Head of Engineering
Head of Engineering
Experienced Head of Engineering required to join a London based end user to lead the engineering organisation in an exciting cloud and AI driven environment.
Permanent role offering a base salary up to £150,000 per annum + Bonus (up to 40%) and generous benefits package.
This is an excellent opportunity for a proven leader who can take ownership of the client's technical direction over multiple modernisation and cloud driven migration initiatives. The organisation is adopting AI first, agentic and context-driven engineering strategies.
This is a regulated environment so the client requires someone with this experience - ideally financial services.
Key responsibilities of the role:
- Lead the development and delivery of the clients Engineering roadmap
- Adoption of modern practices
- Champion the shift towards AI, agentic & contect-driven engineering
- Technical leadership - oversight on all major decisions
- People & culture - Manage multiple Engineering Managers and take responsibility for a high-performance culture
- Stakeholder management - work with the business partners to ensure effective partnerships and business buy-in
- Responsible for major incident escalation
Key experience required:
- Proven experience working in Engineering Leadership responsible for multiple technical initiatives
- Extensive management experience - managing multiple Engineering Managers and teams
- In-depth technical understanding of engineering practices (hands on knowledge) including; Software development, Software Architecture, Cloud Architecture, CI / CD & DevSecOps, Observability & Security
- Legacy migration experience (balancing legacy platforms with modern technology)
- Extensive stakeholder management - commercial and technical stakeholders
- Experience in financial services or regulated environments