Our client is a global pioneer and an industry leader in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Technology. They have international experience deploying CRM solutions across multiple sectors. They have helped over 120,000 companies and millions of users save time, increase productivity, and sell more of their products and services.

We are seeking a highly motivated, entrepreneurial and innovative VP of Developments to be the catalyst and leader of a complete overhaul of their technology strategy and execution. This includes strategic product roadmap, engineering and architecture, team growth and leadership, and more. You will be encouraged to use every tool in your kit to create and build a sales-focused CRM product like no other in the marketplace.

This role reports directly to the CEO.

Responsibilities:

• Establish and execute on an engineering vision based on broad CRM SaaS development experience.

• Build a winning product development strategy: build and monitor the execution of the solution strategy that includes transition from existing solutions to the next generation.

• Participate in Go-to-Market plan: value propositions, key messages, sales alignment, pricing, segmentation and campaign to achieve desired adoption and sales targets of the solutions.

• Build a product roadmap that is creative, aggressive yet achievable to build best-in-class product that is highly usable and marketable.

• Work with the leadership team to drive product adoption, improve the customer experience, and support the continued growth of the company.

• Define, build and manage the product engineering organization that is both effective (focused on the right targets) and efficient (quality, throughput).

• Foster a creative technological environment and ensure the company can achieve its long-term technical vision.

• Identify skills gaps and continue to recruit talent to fill those gaps, continuing to build this innovative, world class team.

Qualifications:

• An entrepreneurial thought leader in revenue-focused software products with a keen understanding of current technologies and market trends.

• Commercial software product experience - proven success in bringing a software product to market, preferably in a sales-focused domain.

• Executive experience building and leading R&D, product, or software development teams through the growth phase of a company.

• New Product Innovation and Introduction expertise. Must be passionate with customer requirements and in how to monetize solutions.

• Background or strong interest in the following areas:

  • Higher level cloud, software system background

  • System architecture using current technologies

  • Large data processing backend; Big data technologies; Analytics; BI

  • Machine Learning and AI

  • Experience working in the Microsoft ecosystem

• BSc/BEng in Engineering, Computer science or similar experience.

• 15+ years of software development experience in comparable technical environment.

• Deep experience managing new product strategies in high-growth environments.  

• Ability to prioritize, meet deadlines and work under pressure in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. 

This is the perfect time to join this established company as they are pivoting to allow them to expand and grow faster. They have a supportive leadership team and offer competitive compensation for the right candidate.  

 Contact: Amanda Du Toit amanda@corporate.bc.ca