Vice President of Engineering (Greater London)

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A high-growth B2B SaaS company is looking for a Vice President of Engineering to lead its engineering organisation through the next phase of scale. This is a key leadership role for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, knows how to structure, and evolve high-performing teams, and is passionate about delivering exceptional software products.

Reporting to the CTO, you\’ll lead a growing engineering function of 50-100 people across multiple teams and disciplines. You\’ll be responsible for defining and evolving the engineering strategy, improving delivery performance, and enabling a culture of autonomy, quality, and continuous improvement.

Vice President of Engineering – day-to-day:

• Own the engineering operating model; from team structure to delivery processes to support growth and complexity.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure alignment between technology and product outcomes.
• Drive technical and delivery excellence, using metrics (e.g. DORA) to measure and improve team performance.
• Influence architectural and platform decisions in line with the company’s long-term strategy.

Vice President of Engineering – requirements:

• Leadership experience in a scaling B2B SaaS environment, ideally with multiple product lines or platforms.
• Proven ability to design, grow, and lead distributed engineering teams through scale-up stages.
• Strong understanding of engineering operations, team dynamics, and performance measurement.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity, balancing short-term delivery with long-term tech strategy.
• Collaborative leadership style with the ability to influence at all levels, including C-suite and board.

Bonus Points:

• Experience leading through org or platform transformation.
• Familiarity with flow-based delivery models and modern engineering best practices.

This client is committed to inclusive hiring and encourages candidates from all backgrounds to apply, even if you don’t tick every box. If this sounds like the kind of environment where you\’d thrive, we’d love to hear from you.

Seniority level

• Seniority levelDirector

Employment type

• Employment typeFull-time

Job function

• Job functionInformation Technology
• IndustriesInformation Services

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