VP of Product Engineering

itel; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Vice President of Product Engineering to oversee development initiatives, mentor teams, and drive product strategy. The role requires extensive experience in software development and strong leadership skills. The VP will collaborate with various teams to ensure successful product delivery and adherence to best practices in engineering methodologies.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in software development and managing engineering teams.
• Expertise in Agile methodologies and SDLC-driven environments.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with leadership to execute product strategy and roadmap.
• Mentors engineering teams and drives thought leadership around methodologies.
• Manages expectations with stakeholders and ensures adherence to SDLC.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

Communication

Leadership

Creative Thinking

Accountability

Education

MBA

Tools

Microsoft Development Tools

.NET

Azure

SQL

Job description

The Vice President of Product Engineering is a strategic, leadership role responsible for managing and driving the success of the product engineering organization. This role oversees development initiatives across itel’s diverse platforms, collaborates in setting development strategies and practices aligned with business outcomes, and partners closely with the CPO and peers to foster a strong team culture, enabling individuals to perform at their best.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborates with the VP of Product and VP of Enterprise Architect to execute the product strategy and roadmap, ensuring successful initiative delivery and maintaining team momentum
• Understands market challenges and works with teams to leverage technology in solving problems, guiding direction and empowering teams to make tactical decisions during development
• Works closely with engineering team leads to exchange ideas and provide guidance, while allowing for creative autonomy in design strategies. The VP is responsible for questioning and redirecting ineffective decisions, holding leads accountable for their choices, and ultimately owning the overall design outcomes
• Mentors engineering teams across all levels, from leads to individual contributors, understanding their goals and helping to expand their current knowledge and skillsets
• Ensures SDLC is being adhered to by teams and that leadership understands challenges/feedback coming with recommendations towards goal of maturing processes to ensure they are a benefit, not a burden
• Drives thought leadership around engineering methodologies, provides context on how these align with product and business objectives
• Institute system metrics that provide regular updates on engineering team velocity, including outcomes, roadblocks, success needs, and other key metrics to stakeholders
• Leads cross-organizational planning efforts, defining how product roadmaps will be executed and aligning engineering teams on strategic direction and required success criteria
• Builds expertise and contributes value around the property-insurance marketplace, the ecosystem players and how itel products solve problems for our insurance carrier customers.
• Works effectively with Product, Design, and leadership to successfully execute product initiatives and align engineering efforts appropriately
• Stays current with engineering trends and opportunities, leverages to accomplish business goals
• Ensures the successful development of stable solutions to users, market-facing and internal, as well as adherence to Agile and continuous delivery methods
• Transparently manages expectations with stakeholders, including the executive leadership team.
• Proactively identifies and resolves potential platform and scalability risks, ensuring that engineering solutions are scalable and resilient

ROLE QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

REQUIRED

• At least 10 years of experience in software development, with a proven track record of successfully managing engineering teams that design, build, and mature software products
• Expertise with Microsoft development tools and frameworks including Visual Studio, .NET, Azure, SQL
• Experience with Agile methodologies and a demonstrated history of success in an SDLC-driven environment
• Proven ability to coach and develop individuals at various levels of engineering experience, from junior to senior talent
• Strong self-awareness with a commitment to continuous personal and professional growth.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, driven by natural curiosity and a desire to explore new solutions
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex ideas to diverse audiences
• Proven collaboration and interpersonal skills, able to build relationships and work effectively across teams and departments
• Deep understanding of technology best practices and behaviors that ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions meeting organizational needs
• Execution-focused mindset, with a clear emphasis on creating sustained business value and delivering measurable returns on investment
• An ambition to win. While itel is a fun, collaborative space; the right individual is excited about increasing revenue, surpassing business goals and showcasing to their team and the organization at large the excitement that comes with being a highly function, successful team

PREFERRED

• Background in crafting data-oriented products
• MBA

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Strategic Orientation: ability to contribute to the overall strategy, culture and financial success of the company with specific expertise in strategic planning and execution
• Leadership: ability to handle tasks and work independently and intentionally develop and utilize positive leadership traits
• Creative Thinking: ability to demonstrate conceptual creative thinking, taking an idea and visualize/describe the opportunity, then recognize the potential fit with culture and product lines
• Integrity and Ethics: ability to gain the confidence and trust of others through honesty, authenticity, taking responsibility for own actions, and telling the truth
• Accountability: ability to act with a clear sense of ownership; takes personal responsibility for decisions, actions, deliverables, and failures; establishes clear responsibilities and processes for monitoring work and measuring results; embraces experimentation, creativity, and positive change
• Cultural Competence: ability to understand and respect values, attitudes, beliefs, and mores of the member that differ across cultures, and to consider and respond appropriately to these differences in planning, implementing, and evaluating health programs and interventions

All members of the itel family of companies are equal opportunity employers. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran's status, age or disability

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Insurance

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