Director of Engineering Productivity and Operations

Matillion
Manchester, United Kingdom
RemoteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Best suited to experienced engineering leaders with a background in SaaS and cloud technologies, working in a global tech environment with a focus on AI-assisted development and productivity frameworks.

Best fit for

  • Experienced engineering leaders with a background in SaaS and cloud technologies
    — “Significant engineering leadership experience in SaaS, cloud platform, DevOps, developer experience, SRE or engineering productivity organisations.”
  • Candidates who have led or are eager to lead AI-assisted software development initiatives
    — “A practical understanding of AI-assisted and agentic software development, ideally having led a team that builds AI agents or tooling for engineers.”

Things to consider

  • The role demands leadership of cross-functional teams with stakeholders across engineering, finance, and executives.
    — “Excellent communication and sound commercial judgement, with the ability to influence engineering, finance and executive stakeholders.”
  • Candidates must be prepared to manage vendor contracts and technical procurement processes.
    — “Managing the engineering tooling portfolio end to end, including vendor evaluation, contract negotiation and renewals.”

How to stand out

  • Demonstrate experience in shaping engineering productivity strategies, not just executing them.
    — “Setting and leading the engineering productivity strategy, driving the move towards an agentic software delivery model.”
  • Highlight track record in measuring engineering productivity through outcomes, not just activity.
    — “Experience running engineering operations, with a track record of measuring productivity through outcomes rather than activity.”
  • Showcase hands-on experience with cloud cost management and technical procurement.
    — “Hands-on experience with cloud cost management, vendor and contract management, and technical procurement.”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • improved engineering productivity
  • optimized cloud costs
Typical background
engineering leadership experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Engineering ProductivityCloud Cost ManagementVendor ManagementEngineering Operations

Preferred

Ai-assisted Software Development

Stack & domain

Engineering ProductivityDevOpsCloud Cost ManagementVendor And Contract ManagementCommunicationTeamworkProblem-solvingSoftwareEngineeringAI

About the role

Original posting from Matillion via Lever

Are you ready to shape the future of data?

Matillion is the company behind Maia, the AI Data Automation platform. 

In the AI economy, demand for data is exploding. Manual data engineering can’t keep up. Maia fixes that by combining 15 years of data expertise with agentic AI to eliminate the manual work that slows data teams down. Organisations like Cisco, DocuSign, and Slack are already using it to deliver real business impact, faster.

We started in Manchester and now we’re global - with teams across the UK, US and India.

We are driven, curious, energetic people who move fast, think big and hold ourselves to a high standard. We’re here to make a dent in the universe bigger than ourselves. And we’re looking for people who want to be part of it.

What you will be doing:

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Setting and leading the engineering productivity strategy, driving the move towards an agentic software delivery model across planning, coding, testing, review and deployment.

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Owning the roadmap for shared engineering platforms and delivery capabilities, including CI/CD, release automation, observability and the developer experience.

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Running the engineering operating rhythm and a trusted metrics framework, giving leadership clear visibility of delivery, quality, reliability and cost.

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Leading engineering FinOps and cloud cost optimisation, working with your CloudOps analysts to build forecasting, accountability and sustainable savings.

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Managing the engineering tooling portfolio end to end, including vendor evaluation, contract negotiation and renewals, in partnership with Finance, Procurement, Legal and Security.

What we are looking for:

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Significant engineering leadership experience in SaaS, cloud platform, DevOps, developer experience, SRE or engineering productivity organisations.

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A practical understanding of AI-assisted and agentic software development, ideally having led a team that builds AI agents or tooling for engineers, or a genuine drive to learn it fast.

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Experience running engineering operations, with a track record of measuring productivity through outcomes rather than activity.

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Hands-on experience with cloud cost management, vendor and contract management, and technical procurement.

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Excellent communication and sound commercial judgement, with the ability to influence engineering, finance and executive stakeholders.

More about Matillion

We operate a flexible working culture that promotes work-life balance, with benefits including:

Company Equity

30 days holiday + bank holiday

5 days paid volunteering leave

Private Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Pension

Access to mental health support

Your Safety

Matillion recruiters will only contact you from @matillion.com email addresses. We occasionally work with trusted recruiting partners; they will always tell you they are working on our behalf. We will never ask for money, fees, or bank details at any point in the hiring process. If something feels off, trust that instinct. Don't click any links. Go straight to matillion.com/careers to verify open roles or reach us at talent@matillion.com.

Want to know more?

Don't tick every box? Apply anyway. We hire for potential, not just experience. A member of our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch.

Cannot find anything suitable role right now? We still want to hear from you. Drop us a line at talent@matillion.com.

Find out more about life on #TeamGreen here. 

Matillion is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all of our team. Matillion prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. Matillion does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Source: Matillion careers (Lever)

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