PayPal Senior Director Engineering Growth – PayPal Consumer App 

United States, California, San Jose 

35974726

Essential Responsibilities:

• Directs and controls the best practices and procedures within multiple domains within engineering through subordinate leaders
• Develops methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for projects, programs, and people across multiple domains and at an enterprise level
• Owns relationship with executives and SLT to drive alignment and the creation of business AND technical objectives that will be executed within their organization
• Responsible for the delivery of high complexity projects/programs with Enterprise impact
• Develops and executes software development strategy to achieve key business and technical objectives which contributes to the development of overall engineering strategy
• Consistently works with abstract ideas or situations across software development and engineering, assessing variables, evaluating fundamental issues, and providing direction for engineering
• Defines organizational roadmap and ensures alignment with PayPal-wide objectives. Sets high level organizational strategy and budget across multiple domains
• Collaborates with direct team, managers in org, stakeholders, managers in other orgs, external partners, business stakeholders, technology & business leadership

Expected Qualifications:

• 12+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5 years of experience leading others

Your Day to Day:

• Craft and own the Growth strategy for the PayPal Consumer App in close collaboration with Product, Design, Marketing, and Analytics.

• Lead and inspire teams responsible for conversion, engagement, app activation, and lifecycle retention.

• Define and prioritize initiatives that remove friction and drive meaningful outcomes at scale.

• Partner with leadership across the company to align growth goals with broader business priorities.

• Build a culture of high ownership, rapid experimentation, and continuous improvement.

• Use data as your compass — but never lose sight of the customer experience.

What You Bring:

• Proven experience in senior software engineering leadership roles, driving the development of large-scale consumer-facing products, preferably with prior fintech experience.

• Strong technical background in developing solutions across distributed systems, with advanced experience within mobile and web.

• Deep understanding of funnels, onboarding, personalization, and communication strategies.

• Proven track record driving measurable business impact through growth-focused initiatives.

• Comfortable operating at both the strategic and tactical level — you know when to zoom in or out.

• Outstanding communication skills, capable of conveying complex technical ideas to non-technical stakeholders.

• Highly collaborative, fast-moving, and customer-first mindset.
• Ability to assess talent at all stages of the employee life cycle including recruiting, hiring, and offboarding.
• Excellent strategic thinking, with the ability to lead and inspire teams across global locations.

Travel Percent:

The total compensation for this practice may include an annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information, visit .

The US national annual pay range for this role is $209,000 to $359,150

Our Benefits:

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