Director of Engineering Coaching

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Best Buy

Best Buy’s Digital & Engineering organization is seeking a Director of Engineering Coaching

where you will play a key role in shaping the future of Best Buy's Engineering Productivity effort.

We are undergoing a massive transformation across people, processes and technology in the technology teams here at Best Buy, and we are in the first year of a multi-year journey. There is a lot of opportunity to shape and influence, and you will be helping Best Buy do that. This position will be aligned with the Engineering Communities of Practice and lead direct coaching efforts for both engineers and engineering leaders that support our customers – the engineers here at Best Buy - to be the best at what they do. This team will provide them with hands-on training and in a partnership with the Engineering CoP help meet the engineers where they are and where they need to be in their journey to the product model here at Best Buy. Significant effort will go towards our hands-on training, but there will be many other solutions needed based on the research you will do with your customers.

We embrace a culture of rapid experimentation and constantly strive for improvement and learning. You’ll work in a collaborative, trusting, thought-provoking agile environment—one that encourages diversity of thought and passion for empowering teams by leading and mentoring others. You will leverage your rich industry experience to improve the way we develop and deliver software at scale, and partner with your stakeholders to deliver customer and business outcomes.

Every day you will play a key role in shaping the future of how Best Buy is disrupting retail, empowering your teams to deliver innovative and human-centered customer experiences. You'll be required to apply your depth of knowledge and expertise to build and lead your teams through empowerment, engagement, and continuous improvement as we partner with our many stakeholders daily to stay aligned and focused on common goals.

We are excited about you for this role because:

You have deep experience shipping software and building empowered teams that have exceeded your expectations

You are passionate about what works, and what doesn’t, and you have the experience to back up your opinions, and the humility to listen and learn from your mistakes

You know that your journey to be more impactful is to take your passion, experience, and open approach to partner with others on their learning journey

You are enthusiastic about outcomes

You will collaborate and enable your teams to create the best possible outcomes along with their stakeholders. You embrace a culture of experimentation and help us to adopt new technologies and practices. You'll learn from us, and we'll learn from you. You care deeply about the experience you are delivering.

You foster the culture of an empowered engineer that creates innovative customer-centric products. Your mission is to build, empower, and mentor teams that partner with their product team, customers, and stakeholders. You crave accountability and incrementally deliver products that are fit for purpose.

You are a product-minded engineer

. You bring out the innovation in your teams. You encourage your engineers to take risks and think big, keeping the customer at the forefront. You build customer experiences to test ideas and enrich lives through technology.

You have a deep respect for your craft. We are dedicated to building software sustainably, using modern techniques. You're always looking for ways to raise the bar for engineering culture on your teams.

You are respectful, empathetic, and humble

. We want you to take your work seriously and be open to personal and professional growth. You communicate technical concepts well and care about how others perceive your ideas. You create an environment on your team that is inclusive and open by default, and you know that this leads to an engaged team, which leads to better outcomes. Successful leaders show everyone respect and consideration.

You care about your community

. You are active in, give back, and receive from your engineering community. You understand mentoring and learning from others makes us all better. You are committed to inclusive ways of working and honoring your team members and stakeholders as people.

Minimum Qualifications:

10 or more years experience in software engineering with demonstrated increasing responsibilities and a Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, MIS, or related discipline

10 or more years experience in agile software delivery methodology

2 or more years of increasing responsibility leading teams, and 1 or more years managing managers

Preferred Experience / Qualifications:

Leading, coaching, and inspiring a team of engineers, while creating an inclusive team culture that enables all members of the product teams to succeed

Transforming teams from a project mindset towards a product mindset

Identifying needed skills and capabilities needed on the team, and work to fill those roles by coaching, hiring, and training an inclusive, diverse team

Deeply understanding the value of, and the ability to, enable collaboration between designers, researchers, engineers, product managers, business owners, and executives

Understanding funding mechanisms and managing budgets

Mentoring and delegating work to encourage the growth of those around you. Reviewing code and provide thoughtful, constructive feedback

Bringing a passion to stay on top of tech trends, experimenting with and learning new technologies, participating in internal and external technology communities, and mentoring other members of the engineering community, specifically working within or introducing event-driven architectures and streaming technologies

Company info

Best Buy
Website : http://www.bestbuy.com