Interim VP of Engineering
Delivery leadership during a gap, a scale-up, or a turnaround: hiring, structure, cadence, and getting releases out of the door predictably — from someone who has built engineering organisations from zero across four continents.
This is for you if
- Your VP of Engineering has left and the search will take months
- The team has doubled and delivery has slowed rather than sped up
- Releases slip routinely and nobody can say why with evidence
- You are standing up an offshore team and the first attempt did not take
What the engagement includes
Delivery you can forecast
A cadence with real estimates, visible progress and honest escalation — so a date means something to the rest of the business.
Structure and hiring
Team topology, levels, interview loops and the first hires, aimed at the shape the company needs next rather than the one it has.
Agile and DevOps that hold
Project-to-product transformation with the engineering practice underneath it, not a ceremony layer on top of the old process.
Global and offshore leverage
Standing up capability centres that ship, including the handover discipline that decides whether distributed teams work.
How it usually runs
Typically two to four days a month, agreed up front, with a standing weekly slot and availability between. Engagements run in three-month terms so both sides can reassess honestly.
What it is not
Not a scrum master or delivery-manager backfill. This is the accountable engineering executive.
Bring the brief, or the empty seat.
Two paragraphs is enough. You’ll get an honest read on fit, timeline, and cost within two business days.
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