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Head of NwPS Engineering

Vonage

Location: Spain, UK, USA Advertised pay: USD 263,103–346,000 / yearly Work arrangement: Region-restricted remote Employment: Full Time Posted: November 2, 2026 Freshness: Active Source check: Observed in the current source window
Disclosure4 of 5 core facts statedReview uncertainties
Last source observationObserved in the current source windowObservation is not employer confirmation.
Application destinationjobicy.comReview the application route and source evidence in the full report below.

Before relying on the listing: Confirm Application closing time with the employer or source. See verification questions

Executive opportunity brief

The decision in one screen

A compact evidence-first read of compensation, flexibility, mobility and what still needs verification. No universal quality score is used.

Compensation positionAbove the current upper quartile441 current same-currency observations
Work flexibilityRegion-restricted remoteBased only on stated location/work-arrangement evidence.
Decision evidence4 of 5 core facts knownThis listing states more core decision facts than the median role in the current sample.
Mobility evidenceSponsorship not establishedUnknown evidence is not treated as unavailable.
Current alternatives1793 current same-family rolesCurrent HPJ inventory, not the whole labor market.
Negotiation readinessNegotiation evidence available: advertised pay range, current same-currency market context, strong decision evidence.Use the private Offer & Negotiation Lab below if an offer arrives.

Fast read

Opportunity DNA

The strongest upside: pay compares strongly with similar current roles. The main trade-off: location rules could change the fit.

May appeal in aCompensation-led search
PayStrong current position

Around the 98th percentile within 441 comparable USD salary observations.

FlexibilityLocation limits visible

Geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region.

Entry pathRequirements unclear

The listing does not make the minimum education or experience threshold clear enough yet.

MobilityNot established

Sponsorship and relocation support are not clear from the current listing.

ApplicationSome process detail

Part of the application route can be assessed, but the full external process may contain additional steps.

TraceabilityCurrent source traceable

At least one recent enabled source can still renew this vacancy.

This fingerprint summarizes what is clear, constrained or still unanswered in the current listing. It is a reading aid, not an overall job score.

Decision evidence check

4 of 5 core facts stated

This checks whether the listing states the facts that commonly change an employment decision. It measures disclosure completeness, not whether the opportunity is good or bad.

Facts already stated

  • Compensation
  • Work arrangement
  • Advertised location
  • Employment type

What to verify next

  • Application closing time: Is there a firm application deadline, a rolling review window or no stated closing date?

Advertised location is not proof of work authorization, sponsorship, or legal eligibility. Unknown information is not a negative score; verify those questions separately.

Decision levers

What could make or break the fit?

Reasons to look closer

  • Pay compares strongly with similar current roles: The annualized midpoint is around the 98th percentile among 441 comparable USD salary observations.

Trade-offs to weigh

  • Location rules could change the fit: Geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region.

Questions worth asking before you invest more time

  • Confirm whether a degree is actually required, preferred, or replaceable with equivalent experience.
  • Confirm the actual minimum experience requirement rather than assuming preferred background is mandatory.
  • Ask whether visa sponsorship is available before investing significant time in the application.

These questions come from details the listing leaves open. An unanswered point is not treated as a disadvantage.

Opportunity neighborhood

Keep your options open

These live roles sit close enough to this opportunity to make useful comparison points. Look across several employers before deciding what pay, flexibility or access trade-offs you are willing to accept.

Director, DSCA

Defense Security Cooperation Agency · Arlington, Virginia

USD 186,207–228,000 / year Unclear 3/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same seniority band · Same country · Recently posted

About 32% lower advertised midpoint

Assistant Federal Security Director - Generalist

Transportation Security Administration · Billings, Montana

USD 106,437–138,370 / year Unclear 3/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same seniority band · Same country · Recently posted

About 60% lower advertised midpoint

Deputy Director

Offices, Boards and Divisions · Washington, District of Columbia

USD 151,661–228,000 / year Unclear 3/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same seniority band · Same country · Recently posted

About 38% lower advertised midpoint

This neighborhood is drawn from current inventory in the same broad occupation. Similarity is based on explicit listing facts; missing details do not count against a job.

Role market context

How much current choice is visible around this kind of work?

