Head of Engineering - SaaS, E-commerce, retail, Infrastructure, .net - London - Perm - Hybrid - 80k plus bonus, benefits and equity.
My client, a global e-commerce business services company, is seeking to recruit an experienced Head of Engineering to join their team. Reporting to the Group CEO, you will be responsible for all technical strategic partnerships, operating and capital budgets, infrastructure and networking, product engineering, service delivery functions, security, disaster recovery, and service performance metrics. As the Head of Engineering, you will develop the organisation's IT vision, translating it into actionable goals and reporting progress to the board. You will direct various technology teams across three locations, supervising employees and managing third-party vendors.
Duties include:
* Management of the entire engineering department
* Ownership and management of all strategic partnerships
* Engineering, quality assurance, and availability of all technical products and tools
* Regression suite and automation development strategies
* Architecture and platform infrastructure strategies and cost controls
* Developing, tracking, and controlling the annual operating and capital budgets for purchasing, staffing, operations, and infrastructure
* Identifying future challenges in the IT landscape and developing mitigation strategies
* Directing IT staff recruitment and directly supervising senior IT managers
Looking for candidates with similar experience ideally in the following:
* Innovative leader with a proven track record of implementing emerging technologies to drive business growth and competitive advantage
* Strong engineering background with proven leadership experience in onshore and offshore operations
* Strong knowledge of platform infrastructure strategies, container structures, API designs, and integration layers
* Experience of managing technical teams of .NET developers, QA, automation, infrastructure, product, platform, etc.
* Good knowledge of Scrum and Kanban methodologies
* Experience in managing departmental budgeting and forecasting
* Technologist who keeps up to date with technical progression and champions a learning culture
* Strong people management skills with the ability to motivate teams
* Proven experience managing vendors and partners
* Data strategy and management skills
* Strong technical skills with the ability to direct IT management teams
* Strategic thinker
* Data-driven decision maker
* Ability to monitor service performance metrics and KPIs and take a proactive approach
* Proven experience in creating a service delivery function to align business strategy and ITIL principles
* The ability to formulate and implement business continuity and disaster recovery plans
* Experience working in SaaS and retail industries
* The ability to direct research and development efforts to explore new technologies, methodologies, and tools
* Knowledge of regulatory compliance ensuring systems and processes comply with relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards (GDPR, PCI DSS)
The role offers excellent benefits, progression, and flexibility.
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