VP of Engineering, RVU
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AWS
GCP
Salesforce
Azure
Expert level
London
The home of: Uswitch, Confused.com, Tempcover, Mojo Mortgages and money.co.uk
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The home of: Uswitch, Confused.com, Tempcover, Mojo Mortgages and money.co.uk
501-1000 employees
B2CB2BMarketplaceeCommerce
Be an early applicant
Salary not provided
AWS
GCP
Salesforce
Azure
Expert level
London
501-1000 employees
B2CB2BMarketplaceeCommerce
Company mission
Empowering people to make confident decisions.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience in a senior engineering leadership role, ideally within FinTech and/or a financial regulated business
- Demonstrable experience with a modern product culture and driving data-driven decision-making
- Strong leadership team experience, with the ability to communicate technology strategy to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong people management skills, with experience managing mixed disciplines (e.g., analysts, engineers, Salesforce, data engineering)
- Practical scale-up/startup organisation experience (not large corporate), having navigated rapid growth and evolving environments
- Deep understanding of public cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and how to best exploit capabilities and manage execution costs
- Expertise in data orchestration, integration, and API design for complex systems
- Experience with data infrastructure strategy and managing significant data migrations and Salesforce integrations
- A track record of managing technical debt and balancing short-term delivery with long-term strategic investments
- Familiarity with trustworthy AI principles (ethics, explainability) and leveraging AI in innovative ways
- Experience in driving operational efficiency through process automation
What the job involves
- Your role will encompass a diverse array of responsibilities, from setting strategic direction for our Technology initiatives, ensuring teams execute successfully, and being a strong and active participant of Mojo Mortgages’ leadership team
- You will have the unique opportunity to contribute to and own the development of cutting-edge FinTech solutions within the RVU Group, positioning Mojo Mortgages as a leader in the field
- One of your key responsibilities will involve enhancing the technical outputs of our Engineering, Salesforce and Data teams
- By implementing appropriate practices to foster a fast-paced culture of innovation, you will ensure that our technology can support future organisational growth and success
- In collaboration with senior leadership, you will be instrumental in setting the strategic direction for Mojo Mortgages' engineering initiatives
- Your ability to anticipate market trends, identify growth opportunities, and align technical strategies with business objectives will be crucial to our continued success
- This person will report to the Mojo Mortgages CEO and be part of the Mojo Leadership team
- Lead with a modern product culture, driving a fast pace of delivery and testing within highly autonomous, outcome-accountable teams
- Work closely with product leadership to define and deliver on a data-driven roadmap, utilising experiments and insights to inform decision-making
- Set and communicate a clear technology strategy, effectively diagnosing problems and prioritising solutions for both immediate and long-term impact
- Own data governance, the data architecture and champion robust data orchestration and integration across all systems, including complex APIs and system design (internal and external)
- Develop and execute a comprehensive data infrastructure + strategy, focusing on stitching together SaaS services and data, and managing migrations (e.g., connecting comms together)
- Ensure strategic investment in the right tools and technologies, balancing short-term gains with effective technical debt management and long-term investments
- Build technology to drive the performance of in-house operators, including expertise in CRM (Salesforce + in-house) solutions
- Establish excellent ways of working, fostering shared principles and holding leaders and teams accountable as a player-manager and an example for the wider business
- Demonstrate strong technical acumen, asking the right questions and unblocking challenges for engineering teams
- Ensure continuous and frequent value delivery, effectively balancing technical investment with value creation
- Champion Trust in AI (ethics, explainability) as we integrate artificial intelligence into our products and operations
- Build alignment across multidisciplinary teams within the organisation, strengthening the relationship between technology, product, and the wider business
- Assess capability levels and invest in supporting at the right levels to close gaps in performance, skill, and knowledge
- Cultivate a modern cloud + continuous delivery environment, ensuring high velocity and reliability
- Demonstrate experience in build vs. buy decisions, effectively combining services rather than building everything from scratch
Salary benchmarks
Our take
With increases in everyday costs presenting a significant challenge to households across the UK right now, RVU’s ecosystem of brands has the potential to provide a one-stop shop for consumers to ensure they are better informed and can save money on their bills.
RVU owns and operates Uswitch, Confused.com, Money.co.uk, Mojo Mortgages and Tempcover in the UK, all of which help millions of people make more informed decisions on a range of products and services for their home, such as energy, mortgages, insurance, broadband and mobile phones.
With the 2022 acquisition of Tempcover adding to the portfolio of brands, RVU is doubling down on the breadth of its product offering - expanding into the temporary insurance market. Tempcover is an insure-tech that brings flexible and affordable insurance solutions to motorists - whether hourly cover or month-long policies.
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41% female employees
Company
Company benefits
- Employer matching pension contributions up to 7.5%
- 10% discretionary yearly bonus and yearly pay reviews (based on RVU and personal performance)
- A hybrid working approach with 2 in-office days per week
- Maternity leave: after 12 months of service, you'll receive 26 weeks at full pay, followed by 13 weeks at half pay
- Parental leave: after 12 months of service you'll receive four weeks at full pay, followed by 8 weeks of flexible working
- Adoption leave: after 12 months service - 26 weeks at full pay, followed by 13 weeks at half pay
- £300 ‘Work from Home’ budget to help contribute towards a great work environment at home
- 25 days holiday excl. bank holidays (increasing to 30 days) + 2 days “My Time” per year
- Private medical cover, critical illness cover, dental plans and employee assistance programme
- Up to 22 days per year “working from anywhere”
- Electric vehicles scheme and carbon offsetting scheme
- Free breakfast in the office daily
- Free in-office gym, accessible 7 days a week
- Free access to the Calm and Peppy app for physical and mental health
- Employee discounts programme
- A healthy learning and training budget
Company values
- We believe in making every second count
- We believe in getting better every day
- We believe in winning the right way
- We believe that everything is written in pencil
- We believe in being great people to work with
- We believe that we can be the change we wish to see in the world
- We believe in leaving the wood pile higher than you found it
Company HQ
Fleet, Hampshire
Articles
Leadership
Tariq Syed
(CEO)Joined Red Ventures in 2017 to lead the inception of their European operations, which included the joint acquisition of the ZPG Group and subsequently the creation of RVU.
People progressing
Principal Product Analyst @ Uswitch.
Director of Engineering @ RVU.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at RVU
- 'We can choose to do nothing, we can choose to be angry with the world, or we can choose to take action. We choose action. Not hollow words or quick fixes that make us feel good. Deep-rooted action that will make a lasting impact way beyond the boundaries of our organisation.' Tariq Syed - RVU CEO
- Empower: Our approach to Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) includes executive sponsorship, funding, and professional development for ERG Leaders. Current ERGs are focused on Women, BAME and LGBTQIA+ and Disabilities.
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