Vice President, Development Effectiveness

Echo Health Inc•Westlake, OH

75d

About The Position

The Vice President of Development Effectiveness ensures technology initiatives are executed effectively, development teams operate efficiently, and software engineering practices continuously improve. The role drives delivery accountability, removes organizational obstacles, establishes best practices, and fosters continuous improvement across development teams. It bridges business strategy and engineering execution so development lifecycles remain efficient, modern, and aligned with corporate goals. The position leads strategic technology delivery, improves development processes and engineering quality, develops engineering leaders and teams, and measures performance through engineering and delivery indicators. It also owns relationships with offshore development partners and provides executive reporting on progress, performance, risks, and improvement outcomes. This job operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment. Employees are regularly required to sit, walk, and stand; talk or hear in person and by telephone; and use their hands repetitively to operate standard office equipment.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
10+ years of progressive IT leadership experience in software development, engineering, or technology operations.
5+ years leading engineering organizations or software delivery teams.
Demonstrated success improving SDLC processes across multiple teams.
Experience leading enterprise-scale Agile transformation initiatives.
Experience working with executive leadership to align technology delivery with business objectives.
Experience managing cross-functional teams without necessarily having direct authority over all participants.
Deep understanding of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Lean principles.
Knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD pipelines, software architecture and design, test automation and quality engineering, cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP), source control and branching strategies, and release management.
Familiarity with engineering metrics and dashboards.
Experience applying AI tools to SDLC or functional business areas.
Ability to influence organizational change and build consensus across development, QA, infrastructure, security, and business stakeholders.
Strong executive communication and presentation skills.
Strong conflict resolution and facilitation skills.
Expertise in process improvement, metrics, and analytics.

Responsibilities

Lead strategic technology initiatives and development projects by aligning priorities, coordinating teams, and maintaining focus on measurable delivery outcomes.
Drive timely, in-scope project delivery that meets quality standards and business expectations.
Maintain executive visibility into team commitments, milestones, risks, dependencies, and decision points.
Remove delivery roadblocks and escalate critical issues affecting timelines, scope, or quality.
Establish ownership and accountability for project outcomes across development teams and stakeholders.
Align software development priorities with enterprise strategy and measurable return on investment.
Define and refine software development methodologies to improve execution consistency, delivery quality, and team effectiveness.
Standardize development practices and strengthen planning, estimation, sprint execution, and release management.
Accelerate adoption of Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, automation, and modern engineering practices.
Use metrics to evaluate development efficiency and guide continuous process optimization.
Establish governed, measured AI-enabled development practices to assess cost, effectiveness, and business value.
Set and enforce engineering standards for coding, peer reviews, automated testing, and release readiness.
Improve software quality, reliability, scalability, and maintainability; reduce technical debt through assessment, prioritization, and remediation.
Embed security, privacy, and regulatory requirements into the development lifecycle.
Own relationships with offshore development partners and establish monitoring and improvement programs.
Develop and mentor development managers, technical leads, and engineering teams.
Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, continuous learning, collaboration, and measurable improvement.
Align team priorities, goals, and capacity with organizational objectives and highest-value outcomes.
Support staffing strategy, performance management, talent development, and succession planning.
Strengthen collaboration across development, infrastructure, security, product, and business stakeholders.
Advance technical upskilling, team management practices, collaboration, and high-performance expectations.
Define, monitor, and communicate engineering performance indicators, including delivery predictability, throughput, capacity utilization, defects, production stability, deployment frequency, lead time, technical debt, cycle time, and MTTR.
Provide regular executive reporting on delivery progress, engineering performance, risk trends, and measurable improvement outcomes.