Head of Mobile Engineering

Head of Mobile Engineering Overview

Company Name	Valtech
Job Role	Head of Mobile Engineering
Qualifications	Not Specified
Category	IT Jobs
Job Type	Full Time
Location	Bristol

This is a senior mobile leadership position focused on shaping and expanding a mobile engineering capability in the UK. The role sits at the intersection of technical leadership, client consulting, capability building, and commercial growth. It is designed for someone who can guide major clients, influence strategy, strengthen engineering standards, and help the business win and deliver more mobile work across native and cross-platform ecosystems.

The organisation presents itself as an experience innovation partner to well-known global brands, with an emphasis on growth, values-led culture, international opportunities, and the chance to influence the future of digital experiences. The environment is described as one that supports continuous learning, meaningful impact, and professional development.

What the role involves

You would work with multidisciplinary teams made up of architects, engineers, strategists, designers, and consultants to help clients define and deliver high-quality mobile experiences. The position is both strategic and hands-on: you would provide technical direction, advise on platform choices, support business development, and help build a strong mobile practice within the UK.

The work spans strategy, architecture, and delivery, combining engineering quality with customer experience thinking and commercial awareness. The company operates across a range of sectors, including financial services, retail, automotive, healthcare, media, and consumer brands, each with different technical environments, constraints, and transformation goals. Mobile is positioned as a central part of customer engagement, and the team focuses on building scalable, secure, high-performing platforms that support connected and intelligent digital experiences.

The role is weighted approximately 60% toward client strategy and delivery, and 40% toward operational leadership, capability development, and growth.

What success in the role looks like

• A mobile capability that is strong, scalable, and growing.
• Well-functioning technical communities and clear engineering standards.
• Trusted client relationships and meaningful strategic influence.
• Increased mobile opportunities and revenue contribution.
• Teams that perform strongly and deliver excellent experiences.
• Ongoing innovation in mobile and related emerging technologies.

Key responsibilities

Client delivery leadership

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders.
• Provide senior-level oversight on complex delivery programmes.
• Intervene early when needed to protect delivery outcomes, team wellbeing, and client relationships.
• Connect different disciplines so that end-to-end problems are solved coherently and working practices stay aligned.
• Monitor the health of the practice, including whether capability matches demand, how engaged the community is, and how delivery is performing, then act on what the signals show.
• Run workshops and help clients define mobile transformation roadmaps.
• Support platform modernisation and architecture decisions.
• Work closely with product, design, data, and engineering teams to produce integrated solutions.
• Help shape strategic technology investment choices.

Capability leadership

• Define and evolve the mobile vision and strategy for the business.
• Grow the mobile engineering capability in the UK.
• Take accountability for line management within the practice, including oversight of line managers who report to this role.
• Ensure there is a consistent rhythm of one-to-ones, development discussions, performance calibration, succession planning, difficult conversations, and manager coaching.
• Coach new leaders and give them opportunities and feedback so they can lead with confidence, consistency, and care.
• Influence career pathways and the skills framework so progression is clear and supported.
• Set engineering standards and promote best practices.
• Build communities of practice and mentor engineers and architects.
• Encourage purposeful innovation, from small internal experiments to external thought leadership such as speaking, writing, and publishing whitepapers.

Technical leadership

• Provide architectural oversight across complex mobile programmes.
• Lead technical approaches across iOS, Android, and cross-platform solutions.
• Ensure mobile solutions are scalable, secure, and resilient.
• Promote modern engineering practices, including continuous integration and delivery, observability, and automation.
• Investigate emerging technologies such as AI-enabled experiences and intelligent assistants.

Commercial impact and growth

• Work with UK growth teams on pitches and pre-sales activity.
• Bring a credible technical perspective to executive-level commercial conversations.
• Support strategic initiatives in the UK so the practice contributes to wider business priorities.
• Contribute to proposals and solution design.
• Identify opportunities to expand client engagements.
• Represent the business externally through thought leadership and industry participation.
• Help strengthen the company’s standing as a leader in digital experience and mobile innovation.

Required experience and skills

• Experience leading mobile engineering teams, practices, or capability areas.
• Strong consulting ability and confidence working with stakeholders.
• Ability to influence senior business and technology decision-makers.
• A strong interest in coaching and developing people.
• Experience with native mobile development, ideally iOS and/or Android.
• Experience with cross-platform technologies such as Flutter or React Native.
• Understanding of mobile architecture and platform strategy.
• Experience working with API-driven systems.
• Knowledge of CI/CD and DevOps practices.
• Understanding of security, identity, and authentication in mobile solutions.
• Experience with analytics and observability.
• Familiarity with cloud-native platforms and backend integration.
• Experience in consulting, agency, or digital transformation settings.
• Comfort working across strategy, architecture, and delivery.
• Experience leading client engagements and workshops.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Commercial awareness and experience supporting growth activities.

Desirable experience

• Experience with AI-powered mobile experiences and agentic AI.
• Knowledge of modern data and personalisation platforms.
• Experience leading teams spread across multiple locations.
• Public speaking, thought leadership, or contributions to the wider technology community.

Culture and inclusion

The company says it is committed to designing experiences that work for everyone, and that this starts with its own people. It aims to build an inclusive environment where people from all backgrounds feel supported to grow, thrive, and achieve their goals. The message is that everyone belongs there, regardless of background.

How to apply

Applications are submitted through an online form. Candidates are asked to provide standard application details, including contact information, location, a CV, and an optional cover letter. The form also asks whether the applicant has demonstrable experience in a client-facing consulting environment, whether they have both team leadership and technical leadership experience, their desired salary range, and how they heard about the opportunity. The application is submitted through the Greenhouse recruitment system.

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