Vp of Engineering

**About Koa Health**

Against the backdrop of decades of rising demand, mental health has never been more important. The Covid pandemic has led to a four-fold increase in mental disorders around the world, impacting individuals, companies, and communities. With no increase in the supply of clinicians, tens of millions of people are stranded today without access to care. Today, we simply don't have enough mental health clinicians to meet demand. Koa Health aims to solve the gap between demand and supply with a unique human-digital hybrid approach, built upon the best digital technology in the literature. Koa's digital assets deliver the highest quality care, measured through engagement, program completion, patient and clinician satisfaction, and clinical efficacy. Critically, Koa technology substantially increases clinician productivity, allowing our precious clinicians to treat more people. With more than fifty papers in the literature, twelve clinical trials, 26 patents, and broad and deep clinical networks in place, we have just launched Koa Care 360 - a uniquely scalable and profitable mental health care service.

Having secured a successful and oversubscribed Series A funding totaling €30m (ca.$36M) in October 2020 and additional €20m funding in May 2022, we are currently closing our Series B round of investment, with €12M secured from our existing investors. You can read more about Koa Health on our website here. There has never been a more critical moment for the work that we're leading at Koa Health. And this is where you come in

**Your New Role**

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated VP of Engineering to join our dynamic team.

As the Vice President of Engineering at Koa Health, you will be instrumental in shaping the technical direction of our digital mental health platform and driving the development of our products. Collaborating closely with the SVP of Product, you will lead a talented engineering team to deliver robust, scalable, and data-driven solutions that prioritize user experience, clinical efficacy, and innovation. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic startup in the digital mental health industry.

**Responsibilities**
- Technical Leadership: Provide strategic direction and leadership to the engineering team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence.
- Product Development Collaboration: Collaborate closely with the SVP of Product to prioritize features, and deliver high-quality solutions that align with business objectives.
- Work closely with the Tech Leads on the definition and implementation of a solid technical roadmap.;
- Data-Driven Insights: Leverage data analytics and machine learning to derive actionable insights, inform product decisions, and enhance the effectiveness of our digital mental health offerings.
- Architecture and Scalability: Architect scalable, reliable, and secure systems to support our growing user base and evolving product portfolio, ensuring optimal performance and user experience.
- Team Management: Recruit, mentor, and inspire a high-performing engineering team, fostering professional growth and creating a culture of accountability and continuous learning.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product management, design, clinical, and data science, to define requirements, prioritize initiatives, and drive successful product launches.
- Technical Excellence: Drive engineering best practices, code quality, and technical excellence across the organization, promoting a culture of craftsmanship and innovation.
- Client-facing: actively participate in discussions to explore potential integrations, collaborate on developing new features, and lead technical conversations.
- Strategic Planning: Partner with executive leadership to define and execute the long-term technical roadmap, identifying opportunities for innovation and competitive differentiation. Besides it will be responsible for the definition of the technology strategy with partners
- Continuous Improvement: Champion a culture of continuous improvement, experimentation, and feedback, driving iterative enhancements to our products and processes.
- Work with our cybersecurity team to implement best practices.
- Mentoring and coaching; you will cover multiple disciplines from product engineers, to DevOps, QA and integration specialists.
- Team coordination; ultimately, you will be accountable for the success of the engineering teams, making sure that business goals are clearly communicated and delivered on time.

**Skills and Competencies**

**Functional**
- Hands-on experience working in Agile/Scrum methodologies and frameworks
- Hands-on experience with cloud-based architecture (we use AWS)
- Hands-on experience building cloud-based data engineering solutions is a big plus;
- Hands-on Experience implementing automated testing platforms
- Excellent communication skills, fluency in English, comfortable