Director, Engineering

Director, Engineering

UK (Regular travel required to Slough/London)

Competitive + Bonus

Permanent full time

Shape the Future of Engineering at IRIS

We're looking for an exceptional engineering leader to take ownership of a strategic pillar within our Global Accountancy division.

As Director, Engineering (Level 7), you'll play a critical leadership role in driving engineering excellence, delivery predictability, platform modernization, and AI enabled innovation across our product portfolio. This is a highly visible leadership position where you'll influence engineering strategy, partner closely with Product and Architecture, and help shape the future direction of our technology organisation.

This role offers a unique opportunity to impact how IRIS delivers value to thousands of customers while helping define the next generation of cloud-native, AI-enabled accounting solutions.

What You'll Be Responsible For

* Leading a strategic engineering function within the Global Accountancy business

* Driving engineering excellence across delivery, quality, scalability and operational performance

* Partnering with Product, Architecture and Commercial teams to deliver customer-focused outcomes

* Establishing consistent engineering standards, governance and software development practices

* Driving platform efficiency, automation and AI adoption across the software development lifecycle

* Leading and developing high-performing engineering teams across multiple products and technologies

* Ensuring secure, resilient and compliant SaaS platforms

* Shaping long-term technology strategy, modernization and cloud transformation initiatives

* Acting as a technology thought leader across IRIS and with key external stakeholders.

What We're Looking For

You'll likely be:

* A current Director, Senior Director or Head of Engineering operating within a complex software organisation

* An experienced SaaS technology leader with a track record of scaling engineering teams and platforms

* Deeply familiar with modern cloud technologies, particularly AWS and/or Azure

* Comfortable operating across engineering, product, commercial and operational environments

* Experienced in Agile, Platform Engineering, DevOps and Site Reliability practices

* Passionate about developing people, building capability and creating high-performing cultures

* Commercially astute and customer focused

* Excited by the opportunities AI presents to transform engineering effectiveness and customer outcomes.

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to:

* Influence engineering strategy at one of the UK's largest software companies

* Lead transformation at scale

* Work alongside senior leaders across Engineering, Product and Commercial teams

* Drive innovation across cloud, platform and AI initiatives

* Develop and mentor engineering teams that support thousands of businesses and accounting professionals globally.

If you're ready for your next leadership challenge and want to make a significant impact across IRIS Engineering, we'd love to hear from you.

Please note:

We occasionally close vacancies early in the event that we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore we recommend you apply as soon as possible