VP of Engineering
NewanceGreen Bay, Wisconsin, United States
Posted November 26, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Breakthrough is a strategic transportation partner empowering shippers with data, technology, and market knowledge to reduce cost, improve efficiency, and decarbonize transportation.
Job Description
Breakthrough is looking for a VP of Engineering who loves building world-class engineering organizations. Someone who gets energized by making teams ship consistently, developing people into leaders, and building teams that own their outcomes. We're a 170-person freight tech company at an inflection point.
Requirements
- 10+ years in engineering leadership roles
- 5+ years leading engineering teams of 30+ engineers
- Proven track record scaling engineering organizations
- Experience developing engineering managers and leaders
- Demonstrated success implementing engineering metrics, SLAs, and operational excellence practices
- Leadership: Track record of hiring and building high-performing teams
- Experience coaching managers to operate autonomously
- History of creating systems and processes that enable team independence
- Technical: Strong technical background with hands-on engineering experience
- Experience with modern software development practices (CI/CD, DevOps, Agile)
- Understanding of SaaS architecture and scalability challenges
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience)
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Relocation Assistance
