Vice President of Engineering

What Does a Professional in this Career Do?

A Vice President of Engineering is responsible for providing leadership in planning, establishing and directing all aspects of the company's engineering policies, objectives and initiatives based on product and profitability goals. Responsible for supplying and maintaining adequate resources for Engineering functions in the pursuit of the company's strategic goals and operational plans.

Job Outlook

There were 494 Vice President of Engineering job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 12069 in the United States.

In combination with other careers in the Engineering Manager industry, which includes the Vice President of Engineering career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2015:

Salary

Many new Vice President of Engineering jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.

National

The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $212,312.

State

The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $194,190.

Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Vice President of Engineering postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $184,273.

Education and Experience

Posted Vice President of Engineering jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.

Education Level	Percentage
Associate's Degree	0%
Bachelor's Degree	73.9%
Master's Degree	47.01%
Doctoral Degree	5.68%
Other	1.21%

Posted Vice President of Engineering jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.

Years of Experience	Percentage
0 to 2 years	1.47%
3 to 5 years	17.32%
6 to 8 years	15.36%
9+ years	65.85%

Skills

Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Vice President of Engineering positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.

Baseline Skills

A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.

Leadership (66.62%)
Management (58%)
Communication (56.04%)
Operations (44.49%)
Innovation (31.38%)
Planning (31.14%)
Problem Solving (27.29%)
Sales (26.06%)
Presentations (22.26%)
Customer Service (21.94%)

Defining Skills

A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.

Project Management (34.32%)

Necessary Skills

A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.

Workflow Management (8.3%)
Agile Methodology (14.61%)
Supply Chain (6.71%)
Data Analysis (13.48%)
Emerging Technologies (7.25%)
Change Management (8.39%)
Profit And Loss (P&L) Management (7.55%)
Procurement (8.26%)
Continuous Improvement Process (18.14%)
Computer Science (20.83%)
Data Management (4.27%)
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) (12.79%)
Marketing (19.76%)
Risk Management (10.02%)
Scalability (11.66%)
Automation (12.19%)
Artificial Intelligence (8.62%)
Java (Programming Language) (5.38%)
Construction (15.53%)
Auditing (8.61%)
Machine Learning (7.07%)
Product Management (13.59%)
Financial Services (9.4%)
Business Development (15.89%)
Business Planning (3.82%)
Investments (7.33%)
Construction Management (9.23%)
Statistics (4.22%)
Business Process (7.16%)
Strategic Leadership (8.12%)
Business Strategies (10.68%)
Finance (18.77%)
Equities (4.01%)
Operational Excellence (8.04%)
Quality Management (4.55%)
New Product Development (15.74%)
Scrum (Software Development) (4.41%)
Software Engineering (5.22%)
SQL (Programming Language) (7.92%)
Process Improvement (9.26%)
Industry Standards (8.12%)

Alternative Job Titles

Sometimes employers post jobs with Vice President of Engineering skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:

Vice President of Operations
Vice President of Product Management
Assistant Vice President
Vice President
Vice President of Technology
Vice President of Construction
Vice President of Sales
Vice President of Product
Vice President of Business Development

Similar Occupations

If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.

Common Employers

Here are the employers that have posted the most Vice President of Engineering jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.

United States

WSP Global (790)
Lumen Technologies (536)
JPMorgan Chase (475)
Goldman Sachs (434)
BNY Mellon (356)
Marriott International (320)
Deutsche Bank (286)
Citigroup (186)
BlackRock (123)
Recruiting From Scratch (98)

North Carolina

Deutsche Bank (186)
WSP Global (37)
Bank of America (28)
GXO Logistics (16)
Fidelity Investments (14)
Lumen Technologies (9)
AIG (7)
Marriott International (5)
Synchrony (4)
Toll Brothers (4)

NC State Programs Relevant to this Career

If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!

All wages, job posting statistics, employment trend projections, and information about skill desirability on this page represents historical data and does not guarantee future conditions. Data is provided by and downloaded regularly from Lightcast. For more information about how Lightcast gathers data and what it represents, see Lightcast Data: Basic Overview on Lightcast's Knowledge Base website.