Vice President of Engineering
<p><b>Salary: £100,000 - 100,000 per year</b></p>
<b>Requirements:</b>
<ul><li>10 years in software engineering, with 5 in senior leadership</li><li>Strong technical background across modern architectures and cloud platforms</li><li>Proven experience scaling teams and delivering complex platforms</li><li>Excellent stakeholder and communication skills</li><li>A people-centric leadership style—thriving on developing talent while driving high performance and delivery excellence</li><li>A leadership approach aligned to our values—collaborative, inclusive, accountable, and driven by continuous improvement in service of educators and learners</li><li>Comfortable operating in a hybrid model, with approximately 3 days per week in one of our offices (Sheffield, Cardiff, or London) and the remainder working flexibly</li></ul>
<b>Responsibilities:</b>
<ul><li>Define the technical roadmap and scalable architecture</li><li>Lead, hire, and develop engineering managers and teams</li><li>Deliver high-quality products on time and at scale</li><li>Drive Agile delivery and continuous process improvement</li><li>Collaborate cross-functionally to support business growth</li></ul>
<b>Technologies:</b>
<ul><li>Cloud</li><li>Support</li><li>CTO</li><li>DevOps</li></ul>
<p><b>More:</b></p>
<p>We are Parkinson Lee Executive Search, retained partners with Tes in the appointment of a VP Engineering. Tes is a global EdTech organization on a mission to power schools and enable great teaching worldwide. With a community of more than 13 million educators and over 25,000 schools across 100 countries, we combine deep educational heritage with modern technology to drive meaningful impact. This is an exceptional opportunity for an ambitious technology leader to influence strategy, scale teams, and drive meaningful change across a global platform.</p>
<p>last updated 8 week of 2026</p>
<b>Requirements:</b>
<ul><li>10 years in software engineering, with 5 in senior leadership</li><li>Strong technical background across modern architectures and cloud platforms</li><li>Proven experience scaling teams and delivering complex platforms</li><li>Excellent stakeholder and communication skills</li><li>A people-centric leadership style—thriving on developing talent while driving high performance and delivery excellence</li><li>A leadership approach aligned to our values—collaborative, inclusive, accountable, and driven by continuous improvement in service of educators and learners</li><li>Comfortable operating in a hybrid model, with approximately 3 days per week in one of our offices (Sheffield, Cardiff, or London) and the remainder working flexibly</li></ul>
<b>Responsibilities:</b>
<ul><li>Define the technical roadmap and scalable architecture</li><li>Lead, hire, and develop engineering managers and teams</li><li>Deliver high-quality products on time and at scale</li><li>Drive Agile delivery and continuous process improvement</li><li>Collaborate cross-functionally to support business growth</li></ul>
<b>Technologies:</b>
<ul><li>Cloud</li><li>Support</li><li>CTO</li><li>DevOps</li></ul>
<p><b>More:</b></p>
<p>We are Parkinson Lee Executive Search, retained partners with Tes in the appointment of a VP Engineering. Tes is a global EdTech organization on a mission to power schools and enable great teaching worldwide. With a community of more than 13 million educators and over 25,000 schools across 100 countries, we combine deep educational heritage with modern technology to drive meaningful impact. This is an exceptional opportunity for an ambitious technology leader to influence strategy, scale teams, and drive meaningful change across a global platform.</p>
<p>last updated 8 week of 2026</p>