Define and lead the company’s R&D and Engineering strategy in alignment with business and product goals. Lead, mentor, and develop engineering teams, including Engineering Managers, Team Leads, and Senior Engineers. Own the technical roadmap and ensure effective execution across multiple engineering initiatives. Oversee the design, development, and continuous improvement of scalable SaaS platforms, products, and services. Drive technical architecture decisions, modernization initiatives, scalability, performance, and reliability. Lead the evaluation and adoption of AI, Generative AI, automation, and emerging technologies that can improve products and engineering processes. Work closely with Product and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions. Establish engineering standards, development best practices, code quality, testing, release processes, and technical governance. Oversee complex integrations, APIs, cloud services, and distributed systems. Support technology planning, resource allocation, hiring, team structure, and succession planning. Identify technical risks and lead initiatives related to system reliability, security, scalability, and operational excellence. Manage and communicate engineering KPIs, OKRs, progress, risks, and priorities to executive leadership. Evaluate technology vendors, platforms, tools, and external solutions when required. Promote a culture of ownership, collaboration, innovation, continuous improvement, and high-quality delivery. Stay up to date with emerging technologies and identify opportunities to use them to create business and product value.

Desired Candidate Profile

ualifications: 10+ years of experience in software engineering, technology, R&D, or a related technical field. 5+ years of experience in engineering, technology, or R&D leadership roles, managing teams and technical initiatives. Proven experience leading engineering teams and working with senior engineers, team leads, and cross-functional teams. Strong background in software architecture, system design, APIs, and scalable platforms. Experience with SaaS, web-based products, enterprise platforms, or complex software systems. Strong understanding of AI and Generative AI, with practical experience evaluating or implementing AI-driven solutions. Experience driving technical strategy, roadmaps, modernization, and digital transformation. Experience working closely with Product, Operations, Sales, and Executive Leadership. Strong understanding of cloud technologies and modern software development practices. Experience with system integrations and third-party technologies. Strong understanding of software quality, security, reliability, performance, and technical governance. Experience with Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban. Strong leadership, communication, decision-making, and problem-solving skills. Ability to balance strategic thinking with sufficient technical depth to guide engineering teams and architecture decisions. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.