Engineering Director, EU
Core
Lead a distributed engineering organization across the UK, Spain, and remote locations to launch, grow, and operate Monzo across Europe, partnering with Product, Design, Data, and Compliance to navigate regulatory requirements and localisation.
Role type
Senior IC Engineering Director (Strategy & Organization)
Builds
Multi-market European banking operations and capabilities
Domain
Fintech / Banking / European Market Expansion
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Organizational leadership, strategic planning, cross-functional influence, scaling engineering teams, regulatory navigation, ambiguity management, stakeholder management
Preferred skills
Experience in rapid growth environments, building high-performing leadership teams, balancing short-term delivery with long-term strategy
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Lead a distributed engineering organization spanning multiple squads and countries; Build and develop Engineering Managers and senior technical leaders; Partner with executive stakeholders to define and execute European strategy; Drive alignment across collectives for market expansion; Shape approaches to localisation and multi-market product development; Create clarity in ambiguous problem spaces; Design and evolve organizational structures and operating models.
Seniority
Director, hands-on IC with heavy people leadership