IT & Software

Head Of Engineering

Consortia

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Overview

As Head of Engineering you will steer and own outcomes for the EMEA Delivery Engineering teams in a rapidly scaling environment. This strategic, architecture-focused role balances hands-off leadership with delivering high-quality software products and shaping technical direction. You will manage multiple teams, including a 40-person European project squad, and engage with C-suite stakeholders to align technology with business goals. The position offers high visibility on customer-facing projects across Europe, with a focus on utilities sectors like electricity and water.

Responsibilities
  • Provide strategic leadership and mentorship to engineering leaders and managers across multiple teams
  • Align engineering capabilities with customer and business requirements in collaboration with Customer Success and Project Delivery
  • Drive agile practices, continuous improvement, and innovation within engineering
  • Engage with external clients to champion customer-centric delivery and leverage customer insights for technical innovation
  • Oversee high-level strategic and architectural planning with solution architects
  • Monitor team performance and customer satisfaction, focusing on efficiency and profitability
  • Foster an inclusive, high-performing, collaborative team culture
  • Promote knowledge transfer, adoption of emerging technologies, security improvements, and automation initiatives
Key requirements
  • Proven leadership in delivering external, customer-focused SaaS or consultancy-driven projects
  • Strong experience with agile methodologies and software delivery best practices
  • Experience in modern environments (microservices, event-driven architecture, cloud-native)
  • Demonstrated ability to align technical strategy with business objectives
  • Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills with senior stakeholders
  • stakeholder management
  • communication
  • leadership
  • Java
  • AWS
  • React

Reference: WJ-747_31200494

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