Senior AI Engineering Manager

Valtech

Lead Appian Development Consultant Why Valtech? We’re the experience innovation company - a trusted partner to the world’s most recognised brands. To our people we offer growth opportunities, a values-driven culture, international careers and the chance to shape the future of experience. The opportunity At Valtech, you’ll find an environment designed for continuous learning, meaningful impact, and professional growth. Whether you're pioneering new digital solutions, challenging conventional thinking or building the next generation of customer experiences, your work will help transform industries. The Role: As Lead Appian Consultant, you'll work alongside multidisciplinary teams of strategists, architects, engineers, analysts, designers and consultants, helping enterprise organisations modernise business operations through low-code technology, workflow automation and intelligent digital platforms. Our capability spans strategy, architecture, implementation and optimisation, helping clients transform complex operational processes into scalable digital solutions. We work across sectors including financial services, retail, healthcare, automotive, media and the public sector, delivering enterprise platforms that create measurable business outcomes. You'll provide technical and development leadership across complex transformation programmes. You'll shape solution architecture, guide delivery teams, mentor consultants and work directly with senior client stakeholders to define and implement enterprise Appian solutions. This is both a hands-on and strategic role, that combines Appian expertise with consulting, technical architecture and delivery leadership. Role Responsibilities: You are an experienced Appian leader who enjoys solving complex business challenges through enterprise automation and low-code technology. You bring strong technical credibility, leadership capability and a consulting mindset, enabling you to guide both clients and delivery teams through complex transformation programmes. You lead the design and architecture of enterprise Appian solutions, ensuring they are scalable, secure, maintainable and aligned with Appian best practices. While remaining hands-on where needed, you provide technical direction across delivery teams and support solution governance throughout the project lifecycle. You collaborate closely with architects, business analysts, product managers and engineering teams to design solutions that balance business objectives with technical excellence. You confidently facilitate technical discussions, challenge assumptions and help clients make informed technology decisions. You lead Agile delivery teams, supporting sprint planning, technical estimation, solution reviews, demonstrations and continuous improvement. You coach and mentor consultants, helping develop capability while fostering a collaborative, high-performing engineering culture. You take ownership of application quality, performance and operational resilience; overseeing deployments, Appian Health Checks, application optimisation and production support activities. Beyond project delivery, you contribute to the growth of Valtech's Appian practice through pre-sales support, technical proposals, reusable accelerators, capability development, thought leadership and participation within the wider Appian community. As technology evolves, you remain committed to continuous learning, exploring emerging Appian capabilities, AI-powered automation and modern engineering practices that help clients innovate faster.   Must have Qualifications: * Proven experience leading enterprise-scale Appian delivery programmes within complex consulting environments. * Clear experience architecting Appian applications across Records, Record Types, Relationships, SAIL, Process Models, Sites, Reports and CDTs, with the ability to plan application structure for reuse and scale across multiple applications. * Strong understanding of relational databases, SQL, data modelling, stored procedures, triggers and views, with the judgement to decide when logic belongs in the database layer versus the application layer. * Experience designing enterprise integration architectures spanning multiple systems and Connected Systems, including evaluating build-vs-buy decisions for custom plug-ins and setting integration standards for delivery teams to follow. * Experience planning for scalability across data growth, user load and application extension over time, including proactive monitoring, application performance tuning, and CI/CD pipeline management across environments. * Skilled at establishing effective ways of working across blended teams (e.g. client staff, third-party vendors and other consultancies), setting collaboration norms, resolving friction between parties, and representing Valtech's delivery approach credibly to external stakeholders. * Strong understanding of Appian security implementation across data, interface and user levels, applied consistently across a multi-application landscape, and ownership of platform governance and design standards for other developers to follow. * Experience owning deployment workflows and CI/CD strategy across a programme, including environment strategy and release governance spanning multiple applications and teams. * Experience leading Agile Scrum delivery teams, including Sprint 0 activities, backlog refinement, estimation, sprint demonstrations and technical leadership. * Excellent stakeholder management skills with experience working directly with Product Owners, Architects, Engineering Leaders and senior client stakeholders. * Proven experience mentoring developers and leading high-performing technical teams. * Experience contributing to pre-sales, solution design, proposals or technical bid responses. * A passion for continuous learning, innovation and advancing Appian best practice across delivery teams. Commitment to reaching all kinds of people We design experiences that work for all kinds of people - and that starts with our own teams. At Valtech, we’re intentional about building an inclusive culture where everyone feels supported to grow, thrive and achieve their goals. No matter your background, you belong here. Explore our Diversity & Inclusion site to see how we’re creating a more equitable Valtech for all. About Valtech Valtech is the experience innovation company that exists to unlock a better way to experience the world. By blending crafts, categories, and cultures, we help brands unlock new value in an increasingly digital world. At the intersection of data, AI, creativity, and technology, we drive transformation for leading organizations, including L’Oréal, Mars, Audi, P&G, Volkswagen Dolby, and more. At Valtech, we don’t just talk about transformation. We make it happen. Our people are the heart of our success, and we foster a workplace where everyone has the support to thrive, grow and innovate. Are you ready to create what’s next? Join us.

