Vice President of Software Engineering
We have been retained by an exciting yet stable organization in the FinTech space to identify their next VP of Software Engineering. Reporting to the CIO, the VP of Software Engineering will lead a team of ~50 engineers in a truly transformational change for the organization in focusing on new digital products. Though the organization has 1,500 employees, the CIO is excited about driving innovation with these new products (more of a lift and shift model towards all cloud-based development with their legacy products), including developing microservices & API’s for their partners.
This role is definitely a “build” role; not just products, but also developing & cultivating a modern team of software engineers focused on some of the latest & greatest technology. Unlike many organizations looking to do this work, this organization is extremely stable, and has the backing of the CEO to pursue these initiatives because they are not just technological initiatives, but organizational ones.
Our clients offers a robust package overall, including a strong base + bonus, along with a strong benefits package.
*** Our client maintains a hybrid schedule, so the candidate will need to reside in the Twin Cities area, or the surrounding states with regular travel to Minneapolis. They are not providing visa sponsorship at this time. ***
Responsibilities
- Develops and executes a transformation strategy and roadmap to evolve our client's software engineering teams, developing the capabilities needed to drive innovation through emerging technologies and creating a digital-capable organization
- Defines and shapes an engineering culture and mindset across the team; creates a high-trust environment
- Leads the team to develop and mature Cloud-based software engineering and Product Development capabilities, including but not limited to CI/CD, IaC, Microservices Architectures, Containerization, Serverless Computing, Automated Testing, API management and environment consistency
- Develops and matures innovation, experimentation and rapid-development capabilities within the development team and in partnership with our client's businesses and functions
- Partners across the technology team, including with DevOps, Enterprise Architecture and Security & Risk Management to align on strategy and accelerate development and deployment of digital products
- Drives continuous improvement across software engineering capabilities by keeping abreast of industry best practices and identifying and executing improvement initiatives that enhance the teams capabilities and value delivery.
- Leads diverse activities through multiple levels of management; has accountability for major deployment of business segment or enterprise-wise operations.
Desired Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in information systems, computer science or related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the essential functions of the job.
- 12+ years of information technology experience, preferably in financial services or SaaS
- Five+ years of leadership and management experience preferred.
- Exceptional people leadership and talent development skills including the ability to select, evaluate, engage, motivate, mentor, train, delegate, reward and lead team members.
- High learning agility with demonstrated ability to apply past experiences and learnings successfully in new situations
- Demonstrated ability leverage values-based leadership to shape and influence culture; able to lead in a hybrid work environment
- Proven experience leading technology transformation and change initiatives
- Proven ability to develop high-impact technology strategy
- High degree of curiosity across leadership and technology disciplines
- Expert-level knowledge of product development and Agile Solution Delivery principles.
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