VP Engineering
First seen by Alion on Aug 17, 2026.
Role & Responsibilities:
- Define and execute the company's engineering strategy, technology roadmap, and delivery priorities in alignment with business and product objectives.
- Lead and scale the engineering organization, including team structure, hiring, mentoring, performance management, and succession planning.
- Own end-to-end software development and delivery, ensuring high standards of quality, reliability, security, and scalability.
- Establish and improve engineering processes, development methodologies, code quality standards, and release practices.
- Partner closely with the CEO, CTO, Product, Design, Operations, and other leadership teams to translate business requirements into scalable technology solutions.
- Drive the design and evolution of robust, scalable, and secure technology architecture.
- Identify and address technical debt, engineering bottlenecks, infrastructure challenges, and operational risks.
- Build a culture of ownership, accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Establish and monitor engineering KPIs covering productivity, delivery predictability, system reliability, quality, and team performance.
- Manage engineering budgets, technology investments, vendors, and resource allocation effectively.
- Ensure appropriate practices around information security, data protection, compliance, and business continuity.
- Stay current with emerging technologies and assess their potential impact on the organization.
- Represent the engineering function at the senior leadership/executive level and contribute to broader business strategy.
Preferred Candidate Profile:
- 10-12 years of overall experience in software engineering, technology, or product development, with significant experience in engineering leadership/management.
- Proven experience leading and scaling multi-disciplinary engineering teams, preferably across multiple products or technology domains.
- Experience managing engineering managers, tech leads, and senior engineers, rather than only individual contributors.
- Strong understanding of software architecture, system design, cloud infrastructure, APIs, databases, DevOps, security, and modern engineering practices.
- Demonstrated track record of taking products/platforms from concept to production and scaling them reliably.
- Strong experience in people leadership, talent development, hiring, and building high-performing engineering teams.
- Ability to balance technical depth with business priorities, budgets, timelines, and customer needs.
- Strong stakeholder-management and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with C-suite executives and cross-functional leadership.
- Experience working in a high-growth, startup, SaaS, product, or technology-driven environment would be advantageous.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field preferred.
- Candidates who have previously held titles such as Engineering Manager, Senior Engineering Manager, Director of Engineering, Head of Engineering, or VP Engineering would be preferred.
Skills
CTO, IT Product Development, Technical Architect, IT Strategy