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Director, Engineering (Global Practice Management, Accountancy)

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.

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