Vice President, Chief Architect (Portland)

Vice President, Chief Architect

About the Company

Leading provider of an incident management platform

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Type

Public Company

Founded

2009

Employees

1001-5000

Categories

• IT Management
• Cloud Computing
• SaaS
• Information Technology & Services
• Technology
• Consulting & Professional Services
• Custom Software & Technical Consulting
• Enterprise Software
• It Management
• Software
• Software Development & Design
• Information Technology
• Telephone
• Answering Services
• Business Management and Planning
• Analytics

Business Classifications

About the Role

The Company is seeking a Vice President, Chief Architect to join their team. The successful candidate will be a technologist and proven leader with a strong background in large-scale distributed systems and a passion for using architecture to drive business growth. This role is pivotal in influencing technology strategy across multiple products and teams, with a focus on reliability engineering and design. The Chief Architect will be expected to lead design reviews, stay hands-on with technology, and ensure that the company's architecture vision is aligned with business outcomes. A key aspect of the role is to foster a culture of creativity, learning, and collective success, and to mentor and coach engineering teams.

Applicants for the Vice President, Chief Architect position at the company should have a demonstrated track record in a similar role, particularly with distributed systems in cloud environments. Strong leadership skills, the ability to influence across organizational boundaries, and experience in driving architecture and standardizing engineering practices are essential. The role requires excellent communication skills, a proven ability to deliver innovative and results-driven outcomes, and extensive experience in architecting large-scale systems and technology roadmaps. Experience with cloud platforms and a background in evaluating talent and products in mergers and acquisitions are also necessary. The company values potential and encourages candidates to apply even if they do not meet every requirement.

Hiring Manager Title

CTO

Travel Percent

Less than 10%

Functions