Head of Engineering - PE, Application Platforms

Leading the engineering function for Application Platform Engineering, covering strategic direction and day-to-day execution. Supporting the Head of Application Platforms with end-to-end ownership of delivery, controls, and outcomes across the team. Establishing and operating effective governance, including prioritisation, delivery cadence, and decision-making forums. Defining, implementing, and tracking measurable engineering standards to improve quality, reliability, and consistency. Driving the migration strategy and execution to achieve ~80% application migration onto the standard platform. Leading the consolidation of six hosting platforms into a standard platform to reduce complexity and operational risk. Improving platform resilience and time-to-market through standard patterns, reusable capabilities, and streamlined delivery. Ensuring consistent observability practices (monitoring, logging, alerting) across the platform and migrated applications. Implementing automated run controls to strengthen operational management and reduce manual intervention. Managing delivery and control outcomes, ensuring transparency through metrics, reporting, and continuous improvement. Partnering with stakeholders across technology and delivery to align priorities, manage dependencies, and remove blockers. Experience implementing automation for operational controls (e.g., automated runbooks, policy-as-code, standardised controls). Ability to drive standardisation through consistent engineering patterns and reusable platform capabilities.