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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Vice President (VP) of Engineering - **Company:** BambooHR LLC - **Location:** United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Decision Support Systems, Technical Debt, HR Software - **Published:** June 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/0c615ce3-94a0-4a23-ace1-5c028b4d23d2 ## About the Role * Senior executive experience owning technology strategy, delivery, talent, risk, and financial outcomes for a large engineering organization. * Proven ability to scale and lead engineering organizations through growth and change while maintaining delivery and quality. * Demonstrated experience applying AI and ML in a product development context, with sound judgment about where and how these technologies create value. * Strong enterprise-level systems thinking, with the ability to align product vision, architecture, execution, and organizational health. * Credibility with executive peers and Boards, including comfort communicating risk, tradeoffs, and investment decisions. * Track record of building, developing, and retaining senior engineering leaders. * Financial acumen sufficient to manage significant budgets and make disciplined, long-term investment decisions. ## Description * Act as a prominent role model for BambooHR's values, championing a culture of trust, accountability, and data-driven decision making. * Collaborate with strategic cross-functional partners to define and prioritize technical strategy, investments, and tradeoffs that advance the company mission. * Own and clearly communicate the product and technology risk profile, including architecture, technical debt, scalability, execution, talent, and security risks, to the executive leadership team and Board. * Communicate clearly and effectively with the Board, executive leadership team, and company-wide audiences, adapting message and format to context. * Integrate the product roadmap, architectural strategy, and organizational health into a single, cohesive execution plan. * Design and lead a scalable, high-performing engineering organization that delivers consistently and strengthens over time. * Establish and evolve operating rhythms, development processes, and performance metrics that provide visibility into progress, risks, and outcomes and continuously improve execution. * Lead the engineering organization through AI adoption, applying AI and ML to how software is built and to the value delivered to customers, while maintaining personal credibility in emerging practices. * Own engineering budget, resource planning, and financial performance, ensuring disciplined investment aligned with company priorities and long-term strategy. * Attract, hire, develop, and hold accountable strong engineering leaders, building a leadership team that improves over time. * Translate complex technical, organizational, and strategic topics into clear narratives that align teams and drive action. * Demonstrate sustained commitment to building a healthy, high-performing engineering organization., Our process utilizes AI as an assistant to efficiently process and analyze candidate data. 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