Director Engineering, Retail Media – Marketplace
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Engineering Director shaping Redcare Pharmacy’s retail media and marketplace platforms. Leading 40 engineers across teams to drive reliable technology and commercial growth.
Responsibilities:
- Set the engineering direction across Retail Media and Marketplace domains
- Decide where the platforms should converge or remain separate
- Lead and grow an engineering organisation of around 40 engineers across 5–7 teams
- Develop Engineering Managers and their teams
- Shape the organisation as the domains evolve
- Create an environment with clear ownership and autonomy
- Own delivery, reliability, architecture, and technical debt
- Raise engineering maturity and enable teams to move quickly without compromising quality
- Co-own roadmaps with Product and Commercial teams
- Connect engineering priorities to take rate, advertiser ROAS, seller economics, and contribution margin
- Lead engineering relationships with external platforms, integrators, and agencies
- Make build/buy/partner decisions and manage integrations, SLAs, and vendor performance
- Report to the Executive Director of Engineering / VP of Engineering
Requirements:
- 3+ years of experience leading multiple engineering teams through managers or leads
- Experience leading organisations through significant change, such as merging domains, introducing new scope, or replacing a platform
- Experience developing commercial B2B platforms such as a marketplace, retail media, ad tech, payments, or a seller/partner platform
- Experience with high-traffic and transactional systems
- Strong technical judgment combined with commercial thinking
- Ability to connect engineering decisions to business outcomes
- Experience partnering confidently with senior Product and Commercial stakeholders
- Demonstrated engineering excellence and measurable improvements driven
- Comfort navigating ambiguity, external partners, and competing priorities
- Strong English communication skills
Benefits:
- Urban Sports Club membership (M) package
- Work-from-home arrangement determined individually when office presence is not required, including up to 20 days per year anywhere in the EU
- Various internal and external training opportunities
- 30 days paid vacation per annum
- One additional paid day on Rosenmontag
- Option to take up to 10 days of unpaid vacation after one year of employment
- Company pension scheme
- Dedicated external consultant for pension guidance and advice
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