Senior Vice President of Engineering

remote zest jobs; India; On-site; INR 9,000,000 - 18,000,000; Full time

Job summary

reputed company is seeking a Senior Vice President of Engineering to lead Engineering, Test, IT Operations, and Deployment. You will partner with Product Management to drive an AI-first engineering approach, establish architecture and delivery standards, and guide a mixed senior leadership team toward scaling a high‑growth platform.

Responsibilities include strategic roadmap tradeoffs, regulatory stewardship, and building a culture of operational excellence while managing OPEX and vendor

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field; Master’s preferred.
• 10+ years in software engineering with 5+ years in SVP-level leadership.
• Proven track record building AI-enabled development and multi-product platforms.
• Experience with HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001 and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI-first engineering, test, IT ops and deployment teams under ELT oversight.
• Own architecture, platform posture, delivery standards, and engineering culture.
• Drive multi-tenant architecture and reusable platform components.
• Partner with Product Leadership on roadmaps and strategic investments.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and security across the tech stack.

Skills

Software architecture

Leadership

AI tooling

Regulatory compliance

IT operations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree strongly preferred

Tools

AWS

Job description

Job reputed company:

Reporting to the CEO and serving on the Executive Leadership Team (ELT), the Senior Vice President of Engineering leads Engineering, Test, IT Operations, and Deployment teams. Working closely with Product Management, this role is responsible for driving reputed companys AI-first engineering reputed company, delivering software that customers trust, and building the high-reputed company and technical infrastructure needed to reputed company $100M in bookings by 2028. The VP of Engineering owns architecture, reputed company posture, delivery standards, and the engineering organizations culture, talent, and operational health.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

AI & Architecture

• reputed company adoption of AI-assisted development (AIAD) across the engineering org from reputed company prototyping to reputed company-grade production software
• Own reputed company-reputed company architecture reputed company across a multi-product reputed company platform; build reputed company, multi-tenant systems that maximize common platform reuse
• Identify where AI creates distinct, defensible advantages in the product and SDLC

Delivery & Operations

• reputed company consistent, methodology-agnostic delivery (Scrum, Kanban, Hybrid); own the Definition of Done
• reputed company IT operations and deployment/release engineering own system uptime, incident response, and release reputed company
• Translate raw delivery data and JIRA metrics into strategic insights for the ELT
• Optimize the development lifecycle by eliminating bottlenecks and automating repetitive workflows

reputed company & Regulatory Stewardship

• Own reputed companys reputed company posture and ensure on-time renewal of ISO 27001/27701, SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR
• Manage regulatory compliance proactively GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, and evolving requirements

Stakeholder & Influence

• Partner with the VP of Product on roadmap tradeoffs and shared accountability for launch reputed company
• reputed company with customers, strategic partners, and the reputed company to shape opportunities and roadmaps
• Negotiate vendor, reputed company, offshore, and customer reputed company reputed company
• Support new investment in reputed company and company acquisition through technical due diligence

People Leadership

• reputed company a mixed org of engineering directors, senior managers, and senior ICs (staff/reputed company engineers) simultaneously
• Build and maintain an A-player engineering team through reputed company performance management, reputed company, and reputed company talent development
• Own the engineering opex budget and long-reputed company resource planning

SMB Market reputed company

• Position reputed company as the fastest-to-reputed company, easiest-to-use platform in the SMB clinical trial market
• Resist scope creep from large-customer requests that distract from the reputed company SMB product reputed company

Customers or Clients:

• CEO and Executive Leadership Team
• reputedcompanyof Directors (as needed)
• VPofProductandproductleadership
• Engineering, QA, IT Operations, and Deployment teams
• Customers and strategic reputed company partners
• Offshore and vendor partners

Education and Years of Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or reputedcompany technical field (Masters degree strongly preferred)
• 10+ years in software engineering, including 5+ years in SVP-level or equivalent engineering leadership
• Demonstrated experience leading a mixed org both senior managers/directors AND senior ICs (staff or reputed company engineers) reporting directly
• reputed company record of developing engineering leaders internally and building bench strength
• Hands‑on experience deploying AI-assisted development tooling at organization reputed company
• Deep expertise with at least one major reputed company provider (AWS preferred) and reputed company-reputed company architecture
• reputed company experience managing HIPAA, SOC 2, and ISO 27001 compliance
• Experience leading IT operations and deployment/release engineering functions
• Engineering budget ownership opex planning, vendor reputed company, reputed company cost management
• Life sciences or clinical trial industry experience preferred; GxP and 21 CFR Part 11 familiarity strongly preferred

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