Director Of Software Engineering

Acuro Associates Ltd; Birmingham; Remote; GBP 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Acuro Associates Ltd seeks a Director of Software Engineering to own end-to-end engineering delivery and commercial outcomes for UKI and global healthcare software. You will drive product growth, lead platform convergence, and embed AI as a core productivity and differentiation capability.

This senior role oversees established, regulated software, fosters strategic decision making, and leads globally distributed teams with remote work and occasional travel to international offices and customer

Qualifications

• Proven director-level ownership of Software Engineering and AI strategy.
• Experience delivering large-scale, regulated or mission-critical platforms.
• Strong cross-functional influence and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Track record of driving growth for software vendors/owners.

Responsibilities

• Own Software Engineering end-to-end: architecture, delivery, and lifecycle for UKI products.
• Drive revenue 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.

Skills

Director-level ownership

AI strategy & governance

Global scale delivery

Cross-functional influence

Stakeholder engagement

Remote leadership

Multi-time-zone teams

Commercial growth mindset

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar

Job description

Director of Software Engineering

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 supplier. 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 revenue 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 India

Skills & Experience for the Director of Software Engineering

• Proven director level ownership of Software Engineering covering workforce transformation, AI strategy & governance and global scale delivery
• Strong commercial mindset with a track record of delivering growth for a software vendor/author and owning software portfolios of circa £100M
• 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 with Customers, Product Management, Sales & Marketing, Support and Professional Services
• Experience leading global, multi-time-zone teams, 70+ headcount
• Knowledge of regulated software environments such as healthcare desirable
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar (or equivalent experience)
• OK with remote based role and occasional travel to international company offices and customer sites