(Remote) VP of R&D

This is a remote role open to candidates anywhere in the US. Approximately 15% travel is required, including in-person meetings and events in Egypt. Candidates must hold a current, valid passport and be legally eligible to travel internationally, including Egypt.

About the role

As Vice President of Research & Development, you will be a key strategic leader shaping the future of the company. This role blends technical expertise, business acumen, and people leadership, overseeing core functions including product management, documentation, software development, quality assurance, DevOps, hosting, and infrastructure. You will serve as a mentor across disciplines, driving innovation and operational excellence throughout the organization.

We are committed to leveraging emerging technologies to improve how we work, serve our customers, and drive business outcomes. The successful candidate will demonstrate curiosity and a willingness to actively adopt and leverage AI tools to improve workflows, solve problems, and increase efficiency. Candidates should be comfortable using AI-enabled technologies, including copilots, chat-based AI assistants, and automation tools, as part of their everyday work while maintaining appropriate judgment, security, and compliance standards.

Responsibilities

The Technical Visionary

• Provide an overall vision for product and technical roadmap
• Drive best practices for all R&D processes including: product delivery, rollout, feedback, and internal/external communication
• Drive initiatives and solutions for the product and technical teams

The Business Visionary

• Be financially savvy
• Maintain and manage a forecast of expenses for the department
• Innovate and evolve the business
• Integrate customers into the overall strategy

The People Visionary

• Build effective teams
• Work with existing teams/structure
• Build, listen to, and develop effective teams/team members
• Bring departments together

• Support and grow the product development team
• Take part in product planning and task assignment
• Own the product roadmap and communicate with all stakeholders
• Collaborate on strategic marketing plans
• Drive innovative ideas, solutions, and products through leadership and definitive action
• Directly and indirectly guide and support a team of 50

Requirements

• 5+ years of management experience
• Experience leading product teams
• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Qualifications

• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to clearly convey strategic plans and decisions to the engineering team and other stakeholders
• Proven experience in a leadership role within the field of healthcare IT
• Experience with on-premise to cloud migration projects
• Demonstrated proficiency in working with OCI, AWS, Azure, or other major cloud platforms

Benefits

• 3 weeks’ vacation and 5 personal days
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits starting from your first day of employment
• Employee stock ownership and RRSP/401k matching programs
• Lifestyle rewards
• Remote work

Pay

$130,000 - $165,000

About Picis

Join Picis, a global leader in perioperative and critical-care information systems, where you’ll be part of a team that is genuinely pleased with their colleagues and thrives in a positive, comfortably fast-paced environment. Our collaborative culture is driven by a shared mission to innovate in life-critical hospital areas, enhancing patient care and staff engagement through cutting-edge automated solutions. You’ll work alongside experienced professionals, including a professional services team comprised of Registered Nurses and former perioperative staff, who bring deep clinical expertise and a customer-centric perspective to every challenge. Discover a company dedicated to long-term commitment, continuous improvement, and empowering healthcare providers worldwide.

About Harris

Harris is a leading provider of mission-critical software to the public sector in North America. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Constellation Software Inc. (“CSI”, symbol CSU on the TSX), Harris has become the cornerstone for CSI’s investment in utility, local government, school districts, public safety, and healthcare software verticals. Our success has been realized through investments in our proprietary software and market expertise. This focus, combined with acquiring businesses that build upon or complement our offerings, has helped drive our success. Harris will continue to grow through reinvestment—both in the people and products that we offer and by making investments in acquiring new businesses.