Product & Engineering Director

Job Description

Join the Access Family and see how we make software ideas become a reality!Our core value of Love Work, Love Life, Be You has been central to our success and so were looking for people to join us who share our passion for making things better every day and help us continue to grow. We are the number one UK headquartered software provider in the UK and are forecasted to grow to a global population of over 12,000 employees by 2026. What are we all aboutAt Access, we love software and how technology never stays the same. Its this obsession that drives us to work closely across sectors to understand the business needs of our customers - from the Hospitality sector, to Manufacturing industry, to Not for Profitsto Construction, and many more. Were passionate about helping our customers stay one step ahead of the challenges facing their industry and business, currently helping over 60,000 customers to have the freedom to do more. About you:The CE Product & Engineering Director will be responsible for our hosting (IaaS and Product Hosting) products, including Architecture and Automation both in physical datacentres and hyperscalers, alongside our MSP offering ensuring the products deliver thebest customer and commercial outcome, driving growth across the group both organic and through integration of M&A acquired businesses. They will work with not only the Cloud Engineering Management team, but also with the Global Product & Engineering Directors,evangelising the cloud ecosystem and vision for the products with both a commercial and functional lens, understanding their divisional objectives and how best to aid them on achieving that. They will stand in front of the company and provide clarity of directionand execution, and you will also be on stage in front of customers, driving excitement and clarity of vision of the roadmap for Cloud Engineering.Day-to-day, you will:• Ensuring a collaborative and partnership approach to drive success to the region and global operations. • Operate as part of the Cloud Engineering organisation and enable migration and enablement towards a DevOps org structure. Create a seamless conduit for Engineers to deploy their software within an innovative environment.• Present to the C-Level and Board on ROI and strategic planning as Access scale out its cloud capabilities, while being a strategic partner to the regional boards to deliver their vision and ensure commercial focus on cost of sale and hosting is maintainedand optimised.• Full accountability for the divisional P&L including architecture, services delivery, automation teams and Transformation and M&A,• Product envisioning - working with Product Management leadership, the UX team, customers, and market data to envision the product portfolio future, as the dominant winning product portfolio in the market for the divisions through both Cloud products & AccessManaged Services.• Product management - proven track record of managing multiple products in a portfolio, driving product roadmaps through effective work prioritisation with product and engineering leadership • Engineering leader - experience in leading or working closely with engineering teams in order to drive process adherence in the engineering teams in the divisions, keep a close eye on execution progress, and provide timely mitigations and correct expectationssetting with stakeholders.• Commercial acumen - ability to understand the intricacies of the P/L of the division, being creative on maximising the revenue short and long term, while minimising costs, and understanding the value creation aspects of a private equity owned business.• Reporting and Analytics: Develop and present regular reports on cloud infrastructure performance, operational metrics, and cost analysis to senior management.• Managed Services Proposition: Work in the key sectors to devise a go to market strategy and drive product improvement to deliver truly world class Managed Services.Your skills and experiences might also include: • Experience leading a sophisticated technology organisation within a global environment. Knowledge of Software / SaaS as well as infrastructure.• Technology evangelist who has deep understanding of the old classic data centre Infrastructure and the new hyperscale with the ability to create a vision and practical plan to move between the two.• Preferably comes from an engineering background with a track record of managing large operational teams but also has deep understanding of P&L management and can build and communicate a 5-year strategic plan.• Thought leader in managed services, hosting and cloud services with the ability to drive change to create new organisational capabilities.• Experience in developing products and services within the IaaS/MSP and go to market strategies.• Exposure to acquiring businesses, performing due diligence and technical M&A integration is a plus.• Proven leadership skills with the ability to influence at all levels including experience of working at Board or Investor level.• Ability to pivot between strategic thinking and operational delivery. Combination of vision (thinking strategically) and ability to deliver through tactical execution.• Leading and developing a team, to create a compelling long-term vision, strategy, and detailed roadmap.What does Access offer youWe are a growing software company, and we deliver on what we say we do! We take the development of our people very seriously and we will work with you to carve out your success plan and an opportunity to accelerate your career and make a real difference.On top of a competitive salary, our standard 25 days holiday (which goes up the longer youre with us), and a matched pension scheme youll also be able to choose from a range of benefits to suit you. We pride ourselves on being an organisation that gives backso youll also have a charity day you can take to support something that matters to you.