Head of Sotfware Engineering

Head of Engineering

London | Permanent | Hybrid

We're partnering with a large, complex, and purpose-driven organisation undergoing a major technology and engineering transformation, and are looking to appoint an outstanding Head of Engineering to lead a newly formed multidisciplinary function.

This is a rare opportunity to shape and build a modern engineering capability from the ground up within an environment that combines real scale, complexity, and societal impact.

The Role

Reporting into senior technology leadership, the Head of Engineering will lead a broad engineering function spanning:

Software Engineering
Integration Engineering
Data Engineering
Platform EngineeringYou'll be responsible for setting the engineering direction, standards, and operating model across the function, ensuring engineering quality, scalability, resilience, and long-term technical health.

This role combines strategic leadership with deep technical credibility. You'll remain close to architecture, engineering decisions, and platform strategy while leading managers and senior engineers across multiple teams.

The environment is heavily focused on modern cloud-native engineering, with significant investment across:

Microsoft Azure
DevOps and CI/CD
Infrastructure as Code
Event-driven architecture
Platform engineering
Automation and AI-enabled servicesYou'll also play a key role in shaping engineering culture, improving operational maturity and helping establish best-in-class engineering practices across a large-scale enterprise environment.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for a senior engineering leader who has experience operating within large, complex organisations where technology underpins critical operational services.

You'll likely bring:

Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering functions
Strong understanding of modern engineering practices and cloud-native environments
Experience shaping engineering strategy, standards and governance
Ability to influence senior stakeholders across technical and non-technical environments
Experience balancing engineering quality, delivery, scalability and cost
A collaborative leadership style with strong people leadership capabilityExperience within highly regulated or complex environments such as public sector, education, healthcare, financial services or similarly scaled organisations would be highly beneficial.

Why This Role?

This is an opportunity to genuinely shape the future of engineering within an organisation investing heavily in modern platforms, automation and digital capability.

The role offers:

Significant strategic influence
Large-scale transformation work
Modern cloud and platform engineering environment
Strong investment in technology
Excellent work-life balance and benefits
Hybrid working
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