VP Of Engineering
Kilkenny
2
Negotiable
Ref: E16971SP
Job Description
My Kilkenny based client is looking for a VP of Engineering to join its team ASAP on a permanent basis
Description & Responsibilities
- To accelerate product engineering and grow the engineering team to execute products for their clients
- Work with Senior Management to develop the company’s vision and strategies
- Creating new customer experiences while building out a platform of microservices with various technologies
- Employ modern experimentation practices, continuous integration and deployment and DevOps culture
- Identifying problems and solving them, using measurement and experimentation to improve delivery practices
- Lead all aspects of people management including recruitment and retention of talent, managing a team of engineers, and coaching/mentoring
- Develop the technical vision and strategy – maintain a technical roadmap that will continue to innovate from a technical standpoint
- Oversee hardware and software development
- Serve on the leadership team and work directly with the CTO on strategic and tactical planning
- Own the Software Development Life Cycle and Product Development process
- Manage cross-country deliveries and multiple projects simultaneously
- Maintain ownership of Engineering Department budgets and relevant KPIs
- Lead and mentor the Product Development teams and lead architectural design and decisions
Skills
- Track record of scaling product delivery and develop an engineering culture capable of speed, agility, and deep technology development.
- Experience in relational database design and management (Microsoft .Net Core, microservices and enterprise applications are key to this role)
- Consumer experience and strong product intuition and passion, enjoy engaging on product plans
- Able to educate on lean principles and flow for getting work done
- Energetic, collaborative, an excellent communicator who thrives in a fast-paced, growth environment that embraces agile and experimentation-driven development
- Have a strong network, able to attract and excite great talent
- Interest in global data management, systems integration and machine learning a plus