Head of Product & Engineering – Web

Overview

In this role you will lead the web domain end-to-end, aligning engineering, product, design and quality to deliver a cohesive web experience. You will build and scale a cross-functional team, drive KPIs around acquisition, conversion, engagement and retention, and own the technical quality of the web stack. You’ll operate with hands-on credibility to balance trade-offs between speed and quality while shaping the web strategy in a product-led, digital-first organisation. This is a chance to impact how millions access trusted insights through The Economist Group’s brands.

Pay / Benefits

• pension or 401(k)
• private health insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Work From Anywhere up to 25 days/year
• generous annual and parental leave
• volunteering days

Responsibilities

• Own the web domain end-to-end, set direction and roadmap within strategic, financial and capacity guardrails, and be accountable for delivery and operational quality.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team (Engineering Managers, Product Managers, Product Designers and senior ICs) and develop careers across disciplines.
• Absorb delivery accountability by handling planning, dependency management, prioritisation and delivery assurance.
• Consolidate and grow web capability through aggressive hiring to raise capacity and skill level.
• Own KPIs including acquisition, conversion, engagement, retention, web performance and related financial outcomes.
• Set and enforce architectural and quality standards for the web stack and ensure quality is a team responsibility.
• Maintain a hands-on posture to make credible technical trade-offs and earn credibility with senior engineers.

Key requirements

• Substantial experience running engineering functions for high-traffic, customer-facing web products in a product-led organisation.
• Strong mobile web engineering depth (performance, Core Web Vitals, rendering strategy, device/network constraints).
• Direct management of engineering teams (not through outsourced/matrixed functions).
• Experience managing Engineering Managers and Product Managers/Designers in a product-based organisation.
• Fluency in a modern web stack (React, Next.js, Node.js) and related ecosystem (TypeScript, CDN, caching, CI/CD, observability, testing, feature flagging, experimentation).
• Proven ability to influence customer and commercial metrics through engineering teams.
• Experience building and defending investment cases combining technical, product and customer experience aspects.
• Track record of hiring senior engineering talent and raising the technical bar.

• Collaborative leadership
• Strategic thinking
• Cross-functional communication
• React
• Next.js
• Node.js

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