VP, Engineering

Vizient•Chicago, IL

About The Position

We are seeking a Vice President, Engineering to lead the engineering organization responsible for the enterprise platforms that power our next-generation healthcare technology products. This leader will oversee a large engineering organization, drive engineering excellence and delivering secure, scalable, cloud-native platforms that enable product teams across the enterprise. Working in close partnership with internal stakeholders, this executive will define engineering strategy, shape platform investments, and foster a culture of technical excellence while collaborating across Architecture, Technology Delivery, Security, and Product organizations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline; Master's degree preferred.
15+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including executive leadership of large, multi-level engineering organizations.
Proven experience leading engineering leaders, including Directors of Engineering, Engineering Managers, and senior technical leaders.
Demonstrated success building and scaling enterprise platform engineering organizations supporting multiple product teams.
Deep expertise in cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, and modern software engineering practices, with experience delivering solutions on Microsoft Azure.
Experience with enterprise data platforms and technologies such as Azure, Databricks, data integration, and modern data engineering frameworks.
Strong understanding of platform engineering, APIs, data management, AI-enabled platforms, identity, security, and enterprise architecture principles.
Experience implementing DevSecOps, CI/CD, quality engineering, observability, automation, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices.
Hands-on leader able to build POCs and actively contribute to design, architecture, and whiteboarding sessions.
Exceptional communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience in healthcare, healthcare technology, or other highly regulated industries.
Experience building enterprise platforms for Data, AI, Identity, and shared developer capabilities
Familiarity with healthcare interoperability standards such as FHIR or HL7.
Experience leading geographically distributed engineering organizations.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop a high-performing engineering organization, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Recruit, retain, and develop exceptional engineering talent while building leadership capability through coaching, succession planning, and performance management.
Build organizational capacity by balancing full-time and contingent talent to meet evolving business priorities.
Define and execute the engineering strategy for enterprise platform capabilities that enable secure, scalable, cloud-native solutions supporting data, AI, security, identity, and shared services.
Deliver reusable platform capabilities that accelerate product delivery, improve developer productivity, and enable enterprise-wide adoption.
Ensure engineering teams deliver reliable, high-quality software with operational excellence and measurable business outcomes.
Partner with Platform Product Management in an engineering/product leadership dyad to define platform strategy, investment priorities, and roadmaps.
Establish modern engineering practices—including DevSecOps, quality engineering, automation, observability, and AI-enabled software engineering—and measure their adoption and effectiveness across teams.
Foster a culture of continuous learning, technical excellence, and innovation while evaluating emerging technologies that create business value.
Recruit, hire, and onboard top engineering talent.
Develop and implement training and development programs to enhance the skills and capabilities of the engineering team.
Foster a positive and inclusive work environment that promotes delivery, solid engineering practices and champions the Vizient value.
Supplement FTE engineers with effective contingent staffing partnerships balancing cost and performance.
Establish proper engineering practice.
Measure adoption and effectiveness of engineer practices across teams standardizing where appropriate.
Provide technical leadership and guidance to the engineering team.
Stay up-to-date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies.
Ensure that the engineering team is using the most effective and efficient tools, technologies, and processes.
Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the engineering department.
Coordinate with Technology Delivery, Technology Practices, Enterprise Architecture, Solutions.
Partner with Technology Delivery and other Technology Practices to staff and manage high performing delivery teams while balancing cost and demand.
Partner with EA and Solutions to determine the right solution design for our products, applications and services.
Partner with Technology team to develop and operate a thorough 360 feedback program that ensures each employee is measured equally on delivery, practices and values.