We are transforming how we work here at OS and have a number of new senior leadership positions that will be critical to the next phase of our strategic plan. We're looking for leaders who share our values, are inspired by our vision to show the world how to get to a better place, and believe in leadership that puts connection, truth and growth front and centre.
**Head of Engineering
- Closing date: 31st August 2024
- ?Please submit your CV along with a covering letter which describes why you should be considered for this role.
Reporting to OS' Chief Technology Officer, the Head of Engineering will shape the future of our engineering operations, drive technological innovation, and lead a team of talented engineers to build exceptional products.
OS is renowned for its innovation, purpose, and impact for good, and our Technology engineering is essential to this. We are embarking on our 5-year 2024-2029 strategy, underpinned by our commitment to Better Data for More Destinations. We're looking at ever more innovative, effective, and scalable ways to develop products and services that our customers today and of the future will need. This role will be critical to achieving this.
You will provide strategic leadership to Engineering, building and maintaining OS' systems and services and driving technical evolution of our geospatial core capabilities, including data capture, derivation, automated feature extraction, and data delivery platforms. Leading a team of over 200 Engineers, you will empower high-performing teams to deliver modern development practices, fostering a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and collaboration.
This role is also accountable for planning and optimising the engineering of OS' most complex and critical projects, ensuring quality and performance of the products delivered, and ongoing maintenance of domain systems and services.
You will pioneer new technology and ways of working to maintain our software products and address emerging threats, and oversee the implementation of continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD). This will involve managing the automated building, testing, and deployment of software, ensuring faster, more reliable releases. Working across the cloud in MS Azure, you will be responsible for overseeing the management and optimisation of cloud resources. This includes ensuring the security, scalability, and efficiency of cloud services.
**About you
You're a seasoned technical leader with a proven track record of driving organisational goals through technology. You'll have extensive experience managing large development teams and implementing product strategies, and you'll be adept at providing technical leadership to ensure products and services align with the architectural framework. You will be an ambassador and role model to the broader engineering function, playing a leading role in developing capabilities for OS.
We're looking for someone who can confidently coach team leaders to optimise team performance while driving quality, and is also very comfortable getting stuck into development themselves. You've probably worked as a senior software developer or solution architect, or similar, before. Ideally, you also have a relevant qualification in a subject such as computer sciences, computer engineering, information management systems, software development, or business information systems.
You're experienced working in a role where you balance multiple priorities and deal with ambiguity regularly, and you know how to create a collaborative and inspiring environments for teams to thrive in that context.
What you'll bring:
- Experience in building highly scalable, highly available, and performant systems.
- A deep understanding of different technologies and ability to adapt to new tech trends.
- Strong ability to manage projects and products from inception to completion.
- A broad understanding of software development methodologies, including Agile methodologies, along with practical experience in applying these methodologies to deliver high-performing teams.
- Adept monitoring and managing quality and performance of the solutions delivered, and the ongoing maintenance of domain systems and services.
- Hands-on development experience and the ability to embed best practices into teams is crucial.
- Experience of Infrastructure Management and deployment methodologies such as CI/CD is desired. In terms of capabilities, the candidate should have experience in Systems Engineering/Solutions Engineering, Technology Deployment, Integration Management, Product Development, and Technical Strategy.
- Proven ability to develop skills and capabilities within teams and drive talent retention and growth.
- Experience managing substantial budgets and operational business management.
**The rewards
We want you to love what you do. That's why our package rewards a job well done. We'll give you:
- Salary - c. £110k
- Performance related bonus up to 18%
- A competitive pension scheme
- Life assurance
- 37 hour working week (with flexible working options)
- 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, and rising by 1 day every year up to maximum of 33 (3 days must be taken over Christmas)
- Free parking at OSHQ
**Location
We embrace a hybrid working model at OS. You will be contractually based at our fantastic HQ in Southampton, where you will be required to spend the majority of your time.
**Diverse and inclusive
We believe diversity and inclusion is about working together - in a supportive and respectful environment to reach our full potential. We think combining different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives will help us reach our vision and be trusted and admired across the globe for setting the standards and leading the way. We are looking for talented and experienced individuals from a range of backgrounds and welcome applications from any race, age, gender, background or religion.
We're individually talented and collectively powerful. Our friendly people are what make OS successful, and a great place to work. You'll never be short on support, and any suggestions are welcome - keep challenging the norm, sharing knowledge and bouncing ideas off each other.
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that people may need during the recruitment process - please let us know how we can support you to be your best.
**Security
As well as DBS background checks for all joiners, some roles in OS require additional security clearance. Individuals applying for this role may require Government Security Vetting to SC level.