Engineering Director / Head of Engineering

Engineering Director / Head of Engineering

Salary: £72,000plus Share Package

Location: London

I am actively assisting my client is a leader in electronic technology engineering who provide a product which is adaptable to an application my client provides. My client is certainly innovative and dynamic with a forward thinking mind-set and vision. My client is seeking Engineering Director / Head of engineering.

My client is seeking a Engineering Director / Head of engineering whom will be a critical member of the executive team: managing, guiding, and developing the engineering team with extensive amounts of executive freedom to run the teams as you see fit to encourage, motivate, and enthuse them. You will report directly to the CEO, working in symbiosis with the VP of Product, and in unison with the COO to bring products to market.

Engineering Director / Head of engineering – THE ROLE

* Have managed and grown world-class engineering teams
* Have a strong understanding of full-stack web and native technologies
* Have a strong understanding of hardware development
* Are data-driven and understand the power of working to clearly defined KPIs
* Thrive on the challenge of delivering ambitious project to tight deadlines and motivating engineering teams to perform
* Understand how to motivate and inspire individuals and groups
* Are ideally from a strong development background
* Must have strong experience of working and leading in an Agile environment

Responsibilities for the Engineering Director / Head of Engineering

* Ensuring product vision is realized through technical excellence and execution
* Managing, growing, and scaling the engineering team
* Iterating on development processes and inspiring a positive and effecting culture
* Developing and delivering the technical strategy
* Working with the product team to build and estimate roadmap milestones
* Ensuring SAM is always up, performant, scalable, and secure
* Measuring and reporting team performance based on team KPIs
* Constantly driving for data-driven decisions through accurate and reliable analytics
* Managing technical budget
* Keeping the boat moving as fast and as smoothly as possible as we grow