[Hiring] Vice President of Technology @WorldVia

Role Description

The Vice President of Technology leads WorldVia's technology organization including software engineering, travel technology, IT and network infrastructure, information security, and AI workflow automation. Reporting to the CEO, this role turns WorldVia's technology direction and product roadmap into working systems, and owns how the technology team is built, how work is delivered, and how systems run day to day. The VP manages the software engineering team directly while building out the organization and is accountable for the systems that independent travel advisors and WorldVia staff rely on, including WorldVia's One platform, worldvia.com, advisor booking tools, travel-system integrations, and various third-party systems.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software engineering or technology leadership.
• 5+ years leading teams of 10 or more people with managers among your direct reports.
• Experience leading technology at a company of roughly 50 to 500 employees, covering both product engineering and IT/infrastructure.
• A record of hiring and developing engineers and technical managers and growing a team while keeping delivery on schedule.
• Experience managing technology budgets, vendor portfolios, and investment prioritization decisions.
• Hands-on experience running an engineering team on an agentic development lifecycle (AI coding agents used across planning, coding, review, and testing, with human review and approval steps), and leading AI-driven workflow redesign in business operations with measured results.
• Experience putting AI or automation tools into use in business operations.
• Hands-on technical depth: able to review architecture and code, judge engineering tradeoffs, and step into delivery when needed.
• Experience building and running B2B platforms that depend on many third-party integrations. Marketplace or membership-based software experience is a plus.
• Working knowledge of information security and data protection practices.
• Proven success partnering with executive teams and influencing company strategy through technology planning and execution.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to explain technical tradeoffs to non-technical leaders, staff, and partners.

Requirements

• Travel-industry technology experience is strongly preferred, such as GDS systems (Sabre, Travelport, etc.), supplier APIs, booking engines, or host agency or OTA platforms.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses
• Employer-Sponsored Medical and Dental Insurance with Employee Contribution
• Fully-Funded Life Insurance (1x salary) & LTD (Long-Term Disability Insurance)
• Optional Employee-Paid Vision Insurance and STD (Short-Term Disability Insurance)
• 401k with up to 4% Company Match
• Paid Time Off + Company Holidays
• Additional Time Off for Your Birthday and Work Anniversary
• Travel industry perks and discounts
• Collaborative and innovative work environment