VP Engineering

Our 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. Omnea gives both buyers, and finance & procurement leaders critical visibility into how, when, and why money is being spent.

Given the current market’s 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 why we’re one of the fastest growing Series A B2B businesses in Europe, backed by tier-1 VCs like Accel, First Round, & Point Nine.

Welcome to Spend Control 2.0 — built for tougher times.

What we’re looking for

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, 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 an incredibly exciting time, just as things are starting to take off! We’re a Series A company having raised $25m from Accel, Point Nine, First Round, and 50+ renowned founders and industry experts. We’ve built an incredible & passionate team — every member was a top performer at their previous business - and our CEO, CCO & CFO went on a similar journey with Tessian, going from $0-30m ARR / $8-$500m valuation, and from pre-seed to Series C (Sequoia, Accel, etc.).

We’ve spent the past 18 months building & deploying our platform to many of the greatest tech companies out there (Lookout, McAfee, Onfido, Typeform, Proofpoint, 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.

We’re generally flexible on your technical background in terms of the stack you’ve worked with, but you should be able to get into the code-level when needed and we’d expect this role to be able to both zoom out and get into low-level problems where required. For senior levels at Omnea, the job is to get the job done, and none of our Heads-of and above are afraid to get into the weeds when that’s what it takes!

Please note! We’re hiring Either a Head-of or a VP- Engineering (not both!)

We’ll assess titling during the process - If you’re an experienced engineering leader of teams of 30-50+ engineers, we’re more likely to consider the VP title; if you’re a promising engineering director or senior engineering manager who’s seen what great looks like, we’re more likely to land on a Head-of title for this step-up role. If you apply to one title and we think you’re better suited to the other, we’ll move you to the other applicant pool

We’re open to multiple backgrounds so if you think this could be you, please apply!

What Can You Expect?

• You’ll lead 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 be commercial as well as technical, and recognise the best career opportunity for the team comes from making Omnea a great company to be from. You’ll actively drive the business’ success, knowing it will reflect itself in creating greater career opportunities for the team

• 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 & CFO 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!

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 in high-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 that really stand out to us

• 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 5-50+ 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

At Omnea, we embrace diversity. To build a product that’s loved by everyone, we’re best served by 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 think you could be a good fit for Omnea, please reach out.

A few things to note:

• We work Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays in-person at our offices. At this early stage of our company life-cycle it’s important to us that we get this together-time, and you can read more about why we believe this is a winning move here

• We’re commercial, ambitious and we don’t pretend otherwise! We’re actively seeking folks looking to make the most of a career-defining opportunity, with the hunger to be part of building something really impressive. You can see our values here

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