Director of Software Engineering

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Remote based in the UKI with occasional travel

Overview

A senior leadership role owning end‑to‑end engineering delivery, and commercial outcomes for a UK and global healthcare software portfolio. You will drive product growth, lead global platform convergence, and embed AI as a core productivity and differentiation capability.

This role will be overseeing software engineering delivery for well established, market leading products at a point where customer led requirements will drive future development effort. You will also be leveraging AI across the software engineering organisation. A great time to join. This will suit someone who has previously owned and can drive strategic decision making across a Software Engineering organisation.

Genuine growth potential

This role is UKI focussed initially, and has genuine growth potential with a road to VP, which would include owning engineering for UKI and EU products.

Key Responsibilities For The Director Of Software Engineering

• Own Software Engineering end to end: architecture, delivery, and lifecycle for UKI products
• Drive growth through differentiated capabilities, faster time to value, and commercial execution
• Deliver high‑quality, mission‑critical, regulated clinical software with clear accountability for outcomes
• Lead AI‑first transformation across platforms, and engineering practices, improving velocity, quality, and cost to serve
• Partner with Product Management, Sales, Marketing, Services, and Support to accelerate go‑to‑market, implementations, renewals, and expansion
• Lead globally distributed teams with strong execution discipline and outcome‑based accountability- headcount of 65 across Uk and Indi
  
  

Skills & Experience For The Director Of Software Engineering

• Proven senior leadership ownership of Software Engineering covering workforce transformation, AI strategy & governance and global scale delivery
• Strong commercial mindset with a track record of delivering growth in enterprise software
• Experience delivering large‑scale, regulated or mission‑critical platforms
• Demonstrated success leading AI‑enabled or technology‑led transformation
• Strong cross‑functional influence and stakeholder engagement skills
• Experience leading global, multi‑time‑zone teams, 70+ headcount
• Knowledge of regulated software environments desirable but not essential
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar (or equivalent experience)
• OK with remote based role and occasional travel to company offices