VP of Engineering
Salary Range $150k-$225k/yr
Reports to Chief Product Officer
Hiring only in CA, TX, FL
Work Truck Solutions' culture combines strong leadership, collaboration, and fun, with incredible growth opportunities for our employees in a fast-paced work environment providing employee engagement, recognition, and development. Our software company is committed to innovation in the rapidly changing commercial vehicle market space. Our vision and culture allow employees to be recognized as thought leaders and thrive in their careers.
In addition to the job responsibilities and requirements, the following are essential to be a successful member of our team:
- Curiosity: you seek knowledge, ask questions, and look for answers; you're proactive and engaged
- Perseverance: you hit a delay; you know this is your moment to figure things out and to shine
- Innovation: you want to make things better, solve the puzzle, create something new
- Flexibility: there's a new opportunity; you're ready to flip the script, grow and adapt
Role Overview
We are seeking a VP of Engineering to lead transformational growth within Work Truck Solutions remote product development group. This role will be pivotal in shaping the discipline, scale, and operational excellence of our engineering teams. The successful candidate will bring deep experience managing both in-house, remote engineering teams and outsourcing partners, ensuring seamless collaboration and delivery across the organization.
The VP will play a critical role in scaling Work Truck Solutions existing teams through organic growth as well as guiding the organization through M&A integration, and instilling best-in-class engineering practices across a full company.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership for engineering and quality assurance teams, including Work Truck Solutions directors, managers and external outsourcing partners.
- Establish technical roadmap based on platform and market requirements
- Drive operational discipline and unified processes across teams to enable scalable, predictable, and high-quality software delivery.
- Ensure secure software development practices aligned with regulatory and other requirements.
- Partner with product and business leaders to align engineering execution with Work Truck Solutions strategic goals and growth objectives.
- Scale engineering/QA operations and talent efficiently through the use of technology, include AI tools, best practices and staff development.
- Lead integration efforts for acquired teams and technologies, ensuring successful alignment of people, processes, and platforms.
- Establish and continuously refine engineering best practices, performance metrics, and governance frameworks.
- Mentor and develop engineering directors and managers, creating a culture of accountability, collaboration, and innovation.
- Ensure effective resource allocation, vendor management, and budget oversight to optimize global delivery.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of progressive engineering leadership experience, with at least 5 years in director-level or higher roles.
- Proven track record scaling technology organizations from hundreds to thousands of employees.
- Detailed knowledge in relevant technologies including .Net, React, Node.js, SQL Server, Azure
- Strong experience managing distributed global teams and outsourced delivery partners.
- Hands-on experience driving organizational transformation, including M&A integration.
- Excellent ability to establish global operational discipline and unify processes across regions.
- Strong background in SaaS or enterprise software development environments.
- Exceptional communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to thrive in a high-growth, dynamic environment with competing priorities.
- Experience in the automotive industry preferred
Benefits
- Work on meaningful projects that shape the future of the commercial vehicle industry.
- Competitive salary.
- Fully remote Monday-Friday work week.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and 401k benefits, with complimentary life insurance.
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and holidays.
- Flexible scheduling, subject to manager's approval.
- Opportunity to work with a supportive and innovative team.