Requirements
Must have:
- Significant senior leadership experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams (circa Proven ability to build, inspire and scale high-performing teams. - Strong commercial acumen with experience aligning technology to business growth. - Deep technical knowledge and a hands-on engineering background. - Experience operating at executive level and influencing senior stakeholders. - A track record of delivering secure, scalable platforms in regulated or complex environments (financial services experience desirable). - Gravitas, energy and the confidence to influence at CEO level.
Responsibilities:
- Define and execute a clear engineering strategy aligned to business growth and revenue objectives. - Partner with the CEO and executive team to ensure technology investment delivers measurable commercial value. - Drive performance, efficiency and scalability across the 20-person engineering function. - Own budget, resource planning and cost management within engineering. - Lead, mentor and energise a team of approximately 20. - Create a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement. - Develop leadership capability within the engineering management layer. - Foster an environment that attracts, retains and develops top technical talent. - Oversee the design and delivery of secure, scalable, high-quality digital platforms. - Ensure best-in-class Agile, DevOps and modern software engineering practices. - Maintain hands-on credibility with strong technical depth and architectural understanding. - Drive engineering KPIs focused on quality, velocity, stability and customer impact. - Work closely with the Chief Architect to ensure architectural vision is effectively implemented. - Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Operations and Commercial teams. - Translate complex technical strategy into clear business language for executive stakeholders. - Constructively challenge senior leaders where appropriate to ensure optimal outcomes.
Company:
We are a progressive and ambitious organization looking for an exceptional Software Engineering Manager to lead, energize and elevate our engineering function of approximately 20. This pivotal executive-level role involves working closely with our Chief Architect and reporting directly to the CEO, contributing to our technical direction and commercial outcomes. We offer a dynamic work environment, 28 days of holiday, healthcare benefits, and a hybrid working model.