Vice President, Engineering

Overview

Vice President, Engineering at Captivate

IQ.

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Captivate

IQ is transforming the way companies plan, manage, and optimize sales performance. We started by revolutionizing incentive compensation management, and now we're expanding our platform to solve broader sales planning challenges. Recognized by industry analysts like Forrester and G2 and backed by top-tier investors, including Sequoia, ICONIQ and Accel, we empower high-growth companies to drive revenue performance.

Join a talented, fast-growing team committed to solving some of the most complex and impactful problems in sales performance management.

We’re seeking a Vice President of Engineering to lead Captivate

IQ’s engineering organization through this next phase of growth. Reporting directly to the SVP of R&D, this role is responsible for scaling execution, building world-class teams, and operationalizing engineering in support of product, platform, and enterprise goals.

This is a key executive role for a strong operator and people leader who excels at balancing rapid iteration with foundational investment, technical strategy with organizational design, and cross-functional alignment with engineering excellence.

You’ll be the connective tissue between vision and delivery—helping scale a product-driven culture with a bias for action.

• Translate company strategy into scalable engineering plans and team structures
• Balance short-term delivery with long-term platform and infrastructure investments
• Drive technical decision-making that supports AI and data initiatives

• Scale a high-performing org across product, platform, and AI domains
• Manage and mentor engineering leaders and managers; build a deep bench
• Shape and uphold a culture of ownership, autonomy, velocity, and inclusion

• Collaborate with Product, Design, Finance, Customer Experience, Sales, and Marketing to align engineering with GTM and customer success
• Serve as a credible partner to enterprise customers, both pre- and post-sale
• Contribute to executive strategy, budgeting, planning, and headcount forecasting

• Support rapid 0→1 product iteration while maintaining quality and learning velocity
• Lead platform efforts that enable multiple products to scale on shared infrastructure
• Work closely with the SVP and co-founders to operationalize technical vision and ensure execution excellence

• 10+ years of engineering leadership in high-growth SaaS environments
• Proven success scaling product and platform engineering orgs (100+ engineers)
• Experience leading both 0→1 and scaling phases of product development
• Strong track record managing directors and building diverse, empowered, distributed teams
• Clear communicator and collaborator across product, GTM, and executive functions
• High technical fluency—can challenge and support platform and AI discussions

• (US-ONLY) 100% of medical, dental, and vision covered including 75% for dependents
• Flexible vacation days and quarterly mental health days so you can recharge
• (US-ONLY) 401k plan to participate in and save towards the future
• Newest Apple products to help you do your best work
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to support and celebrate the shared identities and life experiences of communities within Captivate
  
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