Engineering Director - AI-Driven Research Analytics

Relx Plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave

Study assistance

Sabbaticals

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

Elsevier is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead SciVal’s engineering strategy and technical direction across frontend, backend, data and quality engineering. You will partner with Product, Data, Architecture, Security and UX to modernise the platform and enable AI-assisted experiences for researchers and institutions.

You will oversee workforce planning, architectural governance, and roadmaps, while maintaining high standards for reliability, observability and security.

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering managers and distributed teams across geographies.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale, data-intensive software.
• Ability to define and execute technology roadmaps.
• Experience with AI-enabled development.

Responsibilities

• Lead SciVal’s engineering strategy and technical direction.
• Define architectural standards across search, data, analytics, APIs and platform integration.
• Hire, coach and develop engineers and engineering managers.
• Own workforce planning, succession planning and resource allocation.
• Communicate technical trade-offs, risks and delivery progress to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Distributed teams

Technical strategy

AI-enabled SDLC

Data-intensive

Communication

Job description

Elsevier is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead SciVal’s engineering strategy and technical direction across frontend, backend, data and quality engineering. You will partner with Product, Data, Architecture, Security and UX to modernise the platform and enable AI-assisted experiences for researchers and institutions.

You will oversee workforce planning, architectural governance, and roadmaps, while maintaining high standards for reliability, observability and security.