Vp of Engineering, UpGuard

Vp of Engineering

UpGuard

Location:

Australia, Sydney ▼

Melbourne

Brisbane

Hobart

Category:

IT - Software Development

Contract Type:

Not provided

Salary:

Not provided

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Job Description:

We're looking for an experienced VP of Engineering to grow our engineering team and mature our engineering practices in preparation for the next ambitious stage of our company’s growth. Reporting to the Chief Product Officer (CPO), the VP Engineering owns the strategic direction, execution, and performance of the engineering organization. They ensure scalable, reliable, and secure technology delivery aligned with product vision and business growth objectives. Ultimately, they are held accountable for delivering massive, sustainable business value in collaboration with their cross-functional product peers.

Job Responsibility:

Technical Strategy & Execution: Set and execute a scalable engineering strategy, aligning technical roadmaps with product vision and business goals
Engineering Leadership & Culture: Build and maintain high-performing engineering teams, emphasizing accountability, innovation, and value delivery—all in alignment with UpGuard's unique culture
Platform Scalability & Reliability: Ensure technology platforms scale sustainably, reliably, and securely to meet current and future business needs
Organizational Efficiency: Optimize engineering processes, structures, and resource allocation to support a scaling team and align with company strategy and product priorities
Cross-functional Alignment: Collaborate closely with Product, Design, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success stakeholders to ensure strategic alignment, unified execution, and customer-centric delivery
Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding: Own hiring strategy, attract high-caliber engineering talent, and cultivate a compelling employer brand to support organizational growth
Organizational Adaptation: Continuously evolve the engineering organization structure and processes to effectively manage increased scale and complexity

Requirements:

Prior leadership experience in a scale-up tech company
Experience in product-forward organizations with strong product engineering practices
Strong foundational software engineering capability
Exceptional people management, coaching, and mentoring capability
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Experience in enterprise B2B environments
A background or familiarity with cybersecurity
Exposure or experience with AI, machine learning, and/or research-oriented engineering
Prior experience within Big Tech or similarly sophisticated technical environments

What we offer:

Stock Options: share in our future success with stock options
Monthly Lifestyle subsidy: use this for financial, physical and mental wellbeing
WFH set-up allowance: to ensure you have the right environment to work in, we will help you get set-up within your first 3 months at UpGuard
$1500 USD annual Learning & Development allowance: to support your career development all team members will be able to expense development opportunities against this allowance
Generous Annual Leave/PTO allowances: time to recharge your batteries
18 weeks paid Parental Leave: irrespective of parenting role
Personal Leave allowance: this includes sick & carer’s leave
Fully remote working environment: whilst we have physical offices in Sydney & Hobart, we do not mandate compulsory attendance
Top spec hardware: all team members will be provided with top-spec laptops for their role
Generative AI subsidy: UpGuard provides paid subscriptions for all team members to access generative AI tools to support their work

Additional Information:

Job Posted:

April 01, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Remote work

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