Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive, commensurate with experience

About the Role
GBG is on a mission to enable safe and rewarding digital lives for genuine people everywhere. We leverage diverse and reliable data to create a single point of truth for identity and address verification, ensuring more genuine people have digital access to opportunities and businesses can connect with them securely.

We are seeking a senior technology leader to join us as our first VP of Engineering Enablement & Operations, reporting directly to the CTO. This high-impact role is responsible for enabling a global engineering organization of 300 technology professionals to operate with speed, consistency, and excellence.

You will lead engineering effectiveness at scale by driving adoption of emerging technologies including AI, establishing shared frameworks and standards, and building operational systems that empower teams to deliver their best work. As the founding leader in this space, you will play a pivotal role in shaping how we create and grow our people.

Key Responsibilities
AI & Emerging Technology Enablement
Lead the strategy for adopting AI and emerging technologies across the engineering organization.
Establish metrics to measure adoption, effectiveness, and impact on productivity, quality, and developer experience.
Partner with engineering leaders to embed AI-enabled tooling and workflows into everyday development practices.
Ensure the organization stays current with industry best practices and advances in engineering enablement.

Developer Experience & Engineering Standards
Own the end-to-end developer experience across a globally distributed engineering team.
Establish and evolve common frameworks and standards for engineering tooling, internal platforms, developer onboarding, ongoing enablement, hiring, interviewing, assessment practices, and shared expectations for engineering quality and ways of working.
Balance global consistency with local and team-level autonomy.

Engineering Operations & Effectiveness
Design and operate systems that improve predictability, transparency, and execution across engineering.
Define and track meaningful metrics related to engineering health, throughput, and operational performance.
Identify systemic bottlenecks and lead initiatives to improve efficiency and effectiveness at scale.
Support the CTO with data-driven insights on organizational health and investment priorities.

Vendor & Partner Management
Own strategic relationships with engineering tooling vendors, technology partners, and service providers.
Evaluate vendor performance, cost-effectiveness, and alignment with engineering needs.
Identify opportunities for optimization, partnerships, co-development, and external funding where applicable.
Ensure vendor decisions meaningfully improve developer productivity and organizational outcomes.

Experience
- Senior leadership experience in engineering enablement, operations, platform, or technology strategy roles.
- Proven success supporting large-scale engineering organizations (100+ engineers) in distributed environments.
- Strong operational mindset with experience building frameworks, metrics, and repeatable systems.
- Deep familiarity with modern engineering tooling, developer workflows, and AI-enabled development practices.
- Experience managing and negotiating with technology vendors and partners.

About you
- Strong influence skills with the ability to drive alignment without direct ownership of delivery teams.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and executive audiences.
- Passionate about enabling engineering teams to operate with speed, consistency, and excellence.
- Strategic thinker with a hands-on approach to solving complex operational challenges.

Qualifications
No specific qualifications are mandated; however, a background in technology leadership and operational excellence within engineering organizations is essential.