Head of Product Technology & AI Delivery

Amberjack Global Limited; Newbury; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working (2–3 days in Newbury)

Birthday off

Access to 1000s of discounts

Subsidised gym membership

Health and wellbeing support

Job summary

Amberjack Global Limited is seeking an experienced Head of Product Technology to lead the development, delivery and evolution of software solutions in the end-to-end talent market. This strategic, hands-on leadership role combines deep software engineering with commercial focus and practical AI-enabled innovation.

You will head a blended engineering function spanning architecture, development, QA and outsourced partners, shaping technical direction and ensuring scalable, secure platforms ready

Qualifications

• Significant software engineering and engineering leadership experience.
• Experience managing in-house and outsourced engineering teams.
• Strong knowledge of the full SDLC, secure coding and governance.
• Knowledge of cloud-native architecture and DevOps.
• Practical experience with AI technologies.
• Understanding GDPR, the EU AI Act and relevant security frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC 2, Cyber Essentials Plus).
• Excellent stakeholder management and delivery skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end engineering function across internal teams and outsourced technology partners.
• Oversee scalable, secure software delivery with governance and performance standards.
• Mentor blended engineering, architecture and QA teams across locations.
• Champion AI-enabled innovation across engineering, operations and product.
• Translate business requirements into scalable, maintainable technical solutions.
• Drive agile delivery and continuous improvement.

Skills

Software engineering leadership

Delivery leadership

Stakeholder management

AI technologies experience

Cloud-native architecture

DevOps practices

Security governance

Tools

DevOps tooling

Application security tooling

Job description

Amberjack Global Limited is seeking an experienced Head of Product Technology to lead the development, delivery and evolution of software solutions in the end-to-end talent market. This strategic, hands-on leadership role combines deep software engineering with commercial focus and practical AI-enabled innovation.

You will head a blended engineering function spanning architecture, development, QA and outsourced partners, shaping technical direction and ensuring scalable, secure platforms ready