Head of Engineering

dept

📍 Zürich

📋 Descripción

<h2>Head of Engineering</h2> Zurich, hybrid DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand &amp; Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology &amp; Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021. <h2>JOB PURPOSE</h2> This role is part of our Experience &amp; Engineering team in Germany. We combine technology and experience design to create emotive yet conversion-focused ideas, products, and campaigns at scale and speed. Our specialty is digital experiences and communication that change perceptions and shape new behaviours to make a difference in the market. In this key leadership position, you are responsible for the strategic direction and growth of our Engineering teams. You will lead a team of approximately 7-9 professionals, including Team Leads and Senior Engineers. Your focus shifts from writing code to building systems: you will optimize processes, develop the next generation of leaders, and actively drive the cultural change toward AI-driven development. <h2>WHAT YOU’LL DO:</h2> <ul> <li>Leadership of Leaders: You lead, coach, and mentor Team Leads and Senior Engineers. You own their career paths and empower them to lead their own sub-teams to excellence.</li> <li>AI Change Management: You define the roadmap for integrating Artificial Intelligence into the daily engineering lifecycle (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Agentic Workflows). You act as a change agent, transforming our workflows for maximum efficiency and innovation.</li> <li>Operational Excellence: You take full ownership of your department's operational performance (resource planning, budget monitoring, utilization) and ensure a profitable and scalable engineering organization.</li> <li>Strategic Partnering: You work closely with Directors and VPs to sharpen DEPT®’s technological vision in the DACH region and act as a high-level technical sparring partner for our key accounts.</li> <li>Cultural Stewardship: You foster an inclusive, motivating, high-performance culture and establish modern department rituals that promote knowledge sharing and innovation.</li> </ul> <h2>WHAT YOU BRING:</h2> <ul> <li>Proven People Manager: You have a track record of leading teams in a "manager-of-managers" structure or significant experience leading larger engineering departments.</li> <li>Change Agent: You are passionate about the potential of AI in the software lifecycle and have a clear vision of how modern engineering organizations must evolve.</li> <li>Frontend Background: You possess a deep technical history in frontend development, allowing you to validate architectural decisions and act as a mentor on eye-level.</li> <li>Business Acumen: You understand the economic drivers of an agency or consultancy and can translate KPIs into actionable success.</li> <li>Communication: You are a confident communicator in both German and English, able to present complex technical topics to both stakeholders and clients.</li> </ul> <h2>WE OFFER:</h2> <ul> <li>Flexible, hybrid working policy (2 days from the office, depending on location);</li> <li>25 days holiday with the opportunity to take unpaid leave;</li> <li>Flexible health budget and Wellness &amp; personal day.&nbsp;</li> <li>Learning &amp; development budget.</li> <li>Referral bonus program.</li> <li>Occasional breakfast &amp; lunch at the office, Smoothie Tuesday.</li> <li>Stay happy and healthy with a contribution to your health through the OpenUp platform.</li> <li>You can choose to work from the spacious and barrier-free location in Zurich; in Bern you can expect a small but nice and fully equipped office where you can hit the keys in peace.</li