Interim VP of Engineering

ABOUT BEAMERY With the rapid expansion of AI and automation, the future of work has never been more challenging for organizations. Beamery’s unique jobs, skills and tasks data platform helps organizations navigate these challenges and make more informed decisions across Talent Lifecycle Management. Our solutions power recruitment, mobility, upskilling, diversity, work architecture and workforce planning for some of the world’s most forward-thinking companies. We believe that where you work is much more than just a job. Millions of people are being left behind every day in their careers, and we’re on a mission to fix this by creating equal access to meaningful work, skills and careers for all. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to building a representative Beamery, creating an equitable, inclusive and engaging environment for our people. So, what are you waiting for? Join us and help us transform the future of work once and for all. What’s ahead — and why it’s an exciting time to join the team: Deepening our native integrations with SAP, Workday, Microsoft, and LinkedIn to seamlessly embed our skills intelligence into the platforms where critical workforce decisions are made. Embedding our agentic AI to help customers plan smarter for the future—powering workforce strategies, internal mobility, and skills forecasting. Advancing our use of proprietary LLMs and knowledge graph technology to help organizations unlock broader talent pools, make fairer decisions, and expand access to opportunity at scale. But it’s not all about creating high-quality products, we also very much value the company culture we have worked hard to create; built on trust, empathy & honesty ensuring our workforce is able to bring their full selves to work. ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY AT BEAMERY This will be an interim 6 month role, as either fixed term employment contract or inside IR35, with the possibility of extension upon the completion of the initial engagement. We are seeking a seasoned and execution-focused Interim VP of Engineering to lead our engineering organisation through a critical period of growth and transition. Reporting to the CPTO, and working as an equal partner to Product and Data Science, you'll lead an experienced engineering organisation spanning product engineering, platform, technical support, and IT — with a substantial team of managers, leads, principals, and engineers. Working in close partnership with the CPTO, you'll ensure engineering decisions and delivery are tied to commercial and delivery outcomes — revenue, cost, speed, and reliability. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Accountability & Results - Own day-to-day leadership of the full engineering organisation — product engineering, platform, technical support, and IT - Set, deliver, and report engineering OKRs and KPIs in partnership with the CPTO — deployment frequency, lead time to change, commitment vs. delivery ratio, cost to serve, and team health Leadership & Development - Coach and develop engineering managers and leads — building autonomous, self-sufficient delivery teams that don't need to escalate to thrive - Own hiring and performance decisions at the team level Strategy & Architecture - Define and evolve the technical strategy for how Beamery builds and operates its platform — in close alignment with product and data science direction - Embed AI-first ways of working across the engineering organisation — accelerating delivery pace, reducing time to market, and building a culture where AI is a core part of how the team builds - Manage tech debt pragmatically — triage and execution, in line with strategic priorities set by the CPTO - Own the cloud infrastructure strategy and platform architecture — ensuring scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency at scale Delivery & Operations - Drive delivery throughput, predictability, and platform reliability across all teams — CI/CD, on-call, incident management, disaster recovery - Ensure security and regulatory compliance ac