Vice President of Technology
About The Position
Upstate Coin & Gold is seeking a deeply technical, commercially minded technology leader to help shape the next chapter of our growth. As we expand, diversify, and invest in technology, this leader will build the systems, capabilities, and team that help us stay ahead. The opportunity: scale the technology behind a growing precious metals business, accelerate new products and services, and turn our ambition for industry technology leadership into a widening competitive advantage. This opportunity is particularly well suited for an accomplished Senior Director ready to step into a Vice President role, or a VP who remains close to the technology and the work. Prior VP experience is not required. We value technical credibility, commercial judgment, execution discipline, and exceptional communication and collaboration. You should be equally effective leading engineers, partnering with executives, and working with stakeholders throughout the company.
Requirements
- Typically 12+ years of progressive technical experience and 5+ years of increasing leadership responsibility, including substantial firsthand engineering or architecture experience and recent technical involvement.
- Readiness to lead a 15–20-person multidisciplinary technology team, supported by experience developing technical leaders and delivering business-critical systems.
- Strong working knowledge of modern software engineering, AWS, APIs, databases, CI/CD, testing, observability, security, enterprise applications, and IT.
- Experience with NetSuite and Salesforce, or comparable ERP and CRM platforms, is valuable.
- Practical familiarity with AI-assisted development, LLMs, and automation, plus a demonstrated habit of learning and helping teams adopt better tools and methods.
- Evidence of commercial judgment, value engineering, disciplined budgeting, and delivery—not just technical expertise.
- Excellent communication and collaboration: clear explanations, attentive listening, constructive disagreement, and the ability to build trust and alignment at every level.
- Low ego, high standards, and strong follow-through.
- A relevant degree or equivalent professional experience.
- Leadership capability and results matter more than title history.
Responsibilities
- Lead a multidisciplinary technology team of approximately 15–20 employees and own our complete technology environment: PlatformGold®, software development, product execution, data, AI and automation, AWS, NetSuite, Salesforce, enterprise applications, integrations, cybersecurity, and all company IT, systems, networks, hardware, and end-user technology.
- Provide candid technical advice and turn strategic, product, and innovation direction into reliable, scalable solutions and measurable business results.
- Stay close to architecture, code, cloud infrastructure, APIs, and data, working alongside engineers on complex decisions and problems without becoming the primary developer or a bottleneck.
- Focus resources on transformative, well-supported opportunities, understanding full project costs, budgets, capacity, opportunity cost, and cost of delay; simplify, defer, or stop lower-value work and defend priorities constructively with stakeholders.
- Set credible scope, budgets, milestones, and delivery commitments, delivering on time or early and at or below approved budgets, surfacing risks early and measuring outcomes after launch.
- Value engineer faster, simpler, more economical solutions without compromising essential quality or controls.
- Recruit, coach, and develop strong talent and future leaders, setting clear ownership, addressing performance, building succession and backup coverage, and keeping the team’s skills and practices current as technology changes.
- Advance PlatformGold® and its APIs, where usability, speed, pricing and data accuracy, and reliability matter.
- Own enterprise systems, integrations, cybersecurity, IT support, hardware, continuity, and recovery across the company.
- Evaluate and adopt useful advances in AI, automation, and engineering practices.
- Build reusable capabilities for new business lines, assess technology implications of partnerships or acquisitions under consideration, and track delivery, reliability, customer outcomes, and technology economics.
Benefits
- Up to a 6% 401(k) company match
- Employer-paid profit-sharing and cash balance plans
- Medical, dental, vision, and Employee Assistance plans
- HSA and FSA options
- Company-paid short- and long-term disability, life, and accidental death and dismemberment coverage
- Supplemental critical illness, accident, hospitalization, and pet coverage
- PTO and paid holidays
- Professional development opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
