Gil Vinokoor
About Gil Vinokoor
Gil Vinokoor serves as the Manager of Engineering Program Management at Contentsquare, where he has worked since 2022. He leads a team of engineering program managers and has implemented various process improvements to enhance project delivery across multiple product lines.
Work at Contentsquare
Gil Vinokoor has been serving as the Manager of Engineering Program Management at Contentsquare since 2022. In this role, he has been responsible for delivering numerous projects across the largest product domain of the company, which includes three B2B SaaS product lines and nine cross-functional product teams. He has also developed a new manager onboarding template and process that has been implemented across the Research and Development (R&D) department. Additionally, he leads a diverse team of engineering program managers based in Israel and France.
Previous Experience
Prior to his current position, Gil Vinokoor held various roles in engineering and technical writing. He worked at General Motors as a Program and Release Manager from 2021 to 2022. Before that, he spent four years at Forcepoint as Manager of Engineering Program Management from 2017 to 2021. His experience also includes a seven-year tenure at Dell EMC, where he served as an Engineering Program Manager and later as a Senior Technical Writer. He began his career at Magic Software Enterprises and Comverse Technology, Inc. as a Technical Writer.
Education and Expertise
Gil Vinokoor holds a Master’s degree from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, where he studied from 2002 to 2004. He also earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Alberta, majoring in Biology with a minor in Psychology, from 1995 to 1999. His expertise includes promoting lean agile project management methodologies, flow metrics, Theory of Constraints (ToC), and Value Stream Management (VSM) to enhance system performance.
Leadership and Management Skills
In his managerial role, Gil Vinokoor establishes direction and shared purpose for the R&D program management team. He focuses on quality and implements quarterly Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) to guide team performance. He is known for facilitating meetings that enhance relational coordination and trust among team members, utilizing modern techniques such as Liberating Structures.