VP of Engineering

Our client empowers the $2T telco market to move onto the blockchain, with an open, and efficient network for all. They are building a network that enables any party to become a provider of connectivity (and even financial services), bringing blockchain benefits to existing telcos but also opening the world up for new methods of providing connectivity - mesh networks, peer to peer, etc, pushing the economic benefits back to the participants. Their goal is to build the last singular network for the planet, accessible to anyone and owned by everyone.

Company Audience:

• Telcos are increasingly required to compete with banks on financial services
• Billions of end-users struggling with multiple expensive accounts and hard-to-access crypto and blockchain-based financial services
• Connectivity hubs like airlines, cruise ships, local hot spots, in need of ancillary revenues and looking to improve user experience and loyalty
• Blockchain community, looking for ’legos’ - product functionality - that can easily be integrated into existing products and services. Blockchain projects can both bring users to their network, as well as bringing functionality that can be unlocked for the users of their network

Position:

A VP of Engineering would bring a level of organization, advocacy, and strategy to our clients’ engineering org to support its continued evolution as a core node within the organization. They’ll focus their time on both helping level up and improve the function of the engineering team’s various functions as well as providing transparency and communication channels to the rest of the company to interface with engineering. Also, like any other VP, this person is expected to contribute significantly to the leadership efforts from Day 1. Our client would need to deeply trust that this candidates’ leadership style will further advance the leadership subculture/example that they want for the organization in the long-term.

Ideal Candidate:

• Focused on execution: Someone that can support a globally distributed engineering organization that can scale products that generate $100M+ to $1B+ in annual revenues
• Expertise and skills: Someone that has the experience to build an engineering organization LOVED by the engineers, in which engineers not only thrive but also exceed their own expectations in terms of both productivity and ingenuity
• Experience being a technical advocate for the engineering team and the company
• Manage technical details of estimating, prioritizing, and committing to features, initiatives, and infrastructure upgrades
• Ambitious: Someone that is excited about energizing their team to build a top-10 digital asset that can be owned and used by billions of users in the world
• Passionate about software development, and keeps up on the latest news and trends – expected to use this knowledge to make architectural decisions
• Recruits and nurtures: Someone with a following of engineers and a wide network to tap into when recruiting a world-class engineering organization
• Make mentorship and the career growth of the engineering team a top priority
• Relevant experience: Someone with 10+ years of engineering leadership experience and helped scale an engineering team in a startup environment
• Strong development background with the ability to get their hands in the code if needed

Requirements:

• Prior start-up, fast growth, B2C blockchain technology product experience a MUST
• Prior deep expertise in people management, ideally within organizations we respect that attract top-tier talent
• Demonstrable strategy/planning ability, knowledge of how a ramped-up, successful tech company looks and acts like. Bonus points for Blockchain, B2B, or telco space
• Hiring ability – great judgment on candidates, strong understanding of the definition of success and culture, ability to sell and close- Strong network to tap into
• Own: The strategic thinking required to build scalable products for a global marketplace with different stakeholders and used by billions of users. Evolution and scaling of the engineering org over time, including the professional growth of every engineer. The establishment of new processes/competencies and training/transition to others. The visible communication/advocacy of engineering both internally and externally. Close collaboration with the product org.
• Teach: How to organize processes, communicate design and implementation decisions, plan delivery, collaborate, and manage expectations “up”, “down”, and cross-functionally on behalf of engineering within the org. How to effectively people-manage a scaling org.
• Learn: Everything about the technology and architecture that powers the experience of their users, customers, and partners. The internal workings of the org, including priorities/vision/needs of the engineering team members and org leadership.
• Improve: The predictability and throughput of every stage/function of the engineering org. The happiness of the engineering team with how they’re building product. The product development cycle – adding the next-level of judgment, accountability, and transparency. Key engineering decisions – supporting the creativity and ingenuity that results in world class products. The alignment of the engineering org with the rest of the business and their needs.

Company Values:

Thinking in possibilities: Our client realizes that most in the world see the world in terms of everything that is not possible. They believe the future is made by those who look at what is possible. Seeing a path of what is possible through all that is not possible requires intellectual curiosity, dedication, and diligence. They are big thinkers and believers but also pragmatists focused on relentless execution.

Integrity of word, thought, and action: Integrity is in what is behind our clients’ words, thoughts, and actions. They help themselves and others to stay close to why they do things, so they can align, together, for the highest purpose.

Diversity of perspectives: A good discussion is one that at the end, has all participants feel that the other participants understood them, even if they have different ideas. This requires trust, vulnerability, and compassion. Our client believes organizations, where people can truly co-create, will thrive and excel.

Winning with purpose: They are mission-first and realize that winning is a requirement to achieve lasting change that benefits all of humanity. Even though they love to compete for good, we know winning itself is not the same as success, it’s needed to succeed.

Ownership is key: When they own their successes and failures, their best qualities, and flaws, they can truly work in a team, as a team. Ownership unlocks greatness as a team because it enables them to support and be supported.

The excellence of being: Excellence is an expression of being, of what they want for themselves and others. It is passion turned into action. Our client shares a desire to learn and excel while being comfortable with failing. Excellence comes out when they’re courageously open about what they desire for this world.

Unity in consciousness: They/you understand that they are all one. They are all working towards moving humanity forward in their own unique ways. Our client firmly believes that there is infinitely more that unites them than that separates them. Their work is to bring that out in the world.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary with generous shares/tokens options plan
• Unlimited PTO and flexible remote options
• Company Paid Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits
• 401k with 100% match up to 4%
• WFH benefits
• Annual Professional Development Budget
• Monthly Commuter Budget
• Contribution to Lifetime, ClassPass, etc.
• Therapy and Personal Coaching support