Vice President of System Architecture & Platform Engineering

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We are seeking an exceptional technology leader with a people-first approach.

Are you a visionary who believes that the heart of technology is all about people? Are you the kind of person who thrives on transforming the untransformable? Do you find yourself effortlessly blending System Architecture, Product Development Processes, and Platform Engineering, as if it was an art form? You might not be actively seeking a role, but if big challenges in shaping the future of technology excite you, this position could be an exceptional opportunity.

Milestone is a leading, global provider of video management software in the security industry with 25+ years of continuous and global growth.

We have embarked on an ambitious strategy to modernize our architecture, platform, and processes, and we need a leader who values collaboration, growth, compassion, and responsibility as much as technical excellence. This role is not just about technology and innovation, it's about nurturing talent and guiding our teams through the transformation. Your mission will be to create an environment where we can guide our talent base of skilled professionals through the learning journey to modernize our architecture, processes, and platforms to build a solid foundation for our future products.

We believe you will need to be a visionary leader with a strategic mindset. Your role will involve driving architecture alignment and transition, establishing, and evangelizing processes, ensuring security and compliance, and fostering responsible technology development. This will be achieved in collaboration with colleagues within the Technology Group and across Milestone.

The Role
As the Vice President for System Architecture and Platform Engineering, you will play an important role in the execution of Milestone’s ambitious Technology and Product Strategy. You will be instrumental in driving the architectural vision, streamlining processes, and overseeing the development and rollout of the internal developer platform and practices.

You will be part of the Technology Leadership Team and will refer directly to Milestone’s Chief Technology Officer, Rahul Yadav.
We are seeking an exceptional technology leader with a people-first approach.
The Role
Key Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities:
Team Leadership and Development:
Team Leadership and Development:

Lead, mentor, and grow a team of architects, engineers, DevOps and process specialists.

Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and collaboration.

Create a culture of psychological safety and growth mindset.

Lead, mentor, and grow a team of architects, engineers, DevOps and process specialists.
Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and collaboration.
Create a culture of psychological safety and growth mindset.
System Architecture:
System Architecture:

Develop and implement a comprehensive system architecture strategy that aligns and helps us achieve our defined Target Architecture as per Milestone’s Technology Strategy.

Oversee the System Architecture Enabling Team that assists various teams across the Technology Group with System Architecture.

Spearhead the architecture transition to target architecture across the Technology Group.

Develop and implement a comprehensive system architecture strategy that aligns and helps us achieve our defined Target Architecture as per Milestone’s Technology Strategy.
Oversee the System Architecture Enabling Team that assists various teams across the Technology Group with System Architecture.
Spearhead the architecture transition to target architecture across the Technology Group.
Process Excellence:
Process Excellence:

Champion process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and effectiveness across the technology team.

Implement best practices in software development, including Agile methodologies, to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality products.

Establish, roll out, and evangelize secure software development lifecycle practices to ensure security, compliance, and responsible technology processes.

Champion process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and effectiveness across the technology team.
Implement best practices in software development, including Agile methodologies, to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality products.
Establish, roll out, and evangelize secure software development lifecycle practices to ensure security, compliance, and responsible technology processes.
Platform Engineering:
Platform Engineering:

Oversee the design, development, and rollout of Platform Engineering by designing and building Internal Developer Platforms, toolchains, and workflows that enable self-service capabilities for different teams in the Technology Group.

Establish the function and ensure direction and guidance to the team.

Oversee the design, development, and rollout of Platform Engineering by designing and building Internal Developer Platforms, toolchains, and workflows that enable self-service capabilities for different teams in the Technology Group.
Establish the function and ensure direction and guidance to the team.

Stakeholder Engagement:
Stakeholder Engagement:

Collaborate with internal teams, external partners, and stakeholders to align technology initiatives with business objectives.

Collaborate with internal teams, external partners, and stakeholders to align technology initiatives with business objectives.
We expect you to be able to:
We expect you to be able to:

Establish a modern system and data architectures by harnessing cloud-native technologies.

