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A vehicle dating back to 1960. One that forged the path for future generations of rugged SUVs and trucks and will do so once again.\nBut Scout is more than just a brand, it’s a legacy steeped in a culture of exploration, caretaking, and hard work.\nThe Scout brand is all about respect. Respect for the past and the future by taking an iconic American brand that hasn’t been around for a while, electrifying it, digitizing it, and loading it with American innovation. Respect for communities by creating a company that stands for its people and its customers. Respect for both work and play, with vehicles that are equally at home at a camp site, a job site, or on a Tuesday commute. And respect for our customers by developing two powertrains that meet their requirements - an all-electric powertrain as well as the Harvester™ range extender powertrain which includes a built-in gas-powered generator with an estimated 500 miles of combined range.\nAt Scout Motors, we empower our talented, inclusive, and entrepreneurial teams to innovate. What makes a Scout employee? Someone who is a visionary and a leader, who seeks new paths and shares lessons learned. A knowledgeable doer who collaborates across the company to build better. A go-getter with unrivaled passion.\nJoin us at Scout Motors and be part of shaping the future of transportation. If you're ready to drive change and make history, apply now!\nOverview\nAs the Senior Director, Digital Product Engineering, you will lead Scout Motors' Digital Product Engineering organization responsible for delivering and operating the software platforms that power the complete customer lifecycle, from vehicle discovery and purchase through ownership and service.\nThis role is accountable for engineering strategy, organizational effectiveness, technology execution, platform scalability, reliability, security, and operational excellence across customer-facing and business-enabling digital products.\nYou will lead a multidisciplinary engineering organization through a team of Directors and senior engineering leaders while partnering closely with Product, Customer Experience, Commercial, Marketing, Operations, Vehicle Engineering, Manufacturing, IT, and executive leadership.\nAs a senior leader, you will define long-term technology strategy, scale engineering talent and operating models, drive technical excellence, and ensure Digital Products can support Scout's growth objectives and direct-to-consumer business model.\nThis leader will also define the organization's approach to AI-enabled software engineering and AI-native digital products, ensuring both the development organization and the products it builds leverage advances in generative AI, autonomous agents, and intelligent workflows to improve customer experiences, business operations, and engineering productivity.\nOrganizational Scope\nThis role provides leadership and oversight for the following software engineering organizations:\nSales Software EngineeringResponsible for vehicle reservation, configuration, ordering, financing, checkout, payments, trade-in, and digital commerce capabilities.\n\nAftersales Software EngineeringResponsible for ownership experiences including service scheduling, maintenance, warranty, accessories, customer support integrations, roadside assistance experiences, and post-purchase customer engagement platforms.\n\nUser Experience Software EngineeringResponsible for customer-facing web and mobile experiences including brand engagement, product discovery, customer identity, account management, connected vehicle applications, and end-to-end digital customer journeys.\n\nUtility Tools Software EngineeringResponsible for internal applications, developer productivity tools, shared services, integrations, automation platforms, engineering enablement, platform operations, and common technical capabilities that support the broader Digital Product organization.\n\nWhat you’ll do\nBecome part of an iconic brand that is set to revolutionize the electric pick-up truck & rugged SUV marketplace by achieving the following:\nOrganizational Leadership\nLead and scale multiple software engineering organizations through a team of Directors, managers, and senior technical leaders.\nEstablish organizational strategy, operating models, staffing plans, budget priorities, and delivery governance.\nBuild a high-performing engineering culture focused on accountability, ownership, quality, innovation, and continuous improvement.\nDevelop engineering leaders and strengthen succession planning across the organization.\nFoster strong cross-functional partnerships across Product, Design, Data, IT, Commercial, Customer Experience, and Operations teams.\nEngineering Strategy & Architecture\nDefine and execute the long-term engineering vision supporting Scout's digital ecosystem.\nEstablish technology standards, architecture principles, software development practices, and operational excellence frameworks.\nDrive platform modernization, cloud adoption, scalability, resilience, performance, and security initiatives.\nEnsure engineering investments align with company priorities, customer outcomes, and business objectives.\nGuide major build-versus-buy decisions, vendor strategy, technical roadmaps, and platform evolution.\nDefine the organization's strategy for AI-assisted and agentic software development, establishing standards, governance, tooling, and operating models that accelerate engineering productivity while maintaining high standards for quality, security, reliability, and compliance. Develop KPIs and measurement frameworks to continuously assess the effectiveness, quality, and business value of AI-powered engineering capabilities, coding agents, and autonomous software development workflows.\nDrive the architecture and adoption of AI-native capabilities across Scout's digital customer-facing products and internal commercial operations platforms. Establish standards, patterns, and shared services that enable AI models, agents, and intelligent workflows to securely interact with digital products, platform services, business systems, and proprietary data through modern integration approaches such as Model Context Protocol (MCP), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), agent orchestration frameworks, APIs, and emerging AI interoperability standards. Ensure the Digital Product portfolio is designed to be AI-enabled, agent-ready, and capable of supporting next-generation customer and employee experiences.\nProduct & Business Partnership\nPartner closely with Product leadership to align engineering investments with product strategy and customer outcomes.\nCollaborate with executive leadership to support strategic initiatives across sales, ownership, aftersales, customer experience, and commercial operations.\nInfluence company-wide decisions regarding digital platforms, customer-facing technologies, integrations, and engineering investments.\nServe as a trusted technology advisor to senior leaders across the organization.\nDelivery Excellence\nOwn execution across a broad portfolio of digital products and platforms.\nEstablish metrics, KPIs, operating reviews, and reporting mechanisms to ensure predictable planning and delivery.\nDrive software quality, platform reliability, security compliance, operational readiness, and incident management practices.\nCreate scalable engineering processes that support rapid company growth while maintaining exceptional customer experiences and operational effectiveness.\nTalent & Culture\nRecruit, retain, and develop exceptional engineering talent and leadership.\nBuild inclusive teams that foster collaboration, innovation, learning, and career growth.\nPromote engineering craftsmanship, accountability, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.\nDrive employee engagement and organizational health across a distributed organization.\nLocation & Travel Expectations:\nThis role will be based out of Scout Motors HQ location in Charlotte, NC, or our Northern California office in San Ramon, CA.\nThis role has a hybrid office policy, with regular in-person meetings and events. Subject to change. \nApplicants should expect that the role will require the ability to convene with Scout colleagues in person and travel to participate in events on behalf of the company from time to time.\nWhat you’ll bring \nWe expect all Scout employees to have integrity, curiosity, resourcefulness, and strive to exhibit a positive attitude, as well as a growth mindset. You’ll be comfortable with change and flexible in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. You’ll take a collaborative approach to achieve ambitious goals. Here's what else you'll bring:\nBachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or substantial experience working in the software engineering field.\n15+ years of software engineering experience with progressively increasing leadership responsibility.\n8+ years of engineering leadership experience managing managers and senior leaders.\nDemonstrated success leading large engineering organizations through multiple levels of management.\nExperience leading Directors and organizations consisting of multiple engineering teams and functions.\nProven track record delivering large-scale customer-facing digital products and platforms.\nStrong understanding of cloud-native architectures, APIs, microservices, mobile applications, web platforms, integrations, and modern software development practices.\nExperience establishing engineering strategy and operating models for high-growth organizations.\nExceptional communication, executive presence, organizational, and leadership skills.\nPreferred 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