Senior Director, Developer Platforms
PayPal
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Virginia • Virginia • United States
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Salary
💰 $220,000 - $326,700 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Directs and controls the best practices and procedures within multiple domains within engineering through subordinate leaders
- Develops methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for projects, programs, and people across multiple domains and at an enterprise level
- Owns relationship with executives and SLT to drive alignment and the creation of business AND technical objectives that will be executed within their organization
- Responsible for the delivery of high complexity projects/programs with Enterprise impact
- Develops and executes software development strategy to achieve key business and technical objectives which contributes to the development of overall engineering strategy
- Consistently works with abstract ideas or situations across software development and engineering, assessing variables, evaluating fundamental issues, and providing direction for engineering
- Defines organizational roadmap and ensures alignment with PayPal-wide objectives. Sets high level organizational strategy and budget across multiple domains
- Collaborates with direct team, managers in org, stakeholders, managers in other orgs, external partners, business stakeholders, technology & business leadership
Requirements
- 12+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 5 years of experience leading others
- Proven track record in building and managing developer platforms or ecosystems.
- Deep understanding of APIs, SDKs, and developer tools.
- Experience in the payments or fintech industry.
- Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to build and maintain relationships with external partners and developers.
- Knowledge of compliance and regulatory requirements in the financial industry.
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
- parental and family leave
- 401(k) savings plan
- paid time off
- flexible work environment
- employee shares options
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
strategic thinkingproblem-solvingcommunicationinterpersonal skillsrelationship buildingcollaborationleadershipalignmentdirectionevaluation