About Blackbaud:

At Blackbaud, we’re here to help good take over. We lead uniquely at the intersection point of technology and social good, providing cloud software, services, expertise, and data intelligence that empowers and connects people to drive impact for social good. We serve the entire social good community, which includes nonprofits, higher education institutions, K-12 schools, healthcare organizations, faith communities, arts and cultural organizations, foundations, companies, and the individual change agents who support them. With millions of users in 100+ countries, our vision is to power an Ecosystem of Good® that builds a better world.  Our customers are passionate about making the world a better place, and we’re inspired by the opportunity to help them raise resources, deliver programs, manage operations, and understand their outcomes.  

Reporting to the Chief Technology Officer, the VP of Technology strategy drives intentional innovation in alignment with Blackbaud business strategies. This is a critical engineering and strategy leadership role requiring a strong background in private and public PAAS/IAAS, heterogeneous technical stacks, will have directed architecture strategy for an organization with a complex product portfolio, and will have led an organization through a successful transformation to a cloud solutions strategy.  This person will be a natural collaborator and lead by influence as part of a team that defines and directs culture, technology, product and data strategy. 

The role includes:

• Work with tech, data and Product Strategy leadership teams to define and evangelize the 3/5 year vision for Blackbaud
• Work with Product Management and UX to implement a user-centered design process, leading a cultural change across the company
• Evangelize, communicate and define/document the end-to-end technical solution roadmap for Blackbaud in partnership with Product Mgmt Leadership, Application Architecture, UX, Analytics COE, IECO (Operations), IT, and other key internal stakeholder groups including Corporate Strategy & Development, Partner Development and Professional services.
• Work closely with Product Management for Core and Platform/Developer Services, ensuring this work aligns with our overall tech strategy and that teams are making progress towards it.
• Shape the reference architecture at the company-wide platform level with a two (2) to five (5) year lens; consult with product and engineering architecture leaders to address gaps in the 3/5 year vision
• Work closely with the Product, Application Engineering and IECO teams to set and drive non-functional requirements standards and optimize cost across our portfolio.  Stay on top of market trends for nonfunctional requirement (NFR’s), processes, culture and keeping us competitive with respect to NFR’s.
• Work closely with the Blackbaud Labs team to incubate new technology and drive our technology partner adoption/enablement
• Work closely with Product Management and Application Engineering to develop the “paved road” for non-Sky based solutions including infinity-based products, Luminate Online and acquired solutions.
• Working closely with UX, Product, IT and others, support and maintain focus on the customer journey from Blackbaud.com through renewal and all touchpoints in between.
• Manage and execute on technical due diligence for M&A efforts, including post-close integration with Blackbaud’s solutions as part of the post-close transition program.
• Provide guidance on technical standards and frameworks for use internally and within the partner ecosystem
• Build strong relationships and collaborate with architectural and engineering leadership across Blackbaud including Application Architecture, Security Architecture & Governance and Infrastructure Architecture.
• Drive standards library and frameworks for non-functional requirements across the engineering community.
• Lead the Blackbaud Product Architecture council and “OCTO” teams which include the lead architects, operations, security, IT, customer ops/services and product architects across the company.
• Mentor, influence, assist, and guide engineering strategy, architecture and execution across Blackbaud.
• Be a primary catalyst for culture change including a focus on the customer, empowering teams, devops, iterate/learn/ship, lean, etc.

Job Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science is required.  A Masters/PhD is preferred.
• Minimum 15 years of progressive, hands-on engineering and architecture experience, preferably in a SAAS/PAAS/IAAS environment and across multiple technology areas (preferably depth experience in Java and .Net)
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a leadership role with proven track record of leading teams focused on new technology development across a large (500+ person) engineering organization operating in a cloud-context.
• Minimum 10 years people management experience.
• Must be willing to work from Blackbaud’s Charleston HQ or our Austin, Texas location.
• Travel required.

Why you'll want to come work here:

• Our benefits are unmatched.   Not only do we offer competitive salaries, 4 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and 401K match, we also provide endless community involvement opportunities to encourage our employees to give back, through our CSR programs like gift matching and volunteer for vacation.
• Blackbaud has been named to Forbes America's Best Employers for Diversity 2019, Forbes America’s Best Midsize Employer 2019, and AnitaB.org's Top Companies for Women Technologists 2018, we are rapidly growing and offer incredible opportunity for career advancement!
• We understand that people thrive in a culture focused on teamwork and purpose.  That's why Blackbaud offers a tremendous company culture, where we encourage open, collaborative working environments in all of our offices around the world. 
• We have proven that we are one of the best technology companies to work for.  Blackbaud has been ranked Best Technology Company in Charleston, SC for the fourth year in a row, and ranked by BuiltIn Austin as one of the Best Places to Work in Austin, TX.

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Blackbaud is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

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