About this role
Salary: £120,000 - 150,000 per year
Requirements: We are looking for someone already operating as a Director of Engineering, Senior Head of Engineering, or in a senior leadership role within a modern, product-led software business.We need experience leading multiple engineering teams through Engineering Managers in a manager-of-managers model, covering at least 35 people.We need experience operating as a Director or Senior Engineering Lead across two or more roles, developing Engineering Managers and building leadership capability.We require experience within high-growth, product-led SaaS environments.We need exceptional people leadership and coaching skills.We need strong partnership experience with Product leadership.We need experience improving engineering performance using frameworks such as DORA, SPACE, or similar.We need a proven track record of scaling engineering organisations and leading organisational change.We need strong commercial awareness and the ability to balance engineering excellence with business outcomes.Experience in private equity-backed or scale-up businesses would be beneficial.Experience with AI adoption or engineering transformation programmes would be beneficial.Experience with M&A integration would be beneficial.Experience in modern cloud-native technology environments including PHP, React, AWS, and PostgreSQL would be beneficial.Experience with Quality Engineering transformation and shift-left testing practices would be beneficial. Responsibilities: We will have you lead, coach, and develop Engineering Managers and Senior Engineering Managers.We will have you strengthen leadership capability, accountability, and performance across Engineering.We will have you partner with Product leadership to align engineering delivery with commercial priorities.We will have you improve engineering effectiveness through metrics and continuous improvement initiatives.We will have you champion AI adoption across engineering teams and software delivery practices.We will have you support organisational planning, succession planning, and career development.We will have you collaborate with senior technical leaders to ensure technology strategy aligns with business goals.We will have you help shape organisational design as the engineering function continues to grow.We will have you support ongoing engineering transformation, architectural evolution, and future organisational scaling initiatives. Technologies: AIAWSCloudSupportPHPPostgreSQLReact More:
We are an ambitious, product-led SaaS organisation entering an exciting new phase of growth, with a newly appointed VP of Engineering and a newly created Director of Engineering role designed to strengthen our engineering leadership. We are scaling a technology function of around 45 engineers across 7 to 9 teams, and we are investing heavily in engineering, AI, and product innovation. This is a fully remote role with travel once a month to Leeds or London in the UK, and we offer a salary of £120,000 to £150,000, equity, and excellent benefits. You will have significant influence across Engineering and Product, with the opportunity to shape an AI-first engineering organisation, support large-scale growth, and help define our culture, organisational design, and leadership capability.
last updated 29 week of 2026