Edmentum

Director, Automation Engineering

United States · Director

Sponsorship not specified$170k-$180kDetected 6 days ago

Data EngineeringCybersecurityJiraSalesforceCustomer SuccessLeadershipMentoring

About the role

You'll bring AI into the toolkit where it sharpens what automation can do, while keeping solid engineering at the core.
This is a hands-on builder role with a thought-leadership mandate: you'll be a multiplier, coding when it matters, coaching when it counts, and setting the patterns that make adoption safe and repeatable.
Edmentum is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

As our Automation Engineering Director, you'll lead Edmentum's enterprise capability for workflow automation, internal tooling, business alerting, and low-code and no-code enablement.
You'll define the roadmap, design and build the highest-impact solutions yourself, and stand up the standards, governance, and enablement model that let teams across the company scale automation safely.
You'll partner with Business Systems, Data, Technology, RevOps, Customer Success, Support, Product, and Finance to find where automation can reduce manual effort, sharpen operating visibility, and unlock new ways of working.
Design and build workflow automations, integrations, dashboards, and internal tools that interact with Salesforce, ADO/Jira, data platforms, and other enterprise systems.
Partner with Business Systems, Technology, InfoSec, and Legal to ensure solutions meet security, privacy, and data integrity expectations.
Build the enablement playbooks, office hours, and mentorship routines that turn functional teams and citizen builders into safe, capable automation contributors.
Communicate progress, impact, risk, and trade-offs to executives in clear, actionable terms, and expand the team and partner ecosystem as the capability scales.
As part of our hiring process, we may use AI-powered tools to support our HR team in reviewing, screening, and managing applications.

You have 8 or more years of experience in automation engineering, software engineering, business systems, internal tools, data engineering, or related technology leadership roles.
You have led complex workstreams that delivered workflow automation, internal tools, integrations, and low-code and no-code solutions.
You have a strong technical foundation in APIs, data flows, ETL and integration patterns, scripting, cloud or SaaS ecosystems, and modern software delivery practices.
You are willing to take on evolving responsibilities based on business needs.

Edmentum is a dynamic educator and student-focused company dedicated to tech-enabled learning solutions.

At Edmentum, we are committed to pay transparency.
The salary range provided reflects market research, the responsibilities of the role, and alignment with our compensation principles.
Actual compensation will be determined based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, relevant experience and skill sets.
All compensation decisions are individualized and based on the specific circumstances of each candidate.
$170,000 - $180,000 USD

We also offer a comprehensive benefits package to support your overall well-being and work-life balance.
Additionally, we provide resources to promote wellness, ensuring you have the support you need both professionally and personally.
Our goal is to provide a benefits package that helps you thrive in all aspects of life.

Our goal is to ensure that all students have access to flexible learning environments and educators have the tools they need to support their students.
We are on a mission to create innovative, proven learning technology, partnering with educators to ignite student potential.
We are a Remote First organization with a strong commitment to excellence, innovation, and customer satisfaction.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a covered veteran and need a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the

Define and execute the enterprise roadmap for automation, internal tools, business alerting, and citizen-development enablement, applying AI where it adds value

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