VP, Software Engineering (6-month Max-term Contract)

Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V; City of Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 260,000 - 340,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Gym membership

Learning & development

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Epsilon Retail Media, part of Publicis Groupe, is seeking a Vice President of Engineering to lead the technical strategy across multiple teams in Brisbane. You will align engineering priorities with product and business goals, and foster excellence, inclusion, and continuous improvement while coaching senior engineers and engineering managers.

You will shape scalable architecture, guide delivery, and partner with product, design, and stakeholders to maximise business outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience as a senior engineering or technical leader across multiple teams.
• Strong technical depth across modern engineering practices, platforms, and technologies.
• Ability to understand strategy, set direction, and align teams to business outcomes.
• Proven capability in coaching, mentoring, and developing engineering leaders.

Responsibilities

• Set objectives across multiple teams and guide Engineering Managers and Staff Engineers to translate strategy into delivery plans.
• Provide technical leadership that drives scalable architecture, high-quality systems, and pragmatic technology choices.
• Coach Engineering Managers and Staff Engineers to strengthen judgement, navigate complexity, and grow capability.
• Lead multiple engineering teams, creating an inclusive, collaborative, high-performing environment.
• Partner with product, design, business stakeholders, and product trios to manage expectations and maximise business outcomes.
• Encourage innovative approaches to process development, leveraging insights to enhance operational workflows.

Skills

Senior engineering leader

Technical depth

Strategy & direction

Coaching leaders

Communication

Judgement

Tools

GCP

Microservices

Kubernetes

Job description

Company Description

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Overview

How You'll Make an Impact

As Vice President of Engineering at Epsilon Retail Media, you will lead the execution of the technical strategy across multiple engineering teams. Partnering with other senior Engineering leaders, you will align engineering priorities to product and business goals, strengthen delivery practices, and build a culture of technical excellence, inclusion, collaboration, and continuous improvement. You will coach Engineering Managers and Staff Engineers, develop future leaders, and ensure engineering decisions maximise business outcomes.

Responsibilities

What You'll Achieve

• Set objectives across multiple teams and guide Engineering Managers and Staff Engineers to translate strategy into delivery plans.
• Provide technical leadership that drives scalable architecture, high-quality systems, and pragmatic technology choices.
• Coach Engineering Managers and Staff Engineers to strengthen judgement, navigate complexity, and grow capability.
• Lead multiple engineering teams, creating an inclusive, collaborative, high-performing environment.
• Partner with product, design, business stakeholders, and product trios to manage expectations and maximise business outcomes.
• Encourage innovative approaches to process development, leveraging insights to enhance operational workflows.

Qualifications

What you'll bring with you:

• Experience as a senior engineering or technical leader across multiple teams.
• Strong technical depth across modern engineering practices, platforms, and technologies.
• Ability to understand strategy, set direction, and align teams to business outcomes.
• Proven capability in coaching, mentoring, and developing engineering leaders.
• Clear, influential communication with product, design, business, and engineering stakeholders.
• Sound judgement and problem-solving ability in complex technical and organisational contexts.

Desirable:

• Experience designing and scaling cloud-based solutions, preferably on GCP.
• Strong understanding of microservices, containerisation, and orchestration platforms.
• Experience scaling low-latency, high-availability systems.
• Familiarity with optimisation techniques such as linear programming, constraint optimisation, evolutionary algorithms, or ML-based methods.
• Understanding of practical AI model delivery challenges, including data quality, scalability, monitoring, and maintenance.

Additional Information

When you join Epsilon, we'll create something EPIC together. We're a global leader in data and identity, with deep expertise in digital media, clean rooms, customer data platforms, loyalty and marketing services. Positioned at the center of Publicis Groupe, Epsilon helps brands deliver personalized experiences at scale and build lasting customer relationships by unlocking the full potential of data and identity. Epsilon operates in 30+ countries across EMEA, the Americas and APAC, with more than 8,000 employees.

Check out a few of these resources to learn more about what makes Epsilon so EPIC:

Our Culture: https://www.epsilon.com/us/about-us/our-culture-epsilon

Life at Epsilon: https://www.epsilon.com/us/about-us/epic-blog

Epsilon has five values that define our culture and guide us as we create value for our clients, our people and consumers. We seek candidates who align with our company values, demonstrate them and make them meaningful in their day-to-day work:

• Act with integrity. We are transparent and have the courage to do the right thing.
• Work together to win together. We believe collaboration is the catalyst that unlocks our full potential.
• Innovate with purpose. We shape the market with big ideas that drive big outcomes.
• Respect all voices. We embrace differences and foster a culture of connection and belonging.
• Empower with accountability. We trust each other to own and deliver on common goals.

Because You Matter

As an Epsilon employee, you deserve perks and benefits that put you and your wellbeing first. Our benefits encompass a wide range of offerings, including but not limited to the following:

• Time to recharge: Additional 5 days annual leave each year after 2 years
• Family Wellbeing: Parental leave policy with up to 18 weeks paid primary carer leave and generous secondary carer benefits based on service Plus additional 5 days paid carer leave to care for your little ones without having dip into your personal leave
• Work Your Worldprogram: enabling employees the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks per year.
• Rewards and recognition: Shop our rewards store front when you receive points
• Extra Perks: Hybrid work arrangements, Gym memberships, Learning & Development opportunities, Employee wellbeing programs (all-in-one psychological, medical & safety needs)

*Epsilon benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms.

If you don't tick every box in this ad, please don't rule yourself out. Research suggests that women and other people in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they meet every requirement. We focus on hiring people who share our values of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, fearlessness, and integrity, rather than ticking boxes - so if this role resonates with you, please apply.

Diversity. Inclusion. Equity. More than just words, these are part of our DNA. At Publicis Groupe we are committed to the inclusion and recognition of all people; regardless of race, age, culture, ability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status and religious affiliation.We believe that to deliver the best solutions to our clients, our people need to reflect the diverse communities in which our clients operate in. We value diversity and the skills, knowledge and experience that difference brings to our culture and solutions.

Uniqueness is powerful; without it we wouldn't be where we are today. So be you – we like it that way.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for people with disability or those that require additional support throughout the application process. If you need any assistance or adjustments, please contact us via [e-mail]- your personal information will be kept confidential.