Oversee the definition and rollout of common processes across Technology Group and Milestone.

Design and oversee the system and solution architecture under responsible technology principles.

Ensure Product/Platform architectures (including systems, technologies, and applications) are scalable, reliable, and compliant with industry standards and regulations.

Fuel the design of future Milestone solutions, by driving risk mitigation, reducing dependencies and ensuring the future architecture meets global standards.

Use your technical knowledge to prepare future solutions to be cloud-friendly.

Lead your organization through vision, expertise and influence.

Create followership via running guilds and communities of practice on cross-cutting agendas.

Establish a clear and compelling direction for Milestone’s target architecture through your thought leadership.

Inspire your team to be innovative, and open to building an agile platform that can accommodate continuously growing data requirements and be able to adapt to future technical challenges and opportunities.

Establish a modern system and data architectures by harnessing cloud-native technologies.
Oversee the definition and rollout of common processes across Technology Group and Milestone.
Design and oversee the system and solution architecture under responsible technology principles.
Ensure Product/Platform architectures (including systems, technologies, and applications) are scalable, reliable, and compliant with industry standards and regulations.
Fuel the design of future Milestone solutions, by driving risk mitigation, reducing dependencies and ensuring the future architecture meets global standards.
Use your technical knowledge to prepare future solutions to be cloud-friendly.
Lead your organization through vision, expertise and influence.
Create followership via running guilds and communities of practice on cross-cutting agendas.
Establish a clear and compelling direction for Milestone’s target architecture through your thought leadership.
Inspire your team to be innovative, and open to building an agile platform that can accommodate continuously growing data requirements and be able to adapt to future technical challenges and opportunities.

Skills and capabilities you possess:
Skills and capabilities you possess:
You are:
You are:

A pronounced team player, focusing your energy and drive on reaching optimal solutions to better the organization.

A goal-oriented self-starter with the ability to execute and implement change.

An empathetic leader with a coaching approach: Decisive, inspirational, relationship-building, and pleasant to work with.

A team-oriented leader, who can delegate and yet has a hands-on and a ‘get things done’ approach.

Open, professional, adapting to a changing environment, and able to drive and execute projects towards solutions.

Possessing a constant eye for improvement and optimizations of processes and products.

Strategic and analytical: Able to build a plan and execute through the internal team and partners.

Possessing of good judgment, yet comfortable with taking risks.

A pronounced team player, focusing your energy and drive on reaching optimal solutions to better the organization.
A goal-oriented self-starter with the ability to execute and implement change.
An empathetic leader with a coaching approach: Decisive, inspirational, relationship-building, and pleasant to work with.
A team-oriented leader, who can delegate and yet has a hands-on and a ‘get things done’ approach.
Open, professional, adapting to a changing environment, and able to drive and execute projects towards solutions.
Possessing a constant eye for improvement and optimizations of processes and products.
Strategic and analytical: Able to build a plan and execute through the internal team and partners.
Possessing of good judgment, yet comfortable with taking risks.
You have:
You have:

People-first mindset: Able to easily move others to action by planning, motivating and organizing work.

Radical candor and transparency in how you convene yourself daily.

Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.

Passion for the company’s culture and overarching mission.

High integrity and skilled at building trust with various stakeholders.

The ability to facilitate discussions to resolve conflicting processes and opinions.

The ability to establish and maintain relationships and credibility quickly: Create a team atmosphere with staff while achieving objectives.

A proven track record and ability to motivate highly-skilled managers and leaders to achieve challenging objectives.

People-first mindset: Able to easily move others to action by planning, motivating and organizing work.
Radical candor and transparency in how you convene yourself daily.
Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.
Passion for the company’s culture and overarching mission.
High integrity and skilled at building trust with various stakeholders.
The ability to facilitate discussions to resolve conflicting processes and opinions.
The ability to establish and maintain relationships and credibility quickly: Create a team atmosphere with staff while achieving objectives.
A proven track record and ability to motivate highly-skilled managers and leaders to achieve challenging objectives.
Cultural fit and Impact:
Cultural fit and Impact:

Highly motivated with an entrepreneurial mindset, who sees opportunities rather than problems.

