Engineering Lead

Engineering Practice Lead- Transformation & Engineering Excellence

B2B| | Hybrid - 6 days per month onsite in Krakow |

A leading global organisation is seeking an Engineering Practice Lead to support large‑scale engineering transformation initiatives across multiple technology domains. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in complex environments, enjoys driving and shaping engineering capability, culture and talent development.

This is a unique opportunity for someone who is passionate about the human side of engineering transformation and enjoys driving improvements in learning, capability building, hiring quality, career development and workforce planning.

The Role As an Engineering Practice Lead, you will play a key role in shaping and uplifting engineering practices across software, data, operations, and infrastructure teams. You’ll partner with Senior Engineering Leaders, HR/L&D, and workforce teams to influence hiring quality, strengthen communities of practice, and embed best‑in‑class engineering standards.

What You’ll Do

• Drive engineering capability and talent development initiatives across multiple technology functions.
• Partner with engineering leaders to assess skills gaps and define capability uplift strategies.
• Collaborate with HR and Learning & Development teams to design and enhance training programmes.
• Support the development of engineering career frameworks, progression models, and learning pathways.
• Improve engineering hiring quality through workforce planning and assessment frameworks.
• Help shape graduate, early careers, and leadership development programmes.
• Use data and insights to measure capability improvement and transformation progress.
• Contribute to engineering communities and initiatives that strengthen engineering culture and engagement.
• Influence senior stakeholders and promote best practice across engineering organisations.

What You’ll Bring

• An engineering mindset with exposure to multiple technology stacks and experience in at least one discipline.
• Experience delivering organisational, engineering, or technology transformation programmes.
• Background working within engineering, technology, software, infrastructure, or digital organisations.
• Experience supporting learning, capability, talent, workforce, or people-focused initiatives across a wider engineering community.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Ability to coordinate activities across multiple teams and business areas
• Excellent communication and presentation skills