Job description
Introduction:
Very Good Ventures is a global consultancy that delivers clients elegant solutions using disruptive technologies. At VGV, we believe that building very good technology starts with a culture of excellence, collaboration, humility, and openness – and of course, have a very good time while doing it. We place our company values and culture at the forefront of everything we do.
Rising to prominence as the foremost Flutter experts, VGV is at an exciting stage of growth as we expand our global presence and our range of strategic services. Our mission is to lead the most influential companies through new digital frontiers and improve the relationship between technology and those that create, manage, and experience it. VGV’s client roster spans industries, including Toyota, Google, Dow Jones, JSX, Betterment, and Norwegian Cruise Lines.
People come to work at VGV to solve challenging problems with the newest technology, alongside some of the best talent in the industry, and in a culture that remains steadfastly dedicated to its employees.
Overview
We are seeking a visionary and collaborative Vice President of Engineering to lead and expand our engineering services within our solutions-oriented digital experience consulting offerings. This role is pivotal in shaping a scalable engineering organization within a consulting environment, focusing on talent strategy, delivery excellence, client-focused engineering execution, stakeholder management, and fostering trusted client relationships. The VP of Engineering will ensure that our engineering capabilities are world-class, support business growth, and consistently deliver exceptional results.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Growth of Engineering Services:
- Champion the development of a forward-thinking engineering organization that anticipates industry disruptions, embraces cutting-edge technology trends, and evolves to meet emerging client needs.
- Partner with executive leadership to expand into new technical domains, enabling a solutions-oriented consulting model that drives measurable client outcomes.
- Effectively partner with leaders from other disciplines to craft holistic solutions, ensuring alignment with the company’s solutions-oriented approach and Engineering’s seamless integration.
- Constantly learn from client engagements to refine the engineering teams capabilities to ensure alignment with program objectives.
Client-Focused Engineering Execution:
- Lead engineering teams to deliver solutions that are precisely aligned with client objectives, ensuring measurable business outcomes while consistently maintaining a high bar of engineering excellence.
- Develop and maintain a deep understanding of client industries, challenges, and goals to tailor engineering approaches for max impact.
- Oversee the application of best practices in engineering execution, ensuring performance, scalability, reliability, and innovation.
- Partner with delivery teams to ensure Engineering teams effectively and efficiently collaborate as part of cross-functional teams.
Client and Stakeholder Engagement:
- Act as a senior technical advisor and partner to high-ranking engineering executives at client organizations, fostering trust and long-term relationships.
- Support business development efforts by participating in key client discussions, proposals, and strategic pitches for engineering-led consulting engagements.
- Act as a key point of contact for clients, ensuring engineering excellence aligns with client expectations and business outcomes whileidentifying opportunities to expand client engagements and demonstrating VGV’s value proposition.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including other executives, to define and deliver engineering-heavy consulting engagements.
Brand & Market Leadership:
- Drive market credibility and trust through clear, compelling communication of engineering concepts and value propositions in sales and marketing efforts.
- Represent VGV’s engineering capabilities at industry events, conferences, and client pitches, positioning the company as a market leader.
- Develop and inspire the Engineering team to be a strong vocal support of the VGV brand by creating and participating in marketing and public community development activities (e.g., online content, conference & meeting speaking engagements, community leadership, etc.)
Organizational Leadership:
- Oversee a scalable, high performance team, ensuring alignment with company goals and client objectives.
- Design and maintain an organizational structure that ensures clarity of roles and accountabilities while being flexible to achieve high scale.
- Build a world-class engineering organization, recruiting top talent across specialties, and developing an exceptional leadership team.
- Build a culture of excellence and innovation, with a focus on inclusion and psychological safety, enabling individuals to be empowered in a way that fosters high rates of performance, job satisfaction, and retention.
Team Growth & Development
- Define and execute a scalable engineering talent strategy aligned with our consulting business mode; ensure a robust talent pipeline is developed and maintained to support long-term growth.
- Oversee a talent development program that provides clear, level-specific performance expectations aligned with industry standards, along with paths for career progression.
