Interim Head of Engineering
Contract | Swindon (Hybrid -3 days onsite per week) | Outside IR35 | 6 month Contract + (with perm conversion potential)
This is a genuine transformation role — not a caretaker position at a leading Financial services firm
A new CTO has been appointed with a sharp brief: restructure the engineering function, retire a significant legacy estate, and build a modern, AI-enabled engineering capability that directly supports business growth. The Head of Engineering role sits at the heart of that ambition. You will inherit a team of around 45 engineers and reshape how it operates — introducing squad-based delivery, embedding quality into engineering, and leading the function towards genuinely modern practice.
Taking ownership of an engineering function of ~45 people and restructuring it into mission-aligned squads with clear backlogs, accountabilities, and outcomes — including legacy retirement, process automation, and new digital proposition deliver...