Director of Software Engineering

Join our team as the Director of Software Engineering, where you will lead a multidisciplinary team responsible for delivering and evolving critical Finance systems. You will partner closely with Finance leaders to translate business priorities into scalable technology solutions, manage strategic technology vendors, and build a high-performing organization. This role requires strong engineering and people leadership skills, as well as Finance domain knowledge and experience.

Lead multidisciplinary teams responsible for planning and forecasting platforms, custom Finance solutions, and Finance-related SaaS applications.

Demonstrated ability to develop technical talent and build new capabilities within an engineering organization, including preparing teams to partner effectively with Data Engineering and ML Engineering and to operationalize data, AI, and machine learning capabilities

Experience with one or more enterprise-scale planning and forecasting platforms, such as Anaplan, Workday Adaptive Planning, or SAP Analytics Cloud, including solution design, model governance, integration, or platform administration

About PlayStation

Experience supporting technology enabled Finance transformation within a large, global organization

Understanding of how AI and machine learning can be applied responsibly to Finance use cases, including forecasting, predictive insights, anomaly detection, decision support, and process automation, with attention to data governance, security, privacy, and enterprise technology standards

Responsibilities

• Partner with Finance leaders to understand business priorities and translate Finance transformation objectives into technology strategies, roadmaps, and solutions.
• Own the technology portfolio and multi-year roadmap balancing business priorities, technical debt, platform lifecycle, and operational sustainability.
• Experience leading enterprise scale financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and scenario-modeling platforms, including responsibility for platform strategy, delivery, lifecycle management, and operational performance
• Strong understanding of Finance processes, particularly financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and related Finance operations

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive experience leading enterprise application or software engineering organizations in a large enterprise environment, including accountability for multidisciplinary teams, technology delivery, and operational performance
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, and cross functional leadership skills
• 5+ years leading through managers, including responsibility for organizational design, talent development, performance management, and succession planning
• Demonstrated experience building and leading multidisciplinary teams across software engineering, enterprise applications, planning applications, systems analysis, product ownership, and technical program management
• Strong understanding of software engineering, enterprise architecture, integration, data, and cloud concepts
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated ability to partner with senior business leaders, translate business and transformation objectives into technology strategy and execution, and own multi-year portfolio roadmaps that balance business priorities, technical debt, platform lifecycle, and operational sustainability
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA and integration of Finance applications and services with the core ERP environment
• Experience in jointly delivering production AI or machine learning capabilities with Data Engineering and ML Engineering teams, including integration into enterprise applications or business processes
• Experience leading a portfolio of Finance SaaS solutions, such as Coupa, Rightsline, or comparable platforms, including vendor management, integration, lifecycle planning, and operational governance
• Experience with event-driven and streaming architectures and enterprise integration patterns
• Experience leading software engineering teams building custom enterprise solutions using Golang, Java or comparable programming languages