As Director of Engineering, you will play a key role in shaping the future of Tech & Data at Rituals. We are evolving towards a Product Operating Model that enables greater ownership, faster delivery, and stronger business impact, and you will be at the centre of this transformation. Reporting to the Executive Director Tech & Data, you will lead our engineering, data, analytics, AI and platform capabilities while partnering closely with Product leadership to deliver our technology and product roadmap. Your focus goes beyond technology delivery alone. You will help build the foundations that enable our Digital and Business teams to innovate faster, simplify our technology landscape, and unlock the value of data and AI across the organisation. This role offers the opportunity to influence enterprise-wide change, strengthen engineering culture, and create the shared platforms and capabilities that support Rituals’ continued growth as a technology-enabled retail brand.

Your Accountabilities

• Lead the engineering, data, analytics and AI capabilities that support product teams across Rituals and enable measurable business outcomes.
• Build and develop high-performing engineering teams, creating clear career paths, modern ways of working and strong ownership across teams.
• Accelerate delivery by improving engineering flow, reducing dependencies and embedding continuous delivery practices.
• Drive engineering excellence through standardisation, quality, observability, security-by-design and scalable platform capabilities.
• Lead technology transformation initiatives that simplify the landscape, modernise architecture and enable data and AI adoption across the organisation.

You are an inspiring technology leader with a passion for building high-performing engineering organisations that create real business value. Combining strong engineering expertise with strategic business insight, you understand how to turn technology investments into measurable outcomes. You have successfully led large-scale transformations, modernised technology landscapes and cultivated engineering cultures where excellence, innovation and continuous improvement thrive.

As a natural connector, you build trusted relationships across Technology, Product, Digital and Business teams, aligning stakeholders around a shared ambition and clear direction. You bring clarity to complexity, make thoughtful decisions with confidence, and lead with accountability, empowering teams to achieve their full potential and deliver meaningful impact.

This role is for you if you:

• Have extensive leadership experience within engineering, technology and platform organisations in a complex business environment.
• Have a proven track record of building and scaling engineering teams and developing internal capabilities.
• Bring experience with data, analytics and AI-driven products and platforms, including modern technology and delivery practices.
• Demonstrate strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to create alignment across business, digital and technology functions.
• Are passionate about continuous improvement, organisational transformation and enabling teams to deliver meaningful business value.

Grow with us

At Rituals, we believe in the power of meaningful connections, continuous improvement, and creating value for our customers and colleagues every day.

If you are excited about building world-class engineering capabilities, accelerating innovation through Data & AI, and helping shape the future of a global retail brand, we would love to meet you.

Please apply via the website. The next steps are:

• Our recruiter will contact you within 10 working days.
• You will have an introductory meeting with a team member and the hiring manager.
• In the second interview, you will give a short presentation.
• If all goes well, we will send you a proposal with the terms of employment.

If you have any questions, please contact frederik.vanzeggeren@rituals.com. Applications via email will not be considered.