Vice President of Engineering

Summary

Join Very Good Ventures as their Vice President of Engineering and lead the expansion of their engineering services. This pivotal role involves shaping a scalable engineering organization, focusing on talent strategy, delivery excellence, and fostering strong client relationships. You will champion the development of a forward-thinking engineering organization, partner with executive leadership, and lead engineering teams to deliver solutions aligned with client objectives. The VP of Engineering will act as a senior technical advisor to clients, drive market credibility, and oversee a high-performing team. This role requires extensive experience in engineering leadership, consulting, and scaling engineering teams. VGV offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

Requirements

• At least 15 years of professional engineering experience with at least 5 years in a senior engineering leadership role managing large, complex engineering teams and systems
• Experience delivering engineering services in a consulting or agency, especially with a track record of delivering exceptional client outcomes across diverse industries
• Demonstrated success leading engineering organizations within enterprise environments, working with large, complex engineering stacks, and managing applications across multiple front-end platforms (mobile, web, etc.)
• Deep experience in architecture, data, cloud, and system orchestration
• Experience in industries such as financial services, travel, hospitality, e-commerce, and/or entertainment
• Proven ability to scale engineering teams to meet growing demand, including hiring top talent, implementing leadership pipelines, and optimizing organizational structures for efficiency and high performance
• Experience defining and executing a forward-thinking engineering strategy, driving adoption of emerging technologies (e.g., multi-platform, cloud, data engineering, AI)
• Strong ability to collaborate with executives, both internally and externally, to build trusted relationships and align engineering initiatives with business objectives. Experience and conform contributing to business development is essential
• Expertise working within cross-disciplinary teams (e.g., Strategy, Product Management, Design, QA, Program Management) to craft holistic, solutions-oriented outcomes for clients or internal stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to implement processes, frameworks, and KPIs that deliver consistent, high-quality engineering execution, balancing technical innovation with revenue and margin goals
• A track record of contributing to industry thought leadership through conference speaking, white papers, or content development that establishes the company as a leader in engineering services
• Commitment to fostering an inclusive, innovative, and high-performing engineering culture, with a focus on psychological safety, career growth, and employee satisfaction
• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is required

Responsibilities

• Champion the development of a forward-thinking engineering organization that anticipates industry disruptions, embraces cutting-edge technology trends, and evolves to meet emerging client needs
• Partner with executive leadership to expand into new technical domains, enabling a solutions-oriented consulting model that drives measurable client outcomes
• Effectively partner with leaders from other disciplines to craft holistic solutions, ensuring alignment with the company’s solutions-oriented approach and Engineering’s seamless integration
• Constantly learn from client engagements to refine the engineering teams capabilities to ensure alignment with program objectives
• Lead engineering teams to deliver solutions that are precisely aligned with client objectives, ensuring measurable business outcomes while consistently maintaining a high bar of engineering excellence
• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of client industries, challenges, and goals to tailor engineering approaches for max impact
• Oversee the application of best practices in engineering execution, ensuring performance, scalability, reliability, and innovation
• Partner with delivery teams to ensure Engineering teams effectively and efficiently collaborate as part of cross-functional teams
• Act as a senior technical advisor and partner to high-ranking engineering executives at client organizations, fostering trust and long-term relationships
• Support business development efforts by participating in key client discussions, proposals, and strategic pitches for engineering-led consulting engagements
• Act as a key point of contact for clients, ensuring engineering excellence aligns with client expectations and business outcomes while identifying opportunities to expand client engagements and demonstrating VGV’s value proposition
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including other executives, to define and deliver engineering-heavy consulting engagements
• Drive market credibility and trust through clear, compelling communication of engineering concepts and value propositions in sales and marketing efforts
• Represent VGV’s engineering capabilities at industry events, conferences, and client pitches, positioning the company as a market leader
• Develop and inspire the Engineering team to be a strong vocal support of the VGV brand by creating and participating in marketing and public community development activities (e.g., online content, conference & meeting speaking engagements, community leadership, etc.)
• Oversee a scalable, high performance team, ensuring alignment with company goals and client objectives
• Design and maintain an organizational structure that ensures clarity of roles and accountabilities while being flexible to achieve high scale
• Build a world-class engineering organization, recruiting top talent across specialties, and developing an exceptional leadership team
• Build a culture of excellence and innovation, with a focus on inclusion and psychological safety, enabling individuals to be empowered in a way that fosters high rates of performance, job satisfaction, and retention
• Define and execute a scalable engineering talent strategy aligned with our consulting business mode; ensure a robust talent pipeline is developed and maintained to support long-term growth
• Oversee a talent development program that provides clear, level-specific performance expectations aligned with industry standards, along with paths for career progression
• Ensure engineering services meets core business objectives, including revenue and margin goals for the discipline
• Establish and refine processes, frameworks, and metrics to ensure consistent, high-quality engineering delivery
• Ensure the alignment of engineering services with client needs, timelines, and budgets; measure and learn from performance metrics and project outcomes
• Ensure engineering services clearly and accurately scopes and plans activities underlying project work to meet client needs and company revenue and margin goals
• Provide strategic context, direction, prioritization, and agency to Engineering leaders in a way that enhances and orients their unique leadership styles and technical skills to drive company growth
• Oversee Engineering involvement in the Pursuit and Project process as well as the economic structures of the team to ensure revenue and margin goals are met
• Defining and executing a forward-looking engineering strategy that aligns with organizational goals and anticipates market trends
• Scaling the engineering team and capabilities to meet evolving client needs, ensuring robust leadership and technical expertise
• Driving processes, frameworks, and standards to ensure high-quality, efficient delivery of engineering services
• Overseeing the engineering team's alignment with client objectives, ensuring solutions meet business and technical needs

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s degree or equivalent experience

Benefits

• Subsidized health insurance, dental, and vision coverage
• Potential to earn equity in an early stage high-growth company
• Flexible PTO and company holidays
• 12 -16 weeks universal fully paid family leave
• 401k retirement savings plan with matching employer contribution
• HSA with employer contribution
• Working with a talented, global team on cutting edge projects with well-known clients