Engineering Director

vor 2 Monaten


Berlin, Deutschland Benefex Vollzeit

**Who are Benefex?**

We are a fast-moving technology company, and **one of the most successful providers of online reward and benefits solutions in the UK. **We believe no one comes to work to do a bad job or be actively disengaged, and that technology is instrumental in **providing an exceptional employee experience. **We are striving to create seamless but tangible interactions between employers and employees, **making work a rewarding place for every single one of us**. To help us on our quest to be the best, **we need brilliant people** on board and that’s where you come in.

**Why should you apply?**
- **Scale**: in the next 12 months we will reach 10 squads / 120+ people across product and engineering, play a key role in ensuring that we have the right foundations in place to scale globally
- **Leadership**: form part of the senior leadership team, coaching managers of managers across multiple squads and products
- **Impact**: this is a 10x impact role that will help us level up our people and engineering organisation, working closely with our CPO, VP of Engineering, CTO and Product Directors
- **Top 10 Employer, Sunday Times Best Places to Work Awards**
- Work for a **profitable, fast-growing** **market leader **in the online reward and benefits space

**Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship and require to people to be based in the UK, Ireland, Germany or the Netherlands for this position**

**Great benefits**:
Competitive salary £/€ (flexible DOE)

Tech setup of your choice (MacBook Pro or equivalent, monitors, etc.)

£/€800 annual learning budget, plus two hours per week as ‘Focus Fridays’.

Flexible work - choose a working setup that works for you, our only ask is to see you once a quarter in our UK HQ and you need to be based in UK, Ireland, Germany or the Netherlands

✈️ 25 days holiday plus your local bank holidays

Your birthday off

❤️ Two half day wellbeing days

Healthcare cash plan to cover the costs of day to day healthcare

Employee Assistance Plan 24/7 365 support

Income Protection (75%) and life assurance (4x salary)

Pension scheme

£/€50 monthly allowance to spend on whatever takes your fancy, your very own Benefex card will be topped up at the start of each month

**Role Overview**

On our mission to power how the world delivers exceptional employee experience we are investing heavily in our Product and Engineering organisation. This year we will be adding further squads and leadership roles to give us the foundations to scale our products globally.

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Director to lead, align and optimise our growing Engineering organisation (100+). As a key member of the engineering leadership team, you will translate the strategic vision of our VP of Engineering into operational success and drive the high quality execution of our product roadmaps.

**Responsibilities**
- Organise and execute the success of our product roadmaps by tracking progress, and proactively identify and manage risks to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery.
- Identify bottlenecks, streamline development workflows, and implement metrics to track engineering efficiency and quality.
- Coach, mentor, and develop Engineering Managers and Engineers, fostering a culture of high-performance.
- Provide guidance, ensure adherence to best practices, and champion long-term technical excellence.
- Work closely with leadership across product management, UX, and other stakeholders to align engineering efforts.
- Building and motivating high-performing engineering teams, setting overarching OKRs. Communicate engineering goals and concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

**What are we looking for?**
- Demonstrated ability in **building and leading high-calibre engineering organisations (75+ people)**.
- **Experienced people leader in tech,** proven experience as a manager of managers in an engineering function
- **Operational Leadership**: Translating strategic goals into delivery success, managing roadmaps, risks, and resource allocation.
- **Agile and SDLC Mastery**: Deep understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, etc.) and various SDLC models. Ability to adapt and optimize processes within the Engineering.
- **People Management and Development**: Proven ability to coach, mentor, and develop Engineering Managers, and build high-performing teams.
- **Problem-Solving Mindset**:A proactive and analytical approach to identifying and overcoming both technical and organisational challenges.
- **Results-Oriented**: Driven by a focus on delivering roadmap features on time, within budget, and with an emphasis on quality.
- **Mentorship and Collaboration**: A natural inclination towards coaching, developing others, and fostering a collaborative environment between teams.

Even if you don't meet all of the requirements for this role, we encourage you to apply We are looking for talented and passionate individuals who are eager to learn



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