- Hybrid travel to the London office 2x per week
The Opportunity
We're working with a fast-moving organisation looking for a Pod Captain to own delivery for a cross-functional engineering team from sprint planning through to client sign-off. This is a hybrid leadership role: part delivery manager, part client partner, part technical governor. You'll be the single throat to the client, the person who keeps the team unblocked, and the one accountable for shipping production solutions on schedule.
If you thrive on velocity, love building high-performing teams, and can hold your own in a conversation about API contracts as easily as one about scope and budget, this is built for you.
What You’ll Do
- Own delivery velocity: ship production solutions on schedule, with zero defects
- Drive daily standups and resolve blockers same-day — target: within 4 hours
- Own sprint planning, backlog grooming and velocity tracking (target: 40-point sprints, 85%+ commitment accuracy)
- Act as single point of contact for client technical questions, scope and expectations
- Run weekly client status reviews, communicating progress in business terms
- Manage change requests, evaluate schedule/budget impact, and make go/no-go calls with client sign-off
- Coach and grow engineers — weekly pairing, skill-gap assessment, blameless postmortems
- Own architectural governance in collaboration with the Solution Architect and FDE coding standards, security, compliance, and a living ADR
- Own the POD's cost centre, hiring decisions and tooling/infra investments
What You’ll Bring
- 8+ years i n software delivery, product management, or engineering leadership
- 3+ years managing cross-functional teams (backend, frontend, data, QA) in agile environments
- Experience scaling delivery from 0→1 (discovery, MVP) through 1→N (scale, optimisation)
- Client‑facing leadership background B2B software sales, managed services, or enterprise consulting
- Technical depth: comfortable reviewing API contracts, data schemas, deployment logs and cloud platform patterns, with enough grounding to challenge backend/frontend decisions and understand Oracle/Azure integration considerations
Nice to have:
AI/ML project delivery experience (LLM tuning, agent orchestration, prompt engineering), UAE market knowledge (compliance, hiring, vendor ecosystems), Oracle and Azure cloud experience, and NVIDIA GPU infrastructure exposure.
Please note we are unable to provide sponsorship for this position
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Rapid Prototyping Pod Lead in London employer: TechByte Talent Ltd
As a leading player in the fintech sector, our company offers an exceptional work environment that fosters innovation and collaboration. We prioritise employee growth through continuous learning opportunities and a supportive culture that values diverse perspectives. Located in a vibrant city, we provide competitive benefits and a dynamic atmosphere where your contributions directly impact our success.
