Head of Engineering & Platform Excellence

Ascendum System Private Limited; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascendum System Private Limited seeks a strategic Vice President of Engineering to lead the engineering organization, owning delivery, architecture, and service ownership within a Build / Operate / Govern model. You Build It, You Run It is the core principle, with accountability for reliability, performance, and lifecycle of systems.

The role requires multi-team leadership, cloud-native architectures, and strong governance.

Qualifications

• Must lead large, multi-layered engineering organizations.
• Experience with product-based and platform-based operating models.
• Proven DevOps, CI/CD, and modern engineering practices.
• Strong architecture and governance experience in shared accountability models.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the engineering strategy and operating model.
• Own end-to-end software delivery lifecycle.
• Establish architecture standards and technical governance.
• Build and lead product- and platform-aligned engineering teams.
• Embed 'You Build It, You Run It' accountability across teams.
• Partner with IT Operations and Security functions.

Skills

You Build It You Run It experience

CI/CD pipelines

Observability

DevOps practices

Architecture governance

Engineering leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in related field

Tools

Azure

DevOps tooling

Job description

Ascendum System Private Limited seeks a strategic Vice President of Engineering to lead the engineering organization, owning delivery, architecture, and service ownership within a Build / Operate / Govern model. You Build It, You Run It is the core principle, with accountability for reliability, performance, and lifecycle of systems.

The role requires multi-team leadership, cloud-native architectures, and strong governance.