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About The Role: A new position in the Technology leadership team, the Head of Engineering leads, ensures quality, sets ways of working, and manages the organisation’s engineering department.
The Head of Engineering spearheads innovation in the engineering function, ensuring high-quality delivery and operation of MO’s technology software. They define best practices, develop tools and approaches for successful software delivery, and foster ongoing management.
The Head of Engineering also promotes high-quality pastoral care and career development for software and quality engineers in MO.
As Head of Engineering, your responsibilities include:
Technical Leadership:
* Providing technical leadership and vision to guide engineering and quality teams in developing innovative solutions and products.
* Horizon-scanning for future technologies and best practices, ensuring integration within MO.
* Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including product management and design, to align engineering efforts with business goals.
Quality and Best Practices:
* Establishing engineering standards, coding practices, and quality assurance processes.
* Driving focus on testing, code reviews, and documentation to ensure reliable, high-quality products.
* Embedding delivery ways of working based on industry best practices to ensure alignment with product and innovation strategies.
Technical Delivery:
* Overseeing project delivery, integrating devops, build, and testing processes.
* Enhancing delivery efficiency through technology and automation.
Collaboration and Communication:
* Fostering effective communication between engineering and other departments.
* Working with product teams and stakeholders to meet business needs.
Resource Management:
* Resource planning and flexible team resourcing.
* Building cross-skilled internal engineering teams.
Budgeting, Supplier, and Cost Control:
* Managing the engineering department budget, expenses, and procurement strategies.
Team Leadership:
* Leading, mentoring, and inspiring the engineering team.
* Promoting a culture of innovation, accountability, and collaboration.
* Defining engineering ways of working, implementing agile practices, and building capabilities.
About You: Minimum Criteria
* Proven senior leadership experience in engineering within a tech-driven organization.
* Strong leadership, motivation, and inspiration skills.
* Strategic thinking, influencing, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
* Hands-on technical experience in software development and engineering principles.
* Exceptional project management skills with a track record of delivering complex projects on time and within budget.
* Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration.
* Ability to foster innovation and a positive work environment.
* Deep understanding of agile methodologies and product development lifecycle.
* Experience scaling and optimizing engineering processes for growth.
* Strategic and entrepreneurial mindset aligned with company goals.
About The Company: Motability Operations is a unique organization dedicated to providing worry-free mobility solutions to over 630,000 customers across the UK. We lease a range of vehicles, including cars, wheelchairs, and scooters, with comprehensive services included. We are the UK's largest car fleet operator, working with major manufacturers and dealerships. Our values are solutions-oriented, change-driven, and caring.
Our benefits include a competitive reward package, pension, generous leave, private medical insurance, salary sacrifice schemes, life assurance, health screenings, voluntary benefits, employee discounts, and access to healthcare apps. We are committed to diversity and inclusion, providing accessible workplaces and flexible working arrangements to support our employees' well-being and growth.
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