Senior Vice President Of Engineering

Company: CenTrak
Location: Perkasie
Posted on: February 22, 2021

Job Description:

Mission:The Senior Vice President, Engineering & Research & Development role is responsible for the successful execution of the company's business strategy through development, deployment, and customer success of all technical strategies at the direction of the CTO and in partnership with the Global Product Management and Marketing team. This is a key role on the team, responsible for the technical project management and development of our products and services, and people management of engineers and developers to collaborate on the various layers of the infrastructure for our technology. Using an active and practical approach, the SVP, Engineering & R&D will direct all employees in the Engineering department to reach the company's strategic goals. This requires envisioning the company's service offerings, leading implementation of technologies, and planning for risk and growth.This role reports to the CTO and the team it will oversee will be comprised of 40+ full time employees in Pennsylvania, Indiana, NYC, Israel, Bulgaria, and the Ukraine and 55+ contract/vendor resources primarily centered in India.Responsibilities:People Management* Identifies key skills and capabilities needed to assess team strengths and weaknesses* Partners with HR to recruit and retain top-tier talent* Organizes the department and teams to support each CenTrak product* Develops engineers to increase productivity* Communicates effectively up, down, and laterally to ensure alignment of work* Provides purpose, context, and direction to members of the Engineering teamProject Management and Engineering Execution* Ensures the realization of the product roadmap through excellence in execution* Creates a framework to accurately size and estimate deliverables to arrive at internal & external delivery commitments* Organizes teams and resources to deliver the product roadmap* Enables "rapid response " surge capacity to address time-sensitive needs without compromising the roadmap* Designs workflows that incorporate interdependencies between functional areas* Establishes playbooks to drive process and consistent outcomes for repeated tasks* Proactively mitigates risk by identifying and controlling internal and external risk factors* Supervises work to continuously iterate and improve* Conducts effective Post Project Reviews to instill effective team learning habitsTechnical Leadership* Develops the technical strategy with the CTO* Builds and maintains the technical roadmap* Defines and oversees consistent adoption of hardware and software development instrumentation and standards across the Engineering team* Balances long-term R&D investments with near-term execution* Monitors and ensures performance, availability and reliability of internal components and CenTrak to meet & exceed customer SLAsStrategy Development* Serves as part of the senior staff responsible for company and product strategy* Builds strong relationships across disciplines e.g. Sales, Product Marketing, Finance, etc.* Provides a voice for the engineering team to influence CenTrak's vision and prioritiesBudget* Works with finance to develop a bottoms up budget* Aligns compensation and incentives with desired behaviors* Responsible for headcount, consulting, prototyping, patents, IP, software, equipment, travel and entertainment, and professional development costsQualifications:* BS or MS, MBA preferred (or MBA/MS in Computer Science or related field with 10 years' experience, 5 of which must be managerial and strategic* Experience preferably within RF technology, sensor technology, enterprise location solution company and/or healthcare IoT* Hardware and Software engineering experience requiredCore Competencies:* Strong interpersonal and communications skills (written and verbal), strong documentation skills, ability to communicate technical concepts* Strong organizational and planning skills and experience in establishing process and procedure, analyzing and developing process improvements* Experience with Software Development tools, techniques, and methodologies* Highly flexible, able to appropriately re-prioritize activities and work variable hours* Works well under pressure, able to remain focused and professional during high stress situations* Familiarity with marketing platforms, programs and policies* Exceptional project management and organization skills* Excellent organizational and leadership skills

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