EVP - Engineering Operations & Deliverability

February 16

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Platform. sh is a collaborative cloud application platform that simplifies full-stack web application development. It enables developers to easily build, deploy, run, scale, and iterate their applications, integrating frontend, backend, APIs, databases, services, and security features without the need to manage infrastructure. The platform emphasizes speed, collaboration, and observability, allowing instant creation of preview environments and efficient development processes.

Cloud Hosting • DevOps • PHP • Drupal • Symfony

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2015

☁️ SaaS

🛍️ eCommerce

🔌 API

📋 Description

• Platform.sh is seeking an Executive Vice President of Engineering Operations & Deliverability to scale and refine our remote, globally distributed engineering organization. Reporting to the CTO, this role is at the heart of connecting strategy to execution, empowering teams to operate at their best while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous growth. • As the EVP of Engineering Operations & Deliverability, your expertise will be pivotal in guiding and empowering leaders across four key streams, ensuring their teams deliver exceptional results while seamlessly aligning operations with business objectives: Operations (SRE), Platform Engineering, Customer-Experience Engineering, and Engineering Operations. • This newly created role reflects our deep commitment to scaling intentionally and thoughtfully. You’ll play a pivotal part in aligning engineering efforts with strategic goals, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, and driving innovations that enable long-term success. With the exciting opportunity to lead transformational initiatives, you will help shape the future of our platform and ensure it remains at the forefront of industry innovation.

🎯 Requirements

• Demonstrated expertise in scaling engineering organizations: You have successfully led and expanded engineering teams beyond 100 members, effectively managing managers and directors while fostering alignment within diverse global, and remote teams. Your deep understanding of the practices that drive early success, combined with your ability to implement scalable structures and processes, ensures sustainable growth and operational excellence. • Operational focus with a strategic mindset: With a strong ability to implement and optimize processes, you excel at translating leadership's strategy into actionable, operational goals. Your leadership ensures the team balances day-to-day execution with long-term planning, enabling consistent delivery and platform scalability. • Expertise in modern engineering and operational practices: You bring a deep understanding of SRE practices, CI/CD pipelines, PaaS, infrastructure management, and/or web application development. Your operational expertise ensures platform stability, resilience, and continuous improvement. • A track record of driving measurable outcomes: You have a proven ability to align teams around key objectives, leveraging metrics and data-driven insights to track progress, deliver results, and continuously refine workflows. • Strategic and impactful communication: You excel at articulating priorities, progress, and outcomes to technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring alignment at all levels. Your communication fosters trust and collaboration across departments. • A commitment to team empowerment: You create an environment where engineers feel supported and encouraged to take ownership of their work. Through mentorship and professional development, you cultivate a culture of accountability, innovation, and pride in delivery.

🏖️ Benefits

• An innovative product you can believe in. We’re sustainably changing the way companies develop and manage their web applications. • We’re voted as A Best Place to Work by 96% of our employees, Forbes Top 30 Companies for Remote Jobs, and France Best Workplaces for Women. • Leadership that cares in a flexible, open work environment, where your voice is encouraged. We can always find ways to do better and look forward to hearing your ideas. • Global team, rich with culture and diversity. • Annual team gatherings. • Wellness budget. • Professional development budget. • Office equipment budget. • Mentorship Program. • Comprehensive health coverage (US, CA, UK, and FR employees only). • Generous PTO (geographically dependent). • Inclusive parental leave (geographically dependent). • Tandem – a pool of linguists from around the world willing to help each other learn new languages. • Company stock options (discretionary). • Unlimited Platform.sh accounts.