Head of Engineering - La Fosse

Skills

Leadership CI/CD DevOps Team Management AWS Microservices

Job Specifications

Head of Engineering - Clinical & Digital Wellbeing | Permanent | Hybrid (3 days/week in Manchester HQ)

Salary: Up to PS150,000 + Bonus + Benefits

We're working with a transforming Clinical & Digital Wellbeing company that's entering a new phase of technical maturity and product expansion. With a growing customer base, and several recent acquisitions, they're now seeking a Head of Engineering to lead their UK technology hub through the next stage of growth.

This is a high-impact role where you'll shape engineering culture, scale teams, and embed modern delivery practices all within an organisation that genuinely puts tech at the heart of its future.

The Opportunity:

You'll be stepping into a business with ambition and momentum, where engineering is seen as a strategic enabler. The leadership team is aligned on building scalable, performant, and secure platforms and they're ready to invest in the leadership to make that happen.

You'll lead a multidisciplinary engineering team (~40 FTEs) and will be instrumental in:

Developing team structures and delivery models that support growth across multiple product lines
Defining engineering principles, technical governance, and operational rhythms to drive consistency and quality
Enabling high-trust, high-autonomy teams focused on delivery, innovation, and continuous improvement
Supporting the migration of legacy solutions to cloud-native infrastructure and modern architecture patterns
Embedding scalable engineering practices across code quality, DevOps, security, and testing
Working closely with technical leads, architects, and the CTO to define and execute against a long-term technology vision

About You:

We're looking for an experienced Head of Engineering leader who thrives in leading through transformation and knows how to balance strategy with delivery.

Proven background leading engineering teams of 30+ in complex environments
Experience scaling engineering functions in a cloud-first or SaaS business (AWS preferred)
Strong grasp of modern development practices (CI/CD, IaC, microservices, containerisation, etc.)
Adept at fostering high-performing product engineering cultures, especially through periods of change or growth
Experience working with geographically distributed teams and collaborating across functions (product, architecture, QA)
Excellent communication and leadership skills, with a hands-on approach to mentoring and developing engineering leaders

Why Now?

Recently restructured engineering leadership and tech strategy
Significant focus on modernising infrastructure and delivery practices
A chance to influence tech culture

If you're a technical leader ready to take ownership of engineering direction, culture, and growth in a purpose-driven company, we'd love to hear from you.

About the Company

La Fosse is on a mission to help our customers achieve their ambitions, working by their side to create a total talent solution from the classroom to the boardroom. Our vision is simple: to lead by example to achieve a change in the standards of care within our industry. We partner with our customers to build solutions for their business and people challenges, leveraging our recruitment, academy, solutions, and executive search offerings. Our expert teams work at all levels on a permanent, contract, interim, and executive ... Know more