Open Source Software License Engineering & Governance Lead
Location: London or Hong Kong (Hybrid or Remote Options)
Compensation: Up to £135k + Excellent Bonus, Holiday, Pension & Benefits
This role will suit a Senior Technical Governance Manager or Engineering & Governance Lead to shape and lead enterprise-wide standards for OSS software usage, licensing, and technology enablement. A hybrid strategic and technical leadership role to build the company’s first Open Source Office, ensuring that open-source adoption across the enterprise remains secure, compliant, and scalable. The ideal candidate combines technical literacy, legal awareness, and cultural empathy — someone who can speak both to developers and lawyers in equal measure, and lead the organization into a mature, regulated open-source future.
Role Summary
You must have deep experience with OSS governance, control framework, risk model, and enablement scopes to lead how the organization uses, manages, and contributes to open-source software (OSS).
* Knowledge of software licensing (MIT, Apache, GPL, etc.) and IP risk management.
* Open Source license-risk engineering and experience building & enforcing technology standards, risk frameworks, & software asset policies.
* Control the adoption, contribution, and distribution of OSS across all engineering teams.
* Full OSS lifecycle – selection, license review, onboarding, vulnerability scanning, and decommissioning.
* Comfortable working alongside Legal, Risk, Security, and Procurement.
* Translating license terms into enforceable technical and legal policies.
* Managing obligations that can lead to OSS license violations or forced code disclosure.
Experience Needed
* Good understanding of software licensing, compliance, and IP principles.
* Experienced with legal, risk, and engineering teams in complex or regulated environments.
* Hands‑on knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps, and automated compliance tools.
* Strong communication skills to simplify legal or technical topics for business audiences.
* Proven ability to define technology standards and governance processes across teams.
* Analytical, proactive, and structured and comfortable creating order from ambiguity.
* Skilled at influencing without authority and driving alignment through trust and clarity.
* Passionate about responsible, modern technology adoption and continuous improvement.
Seniority level
* Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Information Technology
* Industries: Technology, Information and Media, and Financial Services
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