Head of Engineering

Be among the first 25 applicants. Recenso Services are looking for an experienced and driven engineering leader who has experience of implementing high-reliability or large-scaled systems. Someone who has been hands on, happy to challenge others, coach, mentor, review code, critique and ultimately thrives on supporting teams to achieve the best possible technical outcomes. This permanent role is based on-site in North London/Hertfordshire and offers an excellent salary, bonus, equity and huge potential. Applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK. We are not able to offer sponsorship. The Role: The Head of Engineering leads the engineering for a key functional area within our client and is ultimately responsible for all colleagues within that capability area, including all expected line management duties. The role holder is responsible for overall engineering value-driven output - approach, measuring, planning, implementation, integration, testing and ongoing operational maintenance of their key functional area by leading one or more engineering teams. The role holder is responsible for connecting people, ideas, and processes to achieve outcomes and must be able to lead by example in sharing resources, knowledge ideas and skills across the organisation, by building helpful, productive relationships across all areas. This role involves delivering outcomes by applying a range of best-practice engineering principles and approaches working alongside other members of the Engineering Leadership Team and wider Technology Leadership Group. Together, they collaborate and network with colleagues/stakeholders from across the business with a focus on achieving successful and efficient outcomes aligned with broader strategies and delivery commitments, with an emphasis on a learning-based culture. Success is measured in achieving business value, cost efficiencies on‑time delivery of the committed Product Roadmaps through the leadership of the engineers within their accountability domain. Key to being successful is being responsible for creating a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming environment. It is essential to ensure that everyone feels supported to be their authentic self, can grow, develop, and positively contribute to delivering value. Key Responsibilities: People Provides the engineering vision to create, change and develop and growing teams that are focused on outcomes. Leading engineering teams in the design, development and delivery of high-volume, high-performance systems using modern approaches (i.e. lean, kanban, agile) and technologies (i.e. cloud, automation etc). Ensuring themselves and their engineering teams are enabled to collaborate, continually improve, be customer focused and therefore deliver value effectively. This includes with other engineering teams, product and operations. All resource planning, allocation, recruitment and personal development of their engineering team members ensuring the quality of their work and professional development; via selected line management. Provide technical leadership, support and direction to peers and colleagues, resolving conflict and setting future direction based on research, insight and knowledge via collaborating and coordinating with other Heads of. Able to set challenging team and individual objectives with clear expectations about performance levels, addresses performance issues quickly and fairly, treats team members with honesty, respect and compassion. Process Ensuring that backlogs are delivered on time, with accurate forecasts and cost management controls. Collaborating with Product Manager/Owners on the longer-term roadmap outcomes and measures – with Product defining Ideas and Epics to align on business goals and Engineering leading on the Tasks and deliverables meeting in the middle with the Stories required to be successful. Delivery itself facilitated through the Engineering Leads. Implementing effective delivery methodologies and operate the tooling used by their engineering teams. Track and clearly communicate progress against committed roadmaps, plans and budget to all interested and invested parties – tailoring communication as appropriate to ensure relevance to the audience. Ensure all Engineers within their domain are providing frequent and accurate updates on ticket progress, expected timelines, work level outstanding, dependencies, risks, issues and duration spent to Delivery Programme Managers. Makes strategic decisions reflective of understanding of longer-term goals, aims and objectives using a combination of judgement and experience to balance risk, resolve conflicts and provide balanced guidance. Engage with external product suppliers, vendors and 3rd party delivery partners. Including holding them to account to cost/budget, compliance with: engineering frameworks, governance, standards and best practices. Technology Defining and committing to the technical vision (design and architecture) for their key functional area. Ensure that operational support, monitoring and maintenance is in place for all production systems. Ensure the company’s Technology standards and practices are adhered to by all engineering teams. Continually learning and maintaining knowledge of the industry and competitor developments. Full understanding and articulate knowledge of all the solutions within their functional area. Ideal Experience and Knowledge Sought: Extensive, demonstrable experience building critical and complex systems across web and mobile applications in demanding environments. Previous experience working across back‑end, front‑end and middle‑ware would be beneficial. Experience in a technology leadership position responsible for building, motivating and leading high performing engineering teams. Demonstratable experience managing senior stakeholders both internal and external to the organisation. Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment both as an individual contributor and a technical lead for planning and coordinating tasks within a mixture of in‑house, on‑shore and off‑shore suppliers / partners. Passionate and up to date about current engineering best practices and experienced in selecting suitable practices for the team and a range of different situations. Ability to demonstrate influencing and negotiating skills to align potentially conflicting views with a range of stakeholders. Extensive knowledge and experience of designing and implementing robust large‑scale solutions. Seniority level Executive Employment type Full‑time Job function Engineering and Information Technology Industries IT Services and IT Consulting #J-18808-Ljbffr