# Vice President, Systems Engineering
**Company:** [Fivetran](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fivetran)
**Location:** Oakland, CA
**Salary:** $264K-$330K
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Salesforce, Marketo, NetSuite, Catalyst, Integration Architecture, Systems Engineering, Configuration Management, Change Management, Data Quality, Business Process Management
**Posted:** 2026-05-04
> Leads engineering teams managing internal business systems like Salesforce and NetSuite, including architecture, integration with data platform, operations, and 24x7 reliability. Requires 10+ years experience, 5+ in senior leadership, engineering mindset, and bachelor's degree.
## Job Description
## What You’ll Do

### Vision, Strategy, Roadmap & Stakeholder Alignment
- Create and manage the execution of a long-term technical vision, strategy, and roadmap for our major internal business systems and their integration with Fivetran’s Automated Data Movement Platform.
- Build trusted relationships with stakeholders in product, marketing, sales, revenue, G&A, and engineering teams.
- Provide regular Executive Leadership Team and Business Stakeholder strategy and operations updates.

### Systems and Integration Architecture & Design
- Manage and grow a team that defines the overall business system and integration architecture.
- Select and implement an integration technology that standardizes the deep integration of our business processes and the associated data flows.
- Drive and/or participate in the selection of any new major business systems and tools.
- Set up, document, and enforce an information architecture that clearly defines systems of record, data models, and business rules to digitize our business processes.
- Deliver a deep integration with Fivetran’s Automated Data Movement Platform that is both robust and resilient to support a world-class end-to-end customer experience.
- Drive consolidation of applications and systems to significantly simplify our systems portfolio.

### Business Process Management
- Manage and grow a team of Business Process and Technical Product Management professionals who collaborate with our stakeholder departments to map out their processes, strategy, and pain points, and turn them into a delivery roadmap.
- Deliver well-designed systems and integration specifications that our Systems and Operations Management teams can implement and operate.

### Systems and Operations Management
- Maintain and expand ownership of core business applications, focusing on the reliability and quality of their configuration and integration of these applications to fully support the customer lifecycle.
- Manage a team of highly skilled and specialized system administrators and engineers who manage these business applications.
- Drive engineering-strength configuration and change management practices that minimize business disruptions.
- Ensure 24x7 around-the-world operations and support coverage to address system and integration issues immediately.

### Release and Quality
- Take a software engineering approach to release and quality management, ensuring that changes, features, and system upgrades are deployed without disruption.
- Implement a Data Quality & Data Trust architecture and process that ensures our data adheres to our business rules, eliminating unintended side effects in other systems and processes.

### Leadership, Team Management, and Collaboration
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing Systems Engineering team.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and accountability.
- Develop and manage team goals, performance metrics, and professional development plans. Ensure the team has the necessary skills, resources, and technology to support the company’s revenue growth goals.

## Skills We’re Looking For
- Engineering mindset and experience, with a strong focus on **operational excellence** and repeatable processes.
- Leading-from-the-front leadership style with a willingness to dive in and understand the business processes and systems that support them.
- Domain expertise in core revenue and financial processes.
- Proven ability to hire and manage a strong and committed team of up to 25 technical team members, directors, and managers.
- **10+ years** of technical and management experience in engineering and managing systems, with a **minimum of 5+ years** in a senior technical leadership role.
- Has managed cross-cultural teams distributed across multiple time zones.
- Strong project management skills and organizational skills.
- Expert analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and presentation skills.
- A **bachelor's degree** in Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field is strongly preferred.

**Specific systems mentioned:** Salesforce, Marketo, NetSuite, Catalyst.

**Compensation:** Oakland Pay Range **$263,792—$329,740 USD**.
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