VP of Architecture (USA Based)

Every day our software is used by millions of people around the world and we are looking for individuals who share our excitement and passion for transforming the way the world learns. At D2L we believe that learning should be accessible and engaging. Our goal is to create easy flexible and smart software that ignites the desire to learn in everyone. To do this we need to give talented enthusiastic and passionate people opportunities to create develop and collaborate on projects that revolutionize the learning environment.

GeneralDescription:

Reporting to the CTO as the VP Architecture at D2L you will play a pivotal role in shaping and driving the technical strategy that supports our growth enhances new capabilities boosts developer productivity and ensures product quality. You will be responsible for building rigorous proposals for strategic technical investments and leading a strong group of architects and principal engineers. Your leadership will ensure that our architectural decisions are sound feasible and effectively implemented.

How will I make an impact

• Build and drive the D2L technical strategy that supports growth new capabilities developer productivity and product quality
• Develop rigorous proposals for strategic technical investments
• Build and grow a strong group of architects and principal engineers
• Ensure architects and principal engineers provide rigorous and sound feasibility recommendations and initial implementations
• Work with key stakeholders to drive the roadmap priorities to ensure an operational focus onarchitectureand platform advances
• Working with teams onsite (travel) and virtually as needed to help drive strategy and objectives
• Drive the improvement of web-scale AWS-first design processes at D2L working with the operational and platform teams
• Operational oversight of budgets departmental costs and plans around key investment areas
• Speaking with key customer leadership faculty and staff to talk about our technology vision and their key needs and alignment with our vision
• Speaking about architecture and cloud methodology and strategy at various D2L events or industry panels

Competencies

• Proven experience leading strategic technical investments at a commercial software company.
• Proven experience as both a people leader and a technical leader.
• Ability to work quickly and precisely with complex technical concepts and principles while driving towards simplicity and effectiveness
• Ability to balance technical and architectural principles with important business priorities
• Extensive knowledge of cloud scale application architecture and system architecture
• Extensive knowledge of modern programming languages and frameworks
• Extensive knowledge of modern security practices and principles
• Presenting and collaborating with senior leaders both internally and externally with customers and partners
• Ability to engage with key customer leadership to discuss technology vision and align with their key needs.
• Provide leadership and strategies around the ongoing improvement of the architecture department and its work within the company

Skills

• Practical skills building and deploying complex business application software into a large scale SaaS infrastructure
• Writing rigorous architectural recommendations
• Knowledge of AWS services and best practices

D2L Leadership Competencies:

• Leads by Example with personal and professional integrity high accountability and say/do ratio
• Boundaryless collaboration and influence skills both within team peer group and broader organization. Effective communicator with a proven track record of
• Delivers Awesome Outcomes: Strategic mindset and business acumen with strong prioritization skills and a focus on organizational outcomes vs. team tasks. Effective problem solver able to achieve results individually and through others in fast paced deadline-driven environments.
• Talent Magnet: Talent-focused leader with demonstrated ability to coach build and lead a high performing diverse team.
• Better Smarter Faster: An agile learner with a growth mindset attention to detail and organizational skills. An operationally minded leader with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation.
• Wins Hearts and Minds: An effective communicator with the ability to connect the why and the what. A change agent with proven delegation motivation and team building skills