This compares the vacancy with current High Paid Job inventory in the broad Executive leadership roles family. It describes visible choice and disclosure, not future demand or career quality.

Current visible roles1,793

200 most recent current roles sampled for the disclosure measures below.

Employers represented142

Distinct employers in the bounded current sample, not an estimate of all employers hiring in the market.

Decision-ready disclosure24%

Current sampled roles stating at least four of the five Core Decision Facts.

Compensation stated37%

Requires a numeric amount, explicit ISO currency and supported pay period.

Work arrangement stated77%

Listings with explicit enough remote, hybrid or on-site evidence to classify.

Stated closing time35%

Missing deadline evidence remains unknown and is not interpreted as an open-ended application window.

Disclosure comparison: This listing states more core decision facts than the median role in the current sample. This listing: 4/5 · sample median: 3.0/5.

Currencies with explicit pay evidence in the sample: USD (67) · EUR (3) · GBP (2) · CHF (1). Raw amounts across different currencies are not compared.

This describes current visible High Paid Job inventory in the same broad occupation family. Percentages use a bounded recent sample and are not a forecast, a complete labor-market census or an employer-quality measure.

Constraint opportunity lab

What changes the size of the current opportunity pool?

Each line applies one stricter evidence-based constraint to the same bounded current role-family sample. It helps you see the trade-off in visible choice without deciding which trade-off is right for you.

Require explicit sponsorship or relocation support 0 / 200 0%

Counts only affirmative or possible sponsorship evidence, or relocation explicitly offered. Unknown is not treated as no.

Keep this advertised salary floor in the same currency 1 / 67 1%

Only same-currency opportunities with usable annualized pay enter this comparison. Other currencies are not converted or treated as lower.

Require worldwide remote evidence 19 / 200 10%

A much stricter subset: only listings with explicit worldwide-remote evidence remain.

Require at least four Core Decision Facts 47 / 200 24%

Shows the subset with enough stated evidence for a more informed first comparison.

Require a remote-listed arrangement 49 / 200 25%

Counts roles explicitly classified as worldwide remote, region-restricted remote or remote with restrictions still unclear.

Require usable compensation disclosure 73 / 200 37%

Requires amount, explicit ISO currency and a supported pay period. Missing pay evidence remains unknown.

Stay in the same stated country 62 / 103 60%

Uses only roles where a country is known. Roles without country evidence are excluded from this denominator.

Keep the same employment type 93 / 101 92%

Uses only roles with a stated employment type.

These are counterfactual filters over a bounded sample of current HPJ inventory in the same broad occupation family. They show how visible choice changes when one evidence-based constraint is applied; they do not tell you which constraint you should choose or predict hiring outcomes. The calculation uses the 200 most recent current roles from 1793 visible roles in this broad family.

Salary transparency context

Is pay disclosure typical for this kind of role?

This listing states usable structured compensation. About 37% of the bounded current role sample does the same.

This listingUsable pay stated

Compensation counts only when amount, ISO currency and supported pay period are all known.

Current same-role sample37%

Pay disclosure is limited in the current role sample.

Current employer pattern43%

This employer’s current pay-disclosure rate is broadly similar to the current same-role sample.

This compares salary-disclosure behavior in current visible listings. It does not compare raw salary amounts across currencies, infer undisclosed pay as zero, or rate employer quality.

Private offer & negotiation lab

Turn an offer into evidence, not guesswork

Enter an annual base offer and, if you want, your own target. HPJ compares only within one explicit currency and never chooses a target for you.

Advertised annualized payUSD 263,103–346,000 / yearListing evidence only.
Current comparable medianUSD 172,63066 current sampled roles
Current upper quartileUSD 189,831Current HPJ inventory context, not a salary recommendation.

Negotiation evidence available: advertised pay range, current same-currency market context, strong decision evidence.

Enter an annual base offer to compare it with explicit same-currency evidence. HPJ will not suggest a target for you.

Review the full package · 10 terms

Mark what is confirmed, what needs clarification and what you want to prioritize. These choices and notes stay in this browser.

Base payKnown

Usable advertised compensation is available.

Bonus / commissionVerify

Variable compensation is mentioned; verify amount, formula, target and eligibility.

Equity / long-term incentivesVerify

Equity or long-term incentive language is mentioned; verify grant type, vesting and valuation basis.

