Vice President - Engineering

What will you need to be successful in this role?

- Own end-to-end engineering and delivery for an organization of ~150-200 people across client-deployed and product-owned engagements.

- Build and develop the leadership layer of Delivery Managers, Software Development Architects, and Solution Architects.

- Own P&L across all engagements revenue, margin, cost, SOW governance, and contract negotiation.

- Own senior client relationships and lead governance forums (QBRs, steering committees) for top accounts.

- Drive engineering quality, technical standards, and engineer career development across the organisation.

- Establish the operating rhythm weekly delivery review, monthly engineering review, quarterly client governance.

- Support pre-sales through estimates, proposals, and client pitches, and identify growth opportunities within accounts.

- 18+ years of total experience spanning engineering and delivery, with 5+ years in senior leadership.

- Proven track record running an organisation of 100+ engineers with direct P&L responsibility.

Good to have:

- Experience running both client-deployed (staff augmentation, embedded teams) and product-owned delivery models in one organisation.

- Technical awareness across Angular, React, .NET, Java, Node.js, Python, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, and Kubernetes.

- Exposure to AI-enabled delivery (RAG, agentic systems, MCP, A2A).

- Hands-on familiarity with Jira Align, MS Project, or similar portfolio tooling.

- MBA or equivalent business qualification; relevant certifications a plus (PMP, PgMP, SAFe).

Competencies:

- Engineering leadership and technical depth credible with architects and senior engineers on architecture and trade-offs.

- Strong commercial acumen across P&L ownership, contract governance, and margin management.

- Excellent communication (written, verbal, presentation), persuasion, and negotiation skills at executive level.

- Proven ability to coach and develop delivery managers, architects, and senior engineers as a manager-of-managers.

- Sound judgement under pressure, balancing multiple priorities and stakeholders.

- A proactive, can-do and can-think approach to organisational change and problem-solving.

Excellent academic record:

- B.E./B.Tech CS/IT with MBA or M.S.

Location - Remote