VP of AI-First Tech & Transformation

Solen-Software-Group; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Solen Software Group seeks a strategic VP, AI & Technology to lead AI transformation across a growing software portfolio. You will drive AI strategy, engineering modernization, and AI-native practices while shaping technology governance and talent across multiple companies.

The role blends technology, product, operations, and venture creation, with a hands-on leadership approach to incubating new AI ventures and guiding M&A integrations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the portfolio's subject matter expert on AI, continuously evaluating emerging technologies, models, frameworks, and market trends.
• Partner with the Portfolio Leader to define and execute the portfolio-wide AI strategy.
• Lead the transformation of engineering organizations into AI-native teams by redesigning organizational structures, roles, workflows, and delivery models.
• Establish an AI-first Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), embedding AI throughout planning, development, testing, documentation, deployment, and support.
• Evaluate and implement AI tooling that improves engineering productivity, software quality, customer experience, and operational efficiency.
• Drive AI adoption across engineering, product, customer support, sales, and internal operations where appropriate.
• Establish portfolio-wide standards for architecture, security, infrastructure, engineering quality, and technology governance.
• Guide technical roadmaps across portfolio companies to ensure scalability, modernization, and long-term maintainability.
• Partner with executive leadership to prioritize technology investments that create measurable customer and enterprise value.
• Standardize engineering metrics, tooling, and best practices while allowing flexibility for individual business needs.
• Lead engineering organizational strategy across the portfolio.
• Recruit, develop, coach, and retain exceptional technical talent and leaders.
• Make organizational design, hiring, succession planning, and performance management decisions across engineering organizations.
• Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, speed, and continuous improvement.
• Identify opportunities to build standalone AI-native products and companies that leverage the portfolio's expertise and distribution channels.
• Partner with the Portfolio Leader to evaluate market opportunities, product strategy, commercialization plans, and investment priorities.
• Lead technical execution from concept through launch for new AI ventures.
• Create reusable AI capabilities that can be deployed across multiple portfolio companies while also serving external markets.
• Lead technical due diligence for prospective acquisitions.
• Assess engineering organizations, architecture, security posture, technical debt, scalability, and AI readiness.
• Develop technology integration strategies for newly acquired businesses.
• Accelerate post-acquisition modernization and alignment with portfolio technology standards.

Job description

Solen Software Group seeks a strategic VP, AI & Technology to lead AI transformation across a growing software portfolio. You will drive AI strategy, engineering modernization, and AI-native practices while shaping technology governance and talent across multiple companies.

The role blends technology, product, operations, and venture creation, with a hands-on leadership approach to incubating new AI ventures and guiding M&A integrations.