Director of Software Engineering

Director of Engineering in SaaS or Product / 150,000 + Equity + Excellent Benefits / Fully Remote 1x a month in Leeds or London (UK) Shape the Future of Engineering in a High-Growth SaaS BusinessAn ambitious, product-led SaaS organisation is looking for a Director of Engineering to play a pivotal leadership role during the next phase of its growth. Following significant expansion and the appointment of a new VP of Engineering, this is a newly created position designed to strengthen engineering leadership and help scale a rapidly growing technology function.This is far more than a delivery leadership role. You''ll partner closely with the VP of Engineering to help shape the organisation, develop engineering leaders, improve engineering effectiveness and drive one of the company''s most exciting strategic initiatives - becoming an AI-first engineering organisation.If you enjoy building high-performing leadership teams, influencing engineering strategy and creating the environment where engineers can do their best work, this is an opportunity to have genuine organisational impact.The OpportunityReporting directly into the VP of Engineering, you''ll provide operational leadership across an engineering organisation of approximately 45 engineers spanning 7-9 engineering teams.Rather than managing individual contributors, your focus will be on developing Engineering Managers, Senior Engineering Managers and Staff Engineers - creating a high-performing leadership layer capable of ..... full job details .....