Director of Digital Platforms & Engineering

OMEGA, Inc.; Malvern; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectris seeks a Director of Digital Engineering to define and run the organization’s digital platforms and engineering capabilities. You will shape strategy, architecture, and operations for IoT, AI, analytics, and customer-facing services to deliver scalable, secure digital products driving growth.

You will lead teams, establish modern practices (cloud-native, API-first, CI/CD), and partner with executives to accelerate transformation and value delivery across the business.

Qualifications

• Must-have leadership experience in Digital Engineering, Software Engineering, Digital Platforms, Technology, or related discipline.
• Proven track record delivering enterprise-scale platforms across IoT, AI/ML, analytics, cloud tech, and customer-facing apps.
• Strong understanding of modern architecture: cloud-native, API-first, event-driven, platform-based.
• Experience leading software engineering organisations and implementing Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, modern delivery practices.
• Strong commercial awareness aligning technology investment with business objectives and customer needs.
• Excellent stakeholder management and ability to influence executive leadership and drive cross-functional change.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the Digital Engineering strategy across IoT, AI, analytics, customer apps, and digital services.
• Lead development and operation of enterprise digital platforms, including IoT ecosystems, AI capabilities, analytics platforms, and customer engagement solutions.
• Establish architecture standards, governance, and modern engineering practices for scalability, security, reliability, and innovation.
• Drive platform modernisation, cloud adoption, automation, and technology roadmaps to enable growth.
• Build and lead high-performing engineering teams with a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and technical excellence.
• Partner with commercial, product, service, and operations leaders to deliver exceptional customer experiences and accelerate digital transformation.

Job description

Spectris seeks a Director of Digital Engineering to define and run the organization’s digital platforms and engineering capabilities. You will shape strategy, architecture, and operations for IoT, AI, analytics, and customer-facing services to deliver scalable, secure digital products driving growth.

You will lead teams, establish modern practices (cloud-native, API-first, CI/CD), and partner with executives to accelerate transformation and value delivery across the business.