▷ Urgent Search Engineering Head

Job Description As a member of the executive leadership team, the Engineering Head holds ultimate responsibility for technology platform planning and development. Working closely with the CTO and CPOs, you will be instrumental in driving the technical execution and strategy, ensuring it aligns seamlessly with the organization's overarching goals. This is a critical leadership role where you will build, lead, and inspire the technology team to execute and deliver on our ambitious product roadmap, impacting all of the Foundation's initiatives across web, mobile, and AI. Key Responsibility Areas - Strategy, Technology Roadmap, and Execution: - Manage all technology platforms, including the strategic planning, development, and support of all Web, Mobile, and AI Initiatives. - Own the success of the web and mobile platform across all of the Foundation's initiatives. - Define the vision for the engineering structure and drive developer productivity. - Understand how all elements of the software lifecycle work together and develop quality engineering approaches that fit the overall architecture. - Design test strategies and create appropriate test harnesses, data, and tools to increase sprint cycle speed and ensure consistent high-quality results. - Identify technology trends and evolving opportunities to deliver organizational growth. - Lead the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of software solutions. - In conjunction with the Product Management team, lead multiple technology and new product development projects utilizing cutting-edge technology. - Technology Strategy & Platform Design: - Maintain a current view on the fast-developing technology ecosystem (especially AI) and the Foundation's mission to identify novel/disruptive technology solutions for scale and impact. - Work with the CTO to develop an integrated platform architecture for the Foundation's various products and programs, incorporating both first and third-party components. - Maintain and align the organization to a defined roadmap that supports current needs with available technologies while evolving to best-in-class solutions for future needs. - Ensure tangible and measurable results through clear KPIs and metrics for digital and AI initiatives. - Gather feedback from program teams on user platform experience and continuously improve the interface. - Track, analyze, and monitor technology performance metrics. - Negotiate contracts and manage relationships with IT service providers, vendors, and consultants (in consultation with Legal). - Ensure internal technological processes and customer-facing services comply with community expectations and applicable laws and regulations for privacy, security, and social responsibility. - People Management: - Lead and directly manage a team of Software Development Managers, Technical Program Managers, Data Engineers, and a Development Operations team. - Create a passionate culture of sustained innovation where team members produce their best work. - Hire motivated teams and inspire them to design and conceptualize groundbreaking technologies that enhance the product and technology platform. - Manage a hybrid team of internal FTEs and external developer resources through a staff augmentation model. Qualifications - Education: A relevant University degree in the field of Engineering/Technology science, or another rigorous discipline. An advanced degree in one of these fields is a plus. - Experience: Extensive overall experience with significant years in engineering leadership for early-stage, large-scale technology initiatives. - Deep understanding and mastery of the Product and Technology disciplines. - Strong experience in the development of app and digital products for web and mobile. - Established background in developing scalable technical products, showcasing previous or current experience in n-tier/e-commerce/Web Services development platforms. - Proven experience in the architecture and deployment of scalable web applications. - Managed large volumes of transactions, user interfaces, interconnectivity, and user sharing on a platform. Skills & Attributes - Leadership: Enthusiastic technical and people leader with the ability to translate technology vision and strategy into actionable plans and goals with short, mid, and longer-term impact. - Adaptability: Able to work effectively in fast-moving, ambiguous environments by remaining flexible and adaptable to changing technology capabilities, circumstances, and beneficiary needs. - Global Mindset: Able to think and act globally, seeking consistency, efficiency, and integration across global boundaries. - Communication: Excellent at communicating with both technical and non-technical teammates. - Project Management: Excellent project management and organizational skills. - Passion: Passion for making a difference at scale by working in a philanthropic foundation.