VP, Engineering
Kognitiv
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Colombo, Sri Lanka
Posted on Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Responsibilities
Engineering Leadership & Strategic Alignment:
Engineering Leadership & Strategic Alignment:
- Refine & implement the technical vision & strategy laid out by the CIO & the Architecture teams by developing the engineering strategy, setting clear objectives across the engineering organization & ensuring efforts are in stride with business goals.
- Lead our Engineering Centre of Excellence and its team of developers, senior managers, and directors.
- Develop engineering KPIs to measure effectiveness & efficiency of engineering operations to implement data-driven decision-making processes and continuous improvement of engineering processes.
- Establish strong communication channels with internal teams, clients, and partners, ensuring alignment and collaborative problem-solving critically ensuring strategic alignment.
- Be an Ambassador for the Engineering Centre of Excellence
- Lead the continuous innovation, growth & deployment of efficient, scalable engineering processes. Oversee & continuously enhance our technology stack, system architecture & development methodologies to ensure scalability, privacy, and security.
- Participate actively in code reviews, collaborate in architecture discussions, and partner in high-impact decision-making.
- Evaluate and integrate third-party tools, services, and vendors, and manage technical debt.
- Select and integrate suitable tools and technologies for operational efficiency.
- Prioritize comprehensive documentation for processes.
- Guide efforts to optimize existing technology stacks, ensuring a strategic balance between innovation & the continuous refinement of all our platforms.
- Identify potential project risks & devise mitigation plans, including ensuring compliance with industry standards, regulations, and security practices.
- Accelerate the organization’s implementation of cloud-native solutions, leveraging one or more of major cloud providers like, AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- Drive the adoption of open-source technologies, promoting best practices in test-driven development and CI/CD pipeline implementations.
- Promote comprehensive software testing methodologies and QA processes.
- Encourage exploration and innovation through R&D initiatives.
- Provide direction for operational implementation of engineering strategy to the Director(s) of Engineering.
- Provide guidance, and mentorship to engineering managers and their respective teams in different regions.
- Efficiently allocate engineering resources, including personnel and engineering budget across regions to optimize productivity, ensure resources are allocated efficiently, and to meet project deadlines.
- A computer / software or relevant engineering qualification or an equivalent depth of engineering knowledge derived from substantial work experience (15 years) in software engineering with a minimum of 7 years of those leading teams, ideally global.
- Prior work experience in driving agile practices teams leading & transforming developers into high-performing and empowered, geographically dispersed teams.
- Prior work experience with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or a combination of these.
- Prior experience in architecting scalable solutions to business needs.
- A deep understanding of QA and related practices.
- Prior experience working in the B2B Loyalty or Analytics ML/AI industry is desirable
- Expertise in multi-tenant SaaS platforms & Data Engineering domains.
- Expertly skilled in coding with latest programming languages and in test-driven development.
- Expertise in multiple tech stacks including .NET and JVM based technologies.
- Expertise in implementing & optimizing CI/CD pipelines for streamlined development & deployment.
- Expertise in executing technical projects from planning to production.
- Expertise in mentoring and coaching other engineers in their career journey.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Oriented towards long-term or multiple year strategic planning & quarterly & year-on-year goal achievement, including by providing leadership to geographically dispersed, high-performance, technical teams & by engaging effectively with audiences at the c-suite & above level.
- The ability to advocate for and implement and drive high quality high pace agile software development methodologies across all teams.
- Ability to ensure teams maintain strong team commitment and engagement across the organization.
- The ability to promote & inculcate a culture of continuous learning, growth, and innovation within the engineering teams.
- The ability to lead in a top management position with excellent written and verbal communication with superior interpersonal and relationship management skills across stakeholder levels.
- The ability to establish strong communication channels with internal teams, clients, and partners, ensuring alignment and collaborative problem-solving.
- The ability to set a high bar for coding standards, best practices, and technical decision-making.
- The ability to champion the transition to modern software development techniques, emphasizing efficiency, scalability, resiliency, without sacrificing security & data privacy.
- The ability to utilize the expertise gained from past successful transformation initiatives by offering valuable insights & strategies.
- The ability to adapt leadership styles accordingly across levels.
- The ability to collaborate, bargain, negotiate, persuasively, be flexible with approaching problems, and thrive in ambiguous, fast-paced, dynamic professional environments.
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