All roles we fill

VPs and SVPs of Engineering

Hire a VP of Engineering

Function-wide engineering leadership: the person accountable for whether the whole org delivers.

The remit

  • The engineering function, commonly 80 to 300+ engineers
  • Org design, technical strategy, budget and the leadership bench
  • Peer to the CPO and CTO, accountable to the CEO

What we calibrate for

  • Has owned a function, not a large slice of one
  • Hired and retained Directors, so the bench outlasts them
  • Can hold a board or exec-team conversation about delivery risk
  • Evidence of changing how an org works, not just running it as inherited

Comp context

$260K to $340K base in most US markets, usually equity-weighted

Market context for the level, not a quote for your mandate. We benchmark base and equity together against your stage before a shortlist goes out.

Where this level starts and stops

A Director executes the plan; a VP owns whether the plan is right. Against a CTO the split is usually internal execution versus external and technical direction, and the titles blur below about 150 engineers.

Hiring at this level? A calibrated shortlist lands in 5 business days, and the fee is 18% of first-year base, invoiced once they have started work.

Other levels we recruit

Engineering Managers and Senior Managers

First-line through multi-team leadership

Hire an Engineering Manager

Directors and Senior Directors of Engineering

Scaling orgs from 10 to 100+

Hire a Director of Engineering

Heads of Engineering and founding leaders

Early stage and 0 to 1 orgs

Hire a Head of Engineering

Data, ML and Platform leadership

Directors and VPs across data, ML and infrastructure

Hire Data, ML or Platform Leadership

CTOs and technical executives

Executive and board-facing hires

Hire a CTO

Hiring a VP of Engineering? Let’s fill it.

On the intake call you find out whether we already have strong leaders for your role. If we don’t, you hear that too.

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First shortlist in 5 business days · no retainer