Senior Vice President Technology

Wood Mackenzie is the global data and analytics business for the renewables, energy and natural resources industries. Enhanced by technology, enriched by people, an ever‑changing world of companies and governments need reliable and actionable insight to lead the transition to a sustainable future. That’s why we cover the entire supply chain with unparalleled breadth and depth backed by over 50 years of experience.

Our team of over 2,400 experts operating across 30 global locations are enabling customers’ decisions through real‑time analytics, consultancy events and thought leadership. Together we deliver the insight they need to separate risk from opportunity and make confident decisions when it matters most.

• Inclusive – we succeed together
• Trusting – we choose to trust each other
• Customer‑Committed – we put customers at the heart of our decisions
• Future‑Focused – we accelerate change
• Curious – we turn knowledge into action

The SVP Engineering is a strategic leadership role reporting to the Chief Product & Technology Officer. The position is based in Edinburgh or London.

You will:

• Lead Wood Mackenzie’s global technology organization responsible for engineering excellence, platform scalability and innovation across the entire product and data ecosystem.
• Build and operate the modern technology backbone that powers the company’s data, AI and workflow applications.
• Drive continuous improvement in software quality, reliability and speed of execution by leveraging automation, modern data architectures and agentic AI.
• Externally act as a strategic technology partner to our clients, helping them advance their own AI transformation journeys.

• Role‑model strong integrity and Wood Mackenzie’s values and behaviours.
• Lead a high‑performing global engineering organization of 350 professionals; foster an inclusive, engaged team culture that attracts, retains and develops top engineering talent.
• Define and execute the global engineering strategy aligned with Wood Mackenzie’s business objectives, driving innovation in data analytics and energy‑intelligence platforms.
• Oversee the end‑to‑end software development lifecycle, ensuring delivery of scalable, secure and reliable platforms that serve Wood Mackenzie’s clients.
• Drive technology modernization and architectural transformation, migrating legacy systems to cloud‑native architectures while maintaining business continuity and data integrity.
• Establish and maintain engineering standards, best practices and governance frameworks, including Dev Ops, CI/CD, security, QA and technical debt management.
• Partner with Product, Data Science and Commercial teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Own the engineering budget and resource allocation, optimizing investments in infrastructure, tooling, talent acquisition and third‑party services.
• Build strategic technology partnerships and vendor relationships, evaluating emerging technologies and tools.
• Champion diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives within engineering.
• Serve as a key member of the technology leadership team and provide technical expertise to the GE and Board.
• Maintain a hybrid working presence, physically present in the office at least 2 days per week.
• Participate fully in the Technology and Extended Leadership team, building relationships and delivering results.

• Dynamic, high‑energy leader with experience leading large global functions.
• 15 years of progressive software engineering experience with at least 8 years in senior leadership roles (VP, SVP or CTO), managing large‑scale global teams of 200+ people.
• Proven track record of building and scaling engineering organizations in high‑growth technology companies, preferably in SaaS, data analytics or enterprise software.
• Deep technical expertise across modern software architecture, including cloud platforms, microservices, APIs, data engineering and distributed systems.
• Qualification in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical field.
• Experience managing geographically distributed teams across multiple time zones.
• Executive presence and communication skills, presenting to the…