Position Summary:
Peloton is looking for a Senior Director Content Engineering and Development to join the Business Solutions department within the Content division.
As the Senior Director Content Engineering and Development you will carry significant responsibility as the lead for the design and delivery of the solution architecture managed by the business solutions department to deliver the strategy and requirements of the content division. Your vision will be critical in delivering the goals of the content division and delivering value from our strategic initiatives. As a lead in the department your role will be proactive in identifying opportunities to improve processes and designing an architecture that supports the evolution of the business often with rapid change, your solutions and the architecture you implement should enable the business and its leaders to succeed and not be a barrier to innovation for content.
Key Responsibilities:
- Research the market of available solutions and recommend enhance, build or buy options for solutions for all business requirements
- Review the scope of requirements and recommend a technology stack and a solution suite that will meet the full scope of the business requirements in the content division
- Partner with leads in the business solutions department and the wider content division to scope the business requirements for the solution architecture
- Create a culture of best practise within the department and implement a management approach to ensure this is adopted and adhered to
- Evaluate all existing business solutions on a regular basis and propose a retain or replace program to ensure the solution architecture continues to the deliver the evolving corporate strategy
- Recommend and implement an integration strategy to allow the business to benefit from a best of breed approach and select the best solution for each area
- Mentor and lead the content business solutions development team working with two director level direct reports
- Design and implement methodologies to manage documentation, development, testing, release of all solutions
- Work with leads in the business solutions department on the roadmap to prioritize solution additions or replacements
- Oversee the delivery of the development roadmap with the direct reports, the directors of content engineering and development
- Lead on the evaluation of potential solutions and technologies that will keep Peloton as the market leader and leverage pre-existing market solutions
- Create an environment for the business solutions development teams where people can learn, grow and succeed
- Own the development roadmap to prioritize functionality enhancements to all business solutions working with in-house development teams and third party solution providers
Required Education & Experience:
- We are looking for leaders with a background in solution architecture design achieved either through hands-on development experience or software design and delivery
- 12+ years of software experience specifically in the design, development or delivery of solutions within organizations that work with a combination of in-house and third party solutions
- Experience of a development and integration methodology compatible with the objectives of this role
- Experience of working directly with senior leaders within a comparably sized organization and of designing a solution architecture that will meet their needs
- Direct experience or working knowledge of some or all of the technologies within the technology requirements section of this job description and ability to demonstrate past experience of adopting new technologies
- Ideally direct experience in a content-led organization or ability to demonstrate knowledge of content related business solutions
- Experience of managing large development teams with different levels of seniority, competencies and experience
- Understanding of the connected fitness industry and knowledge of the scope of content and business requirements related to that industry