Retirement / pensionVerify

Retirement or pension benefits are mentioned; verify employer contribution and vesting.

Health benefitsMentioned

Health-benefit language is mentioned; verify coverage, dependants and employee cost.

Paid leaveVerify

Paid-leave language is mentioned; verify the exact entitlement and carry-over rules.

Work arrangementKnown

A work-arrangement signal is available; verify schedule details before relying on it.

RelocationVerify

Relocation support not established

Visa / work authorizationVerify

Sponsorship not established

Review timingVerify

A review cycle is mentioned; verify timing and whether compensation can change at that review.

Questions worth taking into the offer conversation

  • Is there a bonus, commission or other variable-pay component, and how is it calculated?
  • Does the package include equity or another long-term incentive, and what are the vesting terms?
  • What retirement or pension contribution does the employer provide?
  • How much paid leave is provided and what are the carry-over or blackout rules?
  • If relocation is relevant, what expenses, timing and repayment conditions are covered?
  • What exact sponsorship or work-authorization conditions apply to this role?
  • When is the first performance and compensation review after joining?
  • Is there a firm application deadline, a rolling review window or no stated closing date?

Occupation intelligence

What broader career references connect to this role?

HPJ uses broad comparison families for current-market analysis. External taxonomy results are reference candidates for that broad family, not a declaration that this vacancy has been authoritatively classified into a specific occupation.

HPJ comparison familyExecutive leadership roles

European occupation references

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

U.S. occupation references

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Career reference research

Skills worth investigating

Official occupational context, paired with exact phrases visible in this vacancy. It is not a skills test or an applicant-fit score.

ESCO · European occupation

chief operating officer

Usually essential in this ESCO occupation
  • establish collaborative relations
  • marketing management
  • make strategic business decisions
  • financial statements
  • ensure lawful business operations
  • integrate strategic foundation in daily performance
  • track key performance indicators
Context-dependent ESCO skills
  • financial management
  • implement operational business plans
  • apply import strategies
  • assume responsibility for the management of a business
  • analyse financial performance of a company

O*NET · U.S. occupation

Chief Executives

O*NET occupation skills
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Critical Thinking
  • Coordination
  • Management of Financial Resources
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Speaking
  • Systems Evaluation
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establish collaborative relationsESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
marketing managementESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
make strategic business decisionsESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
financial statementsESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
ensure lawful business operationsESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
integrate strategic foundation in daily performanceESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
track key performance indicatorsESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
financial managementESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
implement operational business plansESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
apply import strategiesESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
assume responsibility for the management of a businessESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
analyse financial performance of a companyESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
Judgment and Decision MakingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Complex Problem SolvingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Critical ThinkingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
CoordinationO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Management of Financial ResourcesO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Management of Personnel ResourcesO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
SpeakingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Systems EvaluationO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown

Private to this browser. Up to 20 reference skills; not a qualification assessment or hiring prediction.

Useful next question: Which of these occupational reference skills does the hiring manager actually expect for this specific role, and what evidence would demonstrate them?

These skills belong to one reference occupation selected for HPJ’s broad career family, not a verified classification of this vacancy. Text overlap only means a phrase appears in the available listing text; it does not establish an employer requirement, your proficiency, or a qualification gap. A missing mention is unknown, not a deficit.

Skill bridge

What does this role connect to?

The available listing text does not contain enough recognized skill language for a useful skill bridge yet.

Application edge

  • The listing mentions extra application steps. Review those requirements before starting so you can prepare the requested material in one pass.

Skill signals come from explicit text mentions. A mention is not automatically a requirement, and absence from the current top-skill list does not make a skill rare or unimportant. The current career comparison draws on 120 sampled listings; 76 contain a recognized skill signal.

Application Decision Lab

Turn the listing into a preparation plan

Separate what the listing actually states from what you still need to prepare or verify. Your selections and short notes stay in this browser and are never submitted to High Paid Job.

Application step

Prepare for a stated application step

A portfolio or work sample is explicitly mentioned.

Questions worth resolving before you rely on the opportunity

  • Application closing time: Is there a firm application deadline, a rolling review window or no stated closing date?
  • Work authorization / sponsorship: If sponsorship or work authorization matters to you, what exact immigration or employer-sponsorship conditions apply to this role?

