Vice President, Engineering

About VirtualHealth VirtualHealth is seeking a Vice President and leader for our Engineering organization. We are in an expansion mode for our fast-growing company which requires increasing our leadership team across many areas of the business including technology and delivery. The Vice President, Engineering is expected to work closely with executives leading other functional departments to develop and execute our vision and strategy in the second decade of our company. This role will be responsible to meet the Company’s objectives for product development, delivery to customers and upsells and cross sells of the platform offers. The candidate should be able to drive to the VirtualHealth innovation agenda from a technical perspective in partnership with the CEO, COO and CRO. The successful candidate must be capable of assuming leadership of a large, distributed R&D team, directing it to reach progressive milestones in a cost effective and timely manner.  PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES The Vice President, Engineering will:  Provide the technical leadership that designs, develops, verifies and validates new products/technologies appropriate for the care management and utilization management industry in the United States.  Collaborate closely with all functional areas necessary to aggressively advance products from proof-of-concept through development, validation, product launch and support. Manage the R&D process for the business. This includes Product and Technology Development for the entire portfolio and the full product lifecycle, managing the R&D investment, facilitating prioritization and developing a strategy for partnerships to optimize product development. Must develop, communicate, and drive delivery of an engaging product, technology, and innovation roadmap that delivers on the marketing vision. Develop and drive talent management strategy for R&D.  Lead talent management of the R&D organization, including coaching managers and team leaders.  Attract and retain highly talented R&D engineers.   Develop talent requirements and assume responsibility for planning, recruiting, training and motivating team members. Ensure product development aligns to support customer environment needs and that evolving customer needs and strategies are understood and accounted for in product and technical roadmaps. Primary success factors for role: Strategic partnerships specifically including contracting, co-development, and outsourced development partners Strategic talent management – building leadership and R&D talent Process owner to ensure process excellence Global Product Development System Execution on multiple programs in parallel Cross-functional facilitation and execution People leader and peer collaborator KEY RELATIONSHIPS Reports To:  CEO Direct Reports:  Directors of R&D, Director of QA &Director of DevOps Other Key Relationships:  The executive leadership team is your peer group which includes CEO direct reports in Sales, Marketing, Finance, Customer Delivery and Customer Service.  This position is a highly visible with customers and must have the executive presence to instill confidence within the C-suite of our customer base. EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS The successful candidate will have a proven record of product development and leadership in the healthcare IT industry with a minimum of 15 years of experience and at least 5 of those at a senior level leading a large team with a software and solutions product portfolio.  He/She should be comfortable with the execution of all aspects of product development including design, development, and maintenance of F500 customers as well as mid market companies. The candidate must have solid R&D experience in software and systems engineering, employing modern, lean product development methodologies across large multi-disciplinary teams. The candidate will have a reputation and record of effective collaboration with peers, subordinates and superiors as well as outside advisors and customers.  The candidate will have earned an undergraduate degree, preferably in engineering. An advanced degree will be advantageous. The candidate will have a BS Degree in Engineering with an MBA desirable. Candidate Attributes include: Systems thinker. Easily breaks tasks down and develops workflows and builds reliable systems that improve efficiency, reliability, and performance Passionate for building competitive differentiation products and features that combines software as a service platform with specific solutioning for multimillion dollar customers across three to 10 years term contracts. Data and technology oriented. Develops dashboards and leverages to support daily operations. People first orientation. You are an exceptional leader and team builder. You actively develop your people and are focused on creating a dynamic department level culture We Offer: A collaborative, diverse, fast-paced environment in a purpose-driven company Flexible Location Colleagues work virtually, in the office, or a combination of the two Leadership committed to building  a people-first, inclusive culture. Generous benefits including up to 100% of healthcare insurance costs paid, Competitive 401K with immediate vesting; Competitive PTO VirtualHealth is committed to ensuring that information security remains a top priority for everyone. All workers are responsible for the protection of our Information Security and we take the execution of this seriously. Information Security Policies and procedures details and training will be provided during on-boarding. Each candidate will be subject to a background and reference check before beginning employment.