Vice President of Platform Engineering (SaaS/TPRM)

Aravo was founded in 2000 to bring order to the complex, chaotic world of enterprise Third Party Risk Management. We deliver the market-leading enterprise SaaS solution for managing third-party risk and compliance, helping Global 2000 companies protect their brand, build customer trust, and drive principled performance. Our notable and growing customer base includes the biggest and most respected brands in the world including Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, Deloitte, Ford, GE, Pfizer, Fidelity International, Visa, British Petroleum, Nike, P&G, Unilever and many others.

Working for Aravo is working with purpose. Our team takes pride in delivering excellent products that really make a difference and we enjoy providing exceptional service to our clients. We’re intelligent, collaborative and solutions driven. We know what we do helps serve a greater purpose by providing solutions that help eradicate corruption and social injustice from the world’s supply chains and third-party networks. We feel really good about that.

Aravo is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices and partners across the US, Europe and Asia.

The Role:

Aravo is growing fast and recognizes the importance of building a world-class team to fuel our continued success. With significant investment and strong leadership to expand our business, it’s a tremendous time to be joining the Aravo team. In this role you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Support our clients who are building and managing world-class third party risk management programs by maximizing the value of their investment in the Aravo platform.
• Provide a valued voice, where ideas and creative approaches are welcomed.
• Feel a sense of accomplishment as you are empowered to deliver in a dynamic, fun and fast-paced environment.
• Celebrate successes and grow with us!

Reporting directly to our CTO, the VP of Engineering provides exceptional leadership and coaching to our technical teams, executes on our overall technical strategy and roadmap, and strives to deliver bleeding edge solutions for complex business needs in the TPRM, ESG, and Supply Chain markets.

What you’ll do:

·         Work closely with our CEO, CTO, and other leadership team members to ensure that technical delivery is aligned with Aravo’s overall strategy and vision.

·         Drive the growth and effectiveness of multiple engineering teams to ensure internal scalability, resource allocation needs, and team expansion objectives are met

·         Communicate a strategy that allows our engineering and apps teams to make solid decisions and balance paying down technical debt, building for scale, and releasing new functionality.

·         Provide a deep understanding of SaaS engineering and architecture, leading with an engineer mindset from prior experience while focusing on leadership excellence

·         Work with the quality and architecture functions to ensure the scalability, reliability, and performance of Aravo’s solutions as we grow to meet the needs of our clients

·         Budgeting for third-party services, resource allocation, and tooling

·         Creating and presenting detailed development update presentations for executive leadership and board meetings

·         Create, update, and maintain engineering best practices and processes

·         Identify and remediate complex problems, issues and barriers hindering operations

·         Identify, recommend, and implement new systems, processes, tools, and technologies to improve design, organizational processes, decision-making, speed to market, and product maintenance

·         Track and analyze industry standard benchmarks to drive achievement of best-in-class product delivery and advance development methods

·         Work cross functionally with Sales and Product teams as well as customers on product identification and market direction

·         Grow, coach, and mentor a geographically diverse team across Engineering and Applications.

·         Perform regular performance reviews for direct reports and conduct skip-level meetings with team members

·         Build a high-performing environment that rewards results and is focused on retention and productivity

Requirements

What you’ll need:

·         15+ years of experience in Software Engineering with at least 5 years of experience developing complex SaaS solutions

·         5+ years of experience building and coaching high performing technical teams

·         Experience with low-code/no-code solutions such as ServiceNow, Salesforce, Appian, etc. highly preferred

·         Deep experience managing a diverse set of engineering teams with a focus on scaling the engineering department over time and meeting delivery objectives that are aligned with the overall strategy and vision of the company

·         Deep understanding of multiple technical disciplines including platform development and application development

·         Expertise in scaling solutions for expedited growth and the issues that come with that

·         Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to balance competing priorities, solid process orientation, and ability to work through complex and rapidly changing issues

·         A hands-on approach to leadership with a roll up your sleeves attitude and a strong focus on results without cutting corners

Benefits

• 100% Employer Paid Medical Insurance options for the Employee and Family
• Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Long-Term Disability Insurance
• 401K with Company Matching
• Equity Participation
• 4 Weeks of Vacation
• Fully Stocked Kitchens
• Company-Sponsored Charitable Day of Giving Events
• ......and many more!
• Aravo Solutions Inc. is registered as an employer in many, but not all, states. If an applicant is not in or able to work from a state where Aravo Solutions Inc. is registered, they may not be eligible for employment. The eligible states include: FL, GA, IL, MA, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, AND WA.