Confidential · 4 days ago
Director of Technical Operations
Confidential is seeking a Director of Technical Operations to lead and scale technical operations across engineering, infrastructure, and platform delivery. This role is responsible for ensuring reliable, secure, and efficient execution of technology initiatives while aligning operational excellence with business objectives.
Responsibilities
Lead and oversee technical operations across engineering, infrastructure, cloud platforms, and internal systems
Establish and optimize operational processes to ensure system reliability, scalability, performance, and cost efficiency
Partner with Engineering and Product teams to support the delivery of high-quality, production-ready technology solutions
Own incident management, on-call processes, SLAs, and post-incident reviews to ensure operational resilience
Drive infrastructure planning, capacity management, and technology roadmaps aligned with business growth
Collaborate with Security, Compliance, and Legal teams to ensure systems meet regulatory, security, and governance requirements
Implement monitoring, observability, and performance metrics to proactively identify and resolve operational risks
Manage vendor relationships, cloud providers, and third-party technical partners
Build, mentor, and lead high-performing technical operations, DevOps, SRE, or platform teams
Communicate operational performance, risks, and improvement initiatives to executive and non-technical stakeholders
Continuously improve operational maturity through automation, documentation, and best practices
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in technical operations, engineering operations, or infrastructure leadership roles
Strong background in software engineering, cloud infrastructure, or platform operations
Experience managing production systems in high-availability, scalable environments
Proven leadership experience managing technical teams and cross-functional initiatives
Strong understanding of DevOps, SRE practices, monitoring, and incident management
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Preferred
Experience in SaaS, AI/ML, cloud-native, or data-driven environments
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and modern infrastructure tooling
Experience supporting enterprise or B2B technology products
Background in compliance, security, or regulated industries
Experience scaling operations in high-growth or startup environments