Vice President, Engineering

Overview

Vice President, Engineering at CaptivateIQ.

This range is provided by CaptivateIQ. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$325,000.00 / yr - $400,000.00 / yr

About CaptivateIQ

CaptivateIQ is transforming the way companies plan, manage, and optimize sales performance. We started by revolutionizing incentive compensation management, and now we're expanding our platform to solve broader sales planning challenges. Recognized by industry analysts like Forrester and G2 and backed by top-tier investors, including Sequoia, ICONIQ and Accel, we empower high-growth companies to drive revenue performance.

Join a talented, fast-growing team committed to solving some of the most complex and impactful problems in sales performance management.

About This Role

We’re seeking a Vice President of Engineering to lead CaptivateIQ’s engineering organization through this next phase of growth. Reporting directly to the SVP of R&D, this role is responsible for scaling execution, building world-class teams, and operationalizing engineering in support of product, platform, and enterprise goals.

This is a key executive role for a strong operator and people leader who excels at balancing rapid iteration with foundational investment, technical strategy with organizational design, and cross-functional alignment with engineering excellence.

You’ll be the connective tissue between vision and delivery—helping scale a product-driven culture with a bias for action.

Responsibilities

Translate company strategy into scalable engineering plans and team structures

Balance short-term delivery with long-term platform and infrastructure investments

Drive technical decision-making that supports AI and data initiatives

Organizational Design & People Leadership

Scale a high-performing org across product, platform, and AI domains

Manage and mentor engineering leaders and managers; build a deep bench

Shape and uphold a culture of ownership, autonomy, velocity, and inclusion

Cross-Functional & Executive Partnership

Collaborate with Product, Design, Finance, Customer Experience, Sales, and Marketing to align engineering with GTM and customer success

Serve as a credible partner to enterprise customers, both pre- and post-sale

Contribute to executive strategy, budgeting, planning, and headcount forecasting

Innovation & Delivery

Support rapid 0→1 product iteration while maintaining quality and learning velocity

Lead platform efforts that enable multiple products to scale on shared infrastructure

Work closely with the SVP and co-founders to operationalize technical vision and ensure execution excellence

Requirements

10+ years of engineering leadership in high-growth SaaS environments

Proven success scaling product and platform engineering orgs (100+ engineers)

Experience leading both 0→1 and scaling phases of product development

Strong track record managing directors and building diverse, empowered, distributed teams

Clear communicator and collaborator across product, GTM, and executive functions

High technical fluency—can challenge and support platform and AI discussions

Benefits

(US-ONLY) 100% of medical, dental, and vision covered including 75% for dependents

Flexible vacation days and quarterly mental health days so you can recharge

(US-ONLY) 401k plan to participate in and save towards the future

Newest Apple products to help you do your best work

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to support and celebrate the shared identities and life experiences of communities within CaptivateIQ. ERGs directly support our company-wide DEI goals as a space for developing and retaining diverse talent

Notice to Prospective Candidates

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Participate in an on-call rotation to provide after-hours support, ensuring timely resolution of critical issues and maintaining system uptime

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The base range represents the minimum and maximum for this position across North America. The compensation offered for this position will depend on numerous factors, including individual proficiency, anticipated performance, and the location of the selected candidate. Our OTE is just one component of CaptivateIQ's competitive total rewards package.

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