders (Software, Hardware, Product, Design, and R&D teams) to work faster, smarter, and happier. Additionally, you will serve as the Chief of the Staff to the CTO, the leader of 300+ Software Engineers. You’ll help identify the “right things to do” while also ensuring we “do things right.” You will oversee and directly lead cross-functional initiatives to drive results across Verkada’s Software Engineering organization.

Job Responsibility:

  • Engineering Operations (60%) - lead a small engineering operations team to enable our Builders to work faster, smarter, and happier
  • Chief of Staff (30%) - provide direct influence and guidance to the software engineering leadership, assisting the CTO in leading a 300+ person software organization
  • Organizational Guidance (10%) - leverage organizational expertise, strategic thinking, and operational understanding to identify active organizational challenges, determine significance, secure stakeholder buy-in, and architect solutions
  • facilitate solution implementation and continuous improvement

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s, ideally in engineering or business
  • 5-8+ years of experience in technology or operations in a fast paced environment
  • Proven leadership experience, including directly managing teams and influencing large organizations at high growth companies
  • Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, capable of building buy-in, and fostering collaboration across teams
  • Proficiency with common productivity and project management tools (e.g., Google Workspace, Jira, Linear) and comfortable with data analysis for decision-making
  • Must be willing and able to work onsite five days per week
What we offer:
  • Healthcare programs - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans
  • Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage
  • Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options
  • Expanded mental health support
  • Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
  • Paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time
  • Professional development stipend
  • Fertility Stipend
  • Wellness/fitness benefits
  • Healthy lunches provided daily
  • Commuter benefits

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 18, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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