Decision analysis

What the listing really tells you

Useful decision context

The headline alone does not tell the whole story for Head of NwPS Engineering at Vonage. The clearest decision context comes from the advertised pay can be placed in context, work-location flexibility has usable detail, and the application route gives a few useful clues.

The advertised pay can be placed in context

Among 441 current comparable salaries in USD, the normalized annual midpoint is around the 98th percentile. This compares advertised pay in the same currency and does not include every element of total compensation.

Work-location flexibility has usable detail

Location flexibility can be assessed here: Remote with some uncertainty or restrictions, with a Remote Freedom reading of 62/100. The most important location constraint is geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region..

The application route gives a few useful clues

Provider-mediated application path · 1 visible process step. The external application may contain additional steps that are not visible from the listing itself.

The listing can be traced to a current source

1 recent enabled source can currently renew this vacancy across 1 source classes. That improves traceability, although it does not verify the employer itself.

How this analysis is assembled

The brief pulls together the parts of the vacancy that can be compared reliably today. Gaps in the listing remain visible instead of being filled with assumptions.

Analysis evidence coverage

How much analysis can the current evidence support?

100%Strong analysis evidence coverage
100%
Current-sample pay position98 / 100

Uses the explainable High Pay Score within the job’s current occupation/seniority/currency comparison sample.

Remote Freedom evidence62 / 100

Measures observable location flexibility and explicit restrictions; it does not determine whether remote work is personally desirable.

Salary evidence qualityHigh confidence · Focused salary range

The configured source supplied structured salary fields, a usable currency and a focused comparison value.

Listing freshnessActive

The listing was posted about 4 days ago.

Source provenance evidenceEstablished source evidence

At least one enabled source recently observed the vacancy. The source chain is traceable, but this is not independent employer verification.

There is no universal opportunity score because pay, flexibility and access matter differently to different people. Compare Jobs lets you weight the evidence around your own priorities.

Decision checklist

What is supported, uncertain or worth checking?

This checklist separates supported strengths, visible cautions and missing evidence. It is not an overall recommendation or guarantee that the job is suitable for you.

Supported strengths

  • Advertised pay is above much of the current comparable disclosed-salary sample.

Visible cautions

  • Geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region.
  • This is remote work with a geographic restriction, not a worldwide-remote vacancy.

Still unknown

  • Visa sponsorship is not established by the available listing data.

Qualifications & access

What qualifications are explicitly stated?

Entry-barrier evidence limited

EducationEducation requirement not established
Required experience evidenceExperience requirement not established
Explicit required barriers0
Explicit access signals0

Qualification signals come from explicit listing wording. Anything not mentioned remains unknown, so silence is never treated as proof that a degree, experience, licence or other requirement is unnecessary.

Pay vs. barriers

Strong pay with stated barriers to weigh

Pay compares strongly, but qualification or location constraints are also visible. Higher pay does not erase those practical requirements.

Current-sample pay position

Comparable disclosed-pay evidence places this job at about 98 / 100 within its current occupation/seniority sample.

Location-freedom constraints

1 explicit Remote Freedom restriction signal is present and is shown separately from qualification requirements.

Evidence gaps that could change this interpretation
  • Education requirement is not established.
  • Required prior-experience level is not established.

This section weighs pay context against clearly stated barriers without collapsing unlike requirements into one universal score. Degree, experience, licensing, clearance and location limits remain separate, and missing qualification details stay unknown.

Beyond the headline

Not enough evidence for a hidden-value finding

Potential hidden value appears only when several distinct non-pay advantages are actually supported. Missing requirements or benefits are never counted as positives.

Strong current-sample pay position

The annualized salary midpoint is at or above about 98% of the current comparable disclosed-salary sample.

Still check: The current application path is provider-mediated rather than directly classified as an employer-authorized or official route.

Hidden Value is an experimental evidence summary, not an investment-style score or guarantee of employability. It only uses explicit current listing evidence and does not infer that an unmentioned qualification is unnecessary.

Explainable opportunity highlight

Why this opportunity stands out

These are supported signals from the current listing and comparison sample—not a guarantee that this is the best job for you.

Exceptional current-sample pay

Its annualized salary midpoint is at or above about 98% of the current comparable disclosed-salary sample.

