VP of Engineering

Mission The way businesses buy stuff is completely broken . Whether it s SaaS, hardware, or contractors, the average B2B purchase takes over 3 months , requires 50+ emails , and involves multiple different stakeholders (IT, Legal, InfoSec, Finance, etc.). No one likes the way it is and it s slowing businesses down . Omnea s platform handles the entire purchasing process : giving employees an easy place to make requests (Intake), managing the necessary approvals for the purchase to be made (Approvals Engine), and automating all renewals management & supplier risk assessments. And Omnea gives finance & procurement leaders visibility into how money is being spent. Given the current market downturn & increased focus on capital efficiency, there has never been a more vital time for businesses to use Omnea and get control of their spend. This is Spend Control 2.0 built for tougher times. We are looking for an exceptional, product-minded engineering leader to be Omnea s first VP of Engineering. You ll lead the engineering org and bring us from low double-digit to 200+ enterprise customers, from 10 to tens of engineers, and through 10x revenue growth...all in the next 2-3 years! You will support us in driving the growth of our product, team, and company through each chapter as we go from start-up to scale-up . You ll be joining us at the most exciting possible time we raised an initial 5m from two tier 1 VCs and 30+ renowned founders & angel investors in summer 2022 and have since become one of Europe s fasting growing SaaS businesses. We ve built an incredible & passionate engineering team (who were all top performers at companies like Cazoo, Primer, Freetrade, etc.) and we ve shipped our platform to many renowned & happy customers (Lookout, McAfee, Onfido, Typeform, Tractable, etc.), all whilst managing to stay lean & operate efficiently. Now we re ready to scale. This role is not for the faint-hearted and we are looking for the best engineering leader out there to help build Omnea into one of Europe s leading tech businesses. Co-Founder & CEO What can you expect? You ll be the VP of Engineering at one of Europe s fastest growing early-stage companies reporting into our Founder CEO and working with an experienced team who have built businesses before & worked with the best investors and teams out there You ll own the execution of our product roadmap from initial scoping & estimations all the way through to committing to key development milestones with the team you will ensure things are delivered on time and to the right level of quality You ll be product-minded and over time will become a sparring partner to the product team, sharing opinions & understanding customer needs You ll take over management of our existing engineering team, which is made up of 10 top performing, thoughtful, and product-minded engineers who are excited to learn from someone who s scaled teams before You ll design the structure of the eng org as we scale, and will establish the right level of structure & process for each stage of Omnea s growth You will oversee the hiring & onboarding of new team members & maintaining our high bar for quality we try to stay lean where we can and focus on quality quantity You ll be the voice of engineering across the company, ensuring the eng org is well aligned to business goals. And you ll ensure we re a highly effective engineering company and that we follow best practices (eg. Continuous Delivery) You ll help to set our technical vision, fostering the right environment & team structures for healthy decision-making, and you ll working closely with the team when building Omnea s technical strategy As a member of the leadership team, you ll work closely with all areas of the business including our CEO & Head of Finance on company strategy and hiring plans, and our Product Lead (Ben Allen, our CTO leads Product, not Eng) & Customer Lead to maintain a good understanding of how customers are using the product & what they want us to build. And of course you ll get to know everyone across the business too as we re a start-up! Being part of the early Omnea team and going after this multi-billion dollar problem space is the ideal opportunity for anyone looking to get in at the very start of something huge. Founder, GoCardless If you've ever built a company you know Omnea is solving a critical pain point. This could be an entirely new category in enterprise SaaS. Ex-COO, Stripe Omnea is a long awaited disruption in a critical problem space. Their focus on quality product design and engineering, combined with a gigantic market opportunity, makes this an amazing career choice. Founder and CEO, Vercel This is an incredible opportunity to learn how to scale a business & go on the journey of a lifetime. All under the guidance of someone who had to learn the hard way and succeeded. Omnea is building something very special. Founder CEO, Tessian About you You ve managed a high performing team before for 4+ years, having been a great coach, mentor, and leader. You know that managing teams & building a business is tough but have a way of bringing out the best in people along the way You ve built exceptional teams before hiring & onboarding amazing engineers, designing the org through scale, and setting the technical vision You ve worked in high calibre environments, alongside great people building great products. It s likely you ve been an engineering leader at another tech start-up / scale-up and now want to go on the journey of taking a team/business/product from early stage to scale You had a strong track record as a senior IC before you grew into an eng leader.You vebuilt full-stack web apps, having designed and implemented features from start to finish ideally using Typescript and AWS You ve built broad, complex, and secure systems before that needed to scale to tens of thousands of users (b2b SaaS experience is a big plus here) You ve thrived inhigh intensity environments before. You re used to being held accountable for results, have proven that you have a steady hand when leading, and you can instil confidence in your team and customers You re ambitious and committed to a really successful career. You know this requires hard work & some sacrifice but to you it s all worth it, and you re excited by the journey of building something. You re willing to lead by example and put in what it takes You re a product-minded and business-minded engineering leader you have thought through the lens of customers before, can link engineering outcomes to business goals, and can communicate effectively with non-technical leaders across the business Nice to haves You have experience building from the earliest stages onwards, whether that s a company, engineering team, or a product. For example you may have built a team from 5-20+ engineers before, or a product from hundreds to thousands of users You ve been involved in other aspects of businesses or entrepreneurial endeavours perhaps you ve managed support, product ops, or customer teams before. More broadly, you have the ability and/or appetite to get stuck into anything that can drive Omnea forward How we build Iterate at speed. Our engineers ship code within their first 2 weeks so users can play with it straightaway! Share early. Whether it s a draft of a proposal, or the MVP of a customer facing feature. We are ok with putting stuff out there when it s 70% done . Be multidisciplinary. There will be a good amount of context switching from day-to-day. A typical day might include anything from several hours of coding to a technical brainstorm or product design session. You ll be working across the board on a bit of everything! Collaborate with those around you. Being a high trust team allows us to work autonomously, but we remain collaborative to resolve the most challenging problems together. It s more important to have the right mindset and ability to resolve problems than your exact experience with certain languages and tools, so please don t let that put you off applying we often back hunger over experience. At Omnea, we embrace diversity. To build a product that's loved by everyone, we need a team with all sorts of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't quite match the full job spec! And regardless of your race, religion, colour, gender, or anything else! If you want to chat about Omnea & think you could be a good fit, please contact us at ##### to arrange a call. #J-18808-Ljbffr