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Mobile Engineering Director (Remote)

Position Purpose:

We are seeking a dynamic and results-oriented Engineering Director to lead our mobile engineering organization. This critical leadership role involves shaping the future of our mobile products, developing our engineers, driving technical innovation, and ensuring the delivery of highly performant, secure, and user-delighting experiences. You will be a strategic partner to product and design, a mentor to your team, and a champion for engineering excellence, all while navigating the complexities of a fast-paced, evolving mobile landscape at a large scale retailer.

The Technology Director is responsible for collaborating across the enterprise to plan for and achieve goals of the associated domain or portfolio segment, supporting the enterprise roadmap, delivering technical and functional partner satisfaction, and driving action that helps the enterprise meet customer needs. Directors are responsible for guiding others in execution and professional development.
As a Technology Director, you will work closely with functional and technical leaders to plan for and execute enabling technology solutions. You will understand the business holistically and drive strategic alignment across teams. In addition, you will focus on outcomes; thinking through, documenting, and communicating value propositions and concrete metrics for success.
Directors attract, retain, motivate, coach, and mentor top talent.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Vision & Strategy Execution:

• Develop and articulate a clear, forward-looking technical strategy for our mobile platforms (iOS, Android, and emerging technologies), ensuring alignment with overarching business goals and measurable outcomes such as increased market share and enhanced customer lifetime value.
• Translate strategic objectives into actionable engineering roadmaps, prioritizing initiatives that maximize business value (e.g., revenue growth, cost reduction, operational efficiency) and enhance customer experience (e.g., NPS, user satisfaction scores).
• Drive the adoption of scalable architectural patterns and modern development practices that ensure the long-term health and agility of our mobile codebase, resulting in improved technical KPIs like reduced crash rates, faster load times, and lower technical debt.
• Proactively identify and evaluate new mobile technologies and trends, assessing their potential to create competitive advantage and fuel future growth, with a clear focus on quantifiable benefits for the business.

 People Leadership & Development:

• Build, empower, and inspire a high-performing team of mobile engineers and managers, fostering a culture of ownership, continuous learning, and innovation that drives measurable improvements in team productivity and retention rates.
• Champion a "people-first" approach, investing in career development, mentorship, and creating an inclusive environment where every team member can thrive, contributing to higher employee engagement scores.
• Implement effective performance management strategies, providing clear feedback, setting ambitious goals, and celebrating successes that directly impact individual and team performance against established technical and business KPIs.
• Lead recruitment efforts to attract and retain diverse, top-tier mobile engineering talent, achieving targets for hiring velocity and quality of hires.

 Product Delivery & Operational Excellence:

• Oversee the entire mobile product development lifecycle, ensuring efficient execution, timely delivery of features (measured by release cadence and on-time completion rates), and high-quality releases (measured by post-release bug rates and app store ratings).
• Establish and enforce rigorous engineering standards, including robust testing methodologies, code quality, and security protocols, which directly contribute to enhanced app stability and data security compliance.
• Drive continuous improvement in mobile application performance, stability, and reliability through proactive monitoring, incident management, and technical debt reduction, resulting in improved Core Web Vitals (CWV) and reduced Mean Time To Recovery (MTTR) for critical issues.
• Optimize development workflows and team processes to enhance productivity and predictability, leading to measurable reductions in cycle time and increased feature throughput.

Cross-Functional Partnership & Influence:

• Forge strong, collaborative relationships with Product Management, UX Design, Data Science, and other engineering domains to ensure cohesive product development and seamless integration, resulting in improved cross-functional project success rates and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Represent mobile engineering interests and capabilities across the organization, influencing strategic decisions and fostering a shared understanding of mobile platform opportunities and constraints, demonstrating impact through successful advocacy for mobile-specific investments and architectural alignment.
• Communicate complex technical concepts and project statuses clearly and effectively to diverse audiences, from individual contributors to executive stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment on key outcomes and technical KPIs.

Key Responsibilities:

40% Strategy & Planning:

• Partners with functional and technical leaders to identify and plan capabilities necessary to meet short and long-term business needs
• Develops and executes strategic plans in support of key objectives in a timely and fiscally responsible manner
• Informs and drives strategic alignment and partnerships with functional and technical peers and leaders
• Connects the dots across multiple levels and related functions to understand the business holistically
• Evaluates research and market analysis, meets with third party vendors, and maintains knowledge of industry innovations and technology platforms to inform strategy
• Establishes and nurtures strategic vendor relationships; influences vendors to align to domain, portfolio, and enterprise strategic objectives
• Drives growth for the business by applying technical and domain expertise to provide thought leadership and translate vision into action

40% Delivery & Execution:

• Defines and communicates value propositions, success metrics, and outcomes
• Documents, reviews and ensures that all quality and change control standards are met
• Develops, plans, and implements sustainable, repeatable, and reliable processes; oversees process improvement
• Drives operational excellence to create internal customer satisfaction and meet operational metrics while prioritizing external customer needs
• Understands and articulates the value creation and business proposition to teams and functional partners

20% People:

• Provides leadership, mentoring, and coaching to direct reports
• Manages and coordinates strategic direction for staff
• Attracts, retains, develops, and motivates top talent
• Conducts annual and mid-year reviews, reviewing individual development plans and providing performance feedback

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

• Typically reports to Sr. Director or Vice President.

Travel Requirements:

• Typically requires overnight travel 5% to 20% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States

Preferred Qualifications:

• 12-15 years of progressive experience in mobile software development, with at least 3+ years in a senior leadership or director-level role managing significant mobile engineering product lifecycles
• Deep, hands-on technical expertise in developing and shipping large-scale iOS (Swift/Objective-C) and Android (Kotlin/Java) applications.
• Proven ability to define, communicate, and execute a technical vision that drives measurable business outcomes.
• Strong understanding of modern mobile architectures, CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and performance optimization techniques, with a track record of improving technical KPIs.
• Demonstrated success in building, mentoring, and scaling high-performing engineering teams.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and influencing skills across all organizational levels.
• Experience with cloud-native mobile architectures and backend services.
• Familiarity with analytics and A/B testing frameworks for mobile.
• Contributions to the mobile development community (e.g., open source, speaking engagements).

Minimum Education:

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education:

• No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 8

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

• No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:

• None

Preferred Leadership Experience:

• None

Certifications:

• None

Competencies:

• Attracts Top Talent: Attracting and selecting the best talent to meet current and future business needs
• Builds Effective Teams: Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals
• Business Insight: Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals
• Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
• Courage: Stepping up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said
• Cultivates Innovation: Creates new and better ways for the organization to be successful
• Customer Focus: Builds strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions
• Decision Quality: Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward
• Develops Talent: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals
• Drives Engagement: Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives
• Drives Results: Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances
• Drives Vision and Purpose: Painting a compelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to action
• Financial Acumen: Interpreting and applying understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions
• Organizational Savvy: Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related organizational dynamics
• Persuades: Using compelling arguments to gain the support and commitment of others
• Plans and Aligns: Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals
• Situational Adaptability: Adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations
• Strategic Mindset: Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies
• Tech Savvy: Anticipating and adopting innovations in business-building digital and technology applications

Benefits offered include health care benefits, 401K, ESPP, paid time off, and success sharing bonus.  For a full list of the various benefits The Home Depot offers, visit https://careers.homedepot.com/our-benefits.