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.
INDAD
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.
INDAD