Position: Head of Engineering
Company: Vaimo
Category: Lead
Experience required: 5y
English level: fluent
Published: 2023-02-01T00:00:00+02:00

The Head of Engineering for Vaimo Middle East will lead the engineering organisation in the given market (territory) to ensure:

Healthy and successful delivery of our projects and services (in-line with expectations);
Long term client relationships with high client satisfactionThe continued growth and empowerment of the engineering organisation;
The continuous improvement of engineering practises, tools and technologies.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:**

- Ensuring technical quality, quality assurance and stability of our deliveries;
- Growth and maturity of the engineering organisation at Vaimo;
- Maintaining and improving the engineering job families;
- Ensuring that all engineers have both performance and development goals;
- Helping engineers grow and mature by providing regular training;
- Working with the Planning Manager and HR to ensure that the market hires engineers with the right competence, at the right time, to meet the business forecast;
- In collaboration with the Planning Manager, adjusting the size and composition of Delivery Teams to meet the business’ needs;
- Describing/setting the standard for all engineering processes;
- Ensuring continuous technical improvements, better teamwork, and knowledge sharing;
- Ensuring that teams own the technical delivery towards their clients and are invested in continuously understanding what success means for their clients;
- Ensuring that we are working towards future trends, exploring and learning, testing, and preparing ourselves for what is coming next.

**SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS:**

- More than 5 years experience as a software engineering manager or director, preferably in a professional services company;
- Software engineering experience as part of a delivery team;
- Academic/technical degree in software engineering;
- Keen interest in, and understanding of, devops;
- Experience in leading and structuring an engineering organisation;
- Experience in managing large groups of engineers;
- Experience in goal setting;
- Excellent organisational and leadership skills;
- Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills;
- Excellent communication, negotiation and presentation skills.

**WE OFFER YOU:**

- The opportunity to work on various types of small and large projects;
- Free hands to work with new solutions involving new technology;
- To be involved in creating the journey we will make with everything from processes, procedures, technology, and tools;
- The opportunity to learn new techniques, tools, and programming languages in regular exchanges of expertise with colleagues;
- Attractive salary + benefits;
- Work in a flexible environment in a brand new office with attention to a good work-life balance.