In this role, you will
Set and communicate the crew’s purpose, strategy, objectives and roadmap, connecting customer needs with measurable technology and business outcomes.
Lead multiple squads and senior leaders, creating clear accountability, alignment, autonomy, psychological safety and a culture of continuous improvement.
Own crew-level delivery commitments, priorities, dependencies and trade-offs, using evidence to guide capacity, sequencing and investment decisions.
Partner with Product Owners, Engineering Managers, the Chief Engineer and Principal Engineers to deliver secure, resilient, observable and maintainable data products and services.
Build capability across data, software and platform engineering, analytics and product leadership through workforce planning, hiring, coaching, succession and career development.
Strengthen data quality, metadata, lineage, access, classification and stewardship in partnership with data, risk, security and architecture teams.
Manage financial, commercial, risk and lifecycle decisions, including vendor performance, operational resilience and the modernisation or retirement of legacy technology.
Identify opportunities to responsibly scale AI, agents, automation, graphs and advanced analytics using governed engineering data.
We’re interested in hearing from people who
You’re an experienced engineering, data or platform leader who can turn complexity into clear direction and bring people together around meaningful outcomes. You balance strategic leadership with enough technical depth to challenge decisions constructively and build trust across organisational boundaries.
Ideally, you bring
Significant experience leading multi-team engineering, data or platform organisations in a large, complex and regulated environment.
A strong record of coaching leaders, building diverse capability and creating high-performing, inclusive teams.
Experience delivering enterprise data products, engineering platforms, analytics capabilities or major technology transformations.
Working knowledge of modern engineering practices, including DataOps, DevSecOps, continuous delivery, automated testing, infrastructure as code, observability and full-cycle ownership.
Practical understanding of cloud-native architecture, preferably AWS, together with data governance, security, privacy, resilience and control obligations.
The ability to influence senior stakeholders and make balanced decisions across customer value, risk, cost, capability and time.
Working with us
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