Senior Director, Technology Engineering

Job Overview

The Senior Director, Technology Engineering & Site Lead serves as the senior engineering leader for Fortrea's engineering organization, the primary Foundry leadership representative for the site, and a strategic partner to the Head of the Global Digital Foundry. This role is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership across engineering teams, driving delivery excellence, organizational effectiveness, workforce strategy, technology execution, and engineering innovation aligned to enterprise priorities.

Job Overview

The Senior Director, Technology Engineering & Site Lead serves as the senior engineering leader for Fortrea's engineering organization, the primary Foundry leadership representative for the site, and a strategic partner to the Head of the Global Digital Foundry. This role is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership across engineering teams, driving delivery excellence, organizational effectiveness, workforce strategy, technology execution, and engineering innovation aligned to enterprise priorities. The incumbent partners closely with Product, Technology, Architecture, Data & AI, and business leaders to ensure the successful delivery of scalable, reliable, secure, and compliant technology solutions. This leader will help build and scale Fortrea's Global Digital Foundry by advancing modern software engineering capabilities, platform engineering, developer experience, AI-assisted engineering practices, shared services, and common delivery standards across the organization. As a member of the Technology leadership team, the Senior Director contributes to technology strategy, organizational planning, engineering maturity, AI adoption across the software development lifecycle, engineering excellence, developer productivity, and capability development efforts that support Fortrea's digital transformation and business objectives.

Summary Of Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Lead multiple engineering organizations within the Global Digital Foundry, ensuring alignment with enterprise technology and Foundry priorities.
• Translate business and technology objectives into actionable engineering strategies and delivery plans.
• Partner with senior Technology, Product, and business leaders to drive execution of critical initiatives and organizational goals.
• Contribute to long-term technology and workforce planning efforts that support organizational growth and scalability.
• Serve as the senior Foundry leader for the hub site, representing engineering interests in global leadership forums.
• Partner with the Head of the Global Digital Foundry to support engineering standards, reusable platforms, shared services, engineering governance, and common delivery practices across the organization.
• Contribute to technology strategy across Product Development & Engineering, including engineering maturity, innovation, AI adoption, developer productivity, and organizational scalability.

Engineering Delivery & Operational Excellence

• Lead engineering teams responsible for delivering scalable, reliable, and secure technology solutions that support business objectives.
• Lead the adoption and implementation of AI-assisted software engineering practices across the organization, including AI-enabled requirements analysis, software development, testing, quality engineering, documentation, and release management.
• Partner with Product, Data & AI, and Architecture teams to identify, prioritize, and operationalize AI capabilities that accelerate software delivery while maintaining regulatory compliance and engineering quality.
• Ensure the successful execution of engineering initiatives through effective governance, prioritization, resource allocation, and performance management.
• Establish and monitor key operational and delivery metrics to assess performance, identify risks, and drive continuous improvement.
• Promote engineering best practices, quality standards, operational excellence, and technology lifecycle management.
• Establish engineering standards, best practices, and governance across software engineering teams.
• Drive predictable and efficient delivery across multiple initiatives, balancing business priorities, capacity, and technical requirements.
• Champion Developer Experience initiatives that improve engineering productivity through automation, reusable frameworks, AI-assisted development, self-service platforms, CI/CD optimization, and engineering tooling.
• Drive engineering innovation by evaluating and adopting emerging technologies, AI capabilities, developer productivity tools, automation frameworks, and modern engineering practices.

People Leadership & Talent Development

• Lead, develop, and inspire a diverse organization throug