Head of Engineering - Ad Management / Retail at Factor Eleven

Job Title

Head of Engineering - Ad Management / Retail (Full time, on site) – Factor Eleven, München, BY, DE.

Job Overview

This full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth. You will own the technical engine behind the primary interface of F11’s platform and lead, scale and evolve an engineering organization tasked with rebuilding modules into a modern, AI‑native architecture.

About Us

Factor Eleven is a leading drive-to-store revenue platform for brick‑and‑mortar retailers and CPG brands. Our platform automates the entire lifecycle of digital promotion communication – from media planning and ad creation through to campaign delivery, billing and reporting. Operating as a high‑touch enterprise managed service, humans orchestrate our campaign strategy while our platform automates execution.

What You Will Do

• Lead & Scale Leaders: Manage, coach, and develop a team of Engineering Managers. Foster a culture of high performance, deep psychological safety, and continuous feedback.
• Drive Modernisation: Spearhead the greenfield rebuild and platform modernisation of our four core modules into a distributed, cloud‑native system.
• Architectural Guardrails: Provide strong architectural oversight, ensuring key decisions align with our tech stack while actively embedding AI capabilities into both engineering workflows and product features.
• Cross‑Functional Alignment: Build rapid trust across technical and non‑technical boundaries, translating complex engineering roadmaps into clear strategic value for commercial leaders.
• Operational Excellence: Balance high‑level strategic vision with relentless operational execution, ensuring high‑quality, predictable delivery in a fast‑paced environment.

What We Are Looking For

• 5+ years of leadership experience, with a proven track record of managing and developing Engineering Managers.
• 10+ years of total experience in software engineering, including solid knowledge of distributed systems and modern cloud architecture (AWS).
• Hands‑on experience or deep technical familiarity with Node.js, TypeScript, React, and GraphQL.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to build trust quickly with cross‑functional peers and commercial leaders.

What Makes You Exceptional

• High Ambiguity Tolerance: Comfortable making sound technical and people decisions in environments without clear precedent or pre‑defined processes.
• Domain Breadth: Energised by owning multiple adjacent domains simultaneously, preferring systemic breadth over a narrow, single‑domain focus.
• AI‑Native Mindset: Actively look for ways to integrate AI into your team's development workflows and the product’s feature set.
• Strategic Product Builder: Know exactly when to build fresh and when to optimise, aligning technical execution with market opportunities, balancing technical debt against fast‑paced business delivery.