About Staizen
At Staizen, we live and breathe transformation. We support and guide our clients through the toughest and nitty-gritty parts of building, modernizing, and running digital products and platforms. Transformation is not easy and to be the best partners, we challenge ourselves to constantly practice what we preach in the way we do, build and lead.
The name Staizen is short for “State of Kaizen”, inspired by the Kaizen philosophy of continuous improvement. We are all about getting 1% better every day because sustainable transformation is not about the big bang but manifests in the daily choices that we commit to do every single day.
What we offer
- Get the chance to work on transformation at scale missions for complex industries such as banking, e-commerce, insurance
- Be part of our internal product development and build the next generation of productivity tools for customers
- Be part of exciting communities where you can collaborate, grow and learn across the board
- We are remote-first with global operations across Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Philippines, Singapore, and Cyprus, with optional co-working spaces for the team
Perks & Benefits
- 1% better yearly budget - your personal growth & learning fund
- Co-working spaces - for the times when you want to spice up and change environments
- Remote set-up budget - to get you up and running wherever you decide to work
- Team-up budget - Monthly lunch/dinner budget for physical or virtual team bonding
- Good medical coverage - so you don’t have to worry about your health
- Flexitime - We follow the standard business hours, but we trust you to find your most productive time
Role
We are seeking a highly-skilled Head of Engineering with a storied history in the technological sector. The Head of Engineering will make executive technology decisions on behalf of the company, to align the company with its vision for its technological needs. You should be a strategic thinker, an effective communicator and an expert in technological development.
You will act as both a technology and business expert, making decisions that will impact the current and future of the company.
Responsibilities
End-to-end people management
- Lead the local-wide engineering team, including recruitment strategy, onboarding, management and mentoring, aligned with delivery needs and sustainability
- Manage the allocated budget of the Engineering department.
- Be aware of the allocation of every engineer - where they are allocated, for how long, and what they are delivering.
- Assist in recruiting, onboarding and training senior staff (engineering managers, lead engineers, etc.)
Processes & coordination
- Ensure the Engineering department adheres to best practices and regulatory standards
- Lead the end-to-end lifecycle (from ideation to production support) of internal and external products
- Promote emerging and novel technologies within the organization to seed digital transformative initiatives
- Build new and enhance existing processes to facilitate knowledge sharing and promote efficiency
Senior consultant (delivery)
- Advise digital transformation and product building initiatives
- Short to mid-term assignments
Sales & pre-sales
- Support Business teams in sales and presales for value-added services
- Own the technical scope of offers & communications
Product Development
- Actively contribute to the Staizen product development (mid to long-term goal is to develop a SaaS product to support client transformation)
Staizen Core
- Promote the creation of Staizen Core modules (internal transformation toolboxes, reusable modules, blueprints, templates, etc.)
Technical Vision
- Be accountable and responsible for the deployment of an Engineering vision and roadmap to support Company goals
- Build and deliver a roadmap according to company needs for both the short and long-term
- Provide Technical leadership according to business needs, team capabilities and market standards
- Define, advise, prioritize and influence the use of emerging technologies and coordinate the evaluation, deployment, and management of current and future technologies
- Create and oversee high-level KPIs for IT department
- Manage the technical partnerships
Head of Engineering Perimeter
From a community point of view:
- User Experience engineering
- Front-End Engineering
- Back-End Engineering
- Quality Assurance (Front-End and Back-End)
- DevOps
- (more to come according to needs)
From a service point of view:
- Advisory
- Staff augmentation
- Training
- Internal and external product development
So what do you think?
Are you ready to drive impact and grow with us?
We’re looking for forward thinkers who thrive in an international environment. We have openings across our various communities - Frontend, Backend, DevOps, UX/UI, Quality Assurance, Data & Analytics, and Engineering Management. We can’t wait to meet you, drop us a message, and let’s chat!
