Head of Engineering

• Lead or contribute to cross-region initiatives that standardise practices or accelerate knowledge-sharing
• Make thoughtful resourcing decisions based on changing business priorities and regional constraints
• Coach and develop team leads and senior ICs, identifying future leaders and supporting their progression through structured feedback and opportunities
• Work closely with the Global VP of Engineering
• Act as a regional counterpart to peers in the EU and APAC, fostering tight collaboration, consistency, and knowledge-sharing between geographies
• Own the delivery and performance of multiple cross-functional, multi-discipline engineering teams across the region
• Promote strong engineering practices, code quality, and continuous improvement across all teams
• Ensure teams are performing sustainably, using customer engagement and retention metrics to guide action
• Support team leads in removing blockers, prioritising technical debt, and managing complexity as the product scales

We would prefer someone who can work in our London office 3-4x a week.

By combining world-class tech with brilliant humans who care deeply about customers and driving the renewable energy transition, we made it happen and earlier this year, we became Britain’s largest energy supplier.

• Familiarity with the energy market
• Experience building teams from scratch
• Experience launching technical products in international or regulated markets
• 2+ years of experience managing a group of team or sub-teams within an engineering team
• Experience with leading across disciplines or regions
• Proven track record as a technical lead and/or staff developer within an engineering team
• Experience working with a CTO or VP to consider business needs and strategy in the building and running of engineering teams

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