Head of Product, Engineering & Design Operations

Funding Circle UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical

Dental care

Learning allowance

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Funding Circle in London is looking for a Head of Product & Engineering Operations to design, install, and run the engine across product, engineering and design, creating a unified, high-performing build process.

You will lead cross-functional teams, drive the AI-native lifecycle programme, and partner with senior leaders to institutionalise an operating model that scales with growth. If you know what great looks like, you could build the product, but you will build the team who builds it.

Qualifications

• Proven experience scaling product development lifecycles inside complex product organisations.
• Ability to challenge leadership and align Product, Engineering and Design teams.

Responsibilities

• Establish and run core builders leadership rituals, cross-line product reviews, calibration sessions, and go/no-go release gates.
• Partner directly with stakeholders across Product, Engineering and Design to raise the bar on what and how we build.
• Pilot new frameworks hands-on and embed them as permanent habits across squads.
• Embed AI-driven build tools and automated workflows across Product, Engineering and Design functions to modernise the lifecycle.
• Lead the Tech, Product and Design leadership team to continuously improve delivery of great products.
• Integrate regulatory and compliance checks into the core delivery path without slowing shipping cycles.

Skills

Operational leadership

Cross-functional leadership

AI ownership

Executive stakeholder management

Regulated industry awareness

Job description

Funding Circle in London is looking for a Head of Product & Engineering Operations to design, install, and run the engine across product, engineering and design, creating a unified, high-performing build process.

You will lead cross-functional teams, drive the AI-native lifecycle programme, and partner with senior leaders to institutionalise an operating model that scales with growth. If you know what great looks like, you could build the product, but you will build the team who builds it.