Many engineering leadership roles focus on execution and technology. This one is different — it's strategic. You own business outcomes, and you partner as an equal with Product Management to shape the vision and the roadmap, not just deliver against it. As VP of Software Engineering, you lead a global engineering organization across several teams and products within a business domain in Diligent's Technology organization. You lead through Directors and managers, set the technical and organizational strategy, and are accountable for delivery, reliability, security, and the overall performance of the organization. AI-Native Is the Mandate, Not a Side Project Diligent is an AI-native company, and engineering leads the way. You embed AI-native practices across the software development lifecycle, stand up reusable platform and AI capabilities, and champion the adoption of AI tooling and agentic workflows to accelerate our own engineering productivity — with real adoption and impact targets, and clear guardrails for security, quality, data privacy, and responsible AI. Drive Execution You deliver production-grade systems, not experiments. You balance speed with rigor — security, privacy, and compliance are non-negotiable — and you operate across multiple concurrent initiatives with clear prioritization. The Organization You Build You hire, coach, and develop senior engineering leaders and experts. You design the org for scale across regions, plan the workforce against budget and delivery commitments, and build an inclusive, high-performing culture grounded in accountability, experimentation, and continuous improvement. The Rooms You're In You partner as an equal with Product Management to shape the vision, roadmap, and product priorities, and work closely with Executive Leadership, UX, Security, Data, and Customer teams. You represent engineering at executive fo
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Here’s a summary of the role: In this role, you will shape the future of governance, risk, and compliance by leading engineering teams to build the next generation of GRC products that turn compliance from a reactive obligation into a strategic engine for resilience, innovation, and value creation. You will use your technical leadership to drive technical strategy for AI-first, data-driven, and integrated GRC platforms that predict risks, orchestrate intelligent workflows, and provide real-time visibility across cyber, ESG, and operational domains. Drawing on your passion for leveraging AI and automation tools, you will partner closely with product and risk leaders to design agentic and generative AI capabilities that make complex regulatory landscapes manageable and keep organizations both compliant and resilient in a rapidly changing world. At the same time, you’ll be coaching engine
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We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements; We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures
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Diligent Corporation
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