Matillion

Are you ready to shape the future of data? Matillion is the company behind Maia, the AI Data Automation platform.  In the AI economy, demand for data is exploding. Manual data engineering can’t keep up. Maia fixes that by combining 15 years of data expertise with agentic AI to eliminate the manual work that slows data teams down. Organisations like Cisco, DocuSign, and Slack are already using it to deliver real business impact, faster. We started in Manchester and now we’re global - with teams across the UK, US and India. We are driven, curious, energetic people who move fast, think big and hold ourselves to a high standard. We’re here to make a dent in the universe bigger than ourselves. And we’re looking for people who want to be part of it. About the Role   As Senior Product Manager, you'll own a significant slice of the Maia product, working at the intersection of complex user problems, AI capability and commercial impact. We need someone who understands what a genuinely great product experience looks like and holds the bar for it relentlessly. You'll be user-obsessed and data-driven in equal measure. You'll ship dashboards, track leading indicators, run evals and use AI tooling in your own workflow to move faster. We're not prescriptive about your background - whether you've scaled a product at a larger company or moved fast at a startup, what matters is that you've done both at some point and you know the difference. Breadth of scope is easy. We need someone who can go deep.   We believe great product work happens through collaboration - which is why this role ideally follows our hybrid working pattern of two days a week in our Manchester city centre offices. That said, we know the right person isn't always on our doorstep, so we're open to flexibility for candidates based elsewhere in the UK. What matters most is the quality of thinking you bring, not where you sit.

