Hybrid Vice President of Engineering

at Canon Business Process Services

• Job title: Vice President of Engineering
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud, Distributed Systems, DynamoDB, MySQL, NoSQL, Oracle, Postgres, SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• VP of Engineering overseeing teams and systems in technology solutions at Vista. Leading engineering management and project execution to enhance flight booking capabilities and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop high‑performing engineering teams that consistently deliver value with strong throughput.
• Oversee and continuously improve the team’s operational processes, ensuring efficiency and predictability.
• Manage the area’s budget, including forecasting, allocation, and cost optimization.
• Drive hiring efforts, ensure effective onboarding, and implement retention strategies to minimize attrition.
• Ensure timely, high‑quality delivery of all team commitments, including projects, enhancements, and operational work.
• Own the performance, reliability, and scalability of the systems under the team’s responsibility.
• Oversee Level 3 support activities, ensuring timely resolution of complex issues and strong partnership with support teams.
• Foster a positive, engaging team culture that promotes motivation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with engineers to design and prepare technical solutions for upcoming initiatives and projects.
• Manage project execution end‑to‑end, maintaining delivery flow, removing blockers, and ensuring alignment with stakeholders.
• Set, track, and manage team objectives across departmental and project dimensions, ensuring progress toward defined targets.
• Maintain strong communication across teams, stakeholders, and leadership, ensuring clarity, alignment, and transparency.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science or related areas.
• 15+ years of experience in the Software Engineering space, including 7-10 years of engineering management experience.
• Proven track record leading multi-team engineering organizations (30 to 50 engineers).
• Demonstrated success managing Engineering Managers, Team Leads and ICs.
• Experience scaling engineering teams, processes, and systems in complex environments.
• Deep experience overseeing large-scale distributed systems, high‑availability platforms, and mission‑critical services.
• Strong background in pricing engines, wholesale systems, revenue management, or financial/transactional platforms—either directly or through adjacent domains with similar complexity.
• Ability to partner with architects and senior engineers to shape long‑term technical strategy and system evolution.
• Fluency in SQL (MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (DocumentDB, DynamoDB).
• Good understanding of Scrum, Agile development & DevOps.
• Good understanding of DDD, BDD, TDD and Design Patterns.
• Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures and scalable system design.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to promote engineering best practices.
• Cloud-agnostic mindset with adaptability to evolving technologies.

Benefits

• Professional development opportunities
• Flexible work hours