Head Of Engineering Milano

Head Of Engineering
Milano
Lombardia, Milano

Head of Engineering - Milan - MotorK MotorK is the leading sales and marketing technology company in Europe, specialising in the automotive sector.

At MotorK, our mission is to empower manufacturers and dealerships to sell more with innovative, cloud-based products and services to offer the best digital customer experience.

We are on a fast and ambitious trajectory and serving 90% of the automotive manufacturers.

To continue our growth, we are hiring new talents.

If you want to spark the future of the automotive world, join us.

We're headquartered in Milan, Italy, where you'll find most of our employees but the teams you'll work with are across Europe.

About the Role As it continues to grow rapidly, MotorK is seeking a highly energetic and motivational Head of Engineering (Leading Team Leaders).

Someone used to look for win-win opportunities with an outcome driven mindset, that understands that outputs are simply a means to an end.

We're constantly striving to be data driven.

That means we measure everything that gives us insights we can use to continuously improve.

We do that in a Lean way, using Kanban to represent our workflow while we're using Scrum as an agile framework.

What You'll Do You will be the servant leader of 3-5 cross functional teams.

You will empower, challenge and give them constructive feedback, with the goal of letting them become high performing teams.

Collaborating with Product Owners and Engineering Teams in building and executing roadmaps, making explicit the technical constraints that can affect delivery time hence prioritisation during the scope definition.

Liaise with architects and other senior engineers in order to remove the blockers limiting our capacity of getting things done.

Engage different stakeholders and managers in order to fill the communication gap and reduce friction, providing reports and insights supported by Agile/Lean metrics.

Supporting career progression, providing mentoring, coaching and training, and identifying next generation leaders.

Requirements Solid software engineering background, knowledge of modern frameworks, architectural principles and testing methodologies.

Experienced in leading SaaS technology organisation, in a fast-paced organisation, serving hundreds of customers, and growing fast.

Proven track record of managing all aspects of a successful project throughout its lifecycle, including crisis management (while investing in a stable future), out of the box thinking, while results is what drives the business.

Examples of both inheriting and building software engineering teams, and growing and optimising them.

Deep understanding of Agile methodologies, such as XP/Scrum and Lean practices such as Kanban/Kaizen.

Experienced in working in an environment that promotes a DevOps mindset, Continuous Integration and Delivery.

Able to explain to non-technical people the pros and cons of a technical approach.

Experience in re-architecture processes or building a new architecture from scratch.

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