Head of Engineering

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Head who combines deep engineering expertise enterprise architecture capability and strong delivery leadership. This role is not a traditional delivery manager position; instead it demands a handson technology leader who can own engineering outcomes endtoendfrom solution design and estimation to delivery execution quality productivity and customer engagement.

As the single point of accountability for engineering delivery you will be the primary interface to customers for all engineeringrelated matters while also serving as a key member of the design authority and technology leadership forums. You will be responsible for driving engineering excellence improving efficiency and predictability and ensuring adherence to engineering standards and best practices at scale.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership & Strategy

• Provide overall leadership for engineering delivery ensuring alignment with business objectives and customer expectations
• Define and drive engineering strategy standards and best practices across programs and teams
• Actively participate in design authority forums reviewing and approving solution architectures and technical designs
• Balance shortterm delivery commitments with longterm architectural and platform thinking

Architecture & Design Ownership

• Bring strong enterprise architecture and solution design expertise across modern technology stacks
• Oversee solution design to ensure scalability maintainability performance security and cost efficiency
• Guide teams on architectural patterns technology choices and nonfunctional requirements
• Ensure architectural consistency and guardrails across engagements

Delivery & Execution Ownership

• Own estimation delivery planning and execution governance across engineering programs
• Be accountable for delivery quality predictability and ontime execution
• Ensure strong adherence to engineering processes SDLC practices and governance models
• Proactively identify and mitigate delivery risks and escalations

Productivity Quality & Continuous Improvement

• Drive engineering productivity and efficiency improvements through metrics tooling and process optimization
• Define and track engineering KPIs related to quality velocity reliability and customer outcomes
• Champion practices such as automation CI/CD testing at scale DevOps and observability
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and technical excellence

Customer & Stakeholder Management

• Act as the single face to the customer for all engineering delivery quality and people matters
• Build strong trusted relationships with client engineering leaders and stakeholders
• Provide clear transparent communication on delivery status risks and improvement actions
• Support presales and solutioning discussions as a senior engineering authority

People & Capability Leadership

• Lead mentor and grow senior engineering leaders architects and delivery managers
• Ensure strong talent development succession planning and capability building
• Foster a highperformance engineering culture focused on ownership accountability and excellence
• Support hiring onboarding and development of engineering talent at scale

Qualifications :

Mandatory Skills & Experience

• 18 years of experience in software engineering with significant leadership responsibility
• Strong background in software engineering and enterprise architecture
• Proven experience owning largescale multiteam engineering delivery
• Handson understanding of modern engineering practices (Agile DevOps CI/CD cloudnative)
• Expertise in estimation delivery governance and quality management
• Experience of acting as customerfacing engineering leader
• Strong track record in productivity efficiency and process improvement initiatives

Nice to Have

• Experience working in consulting GCC or multiclient delivery environments
• Exposure to cloud platforms modern application architecture and digital transformation programs
• Experience operating within design authority or architecture review boards
• Background in setting up engineering metrics maturity models or capability frameworks

Desired Candidate Profile

• Senior engineering leader who is handson by mindset not just managerial
• Comfortable owning outcomes endtoenddesign delivery people and quality
• Strong communicator with the ability to engage confidently at CXO and client leadership levels
• Pragmatic datadriven and outcomefocused
• Passionate about engineering excellence scalable delivery and customer trust

Additional Information :

Why Version 1

 At Version 1 we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing professional growth and financial stability.

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme where employees collectively benefit from a share of our companys profits
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme
• Flexible/remote working Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and peoples individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension Private Healthcare Cover Life Assurance Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts Bike to Work Fitness classes Mindfulness Workshops Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance enhanced maternity/paternity leave marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies
• Educational assistance incentivised certifications and accreditations including AWS Microsoft Oracle and Red Hat
• Reward schemes including Version 1s Annual Excellence Awards & Call-Out platform.
• Environment Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity inclusion and belonging schemes.

And many more exciting benefits drop us a note to find out more.

Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer.
 
We are committed to building a diverse inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds identities and lived experiences and we value the different perspectives people bring.
 
We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process please contact  at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully respectfully and confidentially.

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Employment Type :

Full-time