Clear compensation evidence

The source provides structured salary information with a comparatively focused range, improving the usefulness of pay comparisons.

Compensation intelligence

How competitive is this pay?

98/100

Exceptional pay in current sample

98%
Comparison familyExecutive leadership roles · Leadership
Comparable salaries441
Current-sample medianUSD 165,503
Middle 50% of sampleUSD 124,000–202,500
Position in sampleAt or above about 98%
Comparison geographySame country (US)
Pay positionAbove the current upper quartile

The annualized midpoint is above the 75th percentile boundary of the current comparable sample.

Why this analysis?

  • This score reflects the current advertised-pay distribution for comparable active jobs in the same currency. It measures pay position, not overall job quality.
  • Salary confidence: High. The configured source supplied structured salary fields, a usable currency and a focused comparison value.
  • Range quality: Focused salary range.

Employer compensation communication

Pay transparency at Vonage

Mixed current pay transparency

This score uses the employer’s current visible listings and combines how often pay is disclosed with how useful those ranges are. Bonus, equity and benefit mentions are shown separately and do not raise the score.

54/100
54%
Salary disclosure43% · 6 of 14 sampled listings
Range qualityMostly focused or specific pay information
Bonus wording3 current listings
Equity wording3 current listings
Benefits wording12 current listings
Evidence strengthStronger

This pattern comes from the employer’s current visible vacancies. It describes hiring and pay transparency in those listings, not employee satisfaction or a permanent judgement of the employer.

Current employer intelligence

Vonage — current opportunity snapshot

Current opportunities visible14
Salary disclosure43%
Remote-policy evidence coverage100% · 14 of 14 sampled listings
Remote share of known arrangements93%
Worldwide-remote share7%
Known hiring countries4
Sponsorship evidence coverage14% · 2 of 14 sampled listings
Explicit sponsorship outcomes0 confirmed · 0 possible · 2 unavailable
Pattern sample14 of 14 · 100% coverage
Current role-family breadth5
Stated closing-date coverage7%
Relocation evidence coverage0% · 0 explicitly offered
Posted within 7 days43% of listings with a known posting date

Employer Evidence Profile

How often this employer’s current visible sampled vacancies state decision-critical information. These percentages describe evidence coverage, not employer quality.

Compensation43% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with advertised compensation evidence.

Work arrangement100% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings whose work arrangement is clearer than unknown.

Location93% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with a supported country signal.

Application timing7% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with an explicit closing time.

Posting date100% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with a usable posting date.

Sponsorship14% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings that explicitly indicate confirmed, possible or unavailable sponsorship evidence.

Relocation0% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with an explicit relocation signal.

Low coverage means the current visible listings state the information less often. It does not prove that the employer lacks the policy, benefit or support.

Common current occupation families: Product (4) · Software engineering (3) · Executive (2)

Visible seniority mix: Early-career (1) · Senior / lead (4) · Leadership (9)

Current employment-type mix: Full time (13)

Most visible hiring countries in this sample: United States (6) · Spain (4) · Poland (2) · Japan (1)

Other current roles from this employer

These are other current vacancies visible from the same employer, not endorsements or evidence of future hiring plans.

Current disclosed salary medians by currency

  • USD 255,500 median · 6 disclosed salaries

Questions worth asking this employer

  • What compensation range applies to this role, and which parts of total compensation are fixed versus variable?
  • If work authorization matters to you, what sponsorship policy applies to this specific role and location?
  • If a move is required, is relocation assistance available for this position?
  • What is the expected application and interview timeline if the listing does not state a closing date?

These questions are prompted by missing or thin evidence in the employer’s current visible vacancies. Missing evidence is not treated as a negative judgement.

This employer snapshot uses the employer’s current visible listings. Remote and sponsorship rates use only vacancies with explicit evidence, while missing information stays unknown. Salary medians are shown separately by currency and need at least five disclosed salaries. Zero confirmed sponsorship means none was explicitly found in this sample, not that sponsorship is unavailable.

This snapshot describes the employer’s current visible vacancies—things such as pay disclosure and work arrangement. It is not an employee-satisfaction or hiring-quality rating, and different currencies stay separate.

