Executive Director, Engineering - Xumo Platform

Xumo, a joint venture between Comcast and Charter Communications, was formed to develop and offer a next-generation streaming platform for the entire entertainment industry. The company consists of three primary lines of business: Xumo devices, Xumo Play, and Xumo Enterprise. Powered by Comcast’s global entertainment platform, Xumo devices feature a world-class user interface with universal voice search capabilities, making it easy for consumers to find and enjoy their favorite streaming content. Xumo Play is a free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) service offering hundreds of linear channels and on-demand options. Xumo Enterprise provides tools and services for content creators, distributors, and advertisers to make FAST content more accessible.

The role is instrumental in driving measurable growth across Xumo FAST (Play and Enterprise) businesses by setting platform engineering strategy, overseeing fiscal and operational performance, developing leaders, advancing scalable monetization, personalization, security, privacy, accessibility, and governance capabilities while fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing engineering culture.

Highly Preferred Qualifications/Ideal Experience: Deep experience leading engineering organizations responsible for video, advertising technology, and data platforms at scale. Proven success building and evolving cloud-based platform architectures that support high-volume consumer & enterprise products. Experience scaling platforms from early-stage development through significant user growth. Strong understanding of video streaming ecosystems, advertising technology, audience data, and platform monetization capabilities. Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity & drive results in fast-paced, high-growth environments. Track record of managing & developing engineering leaders and established teams, fostering accountability, collaboration, and high performance. Exceptional cross-functional leadership skills with the ability to partner effectively across product, data, operations, and business organizations. Position is office based in Irvine, CA -4 days a week in office/1 day remote.

Orchestrating engineering strategies aligned with Xumo FAST platform architecture across Video, Ad Tech, Data, Content Management System, and Backend domains, while fostering an environment that embraces continuous improvement and change.  Driving business objectives by implementing strategies that ensure operational excellence, accountability, and measurable impact on monetization, user engagement, and platform efficiency across the engineering organization.  Defining and overseeing execution of cross-functional, platform-level initiatives, ensuring alignment between Engineering, Product, and business priorities, and supporting delivery of large-scale, high-impact programs.  Directing data-driven analysis of operational and business metrics, monitoring project timelines, platform performance, and expenditures to ensure alignment with ROI and strategic priorities.  Managing comprehensive budget oversight, including forecasting for platform operations, development, and large-scale engineering initiatives supporting both Xumo Play and Enterprise businesses. Leading platform development initiatives, including monetization capabilities such as advertising systems, data-driven personalization, and revenue-enabling technologies, translating these into scalable and maintainable platform solutions.  Benchmarking and optimizing work processes to meet company and industry performance standards, including improvements in system scalability, reliability, cost efficiency, and operational excellence across platform engineering.  Monitoring competitors, industry developments, and technological advances across streaming media, AVOD, and FAST markets to identify strategic opportunities, anticipate risks, and inform platform direction.  Championing professional