VP, Engineering

ImageTrend•Eagan, MN

19h•Hybrid

About The Position

ImageTrend, Inc. is rapidly expanding and is hiring a VP, Engineering to oversee assigned software development and QA teams. This role ensures engineering initiatives align with company goals and helps scale the engineering organization to meet client needs and foster market innovation. The VP, Engineering will lead people, streamline processes, improve productivity, and contribute to building impactful solutions.

Requirements

Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related technical field, or the equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
Successful track record of producing innovative solutions and product applications that have a user-centered design, perform well in the market, and produce profitable recurring revenue
Excellent technological skillsets across Engineering functions, along with in-depth experience with software development lifecycle and delivering on large-scale roadmap objectives on time and in budget
Proven experience leading larger or matrixed engineering and software development teams and processes while managing multiple, complex product lines
Extensive experience implementing, developing, and transforming the Software Development Lifecycle and other operational policies and procedures for continuous improvement and to accelerate results
Experience with private equity, M&A growth, partnership integrations or platforms, and/or integrating legacy enterprise commercial applications into an existing product suite
Experience with measuring effectiveness, building dashboards, reports or visualizing data to provide insights and recommendations to senior leaders regarding developer and QA productivity, quality and efficiency
Strong understanding or experience using off-shore or third-party development resources
Strong interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to translate complex or technical concepts for all audiences
Excellent organizational, prioritization and project management skills, and the ability to manage multiple high-priority and complex objectives simultaneously
High attention to detail and exceptional analytical, problem-solving and critical thinking skills with the ability to make data-driven decisions
Strategic thinker with the ability to align the engineering roadmap with business goals and product vision
Ability to adapt, stay resilient and lead others through fast-paced and large-scale changes
Ability to maintain discretion when handling proprietary and confidential information
Enthusiasm for learning and expanding knowledge or skills
Strong work ethic, integrity, honesty, collaboration and team orientation
Ability to work onsite at the corporate headquarters on occasion or as needed
Ability to travel as required, up to 25%

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree
Cloud-based experience using Azure or AWS
Experience in a high-growth, SaaS environment leading both development and QA functions

Responsibilities

Work with CTO to develop and execute strategic priorities and ensure product engineering vision aligns with the company's overall goals
Oversee the Engineering and QA team functions, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement, and ensuring product roadmap objectives are achieved on time and in budget
Lead and develop the leadership team to enable achievement of their departmental and career goals, including performance management, professional development, and providing strategic or tactical guidance and support as needed
Define, implement, and monitor a set of engineering KPI’s and performance measurements using dashboards and other tracking mechanisms to measure velocity, quality, uptime, deployment frequency, incident response, and other metrics that help identify effectiveness and opportunities for improvement
Review existing procedures and development practices to remove roadblocks, drive process improvements and standardization across workflows, QA integration, tooling, documentation, and reporting
Collaborate closely with Product, Design, Sales, Customer Success and other cross-functional teams and leaders to align on priorities, roadmaps, and expectations for engineering delivery and support
Assist with technical or critical issues, escalations, or other client-related challenges to support resolution and client satisfaction
Provide support for M&A activities to evaluate prospective options from a product perspective and help execute post-close product integration strategy
Keep informed of client requests, industry trends, or general market needs and provide insights or ideas to help us continue improving products and processes
Travel to orientation, industry or company events, or other onsite meetings as required
Perform additional duties or tasks as assigned