Valtech

Head of Mobile Engineering   Why Valtech? We’re the experience innovation company - a trusted partner to the world’s most recognized brands. To our people we offer growth opportunities, a values-driven culture, international careers and the chance to shape the future of experience. The Opportunity: At Valtech, you'll find an environment designed for continuous learning, meaningful impact and professional growth. We're looking for a senior mobile leader to define and evolve our mobile capability in the UK, partnering with clients and multidisciplinary teams to deliver exceptional digital experiences at scale. This role combines technical leadership, consulting, capability development and commercial impact. You will work with some of the world's leading brands to shape mobile strategies, modernise platforms and drive innovation across native and cross-platform ecosystems. The Role: You'll work alongside multidisciplinary teams of architects, engineers, strategists, designers and consultants, helping clients define and deliver world-class mobile experiences. This is both a leadership and hands-on consulting role. You'll provide technical direction, advise clients on platform strategy, support business growth and help build a thriving mobile capability across Valtech. You will operate across strategy, architecture and delivery, bringing together engineering excellence, customer experience and commercial thinking. We operate across sectors including financial services, retail, automotive, healthcare, media and consumer brands. Each presents different technology landscapes, constraints and transformation ambitions. Mobile experiences increasingly sit at the centre of customer engagement. We design scalable, secure and high-performing platforms that enable organisations to deliver connected and intelligent digital experiences. This role will be 60% client strategy & delivery, 40% operational & capability leadership and growth. What Success Looks Like: * A thriving and scalable mobile capability. * Strong technical communities and engineering standards. * Trusted client relationships and strategic influence. * Growth in mobile opportunities and revenue. * High-performing teams delivering exceptional experiences. * Continued innovation across mobile and emerging technologies. Role Responsibilities: Client Delivery Leadership * Act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders. * Provide senior oversight on complex deliveries. Have the awareness to step in early to protect outcomes, people and client relationships. * Be a bridge across disciplines to solve end-to-end problems and create coherent ways of working. * Track and report on the health of the practice. This might include capability coverage (aligned to demand), community engagement, delivery quality, and act on the signals. * Lead workshops and shape mobile transformation roadmaps. * Guide platform modernisation and architecture decisions. * Partner with Product, Design, Data and Engineering teams to deliver integrated solutions. * Influence strategic technology investments. Capability Leadership * Define and evolve Valtech's mobile vision and strategy, and grow our mobile engineering capability. * Have accountability for line management in the practice and line managers will report to you. You will ensure standards and cadence for 1:1s and growth conversations, calibrate performance, manage succession, lead difficult conversations, and coach managers so the whole system gets better. * Coach new leaders. Give them real opportunities and feedback so they lead with consistency, confidence, and care. * Influence our career pathways and skills framework. You will make progression transparent and support through coaching, mentoring, and effective management. * Establish engineering standards and best practices. * Foster communities of practice and mentor engineers and architects. * Sponsor innovation with purpose from small practice experiments to thought leadership (talks, blogs, whitepapers) that help evolve our capability, win new work and influence our clients’ strategy. Technical Leadership * Provide architectural oversight across complex mobile programmes. * Drive approaches across iOS, Android and cross-platform technologies. * Ensure solutions are scalable, secure and resilient. * Champion modern engineering practices including CI/CD, observability and automation. * Explore emerging technologies including AI-enabled experiences and intelligent assistants. Commercial Impact & Growth * Partner with UK Growth teams on pitches and pre-sales work bringing an authentic and credible craft perspective to exec-level conversations backed by real-world experience. * Support UK strategic initiatives, ensuring the practice’s work aligns with wider business priority. * Contribute to proposals and solutioning efforts. * Identify growth opportunities to expand client engagements. * Represent Valtech externally through thought leadership and industry engagement. * Help strengthen Valtech's position as a leader in digital experience and mobile innovation.   Must have Qualifications: Leadership * Experience leading mobile engineering teams, practices or capabilities. * Strong consulting and stakeholder management skills. * Ability to influence senior business and technology leaders. * Passion for coaching and developing talent. Technical Expertise Experience across: * Native mobile development (iOS and/or Android) * Cross-platform technologies such as Flutter or React Native * Mobile architecture and platform strategy * API-driven ecosystems * CI/CD and DevOps practices * Security, identity and authentication * Analytics and observability * Cloud-native platforms and backend integration Consulting Experience * Experience delivering within consulting, agency or digital transformation environments. * Comfortable operating across strategy, architecture and delivery. * Experience leading client engagements and workshops. * Strong communication and presentation skills. * Commercial awareness and experience supporting growth initiatives. Nice to have Qualifications: * Experience with AI-powered mobile experiences and agentic AI. * Knowledge of modern data and personalisation platforms. * Experience leading globally distributed teams. * Public speaking, thought leadership or contributions to the wider technology community. Commitment to reaching all kinds of people We design experiences that work for all kinds of people - and that starts with our own teams. At Valtech, we’re intentional about building an inclusive culture where everyone feels supported to grow, thrive and achieve their goals. No matter your background, you belong here. Explore our Diversity & Inclusion site to see how we’re creating a more equitable Valtech for all.