Work-location intelligence

Remote Freedom

62/100

Remote with some uncertainty or restrictions

62%

Why this score?

  • The role is remote but the source identifies a country or regional restriction.

Location restrictions detected

  • Geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region.

Remote Freedom measures observable location flexibility only. Unknown work-location information remains unscored. Timezone wording is penalized only when it appears restrictive; general collaboration across time zones is not treated as a restriction. A score does not guarantee legal work eligibility, payroll availability or visa sponsorship.

International applicant intelligence

Visa & relocation signals

Sponsorship status is shown only when the listing provides clear enough wording. Employer history or headquarters location is not used to guess an answer.

Visa sponsorshipSponsorship not established

The available listing details do not contain a clear enough sponsorship statement.

RelocationRelocation support not established

The available listing details do not contain a clear enough relocation statement.

Tradeoff check

What’s the catch?

These are visible conditions worth checking before treating the headline compensation as the whole story:

  • This is remote work with a geographic restriction, not a worldwide-remote vacancy.

Current alternatives

Better-paying alternatives

These current roles show a materially higher annualized salary midpoint in the same broad occupation and currency. Similar seniority, country, work arrangement, employment type and recency are preferred where possible; higher pay alone does not make an alternative a better fit.

About +67% midpoint

Area Vice President, Public Sector

Sierra · USA

Region-restricted remote

Why comparable: Same seniority band · Same country · Similar work-location arrangement

About +58% midpoint

Senior Director, Digital Advertising

Veeam Software · USA

Region-restricted remote

Why comparable: Same seniority band · Same country · Similar work-location arrangement

Check: The alternative has a broad advertised salary range.

About +48% midpoint

Senior Director, Global Compensation

Veeam Software · USA

Region-restricted remote

Why comparable: Same seniority band · Same country · Similar work-location arrangement

Check: The alternative has a broad advertised salary range.

Alternatives are drawn from the current inventory rather than presented as application recommendations. A pay difference needs to be meaningful—about 3% or more at the midpoint—and different currencies are not compared.

Application-path intelligence

What can we see about the application process?

Provider-mediated application path

The current application path comes through a publisher or aggregator. The destination may still lead to an employer-authorized hiring system, but that is not clear enough to assume.

Current destination: jobicy.com · HTTPS

Visible application steps or requirements

  • A portfolio or work sample is explicitly mentioned.

Application effort is estimated from visible listing and source details. Optional steps are kept separate from mandatory ones, and the external form may contain additional requirements that are not visible here.

Application safety context

Application safety check

Basic application-safety context available

The current application destination has a basic transport-safety signal such as HTTPS. This does not verify the employer, vacancy, recruiter or application process.

Evidence checked: Source provenance · Application destination · Listing wording

Observable transport-safety signals

  • The available application destination uses HTTPS.
Before you share money or sensitive information
  • Confirm the vacancy on the employer’s official careers site when practical, especially if a recruiter contacts you outside the listed application path.
  • Check that recruiter email domains and application destinations are consistent with the employer or an identifiable recruiting provider.
  • Do not pay application, processing, training or equipment fees merely to be considered for a job.
  • Do not send cryptocurrency, gift cards, online-banking credentials or PINs as part of an application.
  • Treat unusually fast offers or interviews conducted only through informal messaging channels as reasons to verify the employer independently.

This is a limited safety screen, not employer verification and not a fraud determination. Never send money, cryptocurrency, passwords or sensitive banking credentials merely because a listing appears on a job platform.

Original listing details

The section below comes from the listing source. The decision sections above use the job’s structured pay, location, qualification, mobility and application details to give you additional context.

Join Vonage and help us innovate cloud communications for businesses worldwide!

Job Title: Head of NwPS Engineering

Location: Global / Remote (preference for US, UK, or Spain)

About the Role

The Head of NwPS Engineering is a senior VP-level leadership role responsible for the full engineering delivery and technical strategy of Vonage’s Network Powered Solutions business. This is not a delivery management role — it is an engineering leadership role that carries end-to-end accountability for the platform powering Vonage’s fastest-growing business unit.

