Head of Engineering

This is a transformational leadership opportunity to shape the future of AI-powered SaaS products. As Head of Product Engineering, you will lead the engineering organisation responsible for a suite of innovative software products, ensuring teams, technology, and delivery capabilities can scale alongside business growth.

You'll play a key role in defining engineering strategy, developing future leaders, embedding AI-native ways of working, and creating an organisation capable of delivering high-quality software faster and more efficiently.

Our client is a fast-growing technology business investing heavily in product innovation, engineering excellence, and AI. With ambitious growth plans, they are building the foundations for long-term success through scalable technology, exceptional talent, and a culture of continuous improvement.

Why Join

• Lead the engineering strategy behind cutting-edge AI-powered software products.
• Shape and develop a growing engineering leadership team.
• Influence business and technology decisions at executive level.
• Join a company investing significantly in technology, innovation, and long-term growth.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the technical strategy and target architecture across the product portfolio.
• Build, coach, and develop engineering leaders and high-performing software teams.
• Drive AI-first engineering practices across design, development, testing, and operations.
• Own engineering delivery performance, focusing on predictability, quality, and efficiency.
• Establish scalable development standards, governance frameworks, and quality processes.
• Partner with Product and senior stakeholders to align technical delivery with business priorities.
• Manage engineering capacity planning, budgets, and resource forecasting.
• Communicate technical decisions and investment requirements clearly to senior leadership.

Requirements

• Extensive software engineering experience within SaaS environments.
• Proven success leading and scaling engineering teams, including Technical Leads and Engineering Managers.
• Strong background in technical strategy, architecture, and engineering governance.
• Experience leading Agile and modern product engineering practices across multiple teams.
• Track record of improving software delivery performance within a high-growth technology business.
• Practical experience leveraging AI tools to enhance software development and operational efficiency.
• Strong commercial awareness with experience managing budgets, planning, and stakeholder relationships.
• Experience working within PE-backed, high-growth, or scaling technology businesses.
• Background delivering cloud-native SaaS platforms, ideally within Azure and .NET environments.
• Exposure to multi-cloud environments and platform modernisation programmes.
• Experience delivering AI, machine learning, or LLM-enabled products and features.

Location: Manchester (Hybrid)

Working Pattern: Hybrid, Full-Time

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Our client is an equal opportunities employer.

Right to work in the UK is required for this role.