Interim Vice President of Engineering

Requirements

• 15+ years engineering; 7+ years leading orgs of 50+ at scale
• Done this before — stepped into a leadership void and built momentum fast
• Deep enterprise B2B SaaS — multi‑tenant, cloud‑native
• Commercially fluent — connects engineering decisions to business outcomes
• Strong people reader — knows who to back, develop, and move
• Builds teams that run themselves — autonomous execution is the goal, not dependency
• Genuine AI‑native — uses AI to accelerate how the team builds, not just what it builds
• No ego about interim — outcome‑focused, clean handover minded

What the job involves

• We are seeking a seasoned and execution‑focused Interim VP of Engineering to lead our engineering organisation through a critical period of growth and transition
• Reporting to the CPTO, and working as an equal partner to Product and Data Science, you'll lead an experienced engineering organisation spanning product engineering, platform, technical support, and IT — with a substantial team of managers, leads, principals, and engineers
• Working in close partnership with the CPTO, you'll ensure engineering decisions and delivery are tied to commercial and delivery outcomes — revenue, cost, speed, and reliability
• This will be an interim 6 month role, with the possibility of extension upon the completion of the initial engagement
• Own day‑to‑day leadership of the full engineering organisation — product engineering, platform, technical support, and IT
• Set, deliver, and report engineering OKRs and KPIs in partnership with the CPTO — deployment frequency, lead time to change, commitment vs. delivery ratio, cost to serve, and team health
• Coach and develop engineering managers and leads — building autonomous, self‑sufficient delivery teams that don't need to escape to thrive
• Own hiring and performance decisions at the team level
• Define and evolve the technical strategy for how Beamery builds and operates its platform — in close alignment with product and data science direction
• Embed AI‑first ways of working across the engineering organisation — accelerating delivery pace, reducing time to market, and building a culture where AI is a core part of how the team builds
• Manage tech debt pragmatically — triage and execution, in line with strategic priorities set by the CPTO
• Own the cloud infrastructure strategy and platform architecture — ensuring scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency at scale
• Drive delivery throughput, predictability, and platform reliability across all teams — CI/CD, on‑call, incident management, disaster recovery
• Ensure security and regulatory compliance across R&D and production platforms — including ISMS implementation and applicable industry standards
• Manage relationships with critical third‑party platform and technology suppliers