The vice-president for engineering (computer software) is usually a part of the management team, and is responsible for overseeing the entire team of software developers. Their primary goal is to collaborate with the product and project management teams to ensure that the product - and the process of developing them meet the requirements of the company and the customers it serves.
The vice engineer is accountable for preparing plans for projects, creating master schedules for projects, coordinating for the delivery of software as well as milestones, supporting the team working on software development with any issues related to development, and making sure that release dates are adhered to. In addition, the vice engineer is accountable for the development and creation of quality control strategies and ensures that all metrics for the project are achieved. They are the ones who delegate the majority of the tasks related to product development and supervise subordinates to ensure that tasks are accomplished. Vice-presidents of engineering work alongside developers, software engineers, administrators, architects, and supply chain employees. They usually work under CTO (CTO) and are accompanied by several employees who directly work for them.
Vice-president Engineering (computer software) jobs typically require a bachelor's or a master's degree in engineering, computer science or another related field, in addition to at minimum 15 years of computer development experience in software and a minimum of eight years of managing experience. An understanding of JavaScript, AJAX, VB.NET, SQL, C#, as well as XML Programming languages are typically preferable.