Global Engineering Leader, Scale & AI

Sounds Profitable Inc; Greater London; Ibrido; GBP 180.000 - 240.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Acast is seeking a VP, Global Engineering to lead the engineering organisation that builds and runs its podcast platforms. You translate product and technology strategy into reliable software, shipped at pace, by teams who are proud of their work and want to stay.

This is a growth mandate, not a turnaround. The platforms work. You will push them further and faster, and build the engineering culture and operating model that makes that sustainable.

Competenze

• Significant experience leading a large engineering organisation and managing managers.
• Proven track record of improving delivery performance, quality and operating rhythm at scale.
• Strong understanding of platforms, distributed systems, and cost discipline.

Mansioni

• Own the engineering strategy and plan aligned to commercial objectives.
• Improve delivery speed, predictability and transparency through clear planning and governance.
• Establish and monitor metrics like cycle time, MTTR, test coverage and release readiness.
• Lead governance for architecture, scalability and technical debt with a long-term health focus.
• Communicate risks and investment needs to leadership and potentially the Board.
• Champion agile ways of working and continuous improvement across teams.
• Own the systems hosting the marketplace, ad serving, data platform and related stack.
• Ensure 24/7 uptime, reliability and cost-efficient operation.
• Lead a distributed engineering organisation across multiple countries.
• Partner with product and commercial teams to align roadmaps and outcomes.
• Guide AI use and automation to improve velocity and code quality.

Conoscenze

People leadership

Strategic thinking

Executive communication

Data-driven

Descrizione del lavoro

Acast is seeking a VP, Global Engineering to lead the engineering organisation that builds and runs its podcast platforms. You translate product and technology strategy into reliable software, shipped at pace, by teams who are proud of their work and want to stay.

This is a growth mandate, not a turnaround. The platforms work. You will push them further and faster, and build the engineering culture and operating model that makes that sustainable.