Since our inception in 1994, DIRECTV has been part of millions of American households, delivering favorite shows, sports, and premium content anytime, anywhere. We believe media entertainment is meant to be enjoyed, so we continuously evolve to provide personalized, best-in-class options that exceed expectations. We champion excellence, embrace emerging technologies, and offer industry-leading video services that feel made for each viewer.

DIRECTV India GCC is our exciting current chapter, a Global Capability Center in Pune where exceptional technical and AI talent come together to solve meaningful challenges and build what's next. Here, your work directly shapes entertainment technology that reaches millions, while you grow your career in one of the world's most dynamic talent markets.

We're here to reimagine what's possible in entertainment, delivering experiences that meet the viewer's needs, timing, and preferences. With nearly three decades at the forefront, we stay focused on our people, partners, and customers, creating innovative experiences that fit seamlessly into their lives, wherever and however they choose to watch. Anchored in a 30-year legacy of innovation and community, we're building a future better than yesterday – for our colleagues, our customers, and our company.

To help drive this next chapter, we're seeking a strategic and innovative Director, Data Engineering, to lead our enterprise data engineering organization. This role defines and executes the technology vision, engineering strategy, and delivery roadmap for DIRECTV's modern data platforms and analytics ecosystem. As a people leader, you will build and develop high-performing engineering teams while driving platform modernization, data innovation, operational excellence, and scalable data solutions that enable business growth and advanced analytics.
The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in enterprise-scale data engineering, proven people leadership experience, and a passion for building cloud-native data platforms that empower data-driven decision-making across the organization.

Develop and evolve engineering roadmaps for enterprise data platforms, analytics capabilities, and data services.
Align technology investments and platform strategy with business priorities and data-driven decision-making objectives.
Drive innovation through modern data architecture, automation, AI-enabled analytics, and emerging technologies.
Partner with Product,



Architecture, Security, Data Science, Analytics, and Enterprise Technology teams to deliver business value.

Lead, mentor, and develop engineering managers, technical leaders, and high-performing data engineering teams.
Drive talent development, succession planning, and employee engagement initiatives.
Establish engineering standards, reusable frameworks, and operational excellence across the organization.

Lead the design, development, deployment, and support of enterprise-scale data platforms and pipelines.
Drive enterprise data architecture, platform modernization, and scalable pipeline design.
Establish reusable engineering frameworks and cross-domain data architecture standards.
Ensure platform scalability, reliability, governance, performance, and cost optimization.
Champion cloud-native data engineering practices and modern distributed processing frameworks

Data Platform Innovation:
Advance DIRECTV's modern data platform strategy using Snowflake, Databricks, Spark, and cloud-native technologies.
Drive adoption of scalable data lake and data warehouse architectures.
Identify opportunities to improve analytics capabilities, engineering productivity, and operational efficiency.
Champion data-driven decision-making across the organization through high-quality, trusted data solutions.

Required Experience:

- 14-18 years of progressive experience in data engineering and technology leadership.
- Proven experience leading multiple data engineering teams and delivering large-scale enterprise initiatives.
- Demonstrated ability to define technical strategy, establish engineering standards, and drive execution across multiple domains.
- Extensive experience with enterprise data architecture, platform modernization, and scalable data pipeline design.
- Strong knowledge of cloud-native data platforms, distributed processing, and modern data lake and data warehouse architecture.
- Experience managing executive stakeholders and influencing technology strategy across the organization.
- Experience leading large-scale data, analytics,



architecture, governance, or technology organizations
- Experience leading leaders and cross-functional teams within complex enterprise environments
- Proven track record executing enterprise data strategies and roadmaps to accelerate modernization, improve business outcomes, and strengthen organizational agility
- Deep expertise across the data lifecycle, including architecture, governance, quality, metadata, lineage, platform engineering, and operational management
- Experience modernizing and scaling enterprise data ecosystems, including cloud-based platforms, within highly regulated or complex operating environments

Snowflake
Data Pipeline & Platform Design and Architecture (incl. Data Mesh foundations)

Demonstrated Soft/Leadership Skills in a Data delivery organization:
Data and metrics driven delivery management in SAFe/Agile frameworks
Preferred Skills & Experience:
Change Data Capture (CDC)
Streaming Data Architectures
Cloud Cost Optimization
Experience building enterprise-scale cloud data platforms
Experience leading globally distributed engineering organizations

Bachelor's degree in computer science and engineering or equivalent

Talent Value Proposition statement:
At DIRECTV India, we're building a culture with our people, not for them, grounded in the values of We Care, We Challenge, and We Deliver. We will focus on building a better future than yesterday for our colleagues, customers, and company. As part of our team, you'll help shape the future of enterprise data platforms, enable advanced analytics and AI innovation, and contribute to business-critical capabilities that impact millions of customers. We've grown our global footprint with DIRECTV India, a capability center in Pune built to support our operations and speed up how we build new technology. Here, our teams work on the platforms and products that bring together satellite and streaming, so customers get their favorite content without the hassle of switching between apps or inputs. From AI-driven personalization to content built around what people actually want to watch, we're shaping what entertainment looks like next, and Pune is a big part of that.
Employment decisions are based on business requirements, qualifications, merit, and performance, without discrimination on the basis of legally protected characteristics under applicable laws.

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