Denmark Job Openings
Visma
Director of Product Engineering
Copenhagen
October 30, 2024
At e-conomic, we are looking for a Director of Product Engineering to lead our teams in creating high-performance development environments that drive our product innovation and serve over 200,000 businesses across Denmark. In this role, you will have the unique opportunity to shape our technical direction, empower product teams, and lead cross-functional collaboration to achieve our ambitious business goals.
Scope of the Role
As the Director of Product Engineering, you will be leading teams responsible for both our core applications and new strategic investments. You will work closely with your peers in product engineering, aligning the strategic direction of your area with the broader product strategy. Your leadership will ensure that product teams are empowered, technically excellent, and delivering value efficiently.In close collaboration with our Director of Engineering, Jacob, you will balance technical direction with our business objectives, fostering a customer-centric mindset. Our teams operate within Product Trios, which we believe is an empowered team model that encourages collaboration between Product Managers, UX Designers, and Developers.
Your team
You will be part of the leadership team within our Product & Engineering organization, working with a distributed team of over 80+ people located across Denmark, Romania, and Portugal. You will lead two Heads of Development directly and work with 12 Product Teams indirectly, managing teams remotely while also participating in occasional in-person meet-ups and visits to our various locations.Our customers' happiness is our north star, and our job is to enable the product organization in delivering customer value and satisfaction. We expect you to champion that mindset, ensuring that you lead your area to focus on the right things at the right time, while continuing to set new standards of excellence from a technical and leadership perspective.
Above all, we are a team! We help each other out when things are tough, and we all help contribute to a culture where we respect and care for each other regardless of role or experience.
About the broader Products department (R&D)
You will be joining our development organization Products (R&D) with +190 employees, primarily located in Denmark, Romania and Portugal, working with technologies and platforms like C#, React, MS-SQL, Mongo DB, GCP, Istio, Cloudflare, Terraform, Datadog, Identity Server, Cortex and Swarmia. We are a diverse group of +20 nationalities, including Developers, Product Managers, QA Engineers and UX Designers.Your main tasks
- Leader of leaders for teams responsible for our core application and our new investments. This will be 2 Head of Development in direct reference and 80+ in indirect in the product development teams
- Strategically define and plan for setting ambitious goals on efficiency and quality for our 12 Product teams
- Balancing our strategic initiatives on Engineering with our functional Product Strategy
- Working across functional areas with peers on a Director level
- Develop some super talented people both in direct and indirect reference
- Always keep our customers happiness as your north star
The skills we see you bringing
We expect you to bring your proven track record in experience and knowledge to create an environment where we deliver business results and customer happiness through product development. You know, how to operate and co-create our strategic direction, scale yourself and grow your people. You focus on the areas where you will get most value from and prioritizing to spend time collaborating with your peers both in our product organization, other departments and outside i.e Partners.We imagine a candidate with the following experience:
- 5-7 years of experience as a software engineer and/or technical lead
- 3-5 years of experience in top-management in a larger Product organization
- 3-5 years of experience as a leader of leaders, and 5 years of experience as a leader
- Proficiency in English
- Enjoys and proven in collaborating and communicating across functions
- Comfortable with ambiguity
- Comfortable with making and selling unpopular decisions
- Professional pride mixed with pragmatism
Key success criteria in order to succeed in the role will be:
- A natural and inspiring leader that leads by example
- Not afraid of challenging status quo, but always with a solution and executional focus
- High quality in deliverables that ensures our business results
- Efficiency that results in faster time-to-market
Your e-conomic benefits
Adapt your work environment and hours to suit your lifestyle, with hybrid options available.An international workplace with +30 nationalities.
- ️ Access a range of services to support your physical and mental health.
Comprehensive health insurance and company-paid pension.
Select your preferred gear, be it Mac or Windows.
Engage with complex challenges and enjoy full autonomy in your projects.
Two hack days each month to explore and execute your innovative ideas
A creative hackathon competition with prizes, held every year.
- Unlimited snacks, coffee and soda to keep you hydrated.
Connect with colleagues at our regular team gatherings.
Your e-conomic journey
If this role speaks to your career aspirations and personal values, we’d love to get to know you better.Please send us your CV and respond to our job-specific questions. There’s no need for a cover letter, photo, age, or other personal details. We’re dedicated to creating a fair and unbiased recruitment process for you.
We’re truly excited to meet amazing candidates like you, so interviews will be held continuously.
If you have any further questions regarding the role or other relevant matters, please feel free to contact Hiring Manager and Chief Product Officer, Christian Wook Andersen, at christian.wook.andersen@visma.com.
The recruitment process
First, hit that apply button and let's kickstart your e-conomic journey!1. Initial screening
Your first conversation will be a 30-minute chat with Hanne, our Talent Acquisition Partner. This will be an opportunity to learn more about the role and for us to get to know you better.
2. First interview
This interview is split into two parts and will last around 90 minutes. Christian will guide you through both sessions.
Part 1: Meet Ingrid, our People Business Partner, to discuss the managerial responsibilities of the role.
Part 2: Join Jacob, our Director of Engineering, for a technical deep dive into the development aspect of the position.
3. Second interview
In this round, you’ll dive deeper into the role with Christian. Together, you’ll explore various topics related to the position.
Prior to this interview, you will receive a case to prepare and present during the discussion. We estimate the preparation time to be around 4 hours.
4. Third interview
Before your final interview, you’ll complete a 25-minute personality test. The interview itself will last approximately 60 minutes and will include feedback on the test results from Christian and Ingrid.
.. following that, we look forward to welcoming you on board!
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