Vice President, Engineering, Outcomes

Itron is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water. We create a more resourceful world to protect essential resources for today and tomorrow. Join us.

Itron operates at the intersection of technology and the Utilities & Energy sector, delivering advanced solutions that enable smarter energy management, grid modernization, and sustainable operations. This role will directly influence how we leverage cloud and AI technologies to create customer‑centric, secure, and scalable platforms that power the future of energy.

We are seeking a strategic engineering executive to lead our Outcomes engineering organization. As Vice President of Engineering, you will define the technical vision, scale high‑performing teams, and drive innovation across complex, data‑intensive platforms. Outcomes products are primarily comprised of software, both running in the cloud and at the edge, and include both integration with and development of new utility‑focused intelligent endpoints.

Expected to embed AI‑driven design, automation, and engineering intelligence into our development lifecycle while fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Guide and Develop Talent: Mentor and grow a world‑class engineering organization, empowering teams to deliver customer‑centric solutions with authenticity and accountability.
• Define Technical Strategy: Define and execute cloud architecture strategies leveraging modern engineering practices, distributed systems, and secure‑by‑design concepts.
• Deliver Innovative Solutions: Leveraging both Itron and third‑party endpoints and networks, deliver solutions to our utility customers that address their business goals and meet their expectations in terms of reliability, accuracy, scale and security.
• Embed AI Innovation: Operationalize AI‑assisted design, coding, testing, and optimization to enhance velocity, quality, and operational intelligence.
• Foster Collaborative Culture: Cultivate an environment of psychological safety, high trust, and agility, enabling teams to experiment, learn, and own outcomes.
• Cross‑Functional Partnership: Develop effective relationships with Outcomes Product Management and other internal teams, as well as across Itron Business Units, to ensure alignment and achieve measurable business results.
• Performance Excellence: Establish and monitor KPIs for reliability, customer outcomes, and engineering productivity, driving continuous improvement.
• Ensure Resilience and Security: Promote operational resilience and compliance across the platform ecosystem.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related technical field; master’s degree preferred.
• 12+ years of progressive engineering responsibility, including managing large, distributed, technical teams. Proven experience architecting and delivering enterprise‑grade cloud‑based solutions running Microsoft Azure, AWS and other hyperscalers.
• Demonstrated success integrating AI into the software development lifecycle (e.g., AI‑assisted coding, automated testing, intelligent monitoring, generative design tools).
• Technical expertise in cloud‑native architectures, distributed systems, embedded firmware, system‑level APIs, and large‑scale data solutions.
• Proficiency in modern programming languages (.NET, Java, Python) and Dev Ops/CI/CD automation.
• Strengths in strategic thinking, talent development, and inspiring high performance.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to align both internal and external stakeholders and influence outcomes.

• Experience with large‑volume data ecosystems, real‑time streaming, or event‑driven architectures.
• Familiarity with regulated or complex enterprise environments.
• Advanced technical degree or executive‑level engineering management experience.

Itron is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce and providing an authentic workplace experience for all employees. If you are excited about this role but your past experiences don't perfectly align with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway.…