[Remote] Vice President, Engineering (Servicing Platform)
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Quicken Loans, a Detroit-based company, is seeking a Vice President of Engineering to lead their Servicing Platform organization. This high-impact leadership role involves shaping the future of the platform through a major re-platforming initiative and driving modern, scalable solutions that support long-term growth and innovation.
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor value streams of Agile divisions that lean into data-driven experimentation, innovation, quality and craftsmanship
- Communicate and promote the culture and mission of the company
- Collaborate with senior value stream leadership to establish a mission aligned with the company vision
- Promote iterative, thoughtful decision-making within self-organized teams
- Lead the maturation of software development and Agile practices in the organization
- Identify organizational requirements for changes to systems, structures and culture necessary to support agility and adaptability
- Stay informed of trends and changes in the broader technology, business and regulatory landscapes
- Assist value stream leaders in balancing enterprise risk and agility
- Understand and plan for the product roadmap, and maintain awareness of broader technical and business changes impacting the value stream
- Use operational trends and organizational goals to develop strategic themes and value stream objectives
- Develop short-, mid- and long-term key results with multiple divisions to achieve value stream objectives
- Identify roadblocks preventing success of strategic themes or objectives and work with appropriate stakeholders to find resolutions
- Oversee and calibrate divisional talent acquisition roadmaps and succession plans for the value stream
- Prepare and deliver reviews, compensation adjustments and promotions
- Oversee and calibrate training, development plans and pairing activities to onboard and upskill the value stream brainforce
- Identify, implement and drive adoption of best practices within the leadership community
- Mentor and support team members on any of the above responsibilities
Skills
- 11 years of experience or equivalent in a software engineering, quality engineering and/or product
- 9 years of experience or equivalent expertise in leading software delivery teams
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience in computer science, information technology or a related field development, or role in a relevant field
- Recognized excellence in leading and supporting divisional initiatives
- Extensive experience building self-organizing teams that meet organizational engineering and architecture standards
- Accomplished in working with senior leadership while balancing organizational needs and risks in a professional and diplomatic way
- Experience using Agile metrics, such as sustainability, productivity, client delight and responsiveness to understand value stream success
- Experience leading divisions that define and implement migration and decommission plans for legacy software
- Demonstrated ability to meet delivery goals spanning multiple divisions with shifting timelines, staffing, and dependencies
- Demonstrated ability to advocate on behalf of team members and projects using deliberate, accurate and persuasive language
- Extensive knowledge of people leadership practices, such as change management, recruiting, hiring, performance management, corrective action and compensation administration
- 9 years of experience programming in C#, F#, PHP, Python, Java, JavaScript, Progress or other object-oriented/functional programming languages
- Graduate degree or equivalent experience in computer science, information technology or a related field
- Certified in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Agile practices
- Experience mentoring and developing senior leadership
- Extensive knowledge of supported business domains
Benefits
- Annual bonus
- Incentives
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- 401K retirement plan
- Paid-time off
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