- Company Name
- DMARC Analyzer (Acq. by Mimecast)
- Job Title
- VP - Engineering
- Job Description
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Job Title: VP - Engineering
Role Summary: Lead Mimecast’s largest product engineering pillar, overseeing ~95 engineers across email and collaboration security products. Drive strategic cloud migration to AWS, FinOps, AI‑first engineering, modernization, and leadership development while delivering high-quality, reliable security solutions.
Expectations:
- Own end‑to‑end delivery and quality of Email & Collaboration Security portfolio.
- Execute a 12–18 month transition to AWS, optimizing cost, capacity, and risk.
- Champion AI adoption across all software development lifecycles.
- Cultivate a financially disciplined engineering culture with FinOps principles.
- Build and mentor a high‑performance leadership team that embodies accountability and psychological safety.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead cross‑functional teams (London, Bangalore, US/Canada) and manage stakeholder alignment with Product Management, Architecture, Security, and Finance.
- Architect and oversee the migration to AWS, including strategy, re‑architecture, risk mitigation, and service reliability.
- Implement FinOps practices: cost‑to‑serve metrics, COGS optimisation, capacity planning, and financial impact assessment.
- Define and promote AI‑augmented engineering practices across development, testing, documentation, and ops.
- Develop and execute technical roadmaps, modernise legacy systems, and reduce technical debt.
- Establish and enforce engineering excellence standards for code quality, architecture, testing, and operational reliability.
- Measure and improve engineering velocity, quality, and delivery through data‑driven reviews.
- Recruit, coach, and retain top engineering talent; make tough personnel decisions as needed.
Required Skills:
- Proven leadership of large, distributed engineering teams (≥90 engineers).
- Deep experience with AWS migration, cloud architecture, and DevOps pipelines.
- Strong FinOps mindset: cost‑to‑serve, COGS, capacity planning, and financial ROI analysis.
- Strategic AI‑first vision and practical implementation experience.
- Expertise in software architecture, system reliability, and performance engineering.
- Excellent stakeholder communication, executive‑level presentation, and cross‑functional collaboration.
- Track record of hiring, coaching, and building engineering leaders.
Required Education & Certifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred).
- Certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, FinOps Certified Practitioner, or equivalent; Scrum Master or Agile Leadership certification; Cloud Security Professional certification is a plus.