Director - Engineering - Twitter - Tokyo

Job description
Twitter is seeking a Director of Engineering who will be responsible for building out and managing a world-class engineering team to continue growing and engaging Twitter’s user base in Japan. This position is based in Tokyo, will be part of the broader Twitter Growth team, and will report directly to the Sr Director of Engineering on the Growth team.


We believe passion and personality matter. As such, we need someone who can manage diverse, smart, and driven engineers while balancing personnel challenges with business requirements. A successful Engineering Director will:

Mentor the professional development of each direct report through personal and performance management.

Be an aggressive source of engineering talent and be comfortable closing candidates

Give engineers the tools, confidence, and motivation to make decisions independently that lead to the recognition of your engineers and not just yourself.

Our ultimate goal is to ‘ship it’, so it’s imperative that the Engineering Director:

Be responsible for the group’s technical strategy and roadmap – creating success metrics in close collaboration with other Engineering and Product Managers.

Brings a strong perspective that drives change and motivates engineers to develop simple solutions to complex problems.

Works with tech leads and senior engineers to gather system requirements, gut checks new feature proposals and large system improvements.

Has the technical capacity to partner with tech leads and is comfortable diving into the fray to help drive resolution in the case of bad incidents.

Previously managed a team of 20+ engineers including a mix of senior technical leaders and engineering managers.

A successful Engineering Director will communicate fearlessly to build trust. We need leaders who take active roles in shaping the future of Twitter engineering while embodying our core values. This means the director will:

Initiate cross-function collaboration with Reliability Engineering, Product and Design to develop high quality, focused products (and inspire your team to independently initiate this same collaboration).

Seek diverse perspectives to drive bottom-up innovation and create buy-in from all technical stakeholders inside and outside the team.

Ensure the team fully understands the goals and objectives of Twitter as a company and how their work fits into 'the bigger picture.'

Twitter wants to reach every person on the planet. For success in the Japanese market, it is essential that this Engineering Director possess:

10-15 years of experience in relevant leadership roles, including significant experience in-market.

Deep understanding of the Japan market, including cultural and political landscape, consumer web and mobile landscape, current usage of Twitter in-market, and gaps in product/market fit.

Native-level language proficiency (written and verbal) in Japanese and English.

Ability to work with a broad range of functional leads involved in the Japan growth efforts.

Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to build and nurture trust-based relationships with leadership across the company.

Excellent leadership skills, both formal and informal.

Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills. Ability to speak fluently to senior executives, product managers, and business leaders.

Strong strategic background; comfort taking a data-driven and analytical approach to identifying gaps and opportunities in this market, as well as measuring results.

History of running quickly with little supervision. Ability to adapt to and lead through fast-paced, high-growth, uncertain environments to deliver results.

Creativity, resourcefulness, detail-orientation, organization.

Infectious passion for and power user of Twitter.

Prior experience working in a high-growth or startup technology company preferred.

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