Vice President of Engineering

Summary

Join Nava, a consultancy and public benefit corporation working to make government services simple, effective, and accessible to all, as Vice President of Engineering. The incumbent will lead and grow the engineering organization by defining a clear vision that can design, build, launch, and operate public sector digital services, products, and infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Directly contributes to capabilities planning using input from current and potential clients, our BD pipeline and a deep curiosity regarding how their practice can help Nava evolve and anticipate new opportunities
• Driving organizational planning and strategy for the engineering practice, including opening and filling critical leadership positions and ensuring a high level of management maturity
• Leading the engineering talent strategy, with People Ops and Delivery Ops teams to attract, grow, and retain talent
• Defining clear and compelling growth paths for staff that align career progression with increasing value to the company, ensuring performance management is strong
• Working with engineering leadership and other practice leaders to continually improve Nava’s internal training and effectiveness in our professional services and government delivery contexts
• Cascading decision making clearly internally to build trust and strengthen the engineering organization’s momentum
• Working within Nava’s decision making models to define and execute participatory methods of improving structural issues or practices
• Developing engineering leaders who can partner with Business Development / Program leadership on new / organic growth opportunities
• Supporting the development of bids, pitches, and meetings with existing and prospective clients to position Nava as the best digital services delivery firm in the industry
• Building an engineering practice that is differentiated against competition in challenging delivery environments and in capture settings
• Identifying investments toward new engineering capabilities as they intersect with market trends, leverage points, and our overall company strategy
• Tracking financials to ensure Nava meets financial targets and projected growth
• Monitoring the budget to ensure Nava and the engineering department manages costs related to growth
• Working with Engineering and Practice leaders, continually identifying improvements in Nava’s delivery approach that maximizes value delivered to users and clients
• Grow a highly aligned, high energy engineering practice that supports the growth and development of staff, as well as the growth and development of contracts
• Support operational excellence within Nava’s growing engineering practice, and on growing or large contracts
• Foster technical knowledge sharing to mitigate program/contract siloing and build a more robust overall practice with a “one firm” culture
• Ensure staff consistently hit billable hours targets, and that engineering initiatives achieve high return-on-investment for non-billable time
• Strategizing and coordinating engineering staffing and hiring with Delivery, Staffing, and Recruiting teams
• Collaborating with the engineering directors and technical leads on the project to identify departmental hiring needs
• Approving new requisitions in the early stage of recruitment
• Providing guidance and feedback to recruiters and hiring managers on candidates, salaries, levels, etc
• Participating in interviews as needed