Vice President of Technology

Technology Leadership

• Lead the technology organization, including software engineering, travel technology, IT infrastructure, information security, project delivery, and AI workflow automation.
• Plan the technology organization's growth, including organizational structure, leadership needs, and hiring strategy across engineering, infrastructure, and technology operations.
• Build and report on a technology scorecard covering delivery performance, system reliability, security, and cost management.
• Develop and maintain a technology strategy that aligns technology investments with company growth objectives, operational scalability, and revenue goals.

Software Engineering & Product Delivery

• Manage the software engineering team directly - setting priorities, reviewing architecture and code, and holding the team accountable for delivery commitments - until additional engineering leadership is added.
• Partner with the CEO and Product Management to translate the product roadmap into delivery plans, estimates, release schedules, and measurable outcomes.
• Own technical architecture and key technology decisions, including platform strategy and build-versus-buy evaluations for advisor-facing tools, WorldVia.com, and internal systems.

AI Strategy

• Lead WorldVia's adoption of AI across the company, advancing an AI-native development lifecycle in which AI agents support planning, coding, testing, code review, and deployment under engineer oversight.
• Partner with department leaders to redesign workflows using AI, measuring improvements in efficiency, cost, quality, and scalability.
• Oversee the company's AI workflow and automation program, identifying opportunities for process automation and driving implementation, adoption, and results tracking across departments.

Travel Technology Systems

• Oversee travel technology platforms and integrations, including GDS systems, supplier connections, booking tools, advisor technology, and mid-office systems.
• Ensure technology platforms effectively support advisor and employee experiences while enabling business growth and operational efficiency.

Infrastructure & Security

• Own IT operations, network infrastructure, Microsoft 365 administration, access management, and overall technology operations.
• Lead the company's information security program, including policies, risk management, incident response, vendor security reviews, and security best practices.
• Ensure systems are reliable, scalable, secure, and aligned with business continuity objectives.

Business Management

• Manage the technology budget, vendor relationships, contracts, and technology investments.
• Evaluate and prioritize technology spending to maximize business value, operational effectiveness, and long-term scalability.
• *This is a remote position.
• Must be able to travel up to 20%.
• Travel may include attendance at company meetings, team collaboration, training, conferences, industry events, and other business-related activities.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software engineering or technology leadership.
• 5+ years leading teams of 10 or more people with managers among your direct reports.
• Experience leading technology at a company of roughly 50 to 500 employees, covering both product engineering and IT/infrastructure.
• A record of hiring and developing engineers and technical managers and growing a team while keeping delivery on schedule.
• Experience managing technology budgets, vendor portfolios, and investment prioritization decisions.
• Hands-on experience running an engineering team on an agentic development lifecycle (AI coding agents used across planning, coding, review, and testing, with human review and approval steps), and leading AI-driven workflow redesign in business operations with measured results.
• Experience putting AI or automation tools into use in business operations.
• Hands-on technical depth: able to review architecture and code, judge engineering tradeoffs, and step into delivery when needed.
• Experience building and running B2B platforms that depend on many third-party integrations. Marketplace or membership-based software experience is a plus.
• Working knowledge of information security and data protection practices.
• Proven success partnering with executive teams and influencing company strategy through technology planning and execution.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to explain technical tradeoffs to non-technical leaders, staff, and partners.