Tech Director

Layer: Strategic

Scope: Regional

Mission

Own the technical strategy and health of all technical teams within their region, translating global direction into regional execution and ensuring Tech Managers deliver consistently at scale.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the regional technical strategy, aligned with the direction set by the Global Tech Director.
• Line-manage the Tech Managers and the Expert in the region (performance, growth, capacity, staffing).
• Own regional technical governance: standards adoption, quality bar, and consistency across accounts.
• Build synergies with regional business and delivery leadership (sales, delivery, product).
• Drive regional adoption of technologies and practices defined globally.
• Escalate regional risks, resourcing gaps, and strategic needs to the Global Tech Director.

Objectives by level

Level	What success looks like
Strategic	Regional technical strategy defined and executed; Tech Managers deliver consistently at scale.
Tactical	(oversight) Regional teams run consistently under shared global standards.

Reporting & management

• Reports to: Global Tech Director
• Manages: Tech Managers · Expert

Decides vs. escalates

• Decides: Regional technical strategy execution, Tech Manager and Expert performance & development, regional standards rollout.
• Escalates: Cross-region resourcing conflicts, budget/headcount beyond regional mandate, technology decisions with global impact.

Requirements

Must have

• Regional technical leadership
• Org design at regional scale
• Coaching senior managers
• Cross-functional influence
• Technology strategy execution
• Stakeholder communication

Nice to have

• Not specified in the source material yet.

Related documents

• See reference/career-levels.md for how every track’s ladder reaches this role.
• Career path and evaluation criteria specific to this role are not defined yet.