VP, Product & Engineering
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Posted on:
31-10-2025
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About Fable
Were building the future of inclusive digital experiences by making it easier for companies to collaborate with and learn from the unique qualifications that people with disabilities bring to the table. Were scaling inclusive design built on the principle that the people who experience a problem are critical to solving it. And by doing so were enabling thousands of people with disabilities to earn income in the technology sector.
Purpose of the role
The VP Product & Engineering will lead Fables product and engineering teams taking over responsibility from a co-founder who has historically led both functions. This transition marks a pivotal shift for Fable from a founder-driven product vision to a scalable innovation-driven technology organization capable of capturing and retaining market share. We serve two main stakeholders through our solutions; enterprises aspiring to build products that are usable and accessible to everyone as well as people with disabilities who want to engage in the tech sector through gig-economy work.
As VP Product & Engineering youwill define and execute a long-term product and technology strategy at Fable including the integration of AI capabilities into our products scaling our offerings for international markets and building on the unique role Fable plays in the research and accessibility eco-systems.
This role is Toronto or Remote based (GTA preferred).
Requirements
Key accountabilities
1. Strategic technology & product leadership
- Own and articulate Fables technology and product vision ensuring tight alignment with business strategy and market opportunity.
- Lead both Product and Engineering to operate as one cohesive organization focused on velocity quality and measurable stakeholder impact.
- Lead the integration of AI and machine learning across the product suite and internal systems accelerating innovation and differentiation.
- Translate business outcomes into technical execution plans with clear goals metrics and accountability.
2. Innovation & market acceleration
- Build on existing frameworks for rapid prototyping experimentation and go-to-market motions of new features and products.
- Build and scale AI skillsets across the team recruiting training and embedding AI fluency into daily practices.
- Partner with Revenue Marketing and Customer Experience teams to ensure investments align with customer needs and GTM priorities.
- Balance strategic innovation with the discipline of delivery and operational stability.
3. Global scalability & readiness
- Continue to build Fables products data infrastructure and operations for global expansion including compliance security and localization.
- Oversee architectural decisions that enable scalability interoperability and performance across regions and enterprise environments.
4. Organizational design & leadership
- Build and lead a high-performing cross-functional org that serves our customers and gig economy workers.
- Develop senior leaders foster autonomy accountability and strong decision-making.
- Define Fables technology operating model: processes rituals and measures of success for a fast-growing distributed company.
- Champion Fables values of inclusion accessibility and continuous learning in all aspects of leadership.
5. Operational excellence
- Establish a data-driven culture of decision-making with clear metrics for velocity uptime technical debt reduction and stakeholder outcomes.
- Ensure efficient allocation of engineering and product resources based on strategic priorities.
- Continuously improve systems for delivery documentation and communication across teams and departments.
Qualifications
- 10 years of technology leadership including 5 years overseeing Product and Engineering in a B2B SaaS or enterprise environment.
- 3 years of experience managing a team <30 employees in the last 7 years.
- Demonstrated experience in AI-driven product innovation including building and deploying machine-learning-powered features.
- Proven success taking new products to market and iterating based on feedback.
- Experience with global expansion including data privacy localization and compliance.
- Strong business acumen; comfortable navigating a maturing market setting the product agenda and influencing executive peers.
Benefits
Whats in it for you
At Fable youll join a vibrant and rapid growth environment where youll work with individuals who share the same values of being passionate socially driven inclusive collaborative and respectful. We offer great benefits such as stock options career progression professional development health/dental benefits and more.
Accessibility accommodations
Fable is an inclusive workplace. If you are facing any accessibility requirements or concerns regarding the hiring process or employment with us please fill out this form or email us at and include the subject line Accessibility accommodation for VP Product & Engineering job application.
Pay range
$200k-$300k CAD - this is a range and is subject to change depending on experience and role fit. Please take this as a general range.
Required Experience:
Exec
Key Skills
- React Native
- AI
- Enterprise Software
- React
- Node.js
- Redis
- AWS
- Software Development
- IOS
- Team Management
- Product Development
- Mobile Applications
About Company
Fable moves organizations from worrying about compliance, to building exceptional, accessible user experiences. The best digital teams work with Fable to make products more accessible for over 1 billion people who live with disabilities.
