VP, Engineering

Vizient, Inc; Edina (MN); On-site; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

Vizient, Inc. seeks a Vice President of Engineering to lead the enterprise platform and cloud-native capabilities powering next-generation healthcare technology products.

You will shape engineering strategy, manage a large organization, and drive security, scalability, and developer productivity across product teams. You will collaborate with Architecture, Technology Delivery, Security, and Product teams to foster technical excellence, adopt DevSecOps, and measure outcomes aligned to business

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 15+ years in software engineering with executive leadership experience.
• Proven track record leading large, multi-level engineering orgs and scaling platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing engineering organization with accountability and continuous improvement.
• Define and execute strategy for enterprise platform capabilities (data, AI, security, identity, shared services).
• Partner with product management to align roadmaps and investments; establish modern engineering practices.

Skills

Executive leadership

Cloud-native architectures

Azure expertise

DevSecOps practices

SRE & observability

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Azure

Databricks

CI/CD tooling

Job description

When you’re the best, we’re the best. We instill an environment where employees feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute their unique skills and talents while living and working as their authentic selves. We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building both employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future.

We are seeking a Vice President, Engineering to lead the engineering organization responsible for the enterprise platforms that power our next-generation healthcare technology products. This leader will oversee a large engineering organization, drive engineering excellence and delivering secure, scalable, cloud-native platforms that enable product teams across the enterprise. Working in close partnership with internal stakeholders, this executive will define engineering strategy, shape platform investments, and foster a culture of technical excellence while collaborating across Architecture, Technology Delivery, Security, and Product organizations.

Key Responsibilities

• Organizational Leadership – Lead and develop a high-performing engineering organization, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Recruit, retain, and develop exceptional engineering talent while building leadership capability through coaching, succession planning, and performance management.
• Build organizational capacity by balancing full-time and contingent talent to meet evolving business priorities.

Platform Engineering

• Define and execute the engineering strategy for enterprise platform capabilities that enable secure, scalable, cloud-native solutions supporting data, AI, security, identity, and shared services.
• Deliver reusable platform capabilities that accelerate product delivery, improve developer productivity, and enable enterprise-wide adoption.
• Ensure engineering teams deliver reliable, high-quality software with operational excellence and measurable business outcomes.

Engineering Excellence & Enterprise Collaboration

• Partner with Platform Product Management in an engineering/product leadership dyad to define platform strategy, investment priorities, and roadmaps.
• Establish modern engineering practices—including DevSecOps, quality engineering, automation, observability, and AI-enabled software engineering—and measure their adoption and effectiveness across teams.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning, technical excellence, and innovation while evaluating emerging technologies that create business value.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline; Master’s degree preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including executive leadership of large, multi-level engineering organizations.
• Proven experience leading engineering leaders, including Directors of Engineering, Engineering Managers, and senior technical leaders.
• Demonstrated success building and scaling enterprise platform engineering organizations supporting multiple product teams.
• Deep expertise in cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, and modern software engineering practices, with experience delivering solutions on Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with enterprise data platforms and technologies such as Azure, Databricks, data integration, and modern data engineering frameworks.
• Strong understanding of platform engineering, APIs, data management, AI-enabled platforms, identity, security, and enterprise architecture principles.
• Experience implementing DevSecOps, CI/CD, quality engineering, observability, automation, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices.
• Hands‑on leader able to build POCs and actively contribute to design, architecture, and whiteboarding sessions.
• Exceptional communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare, healthcare technology, or other highly regulated industries.
• Experience building enterprise platforms for Data, AI, Identity, and shared developer capabilities.
• Familiarity with healthcare interoperability standards such as FHIR or HL7.
• Experience leading geographically distributed engineering organizations.

Individual

• Talent Management ‒ Recruit, hire, and onboard top engineering talent. ‒ Develop and implement training and development programs to enhance the skills and capabilities of the engineering team. ‒ Foster a positive and inclusive work environment that promotes delivery, solid engineering practices and champions the Vizient value. ‒ Supplement FTE engineers with effective contingent staffing partnerships balancing cost and performance.
• Engineering Practices ‒ Establish proper engineering practice. ‒ Measure adoption and effectiveness of engineer practices across teams standardizing where appropriate.
• Technical Expertise ‒ Provide technical leadership and guidance to the engineering team. ‒ Stay up-to-date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies. ‒ Ensure that the engineering team is using the most effective and efficient tools, technologies, and processes. ‒ Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the engineering department.

Shared

• Coordinate with Technology Delivery, Technology Practices, Enterprise Architecture, Solutions ‒ Partner with Technology Delivery and other Technology Practices to staff and manage high performing delivery teams while balancing cost and demand. ‒ Partner with EA and Solutions to determine the right solution design for our products, applications and services. ‒ Partner with Technology team to develop and operate a thorough 360 feedback program that ensures each employee is measured equally on delivery, practices and values.

Estimated Hiring Range: This position is also incentive eligible. Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here: http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers

Equal Opportunity Employer: Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.

Working at Vizient means shaping the future of healthcare, every day. Alongside our clients, we're building a healthier, more human healthcare system. We connect people, data, and solutions to enable healthcare organizations to improve financial sustainability, enhance system performance, and deliver better care.

Headquartered in Irving, Texas, with 11 offices across the United States, Vizient has more than 5,000 employees who bring deep expertise and a shared commitment to transforming healthcare. Together, we're solving some of the industry's most complex challenges while creating opportunities to learn, grow, and drive lasting change for healthcare organizations and the communities they serve.

Through our enterprise of companies, we deliver meaningful impact across the continuum of care: Apexus - The exclusive contractor for 340B Drug Pricing Program, managed by the Health Resources and Services Administration. aptitude - The industry's first online direct contracting market, supporting self-contracting activity between hospitals and suppliers. Kaufman Hall - Leading healthcare advisory services to support our clients in achieving financial, clinical, and operational excellence. Provista - Proven supply chain partner specializing in extended, diagnostic, and preventive care facilities, including surgery centers, home health, and senior living.