Interim VP of Engineering

We are currently looking for an experienced Interim VP Engineering for a technology-driven scale-up operating on a global market. The company has built a leading digital platform used by millions of users and is entering a critical phase of growth, scaling, and product evolution.

Start: ASAP

Length: 6 months with possible extension

Location: Stockholm

This is an opportunity to step into a senior leadership role where you will be responsible for driving engineering strategy, organizational effectiveness, and technical excellence across multiple product and engineering teams.

Lead and develop Engineering Managers, Directors, Staff Engineers, and cross-functional engineering teams.Define and execute the engineering strategy aligned with company objectives and long-term growth plans.Drive organizational scaling, leadership development, succession planning, and recruitment efforts.Ensure delivery excellence, engineering quality, and predictable execution across multiple teams.Own technical roadmap discussions and support architectural decisions for highly scalable cloud-based platforms.Partner closely with Product, Commercial, Data, and Executive Leadership teams to balance business priorities and technical investments.Foster a high-performance engineering culture focused on innovation, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.Improve engineering processes, ways of working, and organizational effectiveness.Support platform modernization, scalability initiatives, and reliability improvements.Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on technology, organizational, and delivery-related matters.

Required Experience

Extensive leadership experience as VP Engineering, Head of Engineering, Director of Engineering, or equivalent senior engineering leadership role.Proven track record of leading managers and managing larger engineering organizations in fast-growing product companies.Experience scaling engineering teams in SaaS, platform, marketplace, adtech, media tech, fintech, or other high-growth digital environments.Strong understanding of modern software development practices, cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, and data-driven platforms.Experience balancing strategic leadership with hands-on support of engineering organizations.Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience working at executive level.Demonstrated ability to drive organizational change and improve delivery performance.Experience operating in international and distributed organizations.

Preferred Background

Experience from platform businesses with large-scale user traffic.Experience leading cloud-based environments, preferably AWS.Familiarity with modern engineering ecosystems including microservices, data platforms, and real-time systems.Previous interim or transformation leadership experience is highly valued.

Personal Qualities

Strong people leader with a passion for developing leaders and teams.Strategic mindset combined with pragmatic execution.Excellent communicator who can create alignment across functions.Comfortable navigating ambiguity and fast-changing environments.Collaborative, data-driven, and outcome-oriented.