VP, Global Engineering & Platform Scale

Acast; Stockholms kommun; Remote; SEK 1,982,000 - 3,469,000; Full time

Job summary

Acast, the world-leading podcast marketplace, is seeking a VP of Global Engineering to shape and scale our engineering org across regions. You will translate product and technology strategy into reliable software shipped at pace by empowered teams.

You will lead a distributed engineering organisation, partner with product and commercial leadership, and drive modern tooling, AI adoption, and architectural governance to sustain growth and innovation.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading a large engineering organisation.
• Proven track record improving delivery performance and operating rhythm.
• Experience with platforms, marketplaces and large-scale distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Own the engineering strategy and plan aligned to commercial objectives.
• Improve speed, predictability and transparency of delivery.
• Set governance for architecture, scalability and technical debt.
• Lead distributed engineering teams across locations.
• Partner with product and commercial teams to shape roadmaps.
• Apply AI and automation to lift velocity and code quality.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Data-driven

Executive communication

People management

Delivery improvement

Job description

Acast, the world-leading podcast marketplace, is seeking a VP of Global Engineering to shape and scale our engineering org across regions. You will translate product and technology strategy into reliable software shipped at pace by empowered teams.

You will lead a distributed engineering organisation, partner with product and commercial leadership, and drive modern tooling, AI adoption, and architectural governance to sustain growth and innovation.