Director of Engineering (State)
About the role
Position summary
As a Director of Engineering, reporting to the Vice President of Engineering, you will lead and scale multiple engineering teams delivering complex, high-impact modernization programs for Nava’s state clients. You will be accountable for outcomes across a portfolio of engagements, modernizing legacy systems, data platforms and cloud infrastructure that support services relied on by millions of Americans.
You will ensure delivery is predictable, high-quality and aligned to client and company goals, while developing engineering leaders and strengthening technical and delivery practices. You will partner with program and client stakeholders as needed to navigate ambiguity, manage risk and ensure alignment in complex, highly constrained environments.
What you'll do
- Lead, hire and develop engineering teams, building strong leadership capability and supporting long-term career growth
- Own outcomes across a portfolio of client engagements, ensuring consistent execution, visibility into risks and high-quality outcomes
- Provide technical leadership across teams, shaping strategies to address client challenges and deliver scalable, sustainable solutions
- Engage directly with client stakeholders as needed to align on priorities, navigate ambiguity and build durable partnerships
- Drive decision-making across competing priorities, balancing delivery timelines, technical quality and team sustainability
- Strengthen engineering practices and standards across system design, quality, reliability and execution
- Collaborate across engineering, program management and the broader organization to plan work, manage tradeoffs and resolve dependencies
- Support business development through technical strategy, proposal input and identifying growth opportunities within existing engagements
- Foster a supportive, collaborative and high-performing engineering culture
Required skills
- 15+ years of experience in software engineering, including leadership of engineering teams
- 5+ years of experience as a manager of managers, leading multiple engineering teams
- Experience leading multiple engineering teams with responsibility for delivery outcomes across a 50+ engineering organization, driving alignment and technical direction across teams
- Proven ability to deliver complex, ambiguous work, balancing