Interim Head of Engineering

Interim Head of Engineering focuses on build a modern, ai-enabled engineering capability that directly supports business growth.

What the role involves

• Build a modern, AI-enabled engineering capability that directly supports business growth.
• Process automation, and new digital proposition delivery.
• High pace - The board wants outcomes, not process. The bureaucracy is low.

Confirmed role details

• 6 month Contract + (with perm conversion potential).
• Swindon (Hybrid -3 days Onsite per week).
• Permanent conversion potential — this is a critical long-term leadership role. The right interim will be a serious candidate for the permanent position.

Candidate fit

• Technically credible enough to challenge your team's decisions and forward-thinking enough to know where engineering practice needs to go.
• Deep .NET and Azure background — the legacy estate is .NET and the infrastructure is Azure-first. You don't need to be writing code every day, but you need to be able to when it ma.
• Proven experience leading engineering transformation in a regulated financial services environment — not just running a stable function, but changing one.

Additional role context

• This is a genuine transformation role — not a caretaker position at a leading Financial services firm.
• Inherit a team of around 45 engineers and reshape how it operates — introducing squad-based delivery, embedding quality into engineering, and leading the function towards genuinely.
• Taking ownership of an engineering function of ~45 people and restructuring it into mission-aligned squads with clear backlogs, accountabilities, and outcomes — including legacy re.