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