Head of Engineering - Hybrid - Permanent - £100k per annum

As the Head of Engineering you will be instrumental in driving innovation and technical excellence across our department. Your primary responsibilities will include setting a clear strategic vision, developing our people, and establishing best practices to inspire our engineers to be Digital Change Makers for our clients. You will cultivate a collaborative, growth-minded culture that empowers our team to stay ahead of the technology curve and exceed client expectations.

Responsibilities:

• Foster a collaborative, customer-centric engineering culture focused on innovation, continuous improvement, and technical excellence across Front End, Server Side, and Cloud disciplines.
• Demonstrate technical authority and capability to build trust as a subject matter expert with our clients.
• Oversee and drive the strategy for our managed services offering, interfacing with clients and account leads.
• Provide strategic leadership and technical direction for the engineering department, defining the roadmap and innovation strategy, and leading the team to execute against it.
• Partner closely with other Heads of Departments to deliver strategy initiatives across the business
• Mentor, manage, and develop the engineering leadership team, promoting career growth, a growth mindset, and succession planning across our 60 Engineers.

Key skills:

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven track record of building and scaling high-performing, cross-functional engineering teams in a consulting or professional services environment.
• Deep expertise across Front End (HTML, JavaScript, React), Server Side (.NET, Node.js), and cloud (AWS, Azure) technologies.
• Solid understanding of containerization (Docker), infrastructure-as-code, and continuous deployment practices.
• Previous hands-on software engineering experience, including several years in an impactful engineering leadership role.
• Proficient in Agile/Scrum methodologies, including experience with SAFe.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and adopt emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Experience supporting new business activities and client-facing interactions as a subject matter expert.

If you are a visionary leader with a passion for driving technical innovation and excellence, please get in touch for a confidential discussion!

Head of Engineering - Hybrid - Permanent - £100k per annum