Head of Tech & AI - AI-First Scale-Up Leader

SnappCar; Utrecht; On-site; EUR 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited holiday policy

Annual development budget

Travel costs covered

Snappie HQ next to Utrecht Centraal

Scale-up environment with ownership

One month Snabbatical after 3 years

Three months paid leave after 5 years

Competitive salary with yearly review

Job summary

SnappCar is seeking a Head of Tech & AI to lead the tech team and make our product AI-first while preserving the human touch. This hands-on leadership role reports to the COO and starts early 2027, with responsibility for both technology and product ownership in a fast-growing scale-up.

You will guide a team of developers and a Data & AI Engineer, shaping backlog priorities, delivering fast, and embedding AI across the organization to drive speed and impact.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience leading a development team of 5 FTE or more.
• Digital product experience with business sense.
• Background in a startup or scale-up (marketplace, platform, e-commerce or SaaS).
• AI affinity and drive to push AI adoption across the team.
• Hands-on: you work in backlogs, tickets and releases and may code.
• Ability to challenge technical explanations and communicate clearly.
• Startup pace with grit and low bureaucracy.
• Ability to simplify complex matters for stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team: coach and steer daily, address people directly.
• Own the Product Owner role: translate business needs into priorities.
• Set priorities from business requirements and translate to what matters now.
• Drive iterative delivery with smaller, faster increments.
• Maintain a fast and predictable delivery rhythm.
• Make AI the standard way of working in the tech team.
• Roll out AI across SnappCar and train colleagues.
• Own data and AI within SnappCar.
• Collaborate with the senior architect and test explanations.
• Balance speed and quality: manage priority, planning and releases.

Skills

Team leadership

Product ownership

AI adoption

Hands-on coding

Architectural understanding

Communication

Job description

SnappCar is seeking a Head of Tech & AI to lead the tech team and make our product AI-first while preserving the human touch. This hands-on leadership role reports to the COO and starts early 2027, with responsibility for both technology and product ownership in a fast-growing scale-up.

You will guide a team of developers and a Data & AI Engineer, shaping backlog priorities, delivering fast, and embedding AI across the organization to drive speed and impact.