Head of Engineering

Job Description

Head of Engineering

This is not a keep the lights on Head of Engineering role.

This is a build-the-engine-while-we-scale-it role.

An established nationally significant organisation is investing heavily in its digital customer experience and they need someone who can define how engineering operates not just manage what already exists.

The strategy is forming.

The ambition is clear.

Now the question is : who shapes the engineering reality behind it

The Role

You will lead a multi-disciplinary engineering function (circa 30 engineers including leaders) responsible for customer-facing digital platforms.

Your mandate is not just delivery.

It is to :

Define and evolve the engineering strategy

Modernise and rationalise elements of the tech stack where required

Establish engineering standards governance and architectural guardrails

Lift capability across teams and leaders

Balance speed security and reliability

Partner deeply with Product Architecture and executive stakeholders

Turn digital ambition into scalable sustainable systems

This role sits at the intersection of strategy and execution. Youll need to zoom out to define direction and zoom in when things need momentum.

The Tech Environment

The environment includes modern cloud-based infrastructure API-driven architectures and customer-facing web and mobile platforms.

There is a mix of legacy considerations and modern engineering practices so experience operating in environments where modernisation is happening in parallel to live delivery will matter.

You dont need to be the deepest hands-on technologist in the room but you do need strong architectural judgement and a clear point of view on :

DevOps and CI / CD maturity

Platform and system design at scale

Secure-by-design principles

Observability and reliability engineering

Build vs buy decision-making

Industry Alignment That Helps

You will likely have operated in environments where :

Regulatory compliance or risk considerations are real (not theoretical)

Data sensitivity and security are non-negotiable

Systems must be reliable and available at scale

Multiple stakeholders influence technology decisions

This could include financial services healthcare insurance critical infrastructure government or other complex enterprise environments. What matters more than the label is your ability to balance innovation with accountability.

The Context

The organisation is at a genuine inflection point.

Digital expectations are rising.

Competitive pressure is real.

The business is investing accordingly.

The engineering group is passionate and capable but earlier in its maturity journey than its potential role is about building clarity confidence and capability.

What This Role Really Requires

You have :

Have led leaders before (not just engineers)

Have shaped engineering strategy in complex multi-stakeholder environments

Understand governance without hiding behind it

Can make hard technology trade-offs without needing perfect information

Know how to build culture without slogans

Care about outcomes more than architecture diagrams

Why This Role Is Interesting

High autonomy

Executive visibility

Genuine influence on multi-year digital direction

A real opportunity to shape capability at scale

This is a career-defining role for the right person.

Apply here or send your resume to Dani -

Required Experience :

Director

Key Skills

Marketing & Promotions,Attorney At Law,Jni,Airlines,Art

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1