Senior Vice President of Engineering

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November 13

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Actian

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SaaS • Data Management • Enterprise

Actian is a company that offers data management and analytics platforms, enabling businesses to make confident, data-driven decisions. Their products include a cloud-native SaaS solution and a comprehensive data platform with capabilities in data management, integration, quality, analytics, and app modernization. Actian's technology supports flexible deployment options across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. Their database solutions include NoSQL, RDBMS, and other database management systems ideal for diverse applications. Actian collaborates with major cloud platforms like Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure, providing solutions across various industries such as financial services, healthcare, and retail. The company aims to empower organizations by simplifying how data is connected, managed, and analyzed, offering reliable, scalable, and high-performance solutions.

201 - 500 employees

Founded 1980

☁️ SaaS

🏢 Enterprise

📋 Description

• Define and execute the engineering vision and strategy in alignment with company objectives and product roadmaps. • Partner with the CPTO and Product leaders to drive the successful delivery of innovative, high-quality, and secure solutions. • Oversee the technical strategy for AI, connectivity, and cloud operations, ensuring scalability and performance. • Lead transformation initiatives that evolve engineering processes, tools, and culture to meet global scale demands. • Build and scale a world-class engineering organization across multiple geographies. • Develop strong leadership within the engineering function, mentoring senior managers and fostering a high-performance culture. • Establish organizational structures, processes, and metrics that enable predictable, efficient, and scalable software delivery. • Drive talent acquisition and retention strategies to support growth and innovation. • Ensure delivery excellence across product development, AI initiatives, quality engineering, and cloud operations. • Champion modern engineering practices, including copilots, CI/CD, DevOps, observability, and automation. • Maintain focus on reliability, performance, and security across all technology layers. • Collaborate with Product Management, Architecture, and Operations to ensure end-to-end alignment on priorities and execution. • Communicate technical vision, progress, and risks clearly to executive stakeholders and, when required, the Executive Leadership Team. • Engage with key customers and partners to support technology strategy and integration initiatives.

🎯 Requirements

• 20+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 8 years in senior executive leadership roles. • Proven track record of scaling large, distributed engineering organizations in fast-growing software or SaaS environments. • Deep expertise in cloud-native architectures, AI/ML integration, connectivity, and modern DevOps practices. • Strong experience managing multi-disciplinary teams (engineering, quality, operations) across international locations. • Exceptional leadership, organizational design, and stakeholder management skills. • Fluency in English (both written and spoken) is required. Knowledge of the French language is a plus. • Based in Europe, with the ability to collaborate effectively across global time zones. • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (MBA or equivalent experience a plus).

🏖️ Benefits

• The chance to be part of an innovative, fast-growing company making a significant impact in the data management space. • Collaboration with a passionate and diverse team. • Competitive salary and benefits package. • Flexible work arrangements (remote or hybrid). • Opportunities for professional growth and development.