VP of Internal Systems (Laravel & Devops & Security)

Intro

We are looking for a VP ready for their next adventure. You would be in charge of leading a highly skilled group of directors who in turn lead teams of Laravel experts in our fully remote and growing team. Do you have the skills to easily fill in for either our Laravel Director and Director of Devops and Security? Do you have the skills to step into the coding itself but excited to still lead the vision from a VP responsibility?

Position Summary

The Vice President of Internal Systems owns the internal facing technology function that powers Direct Meds. This role is responsible for the strategy, systems, budget, and leadership that support the company’s internal operations and technology platform.

The VP of Internal Systems leads both the Director of Support Operations and the Director of Infrastructure & Security. The role is accountable for the performance of those organizations, the systems they operate, and the leaders who run them.

This is a hands-on executive role for someone who can operate at both strategic and technical levels. While the primary focus is direction, people, and systems, the ideal candidate remains a credible technical expert capable of challenging architecture decisions, reviewing operational recommendations, and guiding technical strategy.

The VP’s core responsibility is not running individual teams. It is building the self-correcting systems that allow teams to operate successfully without executive intervention.

Qualifications

1. You set direction, not just execute it. Decide what your function should build and why, and say it clearly. Bring the strategy; don’t wait to be handed it.

2. You build self-correcting systems, not heroics. When the instinct is to fix it yourself, build the process that fixes it. The outcome should survive you being out.

3. You grow your Directors. Onboard, train, hold accountable, develop successors. Your clusters should each have a strong lead, and your leads should each have someone coming up behind them.

4. You are a domain expert. (Laravel, Devops, DevSecOps)

5. You give critical feedback. When a Director or team misses, you name it directly and in time to act on it. You don’t quietly absorb the miss or slide the bar.