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Prague, Czech Republic Hybrid Project Management

Head of Product Engineering

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Description

Ciklum is looking for a Head of Product Engineering to join our team full-time in Czech Republic.

We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.

About the role:

This leadership position is critical to Ciklum’s continued expansion as a trusted global partner in digital product development and technology services. The successful candidate will be responsible for driving engineering strategy, strengthening technical capabilities, and ensuring operational excellence across cross-functional teams delivering software solutions to global enterprise clients.

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for building a world-class software development team in Czechia to service multiple clients across varied solutions and products, comfortable in managing a team of experienced engineering leaders
  • Demonstrate very strong technical leadership and people management skills including solid communication and analytical capabilities with a thorough understanding of product development and successful problem definition, decomposition, estimation, and resolution
  • Design and execute a well-thought-out strategy for best-in-class software engineering practices
  • Responsible for aligning with cross-functional service team owners to understand initiatives and Implementations
  • Influence decision making through an active partnership with cross-functional teams 
  • Manage strategic business partnerships with ‘big tech’ and relationships through Technical, Financial, Contractual and Relationship Management
  • Coach, mentor and lead a diverse group of software engineers
  • Work with product owners across the businesses to understand market needs’ vision; quickly translate that vision into demonstrable software
  • Quickly define and deliver working software prototypes
  • Work with product owners and architects to develop multi-generation software technology plans
  • Drive increased efficiency across the teams, eliminating duplication, leveraging product and technology reuse
  • Work cross functionally with other business departments to align activities and deliverables
  • Drive world-class quality in the development and support of products
  • Effectively manage a people business pushing high utilisation of all resources
  • Keep ahead of industry and product/ solution requirements and pipeline ensuring timely resources are available to meet client needs, working with resourcing, HR, finance and recruitment
  • Keep project data relating to tracking and financials current
  • Deliver resource strategy and plans, including use of 3rd parties/partners, etc., in support of development and support activities
  • Plan and manage budgets related to scope of team

Requirements

  • 10+ years in Engineering or Technology roles
  •  3+ years of hands-on technical management experience at a rapidly scaling company, overseeing a growing group of engineering managers
  •  Advanced degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
  •  Experience in setting up AI-driven software development practices would be a significant advantage
  •  Proficiency in multiple programming languages, DevOps toolchains, cloud infrastructure
  •  Have delivered several large scale projects with multiple dependencies across teams
  •  Able to assess and report technical debt, compliance, and other risks
  • Experienced with architecture, design and implementation of APIs
  • Fluency both in Czech and English languages

What's in it for you

  • Becoming a member of Czech’s senior leadership team get the opportunity to strategically influence the development of a large-scale international business
  • Unique working environment, opportunity to scale a rapidly growing engineering function, serving world class companies on managing delivery challenges
  • Variety of knowledge sharing, training and self-development opportunities
  • Work with the team that values initiative, promotes continuous improvement, and empowers its people to succeed
  • Competitive compensation package

About us:

At Ciklum, we are always exploring innovations, empowering each other to achieve more, and engineering solutions that matter. With us, you’ll work with cutting-edge technologies, contribute to impactful projects, and be part of a One Team culture that values collaboration and progress.
With delivery centers in Prague, Hradec Králové, and Zlín, our Czech team delivers end-to-end solutions across industries. Here, innovation thrives through collaboration, and every idea drives our partners' success.
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