VP, Core Systems & Platform Engineering

Cengage Group; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 193,000 - 308,000; Full time

Job summary

Cengage Group, a global education technology company, seeks a visionary Vice President of Core Systems to lead shared technology capabilities enabling scalable digital products across markets. You will orchestrate AI-powered learning infrastructure, cloud-native architectures, and API-first integrations, partnering with product and security teams to ensure data protection and global privacy.

You will guide modernization, establish operating models, and build high-performing distributed teams

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software, platform, or enterprise technology experience with leadership of shared services or platform engineering.

Responsibilities

• Own the technology strategy, roadmap, and operating model for the core systems in support of the Product Technology strategy and enterprise priorities.

Skills

15+ years software

8+ years leadership

Platform strategy

High-availability systems

AI-enabled platforms

Legacy modernization

Budget management

Executive communication

Leadership of leaders

Tools

AWS

CI/CD

Data platforms

Job description

Cengage Group, a global education technology company, seeks a visionary Vice President of Core Systems to lead shared technology capabilities enabling scalable digital products across markets. You will orchestrate AI-powered learning infrastructure, cloud-native architectures, and API-first integrations, partnering with product and security teams to ensure data protection and global privacy.

You will guide modernization, establish operating models, and build high-performing distributed teams