SVP, Engineering
The SVP, Engineering (SVPE) is responsible for the execution of Platform development at SpotX. Working directly with the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) on strategic technology planning, the SVPE collaborates with internal stakeholders, customers and partners to affect and execute the SpotX Platform strategy. The SVPE must establish and maintain a world-class global software engineering organization, fostering the professional growth and development of the engineering staff, ensuring the application of effective and efficient software development processes and best practices.
Duties:
Planning
- Understand the near and long term needs of internal stakeholders, partners and customers.
- Prioritize and balance near term targets and planning against long term strategy.
- Partner with peer stakeholders and the office of the CTO in long term strategic technology planning.
- Work directly with the CTO to determine, allocate and direct the engineering budget.
Organization
- Lead, motivate and challenge a diverse global and distributed team.
- Manage teams across an organization of 100+ software engineering professionals.
- Lead and challenge through organization scale and priority changes.
- Drive continuous systems improvement for managing, documenting, staffing and reviewing engineering projects and services.
- Streamline and deliver greater efficiency in the engineering organization, both in software development and operational activities.
- Lead effective cross-functional collaboration across groups within the engineering organization and across SpotX.
- Define, adapt and enforce documentation and development standards to insure dependability of Platform components while allowing for a nimble and focused delivery cycle.
Execution
- Communicate design and decisions of technology and product directions throughout the engineering organization.
- Make and meet commitments. Communicate changes in plans whether they are design or timeline modifications honestly and transparently.
- Enforce software development and deployment best practices through effective and efficient processes and tooling.
- Deliver dependability, quality and security in all aspects of Platform development.
- Develop agility and adaptability when responding to changing business and / or technical conditions.
People
- Embody exceptional communication and interpersonal skills and foster open and timely communication across both the engineering and peer organizations.
- Build organizational capability within teams by recruiting and retaining outstanding talent and providing mentoring, training (internal and external), and other opportunities for professional growth and development.
- Ensure transparency in communication and motivations across all levels of the organization.
- Instill a collaborative and open culture focused on cultivating innovation and evolving leadership.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree (BA) from four-year college or university, or five+ years of related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Additional Skills:
- Prior management experience required.
- Preferred hands-on full-breadth engineering expertise (architecture, development, project management, QA, performance and operations).
When you join our team, we offer:
- A fast-paced, innovative company building best-in-class technology from 12 offices around the world
- A fun, casual, and collaborative culture with a commitment to work-life balance
- Unlimited PTO (work it out with your team first!), company closed from Christmas to New Years
- Comprehensive Benefits Package includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k matching program and education assistance
- Gym reimbursement, charitable donation matching program
SpotX Core Values:
Customer Service, Integrity, Respect, Initiative, Collaboration, Innovation and Adaptability
Learn more about our culture and headquarters at: https://www.themuse.com/profiles/spotx