VP R&D - Portfolio Apps

As the VP of R&D - Portfolio Apps at Gong, you will oversee the development and execution of our technology strategy, managing multiple product lines and ensuring seamless collaboration across engineering, product, and GTM teams. You will be reporting to the Chief R&D officer at Gong, responsible for scaling an R&D division, driving core application development, and ensuring operational excellence in a fast-paced, cloud-native environment.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic & Operational Leadership

• Define and implement the R&D strategy, ensuring alignment with company objectives and business needs.
• Manage multiple product lines, balancing innovation, scalability, and customer needs.
• Oversee quarterly planning, execution, and delivery, including bug resolution, customer support, and collaboration with GTM teams.
• Drive efficiency and continuous improvement in software development methodologies, ensuring high-quality, scalable, and secure cloud-based solutions.

Team & Organizational Management

• Lead a large-scale R&D organization of 80-100 employees, including manager-of-managers and group leaders.
• Foster a high-performance culture with a strong emphasis on collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
• Scale and structure the team to support rapid growth and evolving business priorities.

Technology & Product Execution

• Oversee core application development, ensuring robust architecture and technical excellence.
• Manage diverse products with complex technology stacks, ensuring seamless integration and scalability.
• Lead cloud and scale-focused initiatives, ensuring optimal performance and reliability in a SaaS environment.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Proven experience as VP of R&D, with a minimum of 5+ years in the role.
• Experience managing large R&D organizations (80-100 employees) with multiple leadership layers.
• Strong background in multi-product management and execution.
• Deep understanding of quarterly planning, bug management, customer support, and GTM collaboration.
• Hands-on experience with core application development and large-scale SaaS architecture.
• Expertise in cloud technologies, scalability, and complex technology ecosystems.
• Strong leadership, organizational, and communication skills, with a strategic mindset.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in fast-growing SaaS companies with global operations.
• Proven ability to balance short-term execution with long-term innovation.
• Background in high-scale distributed systems, microservices, and DevOps practices.

*We operate in a flexible hybrid work model.

What makes working at Gong unique?

At Gong, we empower our employees with ownership to solve complex problems, make impactful decisions, and build cutting-edge products. We call this “Own. Solve. Impact.”

About us

Gong empowers everyone in revenue teams to improve productivity, increase predictability, and drive revenue growth by deeply understanding customers and business trends; driving impactful decisions and actions. The Gong Revenue AI Platform captures and contextualizes customer interactions, surfaces insights and predictions, and powers actions and workflows that are essential for business success. More than 4,500 companies around the world rely on Gong to unlock their revenue potential. For more information, visit www.gong.io.

At Gong, we celebrate individuality and diversity, ensuring fairness and equal opportunities for all employees. We follow a hybrid work model that blends remote flexibility with in-office collaboration, allowing for autonomy, strong relationships, and effective teamwork.

If these values resonate with you, we’d love to have you on board!

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