Senior Director, Engineering- X-Ops Platform

Sophos

Full-time Other-General
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Location
Remote, Remote, United-Kingdom
Posted
June 30, 2026

Job Description

Role Summary

We are seeking a Sr. Director of Engineering to lead our X-Ops Platform organization. The leader will be responsible for all aspects of the platform ranging from vision, strategy and roadmap to product delivery and service execution. The leader will coordinate with stakeholders to align business priorities and support engineering teams in delivering secure, high-quality software at scale using modern AI technologies.

What You Will Do

  • Set the vision, strategy, and operating model for the X-Ops Platform organisation (e.g., Delivery Roadmap, AI First Developer Experience, CI/CD, Observability, SRE, Cloud & Infrastructure Enablement)
  • Lead, coach, and develop engineering leaders (directors, managers and senior ICs), building high‑performing teams with clear ownership and strong engineering culture
  • Own platform reliability, resilience, and operational excellence: incident management, on‑call standards, SLIs/SLOs, post‑i...