Director of Engineering

Director of Engineering FranklinCovey Enterprise

FranklinCovey (NYSE : FC) is the workplace of choice for Achievers with Heart. We are one of the largest and most trusted leadership companies in the world, with directly owned and licensee partner offices in over 160 countries and territories. With more than 2,000 global associates, FranklinCovey transforms organizations by partnering with clients to build leaders, teams, and cultures that get breakthrough results through collective action. Our services and products are primarily delivered through our subscription offerings, which are comprised of the FranklinCovey All Access Pass, which is primarily sold through our Enterprise Division, and the Leader in Me membership, which is designed specifically for our Education Division. Enterprise clients include Fortune 100, Fortune 500, thousands of small and mid-sized businesses, and numerous government entities. FranklinCovey Education has shared our programs, books, and content with thousands of public and private primary, secondary, and post-secondary schools and institutions. To learn more, visit franklincovey.com

Title : Director of Engineering FranklinCovey Enterprise

Payroll Title : Director, Platform Engineering

Division & Department : Corporate Platform Development

Status : Full-time Exempt

Reports to : EVP, Product

Location : Remote Anywhere in the contiguous United States

Compensation : Anticipated compensation for this position is a base salary of $207-291k. FranklinCovey helps organizations develop exceptional leaders and individuals, build winning cultures, and achieve breakthrough results through world-class content, expert delivery, and the Impact Platform. Our Enterprise product portfolio spans the learner-facing Impact Platform, the Admin Platform, analytics and assessments (e.g., 360s), the 4DX Operating System, extensive client integrations and emerging AI experiences like the FranklinCovey AI Coach

Job Summary

FC is seeking a hands-on Director of Engineering to lead multiple product teams building the learning experiences and enterprise platforms that power our clients' behavior change at scale. You will directly manage the 4DXOS engineering team (3-4 engineers) and three QA engineers, and you'll manage through managers for two additional teamsImpact Platform and Admin Platform (each led by an Engineering Manager with 5-6 engineers each). You'll partner closely with IT on Dev / SecOps and shared infrastructure. Our products help organizations develop exceptional leaders and cultures; the Impact Platform and Admin Platform are core to that mission, and 4DXOS (The 4 Disciplines of Execution Operating System) is a flagship execution framework that turns strategy into results.

Essential Job Functions

• Lead and grow people & teams
• Directly manage the 4DXOS engineering team : coach, set goals, run 1 : 1s, grow careers, and drive delivery quality
• Manage two Engineering Managers for the Impact and Admin Platform teams; set shared standards for hiring, leveling, and performance management; ensure consistent velocity and quality across squads
• Manage a central QA group (3 QA) : define test strategy (manual + automation), CI gate criteria, release readiness, and post-release quality metrics
• Deliver products & platforms
• Own outcomes for your portfolio across roadmap, execution, and reliability; balance near-term delivery with long-term platform health
• Ensure the 4DXOS experience measurably helps clients close the "execution gap," integrating tightly with FC's leadership solutions and learner journeys.
• Drive Impact / Admin Platform enhancements that improve learner and admin experience, scalability, and security
• Raise the engineering bar
• Establish engineering excellence : coding standards, design reviews, incident response, on-call, test automation, CI / CD, and SLAs / SLOs
• Partner with IT on Dev / SecOps (you don't manage them) : security reviews, vulnerability remediation, compliance, infrastructure costs, and monitoring
• Champion reliability, accessibility, and global readiness
• Bake in accessibility (WCAG) and inclusive design; ensure teams follow our VPAT guidance and remediation plans
• Support localization and multi-language readiness practices across content and UI where applicable
• Cross-functional leadership
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Content, Client Success, and Sales to align roadmaps with business outcomes and customer value
• Communicate status and tradeoffs crisply to executives; forecast capacity and budget; contribute to annual planning
• Travel
• Occasional team or on-site planning (

How you'll measure success (first 612 months)

Basic Qualifications

Preferred Skills & Experience

Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, HSA, employee stock purchasing program, 401(k), paid time off, holiday pay, and more. Please visit franklincoveybenefits.com for details.