Engineering Director

Role Purpose

Engineering Leadership

• Define and execute the engineering strategy aligned to business objectives.
• Lead and develop multidisciplinary engineering teams across software, data, AI, cloud, and platform disciplines.
• Establish engineering standards, governance, and best practices.
• Drive delivery excellence, quality, reliability, and operational performance.
• Build engineering capability through workforce planning, coaching, mentoring, and succession planning.
• Ensure effective resource allocation and delivery prioritization.

Architecture Leadership

• Serve as the lead architect and technical authority for the domain.
• Define target architectures, technology roadmaps, and technical standards.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable.
• Review and approve major technical designs and architectural decisions.
• Drive architectural consistency across programmes, products, and platforms.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption where appropriate.
• Lead architecture governance and technical design reviews.

Stakeholder Management

• Partner with executive leadership, product teams, delivery teams, and customers to shape technology strategy.
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Act as a trusted advisor on technology investment decisions and technical risk.
• Represent the organization in senior customer and partner engagements.

Resource Management

• Lead resource estimation and capacity planning across programmes and initiatives.
• Ensure optimal allocation and utilization of engineering resources to maximize productivity and delivery outcomes.
• Monitor team performance, workload distribution, and delivery efficiency to ensure sustainable execution.
• Align resource planning with strategic objectives, budgets, and evolving business priorities.

Innovation & Technology Strategy

• Identify opportunities to leverage AI, automation, cloud, and emerging technologies.
• Drive continuous improvement and engineering innovation.
• Ensure technology decisions support long term business objectives and product strategy.
• Stay current with rapidly evolving technology trends, particularly in AI, cloud, data platforms, and modern engineering practices, ensuring the organisation remains competitive and future ready.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline.
• 15+ years of technology experience with at least 5 years in a senior engineering leadership role.
• Significant experience designing and delivering enterprise scale software platforms and solutions.
• Strong background in solution architecture, enterprise architecture, or chief architect responsibilities.
• Proven experience across cloud platforms, distributed systems, data platforms, AI, and modern software engineering practices.
• Experience leading large engineering teams within complex, fast paced environments.
• Strong understanding of security, scalability, resilience, and performance engineering.
• Experience engaging with senior stakeholders, customers, and executive leadership.