About the role

  • Head of Engineering overseeing development teams in Technology & Data. Responsible for technical direction and strategic goals across the company while managing around 60 staff.

Responsibilities

  • Overall responsibility for our development teams, currently around 60 employees
  • Lead, coach and develop the Tech Leads and their teams
  • Define the technical direction and standards for the company in close collaboration with our Tech Leads
  • Support Tech Leads with administrative and organizational tasks
  • Responsible for recruiting and onboarding new talent
  • Conduct and organize employee meetings and development plans
  • Support measures for team development and culture promotion
  • Resource planning and project allocation in close coordination with Tech Leads and project managers
  • Optimize processes related to teamwork and collaboration
  • Ensure quality and reliability
  • Budget planning and control for personnel and development initiatives
  • Reporting and monitoring of relevant KPIs in project controlling and business areas (e.g., resource utilization, budget variances, forecasts)
  • Act as a close interface between executive management, Tech Leads, HR and Sales/Project Management

Requirements

  • Several years of leadership experience in a comparable role, ideally in an agency environment
  • Strong skills in people leadership, team development and coaching
  • Experience in recruiting, HR processes and organizational team management
  • Confident handling of budget planning, controlling and reporting
  • Strong communication skills and ability to manage interfaces with executive management, HR, Sales and other stakeholders
  • Experience in e-commerce and a solid understanding of software development and project work
  • Hands-on mentality, strategic foresight and enthusiasm for organizational and process development

Benefits

  • A great team
  • Free choice of device: Mac, Windows or Linux – company hardware may also be used privately
  • Flexible working hours and remote work
  • Internal and external training opportunities
  • Work at other MAI locations & workation
  • Deutschlandticket, Jobrad (company bike) or fuel vouchers
  • Employer contribution of 20% to your company pension scheme
  • Corporate benefits platform & Edenred
  • Small and large team events – we love to celebrate!
  • Buddy program for new starters
  • Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve are company holidays for everyone
  • Additional benefits are waiting for you in our offices at our locations – be pleasantly surprised!

Job title

Head of Engineering

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

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