Head of Engineering Excellence

Ford Motor Company

Head of EU Engineering Excellence overseeing engineering operations at Ford Credit Europe. Collaborating with leadership and driving best practices in a hybrid role based in Dunton, Essex.

Posted 7/20/2026full-timeDunton • 🇬🇧 United KingdomLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in engineering operations and process improvement, with a focus on enhancing developer experience and implementing effective reporting mechanisms. Capable of driving cultural change and continuous learning within engineering teams while leveraging technology to improve productivity.

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Engineering OperationsProcess ImprovementDeveloper ExperienceData-Driven InsightsTraining Program Development

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Hard Skills

Enterprise Software EngineeringProcess ImprovementReporting MechanismsMetrics and Performance ReportingTechnology Roadmap DevelopmentAutomation of Software DeliveryCross-Team PrioritizationData Capture and AnalysisContinuous Learning FrameworkDashboard Development

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationInterpersonal SkillsInfluencing SkillsCuriosityProblem Solving

Industry Keywords

Engineering EffectivenessMatrixed Team StructureAgile MethodologiesCollaboration ToolsSoftware Development Processes

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Analyse, streamline, and automate the engineering software delivery process.
Design and implement robust reporting mechanisms to track progress, measure performance, and identify areas for improvement.
Champion and drive the adoption of effective ways of working across the engineering organisation.
Assist teams in following consistent processes for the establishment of goals, objectives, and cross-team prioritisation of work.
Ensure the right data is captured upstream to enable accurate delivery reporting and engineering metrics.
Stay close to the teams — listen actively, surface themes, and close the loop by translating feedback into meaningful process improvements.
Own the engineering effectiveness technology roadmap, ensuring alignment with wider company strategy.
Empower engineering teams to leverage tools to their fullest potential — identifying and implementing technologies that meaningfully enhance productivity, collaboration, and developer experience.
Develop engaging training programmes to ensure seamless adoption and optimal use of tooling across the team.
Support engineering leadership in fostering a culture of continuous learning and development.
Help implement and maintain a consistent skills framework and development programme for engineers and managers.
Support team members in developing improved approaches to building and delivering software.
Develop and maintain meaningful dashboards and reporting to surface data-driven insights to engineering teams and leadership.
Ensure the right upstream data foundations are in place so that metrics and performance reporting are accurate and actionable.

Requirements

What you’ll need

4+ years of hands-on enterprise software engineering experience — you understand how engineering teams work from the inside.
2+ years of experience in engineering operations, developer experience, process improvement, or a closely related field.
Experience building or leading an engineering operations or developer experience function is a strong plus but is not required.
Proven track record of improving processes, implementing new technologies, and driving positive change within engineering organisations.
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills.
Curiosity and a passion for problem solving, both conceptually and analytically.
Experience working in a matrixed team structure and influencing across product areas.
Drive to research, learn, and implement new technologies.
The ability to work under pressure and adapt to change.

Benefits

Comp & perks

The Company is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity for all and is opposed to any form of less favourable treatment or harassment on the grounds of race, religion or belief, sex, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability.
This is a full-time role, however we are keen to encourage applications from applicants who work flexibly including job-share applicants, who would like to work with another job-share applicant to do this role (even if you currently do not have a job-share partner). The Job Share Connect tool allows you to create your profile and then find a job share match.