Director of Engineering

Job Description

Director of Product Engineering (Life Science IT)

Location: London (Hybrid 23 days per week in the office)

Regular International travel to India is required

Reporting to: CTO

Overview

We are seeking an accomplished Director of Engineering to lead and scale our engineering organisation within a high-growth health-focused environment. This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of technology platforms that support critical healthcare services while driving operational excellence across distributed teams in the UK and India.

This role requires a rare blend of deep technical expertise organisational leadership and business partnership. You will operate as a senior technical authority a people leader and a trusted partner to the businesscapable of shaping architecture driving delivery across multiple initiatives and building strong day-to-day relationships with senior stakeholders.

You will be joining a high-growth organisation that requiresthe ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced evolving environment with increasing scale and complexity.

The successful candidate will be a strategic leader technical authority and business partner capable of delivering secure scalable and compliant systems. You will operate at the intersection of architecture delivery and organisational leadership influencing senior stakeholders and guiding high-performing teams to success.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership & Delivery

• Lead multiple engineering teams across the UK and India delivering complex initiatives in parallel
• Own end-to-end delivery across multiple projects ensuring alignment prioritisation and predictability
• Establish robust operating models for distributed teams and multiple workstreams
• Drive clarity on dependencies timelines and outcomes to senior leadership

Technical Leadership

• Define architecture and platform strategy across mobile (Flutter) web () and backend ( Python)
• Lead and optimise AWS cloud infrastructure for scalability resilience and cost efficiency
• Champion best practices in microservices API-first design DevOps CI/CD and infrastructure as code
• Provide hands-on architectural guidance and challenge technical decisions as needed

Product & Business Partnership

• Partner closely with Product and business leaders to translate priorities into actionable delivery plans.
• Working closely with Heads of Product Data Security Customer Experience & The COO
• Advise on feasibility trade-offs and timelines with clarity and influence
• Ensure engineering output aligns with business value and measurable user outcomes

People & Culture

• Build mentor and retain high-performing engineering teams across geographies
• Develop engineering managers and technical leads establishing clear ownership and accountability
• Foster a cohesive collaborative culture with consistent standards and ways of working

Delivery & Compliance

• Oversee the delivery of secure compliant healthcare systems
• Ensure adherence to data privacy security and regulatory standards
• Track and report engineering metrics including quality reliability and performance

Requirements:

Experience

• 10 years in software engineering with 35 years in senior leadership roles
• Proven track record in managing multiple teams or pods delivering in parallel
• Hands-on engineering or architectural experience
• Experience leading high-performing teams and partnering with Product and business stakeholders
• Demonstrated success scaling teams processes and systems in fast-growth organisations

Technical Skills

• Deep knowledge of modern software architecture (cloud microservices APIs)
• Experience with Flutter (mobile) (web) (backend)
• Extensive AWS cloud expertise
• Ability to provide strategic guidance and challenge teams on design scalability and implementation

Leadership Profile

• Strong communicator capable of influencing senior stakeholders and distributed teams
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving clarity across complex programmes

Success Metrics

• High-performing pods delivering consistently against goals
• Trusted partnerships with Product and business stakeholders
• Cohesive scalable AWS-based platform
• Engaged high-performing teams across the UK and India
• Predictable delivery and clear technical direction

In Return

You will receive a market-leading salary of up to 150000 plus generous company benefits and a forward-thinking and fast-growing business for you to excel in.