VP of Engineering

Please note:

This is a Utah-based hybrid position which will require some regular in‑office days each week. Additionally, employment with Bamboo

HR is contingent on passing both a background and credit check.

• Act as a prominent role model for Bamboo
  
  HR’s values, championing a culture of trust, accountability, and data‑driven decision making.
• Collaborate with strategic cross‑functional partners to define and prioritize technical strategy, investments, and tradeoffs that advance the company mission.
• Own and clearly communicate the product and technology risk profile, including architecture, technical debt, scalability, execution, talent, and security risks, to the executive leadership team and Board.
• Communicate clearly and effectively with the Board, executive leadership team, and company‑wide audiences, adapting message and format to context.
• Integrate the product roadmap, architectural strategy, and organizational health into a single, cohesive execution plan.
• Design and lead a scalable, high‑performing engineering organization that delivers consistently and strengthens over time.
• Establish and evolve operating rhythms, development processes, and performance metrics that provide visibility into progress, risks, and outcomes and continuously improve execution.
• Lead the engineering organization through AI adoption, applying AI and ML to how software is built and to the value delivered to customers, while maintaining personal credibility in emerging practices.
• Own engineering budget, resource planning, and financial performance, ensuring disciplined investment aligned with company priorities and long‑term strategy.
• Attract, hire, develop, and hold accountable strong engineering leaders, building a leadership team that improves over time.
• Translate complex technical, organizational, and strategic topics into clear narratives that align teams and drive action.
• Demonstrate sustained commitment to building a healthy, high‑performing engineering organization.

• Senior executive experience owning technology strategy, delivery, talent, risk, and financial outcomes for a large engineering organization.
• Proven ability to scale and lead engineering organizations through growth and change while maintaining delivery and quality.
• Demonstrated experience applying AI and ML in a product development context, with sound judgment about where and how these technologies create value.
• Strong enterprise‑level systems thinking, with the ability to align product vision, architecture, execution, and organizational health.
• Credibility with executive peers and Boards, including comfort communicating risk, tradeoffs, and investment decisions.
• Track record of building, developing, and retaining senior engineering leaders.
• Financial acumen sufficient to manage significant budgets and make disciplined, long‑term investment decisions.

• A great company culture recognized by Inc. and the Salt Lake Tribune.
• Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance.
• Generous leave policies, including 4 weeks of vacation, 12 company holidays, parental leave, and volunteer time off.
• 401(k) plans with up to 6% company match.
• $2,000 paid vacation bonus.
• EAP through Headspace.
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