This is a senior engineering leadership role responsible for connecting business strategy with engineering execution and playing a critical part in driving growth, operational excellence, and customer satisfaction. Our client is looking for someone who can strengthen delivery, modernise ways of working, introduce more structure and performance discipline, and help shape the future team model.  You will operate at a senior leadership level, collaborating closely with product, commercial, finance, and executive stakeholders.

Your responsibilities and impact working as Head of Engineering:

• Lead and develop multiple engineering teams, building a high-performing, accountable organisation

• Set clear direction and improve delivery discipline, execution standards, and team maturity

• Translate business goals into engineering priorities and measurable outcomes

• Conduct gap analysis across capability, structure, and performance, and implement improvements

• Modernise ways of working, including stronger product-engineering collaboration

• Support and evolve team structures as AI and cloud transformation reshape delivery models

• Oversee SaaS and on-premise solutions with responsibility for scalability, security, reliability, and cost awareness

• Guide cloud strategy 

• Maintain technical credibility with engineers without needing to code

• Manage senior stakeholders effectively

• Balance strategic thinking with operational execution

• Drive change constructively, improving performance without destabilising teams

Skills, Qualifications, and Interests You Need to Succeed in This Role:

• Experience leading multiple engineering teams 

• Background at Senior Engineering Manager or early Head-of level

• Experience in SaaS and cloud-based environments

• Strong understanding of Azure and/or AWS and distributed systems

• Comfortable overseeing infrastructure, architecture, and cost management discussions

• Understanding of modern software development practices

• Experience working with product managers or product owners

• Commercially aware and able to link engineering to business outcomes

• Experience in regulated environments is a plus, but not essential

• Confident and pragmatic leadership style

• Comfortable challenging ideas constructively

• Curious, improvement-focused, and resilient in evolving environments
  

What’s in it for you?

• Opportunity to reshape team structure and engineering maturity

• Influence over technology direction and AI adoption

• High visibility with senior leadership

• Hybrid flexibilty
• Performance based bonus