Head of Product Engineering

ENOVIO Ventures; Michigan; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

ENOVIO Ventures is seeking a Head of Product Engineering to translate strategy into secure, scalable software and own engineering delivery and customer-facing capabilities that drive growth.

You will lead architecture, quality, and AI/data-driven initiatives, establishing standards for testing and release readiness while building high-performing teams across product and platform leadership.

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience leading product engineering teams delivering complex B2B or enterprise software.
• Deep expertise in application architecture and modern software development across web, API, and data-intensive systems.
• Experience bringing AI, analytics, automation, or data-driven products into production environments.
• Proven track record establishing delivery, testing, code review, and engineering quality practices.
• Strong communication, prioritization, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Translate product strategy into technical roadmaps, engineering plans, and predictable releases.
• Own engineering execution, delivery risks, release readiness, and cross-functional coordination.
• Establish clear priorities, accountability, and predictable outcomes.
• Lead application architecture, APIs, services, integrations, data models, and customer-facing applications.
• Define evaluation methods, quality standards, and responsible-use guardrails.
• Improve data quality and drive critical system integrations that support business and customer outcomes.

Skills

Senior leadership experience

Product engineering leadership

Application architecture

AI/analytics data products

Job description

This Isn't a Traditional Engineering Leadership Role. We're not looking for someone whose primary focus is sprint management, status reporting, or team oversight. We're looking for a builder.

As Head of Product Engineering, you will lead the teams responsible for turning product strategy into secure, scalable, and valuable software. You'll own engineering delivery, application architecture, product quality, and the customer-facing capabilities that drive business growth.

Success in this role means building products customers trust, adopt, and depend on.

What You'll Do:

Lead Product Delivery

• Translate product strategy into technical roadmaps, engineering plans, and predictable releases
• Own engineering execution, delivery risks, release readiness, and cross-functional coordination
• Establish clear priorities, accountability, and predictable outcomes

Own Architecture & Engineering Excellence

• Lead application architecture, APIs, services, integrations, data models, and customer-facing applications
• Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, maintainable, observable, and aligned with platform standards
• Establish strong engineering, testing, code review, and security practices
• Lead the development and productization of AI, analytics, automation, geospatial, and data-driven capabilities
• Define evaluation methods, quality standards, and responsible-use guardrails
• Improve data quality and drive critical system integrations that support business and customer outcomes

Champion Quality & Customer Experience

• Establish standards for testing, reliability, security, and release readiness
• Leverage customer feedback, product insights, and operational data to continuously improve product performance and usability
• Lead defect resolution and application-related incident response

Build High-Performing Teams

• Recruit, develop, and retain exceptional engineering talent
• Establish clear operating rhythms, accountability, and ownership
• Coach future leaders and foster a culture of continuous improvement
• Partner closely with Product and Platform leadership to align priorities and execution

What We're Looking For:

Required Qualifications:

• Senior leadership experience building and leading product engineering teams delivering complex B2B or enterprise software
• Deep expertise in application architecture and modern software development across web, API, and data-intensive systems
• Experience bringing AI, analytics, automation, or data-driven products into production environments
• Proven track record establishing effective delivery, testing, code review, and engineering quality practices
• Strong communication, prioritization, and stakeholder management skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in utilities, infrastructure, energy, or other asset-intensive industries
• Experience with enterprise integrations, geospatial systems, or applied AI solutions
• Experience building cloud-native solutions on Azure or similar platforms

Success Looks Like:

• Roadmap commitments are delivered predictably and with high quality
• Architecture supports long-term scalability and platform evolution
• Customer-facing products are reliable, secure, and continuously improving
• AI, analytics, and automation capabilities create measurable business valueEngineering standards reduce defects and production risk
• Teams demonstrate strong ownership, accountability, and execution
• Engineers are engaged, growing, and performing at a high level

Why Join Us:

This is an opportunity to shape product direction, engineering culture, and technology strategy at a critical stage of growth. You'll have meaningful influence over how products are built, how teams operate, and how technology drives business success.

If you're energized by building teams, scaling products, and turning ambitious ideas into reality, you'll have an outsized impact in this role.