Vice President - Tax Data Engineering

Role Overview: 

The Vice President of Tax Content-Data Engineering will be responsible for defining and executing the technical strategy across Vertex’s indirect tax product portfolio for the strategic management of the tax content data vital to the operation of all Indirect tax solutions, both current and future. This leader will oversee the design, development, and deployment of AI-powered solutions for all tax content, to reimagine through automation, accuracy, and compliance in global tax determination, audit, and reporting processes. The role requires deep technical expertise in AI/ML, a strong understanding of financial and tax systems, and a proven ability to lead cross-functional engineering teams in a high-growth SaaS environment.    Leveraging a deep technical expertise in AI technologies and applications of AI as it pertains to enterprise data, the role will have a cross-organizational technical architect dimension in AI and data engineering, guiding data strategy and supporting Vertex as a whole from a data architecture perspective, as well as how that architecture powers advanced AI solutions.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Tax Content Strategy & Architecture: Define and evolve the Tax Content technology roadmap aligned with Vertex’s product and commercial strategy, including GenAI, ML, and agentic AI capabilities. 

• Solution Delivery: Lead the end-to-end delivery of AI-powered tax content solutions across the indirect tax lifecycle—spanning tax determination, audit management, risk modeling, and returns processing. 

• Enterprise level Data and AI Architecture:  Drive product-wide data architecture and AI architectures on that data, supporting other product teams and unifying the suite of solutions across the Product teams.
• Innovation & Partnerships: Drive innovation through internal R&D and strategic partnerships (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, Dynamics 365, Azure AI), ensuring Vertex remains at the forefront of AI-driven tax compliance. 

• Team Leadership: Build and scale high-performing AI and Data engineering teams, including FTEs, contractors, and offshore partners. Foster a culture of technical excellence, agility, and accountability. 

• Governance & Compliance: Ensure AI systems meet enterprise-grade standards for security, auditability, and regulatory compliance, including human-in-the-loop oversight and explainability. 

• M&A & Ecosystem Integration: Evaluate and integrate AI-centric acquisitions or technologies that accelerate time-to-market and expand Vertex’s reach into new customer segments. 

Qualifications: 

• 15+ years of experience in software engineering, with 7+ years in AI/ML leadership roles. 

• Proven track record of delivering AI solutions in finance, tax, or enterprise SaaS domains. 

• Deep knowledge of AI/ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow), cloud platforms (Azure preferred), and data engineering pipelines. 

• Experience with indirect tax systems, ERP integrations, and financial compliance is highly desirable. 

• Strong executive presence and ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders, including Product, Legal, and Finance. 

Other Qualifications
The Winning Way behaviors that all Vertex employees need in order to meet the expectations of each other, our customers, and our partners.

• Communicate with Clarity - Be clear, concise and actionable. Be relentlessly constructive. Seek and provide meaningful feedback.
• Act with Urgency - Adopt an agile mentality - frequent iterations, improved speed, resilience. 80/20 rule – better is the enemy of done. Don’t spend hours when minutes are enough.
• Work with Purpose - Exhibit a “We Can” mindset. Results outweigh effort. Everyone understands how their role contributes. Set aside personal objectives for team results.
• Drive to Decision - Cut the swirl with defined deadlines and decision points. Be clear on individual accountability and decision authority. Guided by a commitment to and accountability for customer outcomes.
• Own the Outcome - Defined milestones, commitments and intended results. Assess your work in context, if you’re unsure, ask. Demonstrate unwavering support for decisions.

COMMENTS:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals in this position. Other functions may be assigned, and management retains the right to add or change the duties at any time.

Base pay offered to new hires may vary based upon factors including relevant industry and job-related skills and experience, geographic location, and business needs.* The range displayed does not encompass the full potential of the role, which allows for further growth and career progression.

In addition, as a part of our total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Vertex Bonus Plan (VOB), a role-specific sales commission/bonus, and/or equity grants.

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*In no case will your pay fall below applicable local minimum wage requirements.