Engineering Director

Our Mission

The way businesses buy stuff is completely broken. Whether it’s SaaS, hardware, or contractors, the average B2B purchase takes over 3 months, requires 50+ emails, and involves multiple different stakeholders (IT, Legal, InfoSec, Finance, etc.). No one likes the way it is and it’s slowing businesses down.

Omnea’s platform handles the entire purchasing process: giving employees an easy place to make requests (Intake), managing the necessary approvals for the purchase to be made (Approvals Engine), and automating all renewals management & supplier risk assessments. Omnea gives both buyers, and finance & procurement leaders critical visibility into how, when, and why money is being spent.

Given the current market's increased focus on capital efficiency, there has never been a more vital time for businesses to use Omnea and get control of their spend. This is why we're one of the fastest growing Series A B2B businesses in Europe, backed by tier-1 VCs like Accel, First Round, & Point Nine.

Welcome to Spend Control 2.0 — built for tougher times.

What we're looking for

We're looking for our very first Engineering Director to partner with our VP Engineering and establish Engineering Management at Omnea, and to take profound ownership across people, process and technology as part of our Engineering leadership team.

As we grow from tens to hundreds of enterprise customers and through 10x revenue growth in the next 2-3 years, you'll play a crucial role in building and leading the best Engineering function in its category. You will be responsible for multiple teams, ensuring we deliver high-quality solutions while maintaining the velocity needed in a fast-growing environment.

You’ll be joining us at the most exciting possible time. We're a Series A company having raised $25m from Accel, Point Nine, First Round, and 50+ renowned founders and industry experts. We’ve built an incredible & passionate Engineering team of top performers and we’ve shipped our platform to many renowned & happy customers (Spotify, Lookout, McAfee, Onfido, Typeform, etc.) whilst managing to stay lean & operate efficiently. You will have high autonomy but high collaboration with a VP Engineering with a track record of building & scaling teams of 100+ from Series A to pre-IPO at a tech unicorn. Our CEO, CCO & CFO went on a similar journey with Tessian, going from $0-30m ARR / $8-$500m valuation, and from pre-seed to Series C (Sequoia, Accel, etc.).

We are targeting an April 2025 start for this role

What Can You Expect?

Build & Lead High-Performing Teams:

• Lead multiple engineering teams, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement, reporting to our Engineering Leader.

• Drive engineering best practices, quality standards, and performance metrics

• Mentor and develop engineers, helping them grow their careers and impact

• Collaborate with Product and Design to ensure optimal team structure and delivery

Drive Technical Excellence:

• Champion quality improvements across teams while maintaining high velocity

• Implement and refine engineering processes that scale

• Facilitate architectural decisions that impact multiple teams

• Ensure robust monitoring, observability, and incident response processes

Shape Technical Product Strategy:

• Partner with Product leadership to define and execute our technical roadmap

• Balance technical debt, feature development, and system reliability

• Ensure customer feedback drives technical priorities

About You

Leadership Experience:

• You have 8+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years managing engineering teams

• You've successfully managed multiple teams simultaneously (typically 2-3 teams/12-20 engineers)

• You have experience as an Engineering Manager at multiple companies, including at least one successful Series A+ SaaS company

• You've demonstrated success in fast-moving, ambiguous environments, particularly in rapid-growth periods

Technical Excellence:

• Strong technical background with hands-on experience in modern web technologies

• Deep understanding of distributed systems, cloud architecture (preferably AWS), and scalability challenges

• Experience with our stack (TypeScript, React, AWS Serverless) is a plus but not required

Track Record of Impact:

• Proven history of improving team velocity and quality

• Experience implementing engineering processes that scale with rapid growth

• Strong track record of successful project delivery in fast-paced environments

• Experience working directly with customers and translating their needs into technical solutions

• Experience scaling engineering teams through rapid growth

Leadership Style:

• You're data-driven but know when to trust intuition

• You excel at making decisions across teams and stakeholders

• You're comfortable making decisions with incomplete information

• You have a track record of growing and developing engineering talent

Nice to haves that really stand out to us:

• Track record of successful product launches in B2B SaaS

• Experience with procurement/finance systems

• History of contributions to engineering communities.

At Omnea, we embrace diversity. To build a product that's loved by everyone, we're best served by a team with all sorts of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't quite match the full job spec! And regardless of your race, religion, colour, gender, or anything else! If you think you could be a good fit for Omnea, please reach out.

A few things to note:

• We work Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays in-person at our offices. At this early stage of our company life-cycle it's important to us that we get this together-time, and you can read more about why we believe this is a winning move here

• We're commercial, ambitious and we don't pretend otherwise! We're actively seeking folks looking to make the most of a career-defining opportunity, with the hunger to be part of building something really impressive. You can see our values here

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