This is a strategic and operational leadership role overseeing engineering, DevOps, platform stability, and technology execution.
- Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
- Salary: 7000-11000 Euro p/m neg + 2 x annual bonusses + benefits
- Experience: 7+ years of experience in IT leadership, engineering management, or platform development.
About the Role
A leading international digital organisation is seeking a Group Head of IT Development / Software Engineering to drive the evolution, reliability, and scalability of its core technology platform across multiple markets.
You will define the technology direction, ensure operational excellence, and lead a high‑performing engineering function that delivers secure, scalable, and compliant digital solutions. Working closely with Product and senior stakeholders, you will play a central role in enabling business growth and platform innovation.
What You Will Be Doing
- Define and drive the technology strategy and architecture, ensuring scalability, performance, and long‑term sustainability.
- Own end‑to‑end delivery of platform components aligned with product and business priorities.
- Ensure platform reliability and performance, including incident management and operational governance.
- Lead DevOps and infrastructure excellence, improving deployment efficiency, automation, and system stability.
- Own security and compliance across the technology landscape, ensuring adherence to regulatory and data‑protection requirements.
- Partner closely with Product, BI, Operations, and regional teams to ensure alignment and measurable business impact.
- Build, lead, and develop a high‑performing technology organisation with strong structure, accountability, and delivery discipline.
Does This Sound Like You?
- 7+ years of experience in IT leadership, engineering management, or platform development.
- Proven track record leading cross‑functional engineering teams at scale.
- Strong understanding of modern architectures (microservices, cloud, distributed systems) and DevOps practices.
- Comfortable operating in regulated environments with security and compliance requirements.
- Strategic thinker with excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- A people‑centric leader who builds high‑performing, accountable teams.
- Fluent in English.
- EU Citizenship preferred.
- Relocation assistance will be provided to the suitable candidate.