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VP, Product Engineering

Coates Group· Product and Technology – Product and Technology - NAM
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Hybrid (Chicago, IL)$242k - $275kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Vice President responsible for Coates’ Software Products and Development Platform, owning the technical vision and roadmap behind the CMS, Web products, and internal/external deployment tools. Reports to the CTO and partners with regional engineering and product leadership to unify platform strategy across core products.

Responsibilities

  • Platform Strategy & Roadmap: Own the technical vision and roadmap for Coates’ core products, including the CMS, Web products, and deployment tooling.
  • Cross-Regional Alignment: Partner with regional engineering and product leaders to align platform investment with global and regional needs.
  • Platform Governance: Set architecture standards and technical governance across all core products on the roadmap.
  • Internal & External Tooling: Ensure support and deployment tools used by internal teams and clients stay reliable and scalable.
  • Executive Partnership: Translate CTO and executive strategy into an actionable product engineering plan.
  • Talent & Culture: Build and lead a high-performing, globally distributed engineering organization.
  • Risk & Quality Oversight: Keep platform reliability, security, and scalability ahead of a growing global client base.

Qualifications

  • 12+ years in software or product engineering, including 5+ years in senior technical leadership.
  • Experience owning platform strategy for enterprise-scale SaaS, CMS, or digital experience platforms.
  • Strong background in cloud-native architecture (AWS preferred) and modern web development.
  • Success leading distributed, cross-regional engineering organizations.
  • Experience partnering with C-level stakeholders on technical strategy.
  • Track record delivering platform-level initiatives at scale.
  • Strong grasp of Agile/Lean delivery practices across distributed teams.

Skills

Required:Technical leadershipPlatform strategy

Benefits

  • Annual market competitive bonus program
  • Thrive Program with flexible work options, including dedicated health and wellbeing activities, Global Wellness paid day off, and Give Back Day
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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