Senior Director/Director of Engineering

Chaberton Professionals is currently supporting an international Deep Tech company experiencing strong growth in the search for a Senior Director / Director of Engineering .

Our client is an innovative technology company characterized by a strong Engineering culture, an international footprint, and a distributed technology organization.

As the company enters a further phase of growth and organizational development, we are looking for a senior engineering leader who can play a key role in scaling the organization, driving execution excellence, and shaping the evolution of its technology and products.

This is a high-visibility leadership opportunity, with a direct impact on the evolution of the Engineering organization and on the development of the next generation of technical leaders.

The Role

The selected candidate will have end-to-end responsibility for delivery, architecture, and team performance across several core product areas , acting as a key engineering leader within the international organization.

The role will lead an Engineering organization of approximately 100 professionals , primarily distributed across Europe, with responsibility for organizational development, leadership growth, and execution excellence.

Reporting directly to the SVP of Engineering , the successful candidate will work closely with senior management and key business functions to translate company and product strategy into a scalable technology roadmap and clear, measurable Engineering outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end technical and delivery accountability across major product areas, from architecture through production.
• Lead and develop an international Engineering organization of approximately 100 FTEs , fostering a culture of accountability, ownership, and delivery excellence.
• Build, develop, and scale the management layer , working closely with Senior Engineering Managers and Tech Leads while setting high standards for leadership, hiring, and performance.
• Set the technical direction for complex distributed systems and technology architectures, ensuring high standards of scalability, reliability, performance, and security.
• Translate company and product strategy into clear, scalable, and measurable technology execution plans.
• Partner closely with Product and other business functions to ensure strong alignment between technology evolution, product roadmap, and business priorities.
• Establish and uphold high Engineering standards across code quality, CI/CD, testing, observability, and operational readiness.
• Own the execution of complex cross-functional initiatives, establishing operating cadences, metrics, and checkpoints while proactively identifying and removing potential blockers.
• Coordinate activities across geographically distributed Engineering teams, fostering collaboration, alignment, and the sharing of best practices.
• Represent Engineering across Product, Business, and other key stakeholders within the organization.
• Contribute to the definition of the broader Engineering strategy, providing senior management with insights on execution, organization, technology, and talent development.
• Actively contribute to the development of the organization's Engineering leadership pipeline, identifying and developing the next generation of technical leaders.

Candidate Profile

• 10+ years of experience in Engineering Leadership , including at least 5 years managing organizations composed of managers and senior individual contributors .
• Proven track record leading and scaling international and geographically distributed Engineering organizations.
• Experience within Deep Tech, Technology, SaaS, or product-oriented companies , preferably in environments characterized by high technological complexity and strong growth.
• Proven experience delivering complex technology products at scale.
• Deep technical understanding of distributed systems, cloud platforms, containers, Kubernetes, and microservices , with the ability to engage at architectural level when required.
• Experience managing Engineering organizations through different stages of growth and transformation.
• Proven experience developing and delivering products or product capabilities based on AI/ML is considered a strong plus.
• Excellent leadership and people management skills, with a proven ability to develop managers and technical leaders.
• Strong execution orientation and experience managing complex cross-functional