Head of Engineering - Manchester, United Kingdom - Matched Group

Matched Group

Verified Company

Manchester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Head of Engineering

Basic:
£90,000 - £100,000 + benefits

Role:
Lead Engineering Squads (developers & QA's) & strategically develop this function

Location:
hybrid - 4 days in the Manchester city centre and Cheshire offices

WHY? Fast global growth + career progression

Do you have experience leading software development and QA teams?
Are you passionate about career development and creating an inclusive space for people to flourish and innovate in?
Do you want a strategic role where you will have an impact from day 1 and support the business to expand?

Our client is a fast growing, global SaaS company who provide a collaborative platform which ensures their clients work as efficiently and accurately as possible.

Culturally the business is inclusive and focussed on career development and providing the bestpossible software product to their clients.

This business has tripled in size over the last 5 years and have plans to double in size again over the next 3.

As Head of Engineering, you will play a key role in the strategic development of the business.

You will lead the engineering squads whilst working closely with the CTO, overseeing the technical direction of projects whilst also working with colleagues tocoordinate technical initiatives and drive best practice.

This role will contribute towards strategy, organisational design and helping ensure they have a rewarding environment for the engineers and that they have a psychologically safe environment in which to innovate and grow.

This is a brilliant opportunityto make an impact from day 1 in a growing business who promotes a fantastic culture.

Key Responsibilities:
Head of Engineering**- Provide technical leadership across several Squads within the engineering team (Developers and QA's)

Forge strong relationships with stakeholders and colleagues
Build an inclusive and diverse engineering culture that people want to be a part of
Help Tech/Squad Leads and Senior Engineers to become high performers via personal & professional development: listen to them, support them when things are hard, and celebrate their successes
Manage regular 1:1s, goal setting, career paths, development plans, constructive feedback, and stakeholder management to help build relationships
Work closely with the HR Team to identify, interview and recruit into open engineering positions
Structure Squads, spotting and filling gaps with an eye to future workloads and capabilities
Foster collaboration & enabling knowledge sharing

Experience Required:
Head of Engineering**- Proven hands on technical leadership alongside managing engineering functions (Preferably from a software engineering background)

Excellent people management skills with the ability to drive and maintain a positive culture
Experience managing multiple streams of work
A proactive approach to self and team development
Ability to organise, prioritise workload across a team
Passionate about building and enabling autonomous crossfunctional teams
Commercial acumen is essential with a proven track record of improvements without lowering standards

For more information please get in touch with Katie at Matched Group

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