Head of Development

Richemont; West Malling; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury goods company in West Malling is seeking an experienced Senior Technical Leader to drive their technology landscape and platform architecture. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in ASP.NET, C#, and team building. This role offers a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package. Join a forward-thinking team to shape the future of technology in the business.

Benefits

Private healthcare and dental

Competitive pension scheme

Increasing annual leave

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistant programme

Income Protection

Life Assurance

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a senior technical leadership role, ideally as Head of Development.
• Strong experience in technical design and delivery methodologies.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the technology landscape and platform architecture.
• Champion best practices in software engineering.
• Build high performing and cross functional development teams.

Skills

Technical leadership

Software engineering best practices

Strategic thinking

Problem-solving

Stakeholder management

Team building

Tools

ASP.NET

C#

SQL

JavaScript (Angular, Vue)

AWS

Job description

We are on the hunt for a tech-savvy trailblazer who’s not just fluent in code, but fluent in people. Someone who can lead with heart, think strategically, and isn’t afraid to challenge the status quo.

Your mission? Build killer teams, ship smart solutions, and help us launch a platform that turns heads. If you love solving puzzles, rallying talent, and making tech magic happen—this is your playground.

We’re building a future where tech doesn’t just support the business—it drives with it on the journey. Our dream teammate is part architect, part coach, part shaman. You’ll help shape a development and business culture that’s agile, bold, and always levelling up. Together, we’ll create digital experiences that wow our customers and make our competitors wish they worked here.

How will you make an impact?

• Define and drive the technology landscape and platform architecture to ensure they align with the wider business longer term OKRs.
• Champion best practices in software engineering, including code quality, testing, and documentation.

• Lead the continuous improvement of development processes and methodologies.
• Work closely with Head of Product and Head of Data to ensure alignment between development output and business requirements.
• Drive the evolution and innovation of cutting-edge technologies to share future ready solutions to maintain a competitive edge.

• Build high performing and cross functional development teams. Empowering them with the inspiration to build what’s next.

How will you experience success with us

• Proven experience in a senior technical leadership role, ideally as Head of Development or similar with strong experience of technical design and delivery methodologies and best practices.
• Strong background in modern engineering practise with hands-on experience in technologies such as ASP.NET, MVC, C#, JavaScript frameworks (Angular, Vue), SQL, and AWS.
• Deep understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and development methodologies.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills. Passionate about building and developing high performing technical teams and drive a culture of innovation.
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
• You are curious at exploring new technology tools and practices that enable businesses to accelerate and advance technology evolution.
• Hands on innovator and entrepreneurial drive who thrives on driving innovation, spearheading development enhancement and inspiring and empowering team with the inspiration to build what’s next.

Your journey with us

Our aim is to provide you a transparent interview process from the moment you apply for the role. It’s important for us that you get to know us to ensure the role aligns to your future career objectives.

We provide all candidates with open-door access to key people across the business so they can discuss opportunities, get a feel for our culture, and better understand how they can make an impact and be part of Watchfinder’s exciting trajectory.

Interview Process

Intro Call with Talent Team: An introductory call with our in-house talent team to learn more about your skills and experience in more detail.

1st Stage: Interview with our Chief Information Officer to learn more about your skills, experience, and motivation for the role at Watchfinder. If successful after this stage, you will be sent a brief to prepare for the next stage.

2nd Stage: Present the brief that you were provided before your interview to our CIO, CPO, Head of Product and HR Business Partner for Technology.

Final Stage: Meet with CEO and Global HR Director

Our Benefits & Incentives

As well as a competitive salarywe also offer a great benefits package:

• Private healthcare and dental
• Competitive pension scheme
• Holiday scheme – Increasing annual leave
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistant programme
• Income Protection
• Life Assurance

Why work for Watchfinder?

Firstly, what makes Watchfinder a great place to work is the people! Whether that be within your immediate team or across other areas of the business, there really is a friendly and open atmosphere across the whole organisation. To learn more about life at Watchfinder, apply now!