VP Product Leader Cloud Health

Company: ExecuNet
Location: Austin
Posted on: January 12, 2021

Job Description:

The VP & Product Leader will report to the SVP & GM of the Cloud Management Business Unit and will lead a fast-growing direct team of approximately 250+ people across--three--geographies. You will be responsible for leading both engineering and product management and executing a strategy to advance our market leading cloud management platform.You will establish a culture of excellence in execution. You will define realistic targets and achievements, establish a high level of team participation and interaction, serve as an inspiring leader, drive a culture of innovating on behalf of customers, ensure that quality is a high priority at every stage, and deliver continuous value to our customers.Key Responsibilities Include * Oversee engineering and product management to execute a product strategy that maintains and advances our market leadership position in multi-cloud management.* Partner with the field sales organization in order to continue to grow and scale the business.* Embed the division into the company's sales cycles.* Deliver on product roadmaps on-time and with high quality as well increase speed of product innovation.* Build strong partnerships with other business units given SaaS oriented customer success focus of the business.* Make organizational and process changes to eliminate any friction impairing us from the continuous delivery of value for our--customers and--maximize engineering productivity. * Build strong partnership with the marketing organization to drive demand generation pipeline.* Develop, lead, and inspire the team. Be a magnet for engineering and product management talent and accelerate hiring. Solidify succession plans and enhance management capabilities to meet strategic and operating objectives. * Be a respected leader in the company. Establish a strong collaborative culture with peers and other functions within VMware. Promote a culture of success, pride, performance, discipline, and creativity. Be an effective spokesperson and champion for the product and engineering team. * Work closely and engage with company executives and direct reports to establish an environment that is motivating and entrepreneurial in nature.Required Qualifications * 15+ years of progressively broadening product and/or engineering leadership experience from a company building enterprise grade software products and SaaS services delivering with high quality and operational readiness across a suite of products. * Experience ideally working in large public cloud and/or SaaS software companies. * Has inherent knowledge of development processes and best practices to manage multiple projects consistently on time and on budget. * Ability to dive deep into technical details as and when necessary, garnering the respect of the engineering and product teams assisting in the correct technical choices if appropriate. * Consistent track record of success leading development and/or poduct teams in a dynamic entrepreneurial environment where management of complex product requirements is a critical driver of success. * Specific experience transforming, organizing and/or reorganizing an engineering function for growth into highly competitive new markets and/or has been through an on-prem to SaaS transformation allowing for strategic opportunities requiring short product life cycles and flexible and adaptable product architectures.* Validated leadership experience setting the vision and building, leading, and motivating engineering and product teams. Trained in software development organization and leadership from a company well known and widely respected for world-class software development processes and practices. Managerial Competencies * Demonstrates a "high organizational IQ". * Has successfully led technical teams of at least 100+. * Stays abreast of key competitor actions and their implications or threats to the business. * Experienced managing geographically distributed teams. * Conveys an understanding of the organization's global market position, opportunities, capabilities, and competitive threats. * Identifies and anticipates customer requirements, expectations, and needs. * Able to be assertive when necessary and hold people accountable for achieving their goals. * Leads by example, creating a sense of energy, ownership, detail orientation, collaboration and personal commitment to the work.* Inspires others to stretch beyond what they thought they could do. Education BS/BA in Computer Science or related field/degree. Advanced degree strongly desired.

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