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$190,000.00/yr - $225,000.00/yr Company: Yellow Dog Software
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Job Summary
We are looking for someone to lead our efforts across all our products and technologies. This role has high potential to evolve into a more senior leadership position based on impact and performance over time. The current leadership consists of the CEO and then 3 Directors (Client Software, Integrations, and Tech and Mobile) along with product/QA leads for the three groups.
Up until now, the heavy load of roadmap and product design has fallen almost entirely to the CEO. The technical directors do a great job over their areas, but they control the how to do what they do, but not the why. We need a leader to build a process to capture the business needs, prioritize them, then build/follow a process to execute successfully. It’s time for the company to not be reliant on any individual and be reliant on the process.
Responsibilities
The person in this role needs to do the following in Year 1:
First 3 months: Evaluate all teams and processes. For current products (Call this Track 1): Create/implement detail plans with underlying process docs on exactly how software is determined, developed, tested, and delivered. Maximize how we get product out the door with our current teams Months 3-6: Determine approach to develop a new web-based product to provide a Master Catalog ability to add/update items and recipes to instance of Yellow Dog Inventory Months 6-9: Execute on the Master Catalog. Begin planning and budgets for Next Gen (Track 2) of Yellow Dog Inventory Months 9-12: Begin Next Gen development Year 2: Develop Next Gen product Year 3: Complete Next Gen product, launch MVP end of Year 3 Year 4: Complete all Next Gen product development
Track 1 will continue driving revenue in the near term, while Track 2 sets the foundation for the next decade. The goal is to sunset Track 1 within 3–4 years.
Qualifications
Ahead of everyone else Smart, Curious, and Quick (Multi-Threaded) Create positive, permanent change every day Self-starting, becomes an expert The kind of manager who roles up your sleeves, dives in, and figures out how things should be done Capable of building detailed processes on the fly and to control the way things get done Ability to think fast, act fast Be out and front ahead of the rest of the group Get stuff done every day Ability to see the whole field, anticipate changes, and be paranoid about the success of the company Great at determining budgets and timelines, ensuring we adhere to them Servant leader who can gain the team's trust and make it successful
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Employment type Full-time Job function
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VP of Software
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RedBalloon 4 days ago Be among the first 25 applicants Join to apply for the
VP of Software
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RedBalloon Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. This range is provided by RedBalloon. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more. Base pay range
$190,000.00/yr - $225,000.00/yr Company: Yellow Dog Software
RedBalloon posts jobs on behalf of client companies
Job Summary
We are looking for someone to lead our efforts across all our products and technologies. This role has high potential to evolve into a more senior leadership position based on impact and performance over time. The current leadership consists of the CEO and then 3 Directors (Client Software, Integrations, and Tech and Mobile) along with product/QA leads for the three groups.
Up until now, the heavy load of roadmap and product design has fallen almost entirely to the CEO. The technical directors do a great job over their areas, but they control the how to do what they do, but not the why. We need a leader to build a process to capture the business needs, prioritize them, then build/follow a process to execute successfully. It’s time for the company to not be reliant on any individual and be reliant on the process.
Responsibilities
The person in this role needs to do the following in Year 1:
First 3 months: Evaluate all teams and processes. For current products (Call this Track 1): Create/implement detail plans with underlying process docs on exactly how software is determined, developed, tested, and delivered. Maximize how we get product out the door with our current teams Months 3-6: Determine approach to develop a new web-based product to provide a Master Catalog ability to add/update items and recipes to instance of Yellow Dog Inventory Months 6-9: Execute on the Master Catalog. Begin planning and budgets for Next Gen (Track 2) of Yellow Dog Inventory Months 9-12: Begin Next Gen development Year 2: Develop Next Gen product Year 3: Complete Next Gen product, launch MVP end of Year 3 Year 4: Complete all Next Gen product development
Track 1 will continue driving revenue in the near term, while Track 2 sets the foundation for the next decade. The goal is to sunset Track 1 within 3–4 years.
Qualifications
Ahead of everyone else Smart, Curious, and Quick (Multi-Threaded) Create positive, permanent change every day Self-starting, becomes an expert The kind of manager who roles up your sleeves, dives in, and figures out how things should be done Capable of building detailed processes on the fly and to control the way things get done Ability to think fast, act fast Be out and front ahead of the rest of the group Get stuff done every day Ability to see the whole field, anticipate changes, and be paranoid about the success of the company Great at determining budgets and timelines, ensuring we adhere to them Servant leader who can gain the team's trust and make it successful
Seniority level
Seniority level Executive Employment type
Employment type Full-time Job function
Job function Engineering and Information Technology Industries Staffing and Recruiting Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at RedBalloon by 2x Sign in to set job alerts for “Vice President Software” roles.
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