Senior Vice President of Engineering

Job Summary

Reporting to the CEO and serving on the Executive Leadership Team (ELT), the Senior Vice President of Engineering leads Engineering, Test, IT Operations, and Deployment teams. Working closely with Product Management, this role is responsible for driving Medrio’s AI-first engineering strategy, delivering software that customers trust, and building the high-performance team and technical infrastructure needed. The VP of Engineering owns architecture, security posture, delivery standards, and the engineering organization’s culture, talent, and operational health.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

AI & Architecture

• Drive adoption of AI-assisted development (AIAD) across the engineering org — from rapid prototyping to enterprise-grade production software
• Own cloud-native architecture decisions across a multi-product SaaS platform; build modular, multi-tenant systems that maximize common platform reuse
• Identify where AI creates distinct, defensible advantages in the product and SDLC

Delivery & Operations

• Drive consistent, methodology-agnostic delivery (Scrum, Kanban, Hybrid); own the Definition of Done
• Lead IT operations and deployment/release engineering — own system uptime, incident response, and release integrity
• Translate raw delivery data and JIRA metrics into strategic insights for the ELT
• Optimize the development lifecycle by eliminating bottlenecks and automating repetitive workflows

Security & Regulatory Stewardship

• Own Medrio’s security posture and ensure on-time renewal of ISO 27001/27701, SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR
• Manage regulatory compliance proactively — GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, and evolving requirements

Stakeholder & Influence

• Partner with the VP of Product on roadmap tradeoffs and shared accountability for launch outcomes
• Interact with customers, strategic partners, and the Board to shape opportunities and roadmaps
• Negotiate vendor, cloud, offshore, and customer commercial contracts
• Support new investment in Medrio and company acquisition through technical due diligence

People Leadership

• Lead a mixed org of engineering directors, senior managers, and senior ICs (staff/principal engineers) simultaneously
• Build and maintain an A-player engineering team through structured performance management, recruiting, and active talent development
• Own the engineering opex budget and long-range resource planning

SMB Market Focus

• Position Medrio as the fastest-to-deploy, easiest-to-use platform in the SMB clinical trial market
• Resist scope creep from large-customer requests that distract from the core SMB product strategy

Customers or Clients

• CEO and Executive Leadership Team
• Board of Directors (as needed)
• VP of Product and product leadership
• Engineering, QA, IT Operations, and Deployment teams
• Customers and strategic external partners
• Offshore and vendor partners

Education and Years of Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field (Master’s degree strongly preferred)
• 10+ years in software engineering, including 5+ years in SVP-level or equivalent engineering leadership
• Demonstrated experience leading a mixed org — both senior managers/directors AND senior ICs (staff or principal engineers) reporting directly
• Track record of developing engineering leaders internally and building bench strength
• Hands-on experience deploying AI-assisted development