VP of Engineering, Analytics

Amplitude is the pioneer in digital optimization software. More than 1,400 customers, including Atlassian, Instacart, NBCUniversal, Shopify, and Under Armour rely on Amplitude to power their digital products. Amplitude makes product data accessible to every member of an organization, empowering them to make data-driven decisions that fuel faster product innovation and growth. As an organization, we approach challenges with humility, take ownership of our contributions, and embrace a growth mindset that pushes us to constantly improve ourselves, each other, and the value we bring to customers and partners.

Amplitude’s Commitment to Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI): Amplitude believes that diversity enables creation of better products, ability to solve complex problems, and drive more powerful solutions. In order to make diversity possible, we commit to striving to create an environment of inclusion: an environment focused on psychological safety, empathy, and human connection, which will allow employees of all backgrounds to feel the care they need to thrive. 

About The Role & Team

We are looking for an extraordinary Engineering leader who is passionate about product and solving customer pain to join Amplitude as we promote digital analytics in our mission to help companies build better digital products. As the market leader in product analytics, this key executive will be at the forefront of impacting thousands of brands as they strive to answer one question: what do our customers really want? If you are an inspiring leader who loves to learn, innovate alongside customers, as well as mentor and grow teams, we want to talk to you!

The Vice President of Engineering, Analytics will lead and expand our engineering team focused on our Analytics products. The VP will report directly to the SVP of Engineering and work closely cross-functionally with leaders and teams in Engineering, Product, Go-to-Market, and Finance, as well as directly with our customers to understand their needs and identify areas where we can add more value. This leader will develop a cohesive vision and strategy for the team that will evolve over time as we strive to stay ahead of the competition and remain #1.

• Define the vision, strategy and roadmap of the Analytics Engineering organization that keeps us laser focused on remaining the leader in digital optimization.
• Set up the right processes and infrastructure to deliver our roadmap, scale our team, improve efficiency and maintain our culture.
• Constantly innovate alongside customers to solve their pain and add more value for them; disrupt ourselves when needed.
• Scale and up-level the team; mentor, coach and develop the people leaders in the team.
• Serve as a talent magnet and hire and retain a diverse team of outstanding engineering talent.
• Identify the next level of leadership in the organization (both technical and people leaders) and cultivate a culture of investing in our people.
• Work with several teams including Engineering, Product,and Go-to-Market.

• Progressive leader with a consistent track record of optimally scaling a successful engineering organization; minimum of 5 years’ leadership experience within a fast-growing technology organization
• Must have experience supporting Enterprise products and have worked in a SaaS environment
• Analytics domain and experience in building analytics products is a plus
• Background in software development is required; has a deep understanding of development processes and methodologies
• Outstanding leadership capabilities and strong interpersonal skills. Demonstrated ability to grow, develop, and retain top talent.
• Experienced working with external customers; drives product direction and constantly innovates to solve for pain points and increase value for customers
• Belief that great engineering management starts with building trust and empathy, and ultimately succeeds by being able to challenge the team to grow and excel
• Proven experience in effectively working cross-functionally and aligning goals, strategy and objectives
• Solid communicator and comfortable in presenting to both business and technical executives
• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or similar field is required

The Company: Amplitude is filled with humble, life-long learners who are eager to help one another and the company succeed. Our values of growth mindset, ownership, and humility are core to the way we work: we’re tenacious in the face of challenges, we take the initiative to solve problems that drive our shared success, and we operate from a place of empathy and openness, seeking to understand many points of view. 

We care about the well-being of our team: along with excellent health insurance, we offer flexible time off, a monthly wellness stipend, a generous parental leave, a subscription to Modern Health, and a generous Learning & Development stipend. 

The Product: Amplitude is a digital optimization system – we help companies understand their users, rapidly release better product experiences, and ultimately grow their business. We’re super proud of what we’ve built and continue to expand: a platform that empowers  companies to thrive in the digital era. 

Other fun facts about Amplitude: 

• Amplitude is a tech company to bet your career on in 2021, according to Business Insider.
• Amplitude went public via a direct listing in September 2021 and is now trading under the ticker AMPL. 
• Amplitude is the #1 product analytics solution according to G2.
• Founded in 2012, Amplitude is backed by Benchmark Capital, Sequoia Capital, IVP, Battery Ventures, Y Combinator and other top tier investors.
• We’re a global and fast-growing team! We’ve hired more than 300 people in 2021 and have operations in San Francisco (HQ), New York, Amsterdam, London, Paris and Singapore.
• Our mascot is the Datamonster, who loves to chow down on numbers, charts, and graphs. Nom nom.

Amplitude provides equal employment opportunities (EEO). All applicants are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation.

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