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vpe-advisor

Use when delivery is slowing, eng hiring is broken, team structure is unclear or you need to decide when to add an eng manager. Runs delivery_throughput_analyzer.py (DORA), eng_hiring_funnel_calculator.py and eng_team_structure_designer.py.

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# VP of Engineering Advisor

Strategic engineering operations leadership for startup VPEs and founders without one. **Four decisions, no generic engineering survey:**

1. **Are we delivering at the right throughput?** — DORA 4 metrics + bottleneck identification (where work waits)
2. **How do we scale the eng hiring funnel?** — funnel math + pipeline gap + time-to-fill discipline
3. **What's our team structure — and when do we add a tech-lead manager?** — squad/tribe/chapter design + manager-trigger
4. **What's our production discipline?** — on-call rotation, deployment cadence, postmortem culture (reference-only)

This skill is **NOT a CTO skill**. CTO owns *what to build* (architecture, scaling cliffs, build-vs-buy). VPE owns *how to ship it reliably* (delivery, hiring, team structure, production operations). At early stage these are often the same person; at scale they're distinct roles.

This skill is **NOT a cs-engineering-lead replacement**. Engineering-lead owns day-to-day incident and on-call coordination. VPE owns the operating model that engineering-lead executes.

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