Head of Engineering

Location: Liège (Hybrid)
Contract: Freelance or Permanent
Language: English
Level: Senior Leadership (Level 6+)
Reporting to: VP of Engineering

Koda Staff is working exclusively with GAMING1, a leading digital gaming and entertainment group, to hire a Head of Engineering to lead a key Product Engineering area.

This is a senior leadership role for someone who wants to shape how engineering operates at scale—balancing strategy, people leadership, and execution—while enabling teams to deliver high-quality, customer-centric products.

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The Opportunity

As Head of Engineering, you will create the conditions for high-performing product engineering teams to thrive. Your focus will be on:

• Maximising business and customer value

• Enabling team autonomy within clear guardrails

• Embedding modern engineering practices

• Developing engineering leadership at scale

You will operate at Area level, partnering closely with Product leadership to translate long-term strategy into clear, measurable outcomes delivered through short, iterative cycles.

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Your Mission

• Drive value creation through autonomous, product-driven engineering teams

• Co-own 1–3 year engineering and product objectives with the Head of Product

• Ensure engineering standards around quality, scalability, security, and performance

• Grow and develop Engineering Managers and future leaders

• Enable thoughtful adoption of automation and AI where it genuinely improves outcomes

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Key Responsibilities

Strategic & Technical Leadership

• Define and evolve the engineering vision and long-term strategy for your area

• Partner with Area Domain Architects to set architectural guardrails

• Ensure consistency, coherence, and scalability across teams

• Improve delivery capability through better workflows, tooling, and metrics

People Leadership & Organisation Development

• Lead, coach, and develop Engineering Managers

• Build a high-trust culture focused on autonomy, accountability, and psychological safety

• Own hiring, retention, and talent planning for your area

• Shape team composition and capability growth in partnership with Product

Execution & Operational Excellence

• Ensure predictable delivery aligned with strategic goals

• Provide transparency on progress, risks, and dependencies

• Remove organisational bottlenecks that slow teams down

• Support escalation and problem-solving at scale

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Product, Design, Data, and other stakeholders

• Align engineering outcomes to customer value and business signals

• Collaborate across Areas to share learnings and uplift practices organisation-wide

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What This Role Is Not

To set clear expectations, this role is not:

• A pure delivery or programme management role

• A budget-only or finance-led position

• A chief architect role dictating technical solutions

• A hands-off management role removed from engineering reality

This role is about how engineering works, not micromanaging delivery or architecture.

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What Success Looks Like

You’ll be successful in this role if you can demonstrate:

• Strong retention and growth of engineering talent

• Measurable business value delivered by your teams

• Improved engineering health, quality, and operational metrics

• Scalable organisation design and leadership capability

• Effective adoption of new ways of working and technology

• Strong cross-functional alignment and outcomes

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Growth & Career Path

This is a senior leadership position with progression opportunities into roles such as VP of Engineering, CTO, or equivalent executive technical leadership, depending on impact and scope.

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Interested?

Koda Staff is managing this search exclusively on behalf of GAMING1.
If you’re curious to explore the opportunity, apply directly or reach out for a confidential discussion.