About the role

• Build and retain a growth-minded Enterprise SaaS organization: you know what it takes to go from startup to scale-up 
• Vision & Direction: You will set the charter for your organization and understand how to deliver value to customers
• Managerial and interpersonal leadership: You will effectively communicate and collaborate with all areas of engineering and interact and work with engineers at all levels
• Influence: build and maintain strong relationships. Align your team and stakeholders to what’s best for Harness
• Deep understanding of software engineering and architecture - you will lead with a developer mindset from your past experience, while remaining focused on leadership excellence
• Exercise world class cross functional leadership with all Harness orgs
• Use your past expertise in delivering products in software lifecycle/delivery space
• Track record of delivery in rapidly changing, fast moving, unstructured, highly collaborative, multi-site, multi-stakeholder environments

• A seasoned technology leader with experience in a growth-minded Enterprise SaaS organization: you know what it takes to both scale and sustain high-performing teams. Prior startup experience is a must 
• Strong technical background in the DevOps domain
• Vision & Direction: You have experience leading (as a Sr Director/VP) an organization and understand how to deliver value to the customers
• A problem solver, able to balance competing priorities, strong process orientation, and ability to manage through complexity and rapid change
• Excellent leadership skills and interpersonal skills: You can effectively communicate and collaborate with all areas of engineering and interact and work with engineers at all levels
• Influence: You build strong relationships through your expertise and align your team and stakeholders to what’s best for Harness
• Deep understanding of software engineering and architecture - you’ve been a developer in the past but are focused on leadership now
• Experience partnering with cross-functional leaders across a globally distributed organization and exercising sound judgment
• Experience delivering products in software lifecycle/delivery space with a deep technical background in managing complex architectures and design in  Java/Golang stack
• Track record of delivery in high growth and resource constrained environments
• You are a hands-on leader with a "can do" attitude and a bias for action; gets it done, on time every time without cutting corners
• Previous experience at a VP level or above leading a team of at least 200 across multiple time zones

Work Location

Mountain View, CA

What you will have at Harness

• Comprehensive healthcare benefits
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Flexible work schedule
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Time Off and Parental Leave
• Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team building events
• Monthly internet reimbursement

Harness in the news:

• Harness Grabs a $150m Line of Credit
• Welcome Split!
• Harness Recognized in Inc.’s Best Workplace Awards 2022
• Harness on LinkedIn: America’s Great Companies to Work For -- And What You Can Learn From
• #6 - Glassdoor Best Places to Work 2021 list
• #17 on Forbes Top 50 Cloud Companies to Work For
• #47 on LinkedIn’ Top 50 Companies to Work For
• #2 on Quartz 2021 list best places to work for remote workers
• 2021 Career Launching Companies List

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

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