Headhunter Digital

Head of Development – Digital Agency

Headhunter Digital

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Berlin • 🇩🇪 Germany

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Salary

💰 €90,000 - €110,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • You coach and develop the Tech Leads and their teams (currently around 60 employees) and ensure everyone can reach their full potential.
  • In close coordination with the Tech Leads, you define the technical strategy, architecture standards, and tooling landscape for the entire company.
  • You optimize and establish efficient processes in teamwork, agile methodologies, quality assurance, and CI/CD to sustainably increase productivity.
  • You are responsible for strategic resource planning, project allocation, and monitoring in close alignment with project management and executive leadership.
  • You actively shape the entire recruiting and onboarding process to attract and retain the best talent.
  • You take on budget planning and reporting of relevant KPIs (e.g., utilization, forecasts) to executive management.

Requirements

  • Several years of relevant leadership experience in a comparable Lead or Head of Engineering role, ideally in an agency or consulting environment.
  • Deep, solid understanding of modern software development, architectural principles, and agile project work.
  • Proven success in team development and building teams (recruiting, performance conversations).
  • Confident handling of budget planning, controlling, and reporting.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to act as an interface between executive management, HR, sales, and development teams.
  • You have strategic foresight, drive change, and enjoy optimizing processes (hands-on mentality).
Benefits
  • Maximum flexibility: work in a hybrid model in Berlin and remotely.
  • Some willingness to travel is welcome for on-site meetings and team-building.
  • Workation & mobility: take the opportunity to work at other locations within the group and benefit from JobRad (bike leasing), a Deutschlandticket (public transport pass), or fuel vouchers.
  • Financial security: in addition to a competitive salary, an attractive employer contribution to company pension schemes and other corporate benefits.
  • Choice of hardware: work with your preferred setup (Mac, Windows, or Linux). You are allowed to use the hardware privately.
  • Development & culture: extensive internal and external training opportunities.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
agile methodologiesquality assuranceCI/CDtechnical strategyarchitecture standardsbudget planningproject allocationKPI reportingsoftware developmentarchitectural principles
Soft skills
leadershipcoachingteam developmentcommunicationstrategic foresightchange managementprocess optimizationinterpersonal skillsperformance managementinterface management