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Head of Engineering

FGH Business Centre 66-70 Vicar Ln, Bradford BD1 5AJ

Hybrid flexibility: 2 full office days per week across Tues/Weds/Thurs

This is a senior leadership and management role, reporting directly into our Director of IT

Aligned to the business strategy and vision, FGH is embarking on a major IT and Digital transformation journey to completely modernise the present technology landscape across the organisation. The technology roadmap that will take the company from its current technology environments to a modern, flexible, modular ecosystem, that can take advantage of the latest developments in Cloud, API, Data, SaaS, AI, and automation.

ABOUT THE ROLE

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  Leadership of Engineering Teams: Proven ability to manage and lead diverse engineering teams across multiple technologies, including legacy mainframe systems. Experience of navigating complex dependencies to create achievable engineering delivery with a pragmatic approach to delivery methods and evolving standards
• Technical Oversight: Strong understanding of modern and legacy technology stacks to ensure effective delivery and integration.
• People Management: Excellent skills in mentoring, coaching, and developing staff to achieve high performance. Able to navigate conflict and bring together people with varying skills and experience levels. Able to utilise conflict resolution and diplomacy tactics to support and build a functional team.
• Coordination & Delivery: Expertise in coordinating internal teams and external vendors for seamless software and third-party solution delivery.
• Culture Building: Ability to foster a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement within engineering and delivery teams.
• Growing and establishing a team: Willing and driven to recruit and build a set of engineering teams for the organisation

ABOUT YOU

• Brilliant communications skills, able to explain complex technology concepts clearly to business stakeholders, and to engage in depth with all FGH and IT Partner technologists
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation.
• Willing to take accountability for things, even without line management control of the resources
• Demonstrable commitment to developing your own professional skillset, keeping at the cutting edge technically and professionally.
• Experience in working with third parties to get great service provision and value for money on projects
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, systems analysis or a related field of study, or equivalent experience.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Excellent analytical and technical skills.

ABOUT US: FGH DIGITAL

For over 100 years, Freemans has been at the forefront of home shopping, delivering quality products and exceptional service. We’ve accepted the challenge to transform our business into a modern, digital-first retailer.

With a rich heritage and an eye on the future, we are a forward-thinking, tech-driven online retail business, making fabulous fashion and stylish homewares accessible and affordable for everyone.

Based in West Yorkshire and part of the OTTO group one of the world’s largest online retail organisations, Freemans Grattan Holdings (FGH) is the home of familiar brands such as Freemans, Grattan, Kaleidoscope, and Curvissa.

WHAT WE OFFER YOU

FLEXIBILITY

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working options to help you achieve a healthy work life balance. Our full time head office colleagues work a minimum of 2 days per week in the office, allowing the perfect balance between collaborative in-person team work and the flexibility to work from home.

TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

Turning your job into a career is a real passion for us and our development programmes will enable you to grow in role.

We offer clear career pathways that will show you the way, outlining the skills, behaviours and knowledge needed to perform at the next step.

We invest in our colleagues, giving them all the opportunity to progress. Our inspired leadership programme is aimed at equipping our future leaders to coach, develop, manage change and maintain situational awareness.

INCLUSIVITY

As a business, we depend on a fusion of identities, characteristics, backgrounds, and cultures to fully appreciate our people and our customers. Freemans has a long-standing commitment to ensuring fairness and balance.

Our company is an inclusive organisation where everybody can make the most of their talent and abilities. Our pay, reward, and progression approach is based solely on fairness and merit.

BENEFITS
We firmly believe that we should reward our brilliant people with extensive benefits to help them stay healthy, relax and re-energise, have fun, manage the day-to-day and plan for the future. Here are just some of our great benefits:

• Competitive salaries and annual bonus scheme
• 37 days holiday
• Healthcare cash plan
• Competitive pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Paid paternity and maternity leave
• Incredible staff discounts
• Subsidised Canteen

Ready to apply?

If you’re excited about this opportunity and want to join FGH, click apply now to send us your application.