Haystack
Director of Software Engineering
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An ambitious, product-led SaaS organisation is looking for a Director of Engineering
This company is a fast-growing tech company that's disrupting its relevant industry space, and you'll play a pivotal leadership role during the next phase of its growth, strengthening engineering leadership and helping scale a rapidly growing technology function.
The Role
- Lead, coach, and develop Engineering Managers and Senior Engineering Managers.
- Strengthen leadership capability, accountability, and performance across Engineering.
- Partner with Product leadership to align engineering delivery with commercial priorities.
- Improve engineering effectiveness through metrics and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Champion AI adoption across engineering teams and software delivery practices.
- Support organisational planning, succession planning, and career development.
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What You'll Need
- Experience leading multiple engineering teams through Engineering Managers (manager-of-managers) - minimum of 35 people.
- Operated as a Director of / Senior Engineering Lead across 2 or more roles developing Engineering Managers and building leadership capability.
- Must have experience within high-growth, product-led SaaS environments.
- Exceptional people leadership and coaching skills.
- Strong partnership experience with Product leadership.
- Experience improving engineering performance using frameworks such as DORA, SPACE or similar.
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What's On Offer
- £120,000 - £150,000 base salary.
- Equity package.
- Remote with 1x a month travel to London.
- Significant influence across Engineering and Product.
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