Vice President, Global Software Engineering

We are Progress (Nasdaq: PRGS) - the trusted provider of software that enables our customers to develop, deploy and manage responsible, AI-powered applications and experiences with agility and ease.

We’re proud to have a diverse, global team where we value the individual and enrich our culture by considering varied perspectives because we believe people power progress. Join us as a Vice President, Global Software Engineering and help us do what we do best: propelling business forward. This will be a hybrid role so working between your home office and our Raleigh, NC office.

In this role, you will be accountable for the execution and business impact of the engineering portfolio for Progress Sharefile

You will set the multi-year technology vision and lead the transformation, development, and scaling of high-performing global engineering organizations.

• Driving delivery of differentiated, secure, reliable, and commercially successful products.
• Partnering closely with Product, Design, Security, Operations, Finance, Sales, Marketing, Legal, and Customer Success to align engineering priorities with business outcomes.
• Developing executive-level talent and building leadership capacity across the organization.
• Ensuring engineering investments reflect customer needs, market dynamics, operational excellence, and company strategy.
• As an enterprise leader, you will play a central role in driving transformation, strengthening execution, and helping the company deliver meaningful customer and business impact.

• Deep understanding of modern SaaS, cloud-native platforms, enterprise software, cybersecurity, data, AI, automation, and contemporary engineering operating models.
• Proven ability to connect technology strategy to business strategy, customer value, market differentiation, operational scale, and financial outcomes.
• Ability to anticipate market and technology shifts and translate them into actionable product, platform, and engineering strategies.

• Experience driving large-scale modernization, platform consolidation, architectural transformation, AI-assisted development adoption, and engineering productivity improvement.
• Strong executive judgment in portfolio prioritization, technical risk management, build-versus-buy decisions, vendor strategy, and investment tradeoffs.

• 15+ years of progressive software engineering leadership experience, including leading global, large, distributed engineering organizations.
• Experience delivering enterprise-grade SaaS, cloud, platform, data, AI, or mission-critical software products at scale.
• Enterprise architecture, platform modernization, cloud-native systems, and technology transformation.
• AI-enabled engineering productivity, automation, developer experience, and modern SDLC practices.
• SaaS operations, reliability engineering, scalability, observability, incident management, and cost optimization.
• Security, privacy, compliance, technical risk management, and secure software delivery.
• Executive communication, stakeholder influence, board-level storytelling, and cross-functional decision making.
• Global organizational design, workforce strategy, operating model design, and transformation leadership.
• Agile, Lean, Dev Ops, CI/CD, quality engineering, engineering metrics, and continuous improvement.

Base Salary Range: $260,000 - $300,000
This position is also eligible to participate in our performance-based annual corporate bonus plan. Final base compensation is determined by a number of factors, including but not limited to job-related skills, education, demonstrable experience, and allowance for future and continued salary growth. We also offer a robust benefits package,…