Operational Excellence:
- Ensure engineering services meets core business objectives, including revenue and margin goals for the discipline
- Establish and refine processes, frameworks, and metrics to ensure consistent, high-quality engineering delivery.
- Ensure the alignment of engineering services with client needs, timelines, and budgets; measure and learn from performance metrics and project outcomes
- Ensure engineering services clearly and accurately scopes and plans activities underlying project work to meet client needs and company revenue and margin goals
- Provide strategic context, direction, prioritization, and agency to Engineering leaders in a way that enhances and orients their unique leadership styles and technical skills to drive company growth.
Accountabilities
As the VP of Engineering, you will be Accountable for:
- Engineering Revenue & As-Delivered Margin: Oversee Engineering involvement in the Pursuit and Project process as well as the economic structures of the team to ensure revenue and margin goals are met.
- Engineering Strategy & Vision: Defining and executing a forward-looking engineering strategy that aligns with organizational goals and anticipates market trends.
- Engineering Organization Growth: Scaling the engineering team and capabilities to meet evolving client needs, ensuring robust leadership and technical expertise.
- Operational Excellence: Driving processes, frameworks, and standards to ensure high-quality, efficient delivery of engineering services.
- Client Outcomes: Overseeing the engineering team’s alignment with client objectives, ensuring solutions meet business and technical needs.
Requirements
- At least 15 years of professional engineering experience with at least 5 years in a senior engineering leadership role managing large, complex engineering teams and systems.
- Experience delivering engineering services in a consulting or agency, especially with a track record of delivering exceptional client outcomes across diverse industries (mandatory).
- Demonstrated success leading engineering organizations within enterprise environments, working with large, complex engineering stacks, and managing applications across multiple front-end platforms (mobile, web, etc.).
- Deep experience in architecture, data, cloud, and system orchestration.
- Experience in industries such as financial services, travel, hospitality, e-commerce, and/or entertainment.
- Proven ability to scale engineering teams to meet growing demand, including hiring top talent, implementing leadership pipelines, and optimizing organizational structures for efficiency and high performance.
- Experience defining and executing a forward-thinking engineering strategy, driving adoption of emerging technologies (e.g., multi-platform, cloud, data engineering, AI).
- Strong ability to collaborate with executives, both internally and externally, to build trusted relationships and align engineering initiatives with business objectives. Experience and conform contributing to business development is essential.
- Expertise working within cross-disciplinary teams (e.g., Strategy, Product Management, Design, QA, Program Management) to craft holistic, solutions-oriented outcomes for clients or internal stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to implement processes, frameworks, and KPIs that deliver consistent, high-quality engineering execution, balancing technical innovation with revenue and margin goals.
- A track record of contributing to industry thought leadership through conference speaking, white papers, or content development that establishes the company as a leader in engineering services.
- Commitment to fostering an inclusive, innovative, and high-performing engineering culture, with a focus on psychological safety, career growth, and employee satisfaction.
- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is required.
- Master’s degree or equivalent experience (preferred).
Total Rewards
VGV wants all employees to be supported in their personal and professional development, so we take a comprehensive approach to compensation and benefits. The initial annual base salary for this position is expected to range from $208k - $260k. We benchmark every role based on location and against comparable companies to ensure competitiveness; however, actual compensation is highly dependent on numerous factors such as location, experience, knowledge and skills, qualifications and other job-related factors.
To further support your growth at our company, VGV also offers the following:
- Subsidized health insurance, dental, and vision coverage
- Potential to earn equity in an early stage high-growth company
- Flexible PTO and company holidays
- 12 -16 weeks universal fully paid family leave
- 401k retirement savings plan with matching employer contribution
- HSA with employer contribution
- Working with a talented, global team on cutting edge projects with well-known clients
Company Values
- Do our best, professional work.
- Be collaborative partners.
- Scale with standards.
- Always be growing.
- Be very good.
Very Good Ventures is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. We are committed to providing a fair and inclusive work environment, free from discrimination and harassment, and promoting diversity in our workforce. We value and celebrate the unique perspectives and contributions of each member of our global workforce, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected characteristic. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is essential to our success as a company.
