Director of Engineering – Information Systems

What You’ll Do: 

Nexxen is seeking a Director of Engineering, Information Systems to own the strategy, delivery, and lifecycle of our business systems, integrations, and analytics enablement. This role focuses on enterprise applications and data flows that underpin Finance, HR, Sales/RevOps, and Operations. You will define the roadmap, lead high-performing, globally distributed teams, and partner with business leaders to deliver secure, scalable, and user-centric solutions.

This role leads enterprise-level business applications (Finance, HRIS, CRM/RevOps, Collaboration, Knowledge/Task Management), internal tools, integration platforms, and data engineering enablement for analytics and reporting. The director establishes SDLC and architecture guardrails, ensures platform reliability for applications and integrations, governs vendors and platforms, and drives effective change management. The role collaborates closely with Security on security-by-design, SoD, privacy, and audits; with Data on MDM, governed datasets, and BI; and with IT for SSO/MFA policies and prerequisite infrastructure.

Strategy and leadership:

• Define a multi-year Information Systems product and platform strategy aligned to Nexxen’s business outcomes and process modernization.
• Translate business goals into an executable roadmap across applications, integrations, and data capabilities; establish portfolio governance and quarterly planning.
• Set engineering standards for SDLC, architecture guardrails, testing, release, and quality.

Product, delivery, and value realization:

• Lead product discovery and delivery for Finance, HRIS, CRM/RevOps, and cross-functional platforms; prioritize roadmaps with Finance, HR, Sales Ops, and Operations.
• Drive build/buy/partner decisions; lead vendor evaluations, negotiations, licensing optimization, and success management.
• Establish SLOs for applications and integrations; measure adoption, process cycle-time reduction, and automation coverage.

Architecture and integrations:

• Own the target state architecture for enterprise applications and integration patterns (APIs, iPaaS, event-driven).
• Standardize data contracts and reference data; partner with Data on MDM, lineage, and governed, analytics-ready datasets.
• Define app-level RBAC and role design; coordinate with Security/IT for SSO/MFA enablement and access reviews.

Security, risk, and compliance for business systems

• Embed security- and privacy-by-design, SoD, and change controls in platforms such as Finance, HRIS, and CRM.
• Support control design and audit readiness (e.g., SOX for financial processes, GDPR where applicable); drive timely remediation for findings within the application domain.
• Coordinate incident response for application-layer issues with Security/IT as needed.

People leadership

• Build and lead a diverse, globally distributed team of application engineers, integration engineers, admins, engineering managers, and program managers.
• Foster a culture of ownership, measurable impact, and continuous improvement; mentor leaders to scale multi-squad delivery across time zones.
• Strengthen cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder engagement across Finance, HR, Sales, Operations, Legal/Compliance, Security, and Data.

What You’ll Bring: 

• 10+ years in Information Systems/Enterprise Applications with 5+ years leading managers and multi-squad portfolios.
• Salesforce (CRM/RevOps) — architecture, customization, integrations, governance, and adoption.
• NetSuite (Finance) — financial process enablement, role design/SoD, integrations, and controls supporting audit readiness.
• Zip (Purchase Workflow/Intake-to-Procure) — process design, approvals, supplier onboarding, and integration into ERP, SSO, and security policies.
• Strong application architecture across SaaS platforms, APIs/iPaaS, event-driven integrations, data flows, and app-level security/SoD.
• Proven delivery of large-scale transformations (platform rollouts, process re-engineering, post-system unification).
• Portfolio management, agile delivery at scale, and vendor/platform governance with meaningful budget accountability.
• Exceptional communication, executive presence, and cross-functional influence.
• Demonstrated success leading globally distributed teams, including setting follow-the-sun practices and optimizing collaboration across regions.

Soft skills:

• Excellent leadership and team-building skills.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and handle multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Success metrics (KPIs)
• Delivery: On-time/on-budget delivery, roadmap attainment, milestone reliability.
• Reliability/quality: App/integration SLOs, incident MTTR (apps/integrations), change failure rate, regression rate.
• Business impact: Process cycle-time reduction, automation rate, error-rate reduction, stakeholder CSAT/NPS, adoption metrics.
• Data enablement: Time-to-insight, governed dataset coverage, BI adoption for trusted sources.
• Compliance: Control effectiveness in in-scope systems, audit readiness, SoD violations prevented, remediation SLAs met.
• Financials: License utilization, platform TCO vs. budget, cost-to-serve for integrations and enhancements.
• Team: Engagement, retention, internal mobility, hiring velocity, and cross-region collaboration effectiveness.

In support of pay transparency and equity, the minimum and maximum full-time annual base salary for this role in New York or Los Angeles is $180,000 - 219,000 the time of posting. While this is our reasonable expectation this is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, education, certifications, responsibility, and geographic location. Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location. We offer a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability insurance, 401(k), EAP, parental leave, discretionary time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available will vary depending on the state, start date, and employment type. Our Talent Acquisition team will be happy to answer any questions you may have. 

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