Director of Digital Product Engineering

Delaney & Bourton; Remote; GBP 175,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

A PE-backed professional services firm in the UK is looking for a Director of Digital Product Engineering to lead digital solutions for clients and internal employees. The role requires strategic oversight of product teams and AI initiatives, with a strong focus on innovation and operational efficiency. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in delivering SaaS solutions and leading multi-region teams. Competitive salary of £175,000 - £185,000, plus executive bonuses, with a remote working model.

Qualifications

• Director-level experience in a complex, multi-service organization.
• Experience with B2B technology solutions and platforms.
• Background in scaling engineering or AI teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead digital product engineering function across digital products.
• Define strategic Product & AI roadmap.
• Oversee full SDLC adopting Agile and modern standards.
• Embed AI-first approach in development.
• Shape product organization’s structure and culture.

Skills

Product / digital engineering leadership experience

Customer-facing digital products/SaaS

Building and scaling product teams

AI / ML fundamentals

Visionary and commercially aware

Job description

Director of Digital Product Engineering | UK Remote | £185k base + exec bonus | PE Backed | B2B SAAS

Newly created role to shape and lead the development of revenue generating, digital customer solutions for a high-growth PE-backed professional services firm (9,000 employees, £1bn revenue, £400m+ rev through digital products, international, product team 150)

We are partnered with a PE backed professional services firm, with a Value Creation Plan which is heavily linked to the growth and innovation of their digital products (SAAS) which are used by both external customers and internal fee earning employees.

This newly created Group-level director role (report to exco) will centralise multiple product teams delivering and have full strategic decision making over the group engineering & AI org structure, which is currently 150 people across various regions and products.

This role will build a modern, AI-enabled digital product engineering capability and define a roadmap that enhances client experience, colleague productivity, and long-term enterprise value.

The Role

• Lead the Group’s digital product engineering function across internal and client-facing digital products.
• Define and deliver a strategic Product & AI roadmap aligned to business and operational goals.
• Build a product-centric operating model across product, engineering, design, QA and AI functions.
• Oversee the full SDLC, adopting Agile, DevOps, CI / CD and modern engineering standards.
• Embed an AI-first approach across product development — automation, ML, data-driven decisioning, and platform innovation.
• Shape the product organisation’s structure, governance and culture, promoting experimentation and continuous delivery.
• Lead vendor partnerships and emerging-tech evaluations to accelerate innovation.
• Track value realisation of new digital products and AI capabilities.

The Person

• Director-level product / digital engineering leadership experience in a complex, multi-service or multi-region organisation.
• Experience delivering customer-facing digital products, SaaS, platforms or B2B technology solutions.
• Proven background in building and scaling product, digital, engineering or AI / automation teams.
• Strong fluency in AI / ML fundamentals and how to embed them into digital products.
• Visionary, commercially aware, and able to balance innovation with operational practicality.

The company has a remote UK working model with meetups as required.

Salary of c. £175,000 - £185,000 + exec level bonus / benefits

Due to the urgency of this hire, whilst recruiting this permanent hire, we would consider an interim in the short-medium.