Director of Engineering

The role

Lead Zopa's engineering organisation for one of its key business areas. Set the engineering strategy, build high-performing teams, and drive measurable improvements in people, technology and ways of working.

What you will do

• Set and lead the engineering strategy for your area.
• Move the organisation from its current state to a clear future state, with stakeholder buy-in and measurable progress.
• Lead a sizeable engineering organisation through Engineering Managers.
• Build and develop high-performing teams through hiring, performance management and people practices.
• Reduce key-person dependencies.
• Use engineering metrics and data to guide decisions and show impact.
• Drive practical adoption and experimentation with AI in engineering.
• Make significant design and architectural decisions, including build, buy or partner choices.
• Build partnerships with Product and Commercial leaders and influence senior stakeholders.
• Help raise the level of engineering across Zopa.

Required qualifications

• Experienced engineering leader who has led sizeable teams.
• Track record of building high-performing organisations through strong Engineering Managers, hiring, performance management and people leadership.
• Can demonstrate improvements to engineering effectiveness across people, technology and ways of working, using data and metrics.
• Has led significant organisational change.
• Technical credibility to engage in significant design and architectural decisions.
• Can build strong partnerships with Product and influence senior stakeholders.
• Can talk practically about AI use in engineering: what was tried, what worked, what did not, and what was learned.
• Comfortable operating with significant autonomy and adapting to changing priorities.

Nice to have

• Experience within FinTech, lending or another regulated environment.
• Experience in a technology-first organisation.

Benefits

• Flexible ways of working.
• Option to work from abroad for up to 120 days a year, subject to right to work in the country.
• Support for work and home life from day one.

Before you apply

• Working abroad requires the right to work in the country of choice.
• Behavioural and competency-based interviews: AI use is not allowed.
• Technical interviews: AI use depends on the stage; the Talent Partner will say what is expected.

About the company

Zopa started in 2005 as a peer-to-peer lending company and launched Zopa Bank in 2020. It has been named in the top three UK's Most Loved Workplaces.