Head of Product Engineering

Collectivus Holdings is a dynamic business group encompassing brands many of the most prestigious brands in the Collecting, Trading Card Game, and Hobby industries. With a century's worth of collective experience in driving product and service innovation, high-end quality standards, and elevated customer experience, Collectivus brands are among the most recognized and loved throughout the world by the communities they serve. Website: https: //www.collectivusholdings.com Locations: Nashville Plano Aarhus Lisbon Worldwide Job Title: Head of Product Engineering Reporting Line: Head of Technology Collectivus is creating a new Head of Product Engineering role to lead how customer-facing and digital product technology is architected, built, and delivered across the organization. This leader will own engineering standards, application architecture, and platform delivery for every system that touches the customer our Shopify/eCommerce platforms, customer-facing web and mobile applications, and the APIs and integrations that connect them. The Head of Product Engineering ensures that customer-facing systems are designed correctly from the outset, implemented once rather than repeatedly rebuilt per brand, and scaled efficiently as the organization grows. This role enables execution of Collectivus digital and commercial strategy by building reliable, high-performing platforms that support multiple brands, geographies, and business models without increasing operational complexity. Accountable for how customer-facing technology is engineered across Collectivus, ensuring digital platforms are scalable, maintainable, and aligned to long-term business outcomes. This is a hands-on strategic leadership role focused on building digital product technology the right way, establishing engineering discipline, front-end and application architecture standards, and delivery quality across every customer-facing platform. Key Responsibilities Digital & Product Platform Engineering Own engineering architecture and delivery quality across customer-facing and digital product platforms, including: Shopify / eCommerce platformsCustomer-facing web applicationsMobile applicationsCustom software developmentEmerging technology & new platformsAPIs and digital integrationsFront-end and application architectureDevOps, CI/CD, SDLC and engineering qualityDigital platform scalability and performanceEngineering vendor/offshore strategy where applicable Establish the technical architecture and engineering roadmap for customer-facing platforms.Own build-vs.-buy decisions within the digital/product domain.Drive adoption of AI and modern development tools/practices where they improve engineering productivity.Lead architectural decision-making for major digital initiatives, platform migrations, and product launches.Establish reusable frameworks and shared front-end/application services to avoid duplicated development across brands.Drive platform-first thinking rather than brand-specific customization for customer-facing experiences. Engineering Organization Leadership Lead and develop the Product Engineering organization, including Director-level associates and the application development teams.People leadership & team development.Build and scale internal engineering capabilities while effectively leveraging external partners.Define engineering role structure, capability models, and growth paths for product and digital engineering talent.Hire, mentor, and elevate senior engineers and technical leads across web, mobile, and eCommerce disciplines.Conduct performance management and talent planning for the product engineering organization. Engineering Standards & Delivery Quality Drive consistent engineering standards across SDLC, CI/CD, testing, security, observability and release management.Improve engineering velocity, quality, predictability and platform reliability.Establish appropriate engineering KPIs and operating metrics.Implement quality controls: code review standards, automated testing, and CI/CD discipline for web, mobile, and eCommerce releases.Reduce technical debt across web, mobile, and eCommerce codebases through standardized approaches and disciplined engineering practices. Cross-Functional Partnership Partner with Product and business leaders to translate business strategy into technology capabilities.Ensure digital platform scalability and performance to support peak traffic, seasonality, and business growth.Act as a senior technical advisor to executive leadership on digital platform investments and product engineering strategy. Qualifications Strong software/product engineering leadership experience.Experience leading modern web, eCommerce and/or mobile engineering organizations.Strong architecture and systems-thinking capabilities.Experience scaling engineering teams and improving development maturity.Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, evolving environment.10+ years of experience in software engineering or digital/product platform leadership roles.Experience leading engineering teams directly (not just influencing), including Director-level managers.Strong background in front-end architecture, APIs, and modern application design.Experience managing or influencing external development partners, agencies, and technical vendors.Strong vendor management, technical oversight, and stakeholder alignment skills. Preferred Experience Shopify experience beneficial, but broader digital commerce platform experience could be sufficient.Experience in multi-brand, multi-entity, or global digital operating environments.Background supporting consumer products, retail, or technology-enabled commerce businesses.Experience modernizing legacy front-end systems or leading large-scale digital platform migrations.Familiarity with cloud-native architectures and modern development frameworks. Success in This Role Looks Like Customer-facing platforms are implemented once and scale across brands and geographies.Engineering delivery becomes faster and more predictable across web, mobile, and eCommerce.Technical debt and unnecessary customization decrease over time.Digital systems integrate cleanly across brands and regionsVendors and agencies follow enterprise engineering standards.Product engineering talent grows and retention improves.Digital platforms support business growth without increasing operational complexity. #LI-Remote