Vice President, Software Engineering

Covetrus • Full-time • Chicago, Illinois (US) • 4d ago

Covetrus is a global animal-health technology and services leader dedicated to empowering veterinary practice partners to drive improved health and financial outcomes. We bring together products, services, and technology into a single platform that connects our customers to the solutions and insights they need to work best. Our passion for the well-being of animals and those who care for them drives us to advance the world of veterinary medicine.

Summary
The VP of Software Engineering will lead global engineering teams tasked with transforming how the organization leverages technology. In this role, you will build robust, scalable, high availability platforms and products to deliver thoughtful customer experiences in a highly collaborative and fast-paced environment.

This role will drive strategic direction and tactical execution on product initiatives with significant bottom-line impact. As a key leader of high-performing software engineering and technology teams, the VP will deliver cutting-edge innovation that transforms the animal healthcare industry.

Essential Responsibilities:

Accountable for new software product development, feature enhancements, and lifecycle management of existing commercial software products.
Develop and maintain engineering roadmaps, architectural standards, and delivery models.
Co-create the long-term vision for highly available, developer- and partner-facing platforms, products, and services.
Participates in prioritization of technology initiatives and conjunction with peer technology leaders: accurately track initiative status, costs, and all projects related to engineering systems (hosting, partner agreements, training, systems, etc.)
Collaborate with Product Management, IT, and external partners to deliver robust platform capabilities and differentiated user experiences.
Lead and facilitate product engineering design, architecture and code review to ensure compliance with standards
Translate complex technical concepts into clear, compelling narratives for executives, partners, and customers.
Establish and evolve engineering processes, standards, and governance frameworks for global onshore and offshore teams.
Provide hands-on technical leadership to a dynamic global team throughout the software development life cycle.
Manage and appropriately escalate delivery impediments, risks, issues, and changes tied to the engineering initiatives to stakeholders
Implement continuous improvement practices to achieve quality, reliability, scalability, and time-to-market goals.
Lead production readiness, incident response maturity, and rapid issue of triage capabilities. Support critical operational escalations and transition activities as needed.
Inspire customers, peers, and teammates to think outside the box to deliver high quality software and technology solutions.
Identify systemic product engineering issues and implement preventative tooling and process improvements.
Define and monitor engineering KPIs and performance metrics.
In partnership with peers and CTO, responsible for the development of the annual department budget and capital expenditure plans in alignment with department projects and business goals
Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
All other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge and Skills

10+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including senior leadership of global teams
A proven passion for building, leading and growing high performing teams in the development and rapid delivery of next-generation digital platforms and products
A servant leader that has a history of creating a safe space and inclusive environment fostering diverse views and approaches from the team, coaching and mentoring them to thrive in a dynamic workplace
Proven experience leading large-scale commercial software product development
Strong background in modern software architecture, cloud-native platforms, and distributed systems
Experience managing multi-region and offshore engineering organizations
Demonstrated success delivering complex initiatives within budget and timeline constraints
Passion for building highly resilient, scalable and available platforms, rich reusable foundational capabilities and seamless software engineering experience while focusing on strategic vision and technology roadmap delivery in an MVP / iterative fast paced approach
Team player and energy amplifier. Flexible and adaptable to changing product and business priorities and technologies
Proven ability to lead team development in an agile environment
Strong technical knowledge of digital environments including mobile, web, apps, APIs, messaging, databases, Big Data, networks and their interactions
The ability to seed and extend innovation into the greater organization to develop key talent, consistent with that of a leading technology company

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in math/computer science/engineering/science discipline or equivalent work experience is required. Master’s Degree or certifications desirable
Agile methodology, software engineering project management, product management, and cloud-based architectural framework and development education/certification strongly preferred

We offer the following benefits for you to take advantage of while you are here provided you meet the eligibility requirements under each governing program:

401k savings & company match
Paid time off
Paid holidays
Maternity leave
Parental leave
Military leave
Other leaves of absence
Health, dental, and vision benefits
Health savings accounts
Flexible spending accounts
Life & disability benefits
Identity theft protection
Pet insurance
Certain positions may include eligibility for a short-term incentive plan

Covetrus is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.