VP of Mobile Engineering

More than 3 billion people around the world cannot access the internet. This means that around half of the world’s population lacks a vital communication channel for information, updates, education and access to resources. Without access to communication platforms, underserved communities around the world miss out on access to healthcare information, education, and even a voice in determining government policy and direction. At the same time, organizations from local governments and community institutions through to international NGOs struggle to engage meaningfully with essential audiences. Our client provides powerful mobile solutions that improve lives around the world. A proud social enterprise, the Canadian firm’s solutions connect businesses, governments, social institutions and NGOs with rural communities and are used to educate, inform, assist, and seek feedback from people with otherwise little access to that information. Their platform instantly reaches across distance, language and literacy barriers to deliver vital information and give under-served communities a voice. Scope of Position Broadly, the objective of the role of the Vice-President of Engineering is to cultivate an environment that attracts, deploys, develops and retains the human and other resources required to effectively develop, deliver, scale and support products/services that will provide value to the company’s customers, while meeting the business strategy and goals for growth. Reporting to the CTO, the Vice-President of Engineering is responsible for providing leadership in all activities related to the delivery of the company’s technologies from design, release, enhancement, quality assurance, implementation and support. The successful candidate will assume responsibility for a growing, distributed team of approximately 40 highly capable individuals who are characterized by their loyalty, creativity and commitment to the company’s purpose, innovative products and the satisfaction of their customers. Key Responsibilities Manage direct reports, along with their goal setting, performance measurement and development feedback. Develop reliable, robust software on-time, within cost targets. Manage the engineering budget. Audit existing and establish new scalable development platforms and processes. Foster an environment that enables highly technical staff to consistently perform with excellence. Establish and maintain succession plans and programs for all positions within the engineering organization. Establish key indicators for competitive performance in completion of development projects. Align the product development organization’s activities with the company goals and strategic direction. Build and facilitate the development of strong relationships and synergy with all other areas of the company. Protect proprietary products and technology information. Maintain keen awareness of the trends and conditions in technology, products and development tools. Work with the senior management team to deliver and support the company’s product roadmap. Develop and document corporate plans and systems for product development. Competency Profile Planning & Objective Setting Systematic in approach to work. Produces action plans in which objectives are defined and steps for achieving them are clearly specified. Results Orientation Focuses strongly on achieving agreed upon outcomes and ensures that key objectives are met. Team Skills Helps to create a sense of team spirit and harmonious relations through cooperation and support. Role Expertise Demonstrates critical technical or professional knowledge/skills related to the role. People Management Establishes and communicates clear priorities and sense of direction. Influence Articulates the key points of an argument persuasively. Commercial Acumen Applies appropriate commercial and financial principles. Boundary-Spanning Incorporates information about the organization’s structure and protocol into decisions. Preferred Experience / Education Experience in managing engineering teams of 50+ with multiple product lines. Varied experience with productivity and quality enhancing engineering methodologies including Agile. Proven experience in having scaled engineering organizations. Outstanding people skills to be applied within the engineering organization as well as across the executive team. Proven experience in managing development organizations. Experience developing a variety of front-end web applications. A highly collaborative, team-oriented leadership style. Compensation A competitive compensation package will be offered and structured around the successful candidate. #J-18808-Ljbffr