Director – Software Platform Delivery

Director – Software Platform Delivery (Autonomy Domain)

We are Aptiv - a global technology company with 190,000 specialists in 46 countries. We develop innovative software and build the hardware to bring autonomous driving cars, advanced driver-assistance systems, connected vehicles and smart cities to life in a way that only we can. We work in partnership with almost all car manufacturers. Our sensors, systems and software can already be found in almost all passenger cars today.

With our deep domain expertise, Aptiv is developing solutions that solve our customers' toughest challenges. We are enabling the transition to software-defined vehicles supported by electrified and intelligently connected architectures – which will combine to power the future of mobility.

The Director, Software Platform Delivery – Autonomy is responsible for leading the end-to-end delivery of software platform capabilities that enable autonomous driving functions and services. The role owns execution across multiple cross-functional development teams, ensuring predictable delivery, quality, scalability, and organizational alignment.

The Director serves as the primary delivery leader for complex software platform programs, balancing business priorities, technical dependencies, engineering capacity, and product commitments. While highly technical, the role focuses primarily on delivery excellence, execution governance, stakeholder management, and building high-performing teams rather than defining architecture.

This is a non-executive leadership position reporting to a Senior Director or Head of Engineering Delivery within the Autonomy organization.

• Lead delivery of software platform releases supporting autonomous driving products and capabilities.
• Own planning, execution, integration, and release readiness across multiple engineering teams.
• Drive program execution against agreed milestones, quality targets, and business commitments.
• Ensure alignment between platform roadmaps and autonomy product requirements.
• Manage delivery risks, issues, dependencies, and mitigation plans across the organization.
• Establish delivery governance mechanisms and ensure consistency across programs.

• Coordinate activities across software engineering, systems engineering, validation, product management, architecture, and operations teams.
• Drive resolution of technical and organizational impediments impacting program execution.
• Ensure effective prioritization and dependency management across multiple work streams.
• Lead operational reviews and program steering discussions with senior leadership.
• Provide regular delivery status, forecasts, and executive-level communications.

• Lead and develop engineering managers, program managers, and delivery leaders.
• Build a high-performance culture focused on accountability, ownership, transparency, and continuous improvement.
• Support talent development, succession planning, and organizational growth.
• Foster collaboration across geographically distributed teams.

• Define and implement software delivery best practices, metrics, and operational rhythms.
• Drive improvements in planning accuracy, predictability, productivity, quality, and release performance.
  
  Champion Agile, Lean, and modern software development methodologies.
• Monitor delivery KPIs and implement corrective actions where required.
• Support adoption of development lifecycle standards, compliance processes, and engineering governance.

• Ensure robust release planning and execution across platform components.
• Partner with quality, validation, and safety teams to achieve…