Director of Software Engineering

Consult; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Consult is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to own end-to-end delivery for UKI products, driving platform convergence and AI-enabled productivity. The role oversees mission-critical, regulated clinical software with responsibility for outcomes and commercial execution.

You will lead a global engineering organization, embed AI as a core capability, and drive growth with a strong commercial mindset. Remote in the UK with international travel likely.

Qualifications

• This role requires senior software engineering leadership with AI strategy and governance.
• Experience delivering large, regulated, or mission-critical platforms.
• Proven ability to lead global, multi-time-zone teams and drive growth.
• Strong cross-functional influence across product, sales, and services.

Responsibilities

• Own Software Engineering end-to-end architecture and delivery for UKI products.
• Drive revenue growth through differentiated capabilities and faster time-to-value.
• Lead AI-first transformation across platforms and engineering practices.
• Partner with Product, Sales, Marketing, Services and Support to accelerate go-to-market.
• Manage a globally distributed team of 70+ across UK and India.

Education

Degree in Computer Science

Job description

Below covers everything you need to know about what this opportunity entails, as well as what is expected from applicants.

Remote based in the UKI

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 70+ 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