Director of Product Development
HostPapa
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Canada
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About the role
- Lead and support Engineering Managers and technical leads, setting clear expectations around delivery, quality, and ownership while helping teams perform at their best
- Implement agentic workflows by redesigning the SDLC and integrating AI agents into everyday development, replacing repetitive, low-value coding work with automated generation and validation
- Own and evolve the technical architecture across products, making practical decisions that balance scalability, maintainability, and speed
- Improve how teams build and ship software by strengthening coding standards, reviews, testing, and development workflows, with a focus on frequent and reliable releases
- Track and use engineering metrics (including delivery and reliability indicators) to spot issues early, guide decisions, and drive continuous improvement
- Shape team structures and ways of working to improve clarity, accountability, and system stability, adjusting as the organization grows
- Lead and design the transition to agentic engineering, ensuring teams use AI agents for code generation, automated testing, and fast prototyping of new marketplace apps
- Work closely with Product, Operations, and other partners from planning through delivery, ensuring alignment while keeping engineering execution independent
- Step in hands-on when needed for architecture reviews, complex technical issues, platform evolution like cloud and containers, or technical assessments during acquisitions
- Support other tasks or projects as assigned to meet team and business needs
Requirements
- Senior engineering leader experienced in managing other managers and scaling teams in fully remote environments
- Strong software development background with deep experience in agentic orchestration and LLM integration, with a proven track record of using AI to significantly increase developer productivity and accelerate time to market for new features.
- Proven experience leading remote-first teams through growth, change, and post-acquisition transitions
- Experience guiding teams through technical debt cleanups and modernizing legacy systems into AI-enabled platforms
- Practical leader who values clear documentation, continuous improvement, and data-informed decision making
- Able to balance long-term technical direction with day-to-day leadership and hands-on involvement when needed
- Clear communicator who can align with product and business partners while keeping engineering focused on delivery and quality
- Committed to building healthy, high-performing engineering teams that can scale over time.
Benefits
- Work from anywhere - this is a remote opportunity
- A competitive salary that values you and your unique skill sets
- Career advancement & professional development opportunities to help you reach your full potential
- Flexible work arrangements to support work/life balance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
software developmentagentic orchestrationLLM integrationAI code generationautomated testingtechnical architectureSDLC redesigncoding standardsengineering metricstechnical debt cleanup
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationaccountabilitycontinuous improvementdocumentationteam buildingclarityhands-on involvementadaptabilitycollaboration