Head of Engineering & Product Delivery (AI Transformation)

Banyan Software provides the best permanent home for successful enterprise software companies their employees and customers. We are on a mission to acquire build and grow great enterprise software businesses all over the world that have dominant positions in niche vertical recent years Banyan was named the #1 fastest-growing private software company in the US on the Inc. 5000 and amongst the top 10 fastest-growing companies by the Deloitte Technology Fast 500. Founded in 2016 with a permanent capital base setup to preserve the legacy of founders Banyan focuses on a buy and hold for life strategy for growing software companies that serve specialized vertical markets.

About Intuitive:

intuitive is an innovative dynamic travel software company based in Croydon South London. Through inspiring use of new technology and vast industry experience intuitive have redefined how technology can support and drive forward the business of the key sectors in the travel industry; tour operators OTAs and accommodation wholesalers.

intuitive offers its customers a powerful end-to-end reservation platform (through its main product iVector) that delivers key benefits to its target customers enabling them to focus on what they do best.

Be it tools to enable tour operators to maximise revenue from its directly contracted product or best in class supplier integrations that enable OTAs and bed banks to sell more products to more people or fast highly-relevant search results to maximise conversion and simplify booking processes iVector delivers.

The Role:

Were looking for a Head of Engineering and Product Development to lead our product and engineering function owning the full journey from customer requirements through to delivered high-quality software.

This is a hands-on leadership role. Youll spend around 20% of your time in the codebasesetting technical direction unblocking complex problems and staying close to the detail. The rest of your focus is on leadership: owning the engineering roadmap and building coaching and leading a high-performing team of 20 across engineering business analysis and QA. Youll partner closely with the CEO on technology strategy and work alongside our experienced Product Manager who retains ownership of product direction.

Were at an inflection point. AI is fundamentally reshaping how software gets built and we need someone who can help us navigate the snakes and ladders. That means understanding where AI accelerates delivery where it introduces new risks and how to evolve our teams capabilities as the landscape shifts. Youll lead our transformation to an AI-augmented delivery model making pragmatic bets while keeping us grounded in what actually works.

Youll be a core member of the leadership team working closely with colleagues across the business and directly with customers to ensure what we build genuinely solves their problems.

This role suits someone who loves building great products enjoys developing people thrives in uncertainty and wants real ownership in a growing SaaS business.

Key Responsibilities

AI & Transformation

• Lead our transition to AI-augmented software delivery
• Evaluate and adopt AI tools and practices where they genuinely accelerate outcomes
• Help the team adapt their skills and ways of working as the landscape shifts

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead mentor and grow a team of 20 across engineering business analysis and QA
• Hire well set clear expectations and create an environment where people do their best work
• Build team capability and resilience as the nature of software delivery evolves

Product Delivery

• Own the end-to-end delivery of our product from requirements through to production
• Set and maintain quality standards; ensure we ship software that works and that customers love
• Balance speed scope and quality pragmatically; unblock the team when trade-offs get hard

Technical Leadership

• Stay hands-on (20% of your time) contribute to architecture decisions tackle complex problems and keep your technical judgment sharp
• Own the engineering roadmap and technical direction
• Make sound technology choices that serve the business not just the engineers

Strategy & Leadership Team

• Partner with the CEO on technology strategy
• Facilitate the implementation of the Product Managers vision
• Represents the product and engineering function at the leadership table; contribute to company-wide decisions

Technology Stack

Experience in the following would be advantageous but not essential.

• .NET C# WebForms
• Database SQL Server
• Frontend React
• Cloud AWS (EC2 API Gateway)
• Python
• Tooling Visual Studio Jira Bamboo Stash

Youll be pragmatic about evolving the stack where it makes sense without chasing trends for their own sake.

Intuitives Values

• Candour
• Follow through
• Creative agility
• Positive energy
• Team player

Qualifications for success:

• A technology leader who has successfully integrated AI into real-world software delivery
• Experience leading teams through AI-augmented development transformation
• Strong hands-on engineering credibility with modern SaaS architecture experience
• Ability to evaluate adopt and operationalise AI tooling pragmatically
• Experience balancing rapid AI-driven acceleration with governance and risk management
• Proven leadership of multidisciplinary engineering teams
• Ownership mindset across roadmap architecture and delivery
• Comfortable partnering with executives to shape long-term AI-enabled strategy
• Commercial awareness focused on business impact not experimentation for its own sake
• A pragmatic builder who thrives in ambiguity and fast-changing technology landscapes

Key Benefits of working at intuitive

• 25 days annual leave entitlement rising to 27 after two years plus bank holidays
• Free access to gym and gym classes on-site
• Private medical insurance incl Virtual GP mental health support Working Body physio and more
• Company pension scheme
• Access to Perkbox - discounts on days out gyms restaurants retail plus Employee Assistance Programme and freebies
• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid office/remote working environment - dependent on business requirements - currently 2 days in the office expected
• Cafe on-site
• Selection of fresh fruit available daily with beer oclock once a week
• Access to any training resources e.g. Pluralsight books
• Season ticket loan (interest free paid over 12 months)
• Opportunity to buy or sell up to 5 days holiday
• Leave on demand days (up to 3 days a year out of holiday entitlement must be taken in single days)
• Recommend a friend (500 per successful referral paid after completion of probation)
• Access to the Cycle to Work scheme
• Regular social events

(NB. With the exception of annual leave all benefits are non-contractual and subject to change at any time)

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