Global Head of SDLC Solutions

Valiantys; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Valiantys seeks a global head for SDLC and Developer Experience to shape offerings, lead cross-regional practices, and deliver measurable business value through modernisation roadmaps and scalable IP.

You will collaborate with CTOs, VP Engineering, and enterprise clients to drive adoption of AI-assisted development pipelines, standardisation, and high-quality delivery across EMEA, AMER and APAC.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in professional services, technology consulting, or enterprise software focused on SDLC, DevOps, or engineering tooling.
• Proven track record building and scaling a professional services practice with repeatable offerings and IP assets.
• Commercially driven with ability to partner across Sales, Marketing, and Professional Services to generate and close pipeline.
• Deep familiarity with AI in software development, including agentic AI tools and AI-augmented DevOps.
• Experience engaging with CTOs/VPs of Engineering at senior levels to articulate strategy and business value.
• Strong Atlassian ecosystem knowledge, including Jira Software, Bitbucket, Confluence, and Compass.
• Experience operating across EMEA, AMER, and APAC with adoption of global standards.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the global SDLC/DevEx practice strategy and business plan.
• Build and lead a network of regional Practice Leads across EMEA, North America and APAC.
• Create differentiated, go-to-market offerings, IP, accelerators and delivery playbooks.
• Productise regional delivery experience to improve sales velocity, delivery quality and margin.
• Lead executive client conversations with CTOs and VP Engineering.
• Partner with Sales, Marketing and Services to generate and close opportunities.
• Guide structured discovery and gap analysis to translate needs into modernization roadmaps.
• Drive adoption of global standards and asset reuse across regions.
• Mentor and develop practitioners with certifications and knowledge management.
• Maintain a strong market point of view on SDLC, DevEx, and AI capabilities.

Skills

SDLC

DevOps

Developer Experience

AI in software development

Strategy & leadership

Executive stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive-level communication

Tools

Jira Software

Bitbucket

Confluence

Compass

Software Collection adoption

Job description

About ValiantysValiantys helps organizations transform how work gets done across the enterprise, leading with transformation consulting, enterprise service management (ESM), and engineering productivity. By combining deep process expertise with modern collaboration, automation, and value stream practices, Valiantys enables business, IT, and product teams to design connected, efficient, and human-centered ways of working. With a strong focus on the modern workforce, the company helps customers reimagine service delivery beyond IT, streamline cross-functional workflows, and improve flow and throughput for engineering teams. For more information, visit https://valiantys.com.

The mission

You will be Valiantys’ global owner of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Developer Experience (DevEx) practice.

Your mandate is to turn Valiantys’ Atlassian, DevOps and AI expertise into differentiated, repeatable and profitable professional services solutions. You will shape the market position, build the offering portfolio, lead global practice uplift and help clients connect people, processes, platforms and AI agents across the software delivery lifecycle.

This is a builder role for a leader who combines technical depth, consulting discipline, commercial acumen and executive presence. You will help clients move beyond isolated tool requests to clear, pragmatic transformation roadmaps that deliver measurable business value.

What you will own

• Define and execute the global SDLC/DevEx practice strategy and business plan.
• Build and lead a network of regional Practice Leads across EMEA, North America and APAC.
• Create differentiated, go-to-market-ready offerings, Solution Blueprints, IP, accelerators and delivery playbooks.
• Productise regional delivery experience to improve sales velocity, delivery quality, reuse and margin.
• Lead executive client conversations with CTO, VP Engineering, CISO and equivalent stakeholders.
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Professional Services and Managed Services to generate and close strategic opportunities.
• Lead structured discovery and gap analysis, translating business needs and maturity gaps into compelling modernisation visions and roadmaps.
• Drive adoption of global standards, asset reuse and continuous improvement across regional teams.
• Build practitioner capability through enablement, certifications, mentorship and knowledge management.
• Maintain a strong market point of view on SDLC, DevEx, DevOps and emerging AI capabilities.

Practice focus

You will shape solutions across:

• DevOps and CI/CD modernisation
• Developer Experience and developer flow optimisation
• Agentic AI and AI-assisted software development
• SDLC governance, standardisation and quality engineering
• Atlassian Software Collection adoption and enterprise SDLC modernisation

What success looks like

You will build a recognised global practice that:

• Has a clear, differentiated portfolio of packaged and sellable solutions.
• Converts expertise into repeatable IP and high-quality delivery.
• Help regional teams win and deliver strategic SDLC/DevEx engagements.
• Creates measurable client value while supporting Valiantys’ growth and Next Generation revenue ambition.
• Establishes Valiantys as a credible leader in AI-enabled software delivery transformation.

Required Skills

• Experience in professional services, technology consulting, or enterprise software with a significant portion spent in SDLC, DevOps, developer experience, or engineering tooling.
• Track record of building and scaling a professional services practice or solution line, including repeatable offerings, IP assets, and delivery playbooks.
• Commercially driven mindset with experience partnering across Sales, Marketing, Professional Services, and Managed Services to generate and close pipeline.
• Deep familiarity with AI as it applies to software development, including agentic AI tools, AI-assisted development pipelines, or AI-augmented DevOps.
• Experience engaging at CTO, VP Engineering, or equivalent level as a thought leader who positions strategy and business value.
• Deep Atlassian ecosystem knowledge including the Software Collection and its role in SDLC modernization - Jira Software, Bitbucket, Compass, Confluence, and adjacent tools.
• Familiarity with how the Software Collection is positioned and deployed across enterprise environments.
• Experience operating across EMEA, AMER, and APAC with a track record of driving adoption of global standards across distributed regional teams.
• Ability to lead structured discovery and gap analysis workshops, capturing business needs, identifying SDLC maturity gaps, and translating findings into a compelling modernization vision and roadmap.