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GAINS · 5 months ago

Vice President, Engineering

GAINS is a leading provider of cloud Supply Chain solutions based in downtown Chicago, seeking a Vice President of Engineering to lead their engineering teams. The role involves driving the technical vision, managing the technology roadmap, and ensuring the scalability and reliability of the platform while mentoring and developing top talent.

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Responsibilities

Scale and lead the Engineering, DevOps, and Application Engineering teams. Build a world-class engineering organization that engineers relish being a part of. Grow our engineering teams by coaching and mentoring our current leaders - inspire them with a compelling vision & strategy and recruit additional top talent
From a technology perspective, play a central role, working closely with the CEO, in driving overall technical vision and direction regarding tech stack and platform architecture/evolution
Lead the company’s technology roadmap and ensure that the platform is scalable, reliable, and secure
Flawless execution; streamline and drive transparency, efficiency, and cohesion in the engineering organization. Ensure visibility and predictability around engineering processes, systems, etc
Execution on defined roadmap
Empower members of the team; Lead, mentor, and elevate the skills and capabilities of the team, and ensure retention of talent
Recruit and develop top talent within the US and internationally
Maintain and optimize budgets to meet goals
Administer, monitor, and deploy large scale systems and service solutions on Azure
Build a comprehensive infrastructure strategy and roadmap to standardize and upgrade global infrastructure and operational services in alignment with business objectives and strategy
Establish scalable infrastructure platforms, robust asset management processes, and customer delighting service delivery programs. Drive business value creation through technology, process, and service management. Increase user productivity and collaboration

Qualification

Cloud-based SaaS productsEngineering team managementAgile development methodologiesProduct migration experienceOffshore development teamsSuperb communication skillsStrategic thinking

Required

10+ years' experience managing high performance engineering teams of more than 20 engineers, including managers
Experience defining, developing, and delivering scalable, end-to-end cloud-based B2B or B2B2C SaaS, PaaS and/or Marketplace products
Player/coach mentality with the ability to roll up their sleeves
Experience leading a product migration
Proven track record of building/scaling strong engineering teams with a culture of high productivity, excellent morale, and low turnover in complex and evolving environments
Expert knowledge of modern engineering concepts and techniques, including agile development methodologies such as Scrum
Direct experience building, leading, and driving results with offshore development teams
Experience delivering successful software projects on time and on budget
Superb communication skills - You should be able to cultivate strong working relationships, communicate effectively, write meticulously, and give outstanding presentations
Able to think strategically and see the big picture
Experience structuring teams to align with company objectives, and measuring their performance

Company

GAINS

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At GAINS, our quest is to democratize supply chain planning.

H1B Sponsorship

GAINS has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (4)
2024 (1)
2022 (4)
2020 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
unknown
Key Investors
Francisco Partners
2022-01-25Acquired
2020-07-27Private Equity

Leadership Team

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Jason Xiahou
CFO
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Jeffrey Gosz
COO
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