Director, Engineering – Enterprise

Zapier

Director of Engineering leading Zapier's Enterprise engineering organization strategy. Focusing on governance, identity, and AI oversight to support enterprise growth.

Posted 7/6/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $280,300 - $420,500 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in defining and driving enterprise governance strategies, focusing on identity, access, and audit systems. Proven ability to lead AI-native engineering practices while ensuring reliability and quality across technical initiatives.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Enterprise Governance StrategyAI-Native Engineering LeadershipEngineering Quality and VelocityMentoring and CoachingStakeholder Orientation

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Hard Skills

Identity ManagementAccess ControlAudit SystemsAI-Powered ToolingEngineering Quality MetricsTechnical Roadmap DevelopmentGovernance Frameworks

Soft Skills

CommunicationMentoringCoachingCustomer Orientation

Industry Keywords

GovernanceReliabilityEngineering Organization ScalingCross-Org InitiativesDelivery Velocity

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and drive the strategy and roadmap for Zapier's Enterprise Governance bet.
Own the org’s technical point of view on identity, access, audit, and policy.
Make the staffing and investment trade-off calls across initiatives.
Own the technical roadmap for the systems that let enterprises govern AI.
Define what safe, accountable AI-native engineering practice looks like.
Identify and implement AI-powered tooling that accelerates your teams' delivery velocity and quality.
Be accountable for the reliability of Zapier's identity, audit, and admin infrastructure.
Build bench strength and resilience across critical systems as the team grows.
Partner directly with Sales and Customer Success.
Take ownership by default on cross-org technical initiatives.
Build on and further develop the strong enterprise engineering organization.
Ensure managers and ICs have clear growth paths and feedback they need to improve.

Requirements

What you’ll need

You think in terms of governance, not just features.
You raise the bar on reliability as you scale.
You set technical direction - you don't just execute someone else's.
You've scaled engineering organizations through structural change.
You are deeply customer- and stakeholder-oriented.
You've driven engineering quality and velocity with data.
You are a skilled mentor, coach, and communicator.
You lead AI-native engineering, not just AI-native products.
You champion efficiency and leverage.

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