NwPS is Vonage’s strategic growth engine, commercialising mobile network operator capabilities as developer APIs — including Verify, Silent Authentication, SIM Swap, Number Verification, and Quality on Demand — for enterprise customers across FinTech, Healthcare, Transportation, and beyond. The engineering function that supports it spans multiple squads, complex multi-CSP integrations, a rapidly evolving product portfolio, and an emerging AI and agentic engineering capability.

The Head of NwPS Engineering will own the vision, structure, and execution of this engineering function. They will report directly to the SA NwPS General Manager and serve as a key voice on the NwPS leadership team.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Delivery

  • Full engineering accountability for: Verify, VNA (Vonage Network APIs), Connectors, Intelligence Engine, Advanced NwPS, and future NwPS products
  • Ownership of all NwPS squad delivery across Platform, Network Features, Identity Insights, Frontend, and Verify
  • QA Excellence and SDET capability across NwPS engineering
  • DevRel engineering in support of the NwPS developer ecosystem
  • Operational Excellence, SRE practices, and platform reliability

Architecture

  • End-to-end architectural accountability for NwPS engineering
  • Direct leadership of the NwPS Architecture function (Architecture Lead reports to this role)
  • Ownership of architectural standards, technical design governance, and domain architecture across NwPS products
  • Technical decision-making authority for platform design, CSP integration patterns, and engineering standards

Strategic Engineering Leadership

  • Agentic AI and MCP engineering strategy and execution
  • Engineering roadmap aligned with NwPS product strategy and commercial OKRs
  • Representation on the SA NwPS leadership team alongside NwPS Product, Solution Sales, and Strategic BD
  • Cross-functional partnership with CTO, Architecture, and SA CPaaS Engineering on shared platform standards and practices

Reporting Structure

This role leads the NwPS Architecture Lead and the squad leads for Platform, Network Features, Identity Insights, Frontend, Verify, and SDET Improvements.

The engineering organisation comprises approximately 40+ engineers across the squads, with seven direct reports once the Architecture Lead position is filled.

Qualifications and Experience

Engineering Vision and Strategy

  • Demonstrated ability to set and communicate a multi-year engineering vision for a complex, API-native product portfolio
  • Experience leading engineering for developer-facing or telco/network API products is strongly preferred
  • Proven capability to align engineering strategy with product roadmap and commercial priorities — not just execute against them

Leadership at Scale

  • Track record of leading distributed, multi-squad engineering organisations across multiple geographies
  • Ability to develop and retain engineering talent at all levels, including squad leads and senior engineers
  • Experience managing engineering through periods of significant growth and structural change

Technical Depth

  • Strong grounding in API platform architecture, distributed systems, and cloud-native engineering
  • Familiarity with CSP/telco network API standards (CAMARA, GSMA) is a significant advantage
  • Hands-on architecture experience sufficient to provide meaningful technical guidance to the Architecture function

Execution and Accountability

  • History of delivering complex, multi-CSP or multi-partner integrations on aggressive timelines
  • Operational rigour: reliability, KTLO management, cycle time, and quality engineering are active leadership priorities, not delegated concerns

Why This Role Matters

NwPS is building the infrastructure for a market that is still being defined. Carrier-grade, developer-accessible network APIs are emerging as a category, and Vonage is positioned to lead it. The Head of NwPS Engineering will be the person who ensures the engineering organisation is built to move fast, scale reliably, and stay ahead of a rapidly evolving technical landscape.

This is a role for someone who wants to build something, not manage something that already exists.

About Vonage and SA NwPS

Vonage is a global cloud communications leader, part of the Ericsson group. The NwPS Solution Area is Vonage’s dedicated business unit for Network Powered Solutions — commercialising mobile network operator capabilities as developer APIs for enterprise customers globally. NwPS operates as a standalone business with its own P&L accountability, product roadmap, sales motion, and engineering function.

US Pay Transparency

$263,103—$346,000 USD

There’s no perfect candidate. You don't need all the preferred qualifications to make a valuable impact on our team. Our employees and customers come from diverse backgrounds, so if you're passionate about what you could achieve at Vonage, we'd love to hear from you.

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Who we are:

Vonage is a global cloud communications leader. And your talent will further help brands - such as Airbnb, Viber, WhatsApp, and Snapchat - accelerate their digital transformation through our fully programmable-based unified communications, contact center solutions, and communications APIs. Ready to innovate? Then join us today.

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