VP of Engineering, Red Ventures
The Points Guy
$225-350k
+ Bonus
Media and publishing company
Be an early applicant
Media and publishing company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$225-350k
+ Bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To partner with brands in order to connect customers with the products and services they need most.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience building and leading large, geo-distributed, performance-driven effective teams across web, mobile and infrastructure
- 10+ years of experience in software development building large scale consumer products
- High emotional IQ and ability to think quickly on your feet
- Willingness to learn about any technologies that you aren’t already familiar with
- Deep understanding and commitment to software engineering best practices and principles (such as Agile and CI/CD) and continuous improvement through measurement
- Strong ability to inspire, lead by example, grow leaders and hire top talent
- Outstanding, influential verbal and written communication skills; the ability to effectively present ideas and concepts to senior internal and external stakeholders
- Comfort in a fast-paced and often changing environment
What the job involves
- As Vice President of Engineering of The Points Guy, you will be responsible for continuing to transform and drive engineering and operational excellence for the growth of the business at a healthy trajectory while balancing the need to find opportunities across the organization
- All business and technical leaders at Red Ventures in product and engineering are analytical, creative, and collaborative
- A successful technical leader will lead through data and insights, obsess about customer outcomes in every decision they make, and lead by developing the trust and respect of teammates
- Lead the technical operation of our existing site and mobile app leveraging modern technology approaches while partnering with the product teams to deliver amazing customer experiences
- Leverage internal teams and external vendors to meet business objectives and build scalable and resilient technologies in an efficient, timely and sustainable manner
- Directly manage and mentor a team of engineering leaders to broaden their skills, increase their day-to-day effectiveness, and ultimately grow their careers. Collaborate with data teams and manage the intersection of tech and data
- Partner closely with Technology leaders across RV to drive the Technology strategy and build capabilities in your people and processes to ensure effectiveness and success of the travel technology organization
- Build strong and trusting partnerships with business and product leaders, to ensure that Engineering is in lock-step with strategy and absolutely aligned with the product vision
- Build an inclusive and performance driven team culture and inspire engineering teams to collaborate together as a cohesive and highly productive unit
- Immerse yourself in our businesses and drive performance, develop solutions and see them through as they are implemented
- Provide effective coaching and technical guidance; communicating as much as necessary with all levels of management, employees, and partners to accomplish your team’s goals
- Our technology stack primarily consists of Next.js, Typescript, and Java applications deployed over Kubernetes in AWS. Our mobile applications are natively deployed in SwiftUI. Knowledge of content delivery systems like Wordpress, event-driven architectures and federated APIs are a plus. While it is not a requirement to have worked with all of those languages, frameworks, and services, a desire to learn about them is important
- Knowledge of and interest in leveraging AI/ML tools to achieve business objectives
Our take
Red Ventures was founded in 2000, shortly before the dot-com bubble burst. It survived the crash, however, and has grown into one of America's biggest digital media companies. Its brands include Lonely Planet, Healthline and TV Guide.
The company was last valued at around $11 billion, which is evidence that its focus on momentum and adaptability has proven successful. Red Ventures is one of the major companies leading the shift towards intent-based media. It has acquired a range of specialist sites and publishing houses that serve the travel, tech and health sectors.
Red Ventures has managed to successfully out-compete rivals by moving away from the more traditional direct sales approach. Instead, it has focused on guiding customers towards purchases on other sites, and then taking a commission. The company's agility and laser-sharp focus on advice and specialty subjects will prove invaluable in the years to come.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jan 2015
$250m
LATE VC
Total funding: $250m
Company benefits
- Commission potential (role dependent)
- Health insurance coverage (medical, dental and vision)
- Life Insurance
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- PTO
- Holiday pay
- 401(k) with match
- Employee assistance program
- Paid parental bonding benefit program
Company values
- We are committed to inclusion
- We pay it forward
- We get better every day
- We challenge what's possible
Company HQ
Indian Land, SC
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Leadership
Ric Elias
(CEO & Co-founder)Has served as CEO of Red Ventures since 2000.
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