Head of Engineering, Digital Product Studio, Part-time or Full-time, London & Remote, Six Figure package

Head of Engineering, Digital Product Studio, Part-time or Full-time, London & Remote, Six Figure package

Our Client

Our client is an independent digital product studio of 45+ friendly and focused individuals, with an international client list of global brands. They build long-term partnerships with brands seeking digital transformation and together they explore the most effective route to deliver change that matters.

They are currently seeking an experienced Head of Engineering to join the leadership team in our London studio, playing a large part leading technology direction for the team and for clients across the UK, Europe, US and Asia.

The Role

In this role you will be jointly responsible for the overarching technology leadership, well-being and development of the team, in alignment with the company culture and values. This role will sit on both the business and technology Leadership Teams, collaborating closely with all disciplines and the Technology Director to drive future innovation and improvements, as well as driving the overarching business impact in the studio.

It will be your shared responsibility to translate the studio strategy into tangible practices and capabilities for the technology team and assess the technical ecosystems to make clear, context-appropriate strategic recommendations.

This will involve:

Working across the full breadth of the product and service portfolio; spanning strategic discovery and full product delivery projects; pushing the boundaries and raising the bar within Tech.
Making sure that the tech community of practice is equipped to do their very best work and learn together.
Build and nurture our team of technologists. Deeply committed to Agile and other modern ways of working.
Being not afraid to speak your mind, and being clear when you do. You will be human with this voice, though, ensuring that your comments are always fair and considered.
Enjoy the journey by leading community initiatives within Tech, nurturing a thriving, self-driving community as well as being a key external voice and ambassador for the company.
Inspiring the technologists to uncover opportunities for them to develop their careers and use the freedom to grow, through great role modelling, thoughtful and balanced feedback and strong management skills.
Using your commercial astuteness, you will help in business development efforts from a technical perspective and make compelling cases that the company is the right partner.
The Candidate

You have a strategic point of view on technology and how client services business need to evolve. Your perspective is shared across internal and external audiences. You also have hands-on experience and would not hesitate to review code, or draft architectural drawings if the team needed it.
Commercially aware and know how to write or contribute to a compelling proposal or pitch. You understand how to make tradeoffs to achieve commercial objectives without undermining the quality of work. Ideally you'll understand the competitive landscape and know how to keep differentiated in the technology offering.
Have success in managing and leading teams. You'll know how to help a team and the individuals in it to develop and deepen their skills and experience. You'll be comfortable in a collaborative environment but also not afraid to make decisions to move things on when necessary.
Have a track record of creating the conditions for a team of engineers to be effective and deliver bar-raising work.
Impactful in your communication style and are used to working with stakeholders at all levels of an organisation. You know how to hold a room and how to convince more conservative stakeholders through empathy and persuasion skills.
Caring about and have a deep appreciation for the value of strategy, design and product in all its forms. You will have experience of working closely with other disciplines and will bring a mindset of learning together.
Able to explain and simplify technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. You will also have the skills to talk to and convince senior technical stakeholders of technology approaches.
Interested in and enthusiastic for emerging tech and know how to help the team to explore it. You'll exercise good judgement in knowing when to recommend less tried and tested technology to clients.
Terms

The role is a permanent position with flexibility on hours and location. A minimum of 3 days/wk up to full time with the working pattern and location flexible. The client has a lovely Shoreditch office (with Covid-safe measures) and is happy with a large portion of the week as remote working.

A six figure salary is on offer together with a very generous benefits package.

Benefits include:

A generous, benchmarked salary in line with your experience & 8% pension contribution
Annual profit share
25 days paid time off & bank holidays plus an extra 10 days paid holiday every 3 years
Enhanced parental compensation packages
Investment in your personal learning & development
Annual technology budget and more!
Diversity Statement

Our client is committed to making a measurable positive impact on people's everyday lives. They are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. They believe diverse teams help them make better products and services and actively hire for cultural growth. They welcome people of all ages, genders, ethnicity, stories and backgrounds.

This is a great opportunity to become part of the senior leadership team and drive the success of this fast growing and friendly company.

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