Head of Engineering & Product Delivery; AI Transformation England, United Kingdom

Head of Engineering & Product Delivery (AI Transformation)

Croydon, England, United Kingdom

Banyan Software provides the best permanent home for successful enterprise software companies, their employees, and customers. We are on a mission to acquire, build and grow great enterprise software businesses all over the world that have dominant positions in niche vertical markets. In recent years, Banyan was named the #1 fastest-growing private software company in the US on the Inc. 5000 and amongst the top 10 fastest-growing companies by the Deloitte Technology Fast 500.

Founded in 2016 with a permanent capital base setup to preserve the legacy of founders, Banyan focuses on a buy and hold for life strategy for growing software companies that serve specialized vertical markets.

intuitive is an innovative, dynamic, travel software company based in Croydon, South London. Through inspiring use of new technology and vast industry experience intuitive have redefined how technology can support and drive forward the business of the key sectors in the travel industry; tour operators, OTAs and accommodation wholesalers.

intuitive offers its customers a powerful end-to-end reservation platform (through its main product iVector) that delivers key benefits to its target customers enabling them to focus on what they do best.

Be it tools to enable tour operators to maximise revenue from its directly contracted product or best in class supplier integrations that enable OTAs and bed banks to sell more products to more people or fast, highly‑relevant search results to maximise conversion and simplify booking processes iVector delivers.

We're looking for a Head of Engineering and Product Development to lead our product and engineering function — owning the full journey from customer requirements through to delivered, high-quality software.

This is a hands‑on leadership role. You’ll spend around 20% of your time in the codebase—setting technical direction, unblocking complex problems, and staying close to the detail. The rest of your focus is on leadership: owning the engineering roadmap and building, coaching, and leading a high‑performing team of ~20 across engineering, business analysis, and QA. You’ll partner closely with the CEO on technology strategy and work alongside our experienced Product Manager, who retains ownership of product direction.

We're at an inflection point. AI is fundamentally reshaping how software gets built — and we need someone who can help us navigate the snakes and ladders. That means understanding where AI accelerates delivery, where it introduces new risks, and how to evolve our team's capabilities as the landscape shifts. You'll lead our transformation to an AI‑augmented delivery model, making pragmatic bets while keeping us grounded in what actually works.

You’ll be a core member of the leadership team, working closely with colleagues across the business and directly with customers to ensure what we build genuinely solves their problems.

This role suits someone who loves building great products, enjoys developing people, thrives in uncertainty, and wants real ownership in a growing SaaS business.

• Lead our transition to AI‑augmented software delivery
• Evaluate and adopt AI tools and practices where they genuinely accelerate outcomes
• Help the team adapt their skills and ways of working as the landscape shifts
• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of ~20 across engineering, business analysis, and QA
• Hire well, set clear expectations, and create an environment where people do their best work
• Build team capability and resilience as the nature of software delivery evolves

• Own the end-to-end delivery of our product — from requirements through to production
• Set and maintain quality standards; ensure we ship software that works and that customers love
• Balance speed, scope, and quality pragmatically; unblock the team when trade‑offs get hard

• Stay hands‑on (~20% of your time) — contribute to architecture decisions, tackle complex problems, and keep your technical judgment sharp
• Own the engineering roadmap and technical…