Possess high expectations for performance and accountability, creating a high degree of execution excellence.

Focuses on the team, delegating, inspiring, and developing them though coaching, creating followership with clear direction.

Assertive and a strong stakeholder manager, yet with a high degree of empathy.

Enjoying being a part of a fun, friendly and flexible environment where Milestone’s leadership team has a very close and inclusive culture.

Milestone’s culture is one of team ambition over individual interests. The right candidate must be a team player with this mindset.

Able to demonstrate a high degree of passion and energy whilst maintaining a positive outlook.

Professional – with unquestionable integrity and credibility; maintaining excellent relationships with colleagues, target clients, and channel partners.

Open and honest, with a positive solution-oriented attitude.

Highly motivated with an entrepreneurial mindset, who sees opportunities rather than problems.
Possess high expectations for performance and accountability, creating a high degree of execution excellence.
Focuses on the team, delegating, inspiring, and developing them though coaching, creating followership with clear direction.
Assertive and a strong stakeholder manager, yet with a high degree of empathy.
Enjoying being a part of a fun, friendly and flexible environment where Milestone’s leadership team has a very close and inclusive culture.
Milestone’s culture is one of team ambition over individual interests. The right candidate must be a team player with this mindset.
Able to demonstrate a high degree of passion and energy whilst maintaining a positive outlook.
Professional – with unquestionable integrity and credibility; maintaining excellent relationships with colleagues, target clients, and channel partners.
Open and honest, with a positive solution-oriented attitude.

Background and experience
Background and experience

10+ years of experience in IT architecture and/or process management, with a minimum of 5 years in a
leadership role.

Worked with or led products and teams responsible for loosely coupled microservices-based architectures.

Wide-ranging understanding of modern tech stacks for SaaS products.

Significant experience with modern CI/CD toolchains and practices.

A proven track record of managing large-scale architectural projects and process improvement initiatives.

Transformed architecture and ways of working in large companies.

Solid understanding of modern software product development processes/tools/mindset.

Solid experience in leading teams and products in a complex environment.

International working experience, possessing a good understanding of cultural differences, references and ways of working.

10+ years of experience in IT architecture and/or process management, with a minimum of 5 years in a
leadership role.
Worked with or led products and teams responsible for loosely coupled microservices-based architectures.
Wide-ranging understanding of modern tech stacks for SaaS products.
Significant experience with modern CI/CD toolchains and practices.
A proven track record of managing large-scale architectural projects and process improvement initiatives.
Transformed architecture and ways of working in large companies.
Solid understanding of modern software product development processes/tools/mindset.
Solid experience in leading teams and products in a complex environment.
International working experience, possessing a good understanding of cultural differences, references and ways of working.
Welcome to Milestone Systems

At Milestone you will experience a positive and welcoming environment with a global and diverse culture. We are more than 50 different nationalities in the Danish office and English is the corporate language.
Welcome to Milestone Systems
We have our own gym with all the equipment you need, private health insurance and additional benefits like an amazing employee association setting up fun and exciting activities for all of us.
If you want to develop your professional competencies we offer individual development plans, where you and your manager agree on the right learning path for you.
As our office is 5 minutes cycling from the nearest train station, we have bicycles that you can use.
Contact and Application
Contact and Application

Please apply at our website using the ”Apply” button.
Apply
Consultor is helping Milestone Systems for this position. If you have any questions, you are more than welcome to contact Executive Researcher Lucia Plucnar at CONSULTOR on mobile +45 5094 0441.
f you have any questions, you are more than welcome to contact Executive Researcher Lucia Plucnar at CONSULTOR on mobile +45 5094 0441.
We are reviewing resumes on a continuous basis and recommend that you apply as soon as possible.
Please note that the position is on-site at our headquarters in Brøndby, Denmark.
We are looking forward to receiving your application.