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.