Head of Engineering

Time left to apply: End Date: November 26, 2024 (12 days left to apply)

Working Pattern: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week currently, or 40% of our time, at our London Office.

About this opportunity:

We're seeking a dynamic and experienced Tech Lead to join our cross-functional content, design & marketing teams within the Personalised Experiences and Communication Platform. This role is crucial in driving technical excellence and innovation within our content and marketing functions. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software engineering, SaaS product management, and a deep understanding of content management and creation tools such as Adobe AEM, Adobe Workfront, and Figma.

What you'll do:

1. Technical Leadership: Lead the engineering team in the design, development, and implementation of content and marketing technology solutions.
2. SaaS Product Management: Oversee the integration, customization, and optimization of SaaS products like Adobe AEM, Workfront, and Figma to enhance content and marketing workflows.
3. In-House Engineering: Manage in-house software development products to build solutions that complement existing SaaS tools. Support teams in designing, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining high-quality applications that leverage AI for improved efficiency and personalized experiences for our twenty-six million customers and users.
4. Innovation: Drive innovation by exploring new technologies and methodologies to improve content and marketing efficiency and effectiveness.
5. Team Development: Mentor and develop engineering team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement, inclusivity, and diversity.
6. Stakeholder Communication & Collaboration: Communicate technical concepts and roadmap status to non-technical stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment.
7. Application Management: Manage technology budgets and resources, allocating them efficiently across products and services.

What you'll need:

1. Strong leadership, management, and mentoring skills, with the ability to inspire, motivate, and empower the software engineering team.
2. Proven experience in SaaS marketing and content products such as Adobe AEM, Workfront, and Figma.
3. Experience integrating multiple SaaS products with a strong focus on automation.
4. Strong knowledge of AI & ML capabilities within SaaS.
5. Hands-on experience in systems design, software development, testing, monitoring, and operational stability.
6. Proven experience and knowledge of automation and CI/CD.
7. Best practice coding/scripting experience developed in a commercial/industry setting (Python, SQL, Java, Scala, or Go).
8. Practical experience with Cloud native solutions.
9. Good understanding of cloud storage, networking, and resource provisioning.
10. Strategic vision and tenacity to own the technical and organizational changes required to embed a successful modern engineering culture of continuous integration, automation, and continuous delivery with DevOps practices.

About working for us:

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organization that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity, or culture.

We're disability confident. If you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

1. A generous pension contribution of up to 15%.
2. An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance.
3. Share schemes including free shares.
4. Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.
5. 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top.

Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow, and thrive? Apply today and find out more!

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Together we're building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.