Vice President of Engineering

The role

You will lead a group of engineering teams through their managers to plan, build, and ship software. You will own delivery, quality, and reliability for your area while working with Product and Design leadership to execute company goals.

What you will do

• Lead engineering teams through their managers with clear goals and feedback
• Build a management bench by hiring, coaching, and performance-managing engineering managers
• Plan headcount and run the hiring process
• Own delivery for your area from planning through release
• Set technical direction and contribute to architecture and design decisions
• Own the reliability, security, and performance of systems
• Improve developer velocity by streamlining CI/CD and reducing toil
• Set org-wide engineering standards, planning cycles, and team structure
• Partner with Product, Design, and client-facing teams to turn strategy into roadmaps
• Manage area budget and report on delivery and team health to the CTO

Required qualifications

• 10+ years in engineering leadership and senior leadership roles, including managing managers of managers
• Experience leading a multi-team engineering organization through managers
• Track record of delivering customer-facing SaaS products predictably
• Strong technical background in modern SaaS engineering (CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, agile delivery)
• Experience managing expectations with executive and C-suite leaders
• Ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders and external clients
• Experience owning an engineering budget and headcount plan
• Experience scaling an engineering organization through fast growth

Nice to have

• experience with ad tech, marketing technology, or other high-volume data platforms, including third-party ad platform APIs

Benefits

• remote-friendly setup
• home office support
• annual company retreats

Before you apply

• must be based in the GTA
• all candidates will be required to successfully complete a criminal background check

About the company

Vantage is a unified platform for retail media orchestration that enables retailers to launch and grow media networks through scalable technology. It has a global presence in North America and Asia-Pacific.