Head of Engineering

Head of Engineering | UK | Hybrid

Bateman Collins, acting on behalf of a leading international organisation, is seeking to engage with an experienced Head of Engineering to lead a critical engineering function.

This role will span Cloud, Platform, DevOps, Infrastructure, and Network Engineering. This highly visible leadership role defines engineering strategy, drives modernisation, and builds a high-performing engineering culture that delivers secure, scalable, and resilient technology services.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute enterprise engineering strategy across cloud, infrastructure, platform, network and DevOps environments.
• Lead and develop multidisciplinary engineering teams, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Drive adoption of modern engineering practices including automation, SRE, observability and cloud-native technologies.
• Establish engineering standards, governance and operating models that enhance quality, consistency and delivery.
• Provide technical leadership for major transformation and platform modernisation initiatives.
• Build strong partnerships across technology and business functions to align engineering outcomes with strategic objectives.
• Drive simplification, efficiency and cost optimisation across the technology estate.
• Manage key technology suppliers and strategic partnerships.

About You

• Proven experience leading multiple engineering disciplines within a complex enterprise environment.
• Strong background across Cloud, Platform, Infrastructure, Network and DevOps functions.
• Demonstrable success transforming engineering capability, culture and operating models.
• Deep understanding of modern engineering practices, Agile delivery and automation.
• Strong commercial awareness, stakeholder management and vendor leadership experience.
• Passion for developing people and building high-performing teams.
• Able to translate technical complexity into clear business value and strategic direction.

The Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity to shape the future of a large-scale technology platform, influence enterprise-wide transformation, and lead a talented engineering organisation through its next phase of growth and innovation.

For a confidential discussion, please get in touch or apply today via the link.