Informa
10,000+ employees
Founded 1998
🤝 B2B
📱 Media
📚 Education
B2B • Media • Education
Informa is a global leader in business intelligence, academic publishing, and events. It is home to hundreds of specialist brands and businesses, focused on connecting people with knowledge through events and digital products. Informa operates in over 30 countries and has a workforce of 12,000 colleagues globally. The company runs divisions such as Informa Markets, which facilitates trade and growth through events, and Taylor & Francis, a leading publisher of academic research. Informa prioritizes sustainability and diversity, aiming to positively impact markets and communities. As a member of the FTSE 100, Informa is known for its strong financial performance and scale within the academic and B2B markets.
Director of Software Engineering
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🕒 May 22
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Informa
10,000+ employees
Founded 1998
🤝 B2B
📱 Media
📚 Education
B2B • Media • Education
Informa is a global leader in business intelligence, academic publishing, and events. It is home to hundreds of specialist brands and businesses, focused on connecting people with knowledge through events and digital products. Informa operates in over 30 countries and has a workforce of 12,000 colleagues globally. The company runs divisions such as Informa Markets, which facilitates trade and growth through events, and Taylor & Francis, a leading publisher of academic research. Informa prioritizes sustainability and diversity, aiming to positively impact markets and communities. As a member of the FTSE 100, Informa is known for its strong financial performance and scale within the academic and B2B markets.
📋 Description
• Define and execute software engineering strategy aligned with Omdia's business objectives • Lead AI initiatives to enhance research delivery, data analytics, and customer-facing capabilities • Drive continuous improvement in customer experience across all platforms • Strengthen platform security, integration, and technical infrastructure • Oversee development of the Omdia Customer Platform, APIs, data visualization tools, and survey platform • Manage AWS cloud infrastructure and Sitecore CMS, optimizing for performance and cost-efficiency • Build and mentor a high-performing engineering team, managing both internal and outsourced resources • Manage engineering budget, resource allocation, and vendor relationships to maximize ROI • Establish and track effective KPIs to measure team performance, platform reliability, delivery velocity, and customer satisfaction • Implement performance management processes including goal setting, regular feedback, and development planning • Partner closely with Research Operations and Digital Product teams across global locations • Implement Agile methodologies, DevOps practices, and engineering best practices • Balance technical debt management with new feature development • Collaborate effectively across time zones and cultures within Informa's global organization
🎯 Requirements
• 10+ years in software engineering with 5+ years leading engineering teams • Proven track record in B2B technology, SaaS, data analytics, or information services • Experience with customer-facing platforms and data visualization solutions • Demonstrated success implementing AI/ML initiatives in production • Background managing both internal teams and outsourced development resources • Experience working in global organizations and managing distributed teams • Strong budget management and financial planning experience • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field required • Master's degree preferred, MBA a plus
🏖️ Benefits
• Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks • Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer, with charity match funding available too • Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When it’s time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job moves • Time out: annual leave, birthday leave and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year • A flexible range of personal benefits to choose from, plus company funded private medical cover • A ShareMatch scheme that allows you to become an Informa shareholder with free matching shares • Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, a healthy living subsidy, access to health apps and more • Recognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programmes • As an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the world
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