Director, Engineering
CV-LibrarySlough, BerkshirepermanentPosted: 22 July 2026
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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
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