Description
Descriptif du poste
Akeneo Product Cloud is a composable solution for orchestrating, activating, and optimizing product experiences across all owned and unowned channels. With its open platform, leading PIM, add-ons, connectors, and marketplace, the Akeneo Product Cloud improves product data quality and accuracy, simplifies catalog management, and accelerates the sharing of product information across all channels and locales.
At Akeneo, our teammates are the driving force behind who we are and where we want to go as a company. We work every day to shape a first-class work environment and culture, which is rooted in our core values of Humility, Benevolence, Openness, Innovation and…Beer (aka. comradery)! We want our people to help us grow and to grow with us, and that’s why we do whatever it takes to equip our employees with everything they may need to make a tangible impact on themselves, the business and the company. Let our intrepid three-headed mascot #ZiggyTheHydra welcome you into her world and join us at Akeneo! Learn more about who we are as an employer and about our Culture and Values via our Career page.
Job description
[TL;DR] If you are a visionary and results-driven engineering leader with a strong technical background and a passion for innovation, we invite you to join Akeneo as our Vice President of Engineering, where you will lead and shape our engineering team, drive product development, and ensure the delivery of cutting-edge SaaS solutions in a dynamic startup setting.
👩💻🧑💻 Description
We seek a Vice President of Engineering who will oversee the Engineering organization responsible for our SaaS offerings, collectively managing a team of approximately 100 engineers.
This role is integral in shaping the future of our technology and product development. We are seeking a customer-obsessed, visionary, results-driven engineering leader who can provide strategic direction, foster innovation, and drive the execution of our engineering initiatives. You will set clear goals, and ensure the timely delivery of high-quality SaaS products. You will directly report to the CTO and co-founder.
At Akeneo, our engineering values are:
Teamwork | We believe a workplace should be a place where we can learn from one another,
Product Oriented | For us, our product must be about solving our customer problems,
Mentoring | Continuously improve yourself, grow with others, and emulate your team,
Trustworthy | Your team is accountable for finding creative solutions,
Engineering | We do serious business without taking ourselves too seriously.
🧠 Key responsibilities
Quality and Delivery: Establishes an engineering culture prioritizing prompt delivery, unwavering commitment to quality, dedication to customer and business value generation, and continuous vigilance over production processes.
Technical Leadership: Provide technical vision, guidance, and expertise to the engineering team, ensuring alignment with the company's strategic objectives.
Team Management: Recruit, mentor, and develop a high-performing engineering team, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and innovation.
Technology Strategy: With the CTO, shape and execute a technology roadmap that supports the company's growth and innovation, staying current with industry trends and emerging technologies.
Cross-functional collaboration: Collaborate closely with other departments, such as Product Management, Design, and Operations, to drive product development and ensure seamless product launches.
Scalability: Establish operational practices that ensure the high availability, scalability, and performance of all services across the extensive product portfolio, fostering an unwavering commitment within teams to meet these quality standards and deliver an exceptional user experience.
Organization: Develop and implement effective organizational structures and workflows within the engineering department to ensure efficient resource allocation, streamline decision-making processes, and align with strategic goals.
Budget Management: Manage the engineering budget, allocate resources effectively, and make data-driven decisions to maximize ROI.
Risk Management: Identify and mitigate technical risks that could impact product development or the company's ability to achieve its goals.
Continuous Improvement: Promote a culture of continuous improvement, embracing feedback, and fostering a mindset of innovation and efficiency.
Qualifications
🏅The skills we require
Experience in the following areas is mandatory:
- Proven track record of successful leadership in a senior engineering role within a technology-driven organization.
- Strong technical background with software development, architecture, and system design expertise.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams and departments.
- Experience in building and scaling engineering teams of at least 100 people in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Exemplary at management mechanisms that empower teams to deliver high output autonomously without being involved in every decision
- Expertise in systems measurement and instrumentation, a firm believer in “measure everything.”
- A strategic thinker with the ability to balance long-term vision with short-term goals.
- Demonstrated ability to make data-driven decisions and manage budgets effectively.
- Experience with agile development methodologies and modern software development tools and practices.
- Experience making difficult priority trade-offs, advocating for projects in business and customer-friendly terms, and developing this practice at every level of your organization.
- Passion for technology, innovation, and staying current with industry trends.
- Strong high-scale, high-availability operating expertise, including testing/deployment, monitoring, undefined practices, and creating a culture of caution on behalf of customers.
Additionally, here are some general skills that Akeneo teammates tend to have:
- you are proactive, autonomous, self-motivated, resourceful, and eager to have a meaningful impact,
- you are curious about creatively achieving high standards in product development and addressing issues
- you like to have fun and have a life outside of work,
- finally, you learned from your mistakes and are ready to make new ones with us!!!
At all stages of your recruitment process, our Talent Acquisition team is committed to giving you an update in a one-week time frame.
So? Is this job description all about you? Then what are you waiting for - click that Apply button so that we can meet you without further delay!
Feeling hesitant because you think you’re not checking 100% of the requirements for the job, but still feel confident and motivated to grow into the position? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway, or reach out to us for questions or clarifications!
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