Director/VP of Engineering

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Engineering Director to lead high-performance engineering teams within the healthcare technology sector. This pivotal role involves collaborating with product leadership to define strategies that enhance efficiency and innovation. You will be responsible for guiding the transition to microservices, optimizing team dynamics, and fostering a culture of ownership and execution. If you possess a strong technical background and a passion for mentoring talent, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a fast-paced environment dedicated to improving healthcare delivery.

Benefits

Share Options

Social Activities

Team Building Events

Supportive Team Environment

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading engineering teams and cultural change.
• Strong technical background with a focus on distributed architectures.

Responsibilities

• Transitioning from monolith to microservices for value creation.
• Optimizing team structures and enhancing developer experience.

Skills

Leadership in Engineering

Cultural Change Management

Technical Expertise in Distributed Architectures

Interpersonal Communication

Strategic Decision Making

Job description

Job Title: Engineering Director

We are seeking a Director / VP of Engineering with proven experience in building and scaling high-performance, agile engineering teams within fast-growing technology-driven companies.

This role is a key member of our executive team, collaborating closely with the Product Director to define product and engineering strategies, prioritize initiatives, and oversee a team of over 60 engineers. The position is responsible for all technological, personnel, and process aspects of our engineering organization.

Who are you?

• You are passionate about innovation in healthcare technology.
• You excel at inspiring and guiding motivated teams.
• You set clear strategic directions and drive necessary organizational changes.
• You have a track record of creating high-performance engineering cultures focused on data-driven decision making, efficient team structures, and lean processes that foster ownership and execution.
• You are a role model who balances guidance and autonomy, encouraging entrepreneurial spirit.
• You possess a strong technical background and are comfortable engaging in deep architectural discussions and explaining technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• You have an optimistic growth mindset and thrive in fast-paced, changing environments.
• You demonstrate excellent collaboration skills, working effectively with product management, design, engineering, and other senior leaders.
• You are committed to mentoring and developing top engineering talent and managers.

About DrDoctor

We are part of the NHS, dedicated to improving healthcare delivery. Our platform, hosted on Azure, handles over 5 million events daily and has helped save hundreds of thousands of NHS appointments.

Learn more about our mission and impact on our careers page.

Day-to-day Responsibilities

As a scale-up, your role will be diverse, involving initiatives such as:

• Transitioning from monolith to microservices, focusing on value creation.
• Optimizing team structure and domain ownership for growth and agility.
• Enhancing developer experience, cycle times, and testing environments.
• Implementing tools and practices to enable developers to focus on complex problems.
• Improving security, support, and incident management processes.
• Defining clear roles for individual contributors and managers for better planning and delivery.

Required Experience

• Experience leading cultural change within engineering organizations.
• Background in regulated industries, ideally within HealthTech or Digital Health.
• Experience leading Series B or C SaaS scale-ups through transformation, coaching engineering leadership.
• Proven success in managing complex architectural migrations or changes.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to leverage evidence for strategic decision-making.
• Technical expertise in distributed architectures.
• Capacity to articulate organizational and technological needs at the executive level.

We welcome candidates who may not meet all requirements but feel they are a good fit. We are committed to diversity and inclusion.

UK Right To Work and DBS checks are required due to NHS collaboration.

Next Steps

We review CVs promptly and will contact potential matches within a few days. If shortlisted, you will have an informal 30-minute chat, followed by team interviews and assessments if applicable.

Perks and Benefits

Our benefits are detailed on our careers page. We offer various social activities, events, and a supportive team environment, including regular socials, celebrations, and team-building activities.

The salary band for this role is £110,000–£140,000 plus share options. The role is internally titled "Engineering Director."