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Dawn Health is a leading digital health product company building scalable digital solutions for global life science partners. As we continue to grow, we're evolving into a platform-first, product-led, SaaS business. We're looking for a Director of Engineering to join our Technology leadership team in Copenhagen. In this role, you'll lead the Engineering Managers and engineers in our client-facing product teams, helping them build and deliver high-quality digital health products. You'll create the structures, ways of working and engineering environment that enable teams to do their best work.
Job Responsibility
Lead the Engineering Managers and engineers in client-facing product teams
Create structures, ways of working and engineering environment that enable teams to do their best work
Coach and develop Engineering Managers and support engineers in their growth
Create clear ownership, decision-making and team responsibilities
Support hiring, workforce planning and career development
Foster an inclusive culture built on trust, feedback and high engineering standards
Help teams translate priorities into realistic engineering plans
Stay close to delivery, capacity, dependencies and technical risks
Ensure teams build high-quality software supported by strong testing practices
Join selected client discussions or escalations where engineering leadership adds value
Partner closely with System Engineers and Service Managers
Help teams build strong monitoring, instrumentation and automated testing
Work with Cloud, Architecture and Compliance to improve reliability and resilience
Support planning for releases, upgrades and technical maintenance
Drive adoption of shared platform capabilities
Help teams decide when to configure, extend or contribute back rather than rebuild
Create strong feedback loops between delivery and platform teams
Balance short-term client needs with long-term scalability and maintainability
Develop and evolve our engineering management framework
Improve developer experience across teams
Champion AI-enabled engineering practices that improve productivity, quality and collaboration.
Requirements
Significant experience leading engineering organisations
Experience managing Engineering Managers and engineering teams
A strong software engineering background
Experience working across platform and product or delivery teams
Experience building engineering frameworks, processes and ways of working
Professional proficiency in English.
Nice to have
Experience in a SaaS or platform-first organisation
Experience in Digital Health, Life Sciences, MedTech or another regulated industry
Experience scaling engineering organisations across multiple products
Experience using AI-assisted development tools and workflows
Experience collaborating with Quality, Regulatory and Compliance teams.
What we offer
A strategic leadership role with significant influence on Dawn Health’s engineering organisation
The opportunity to shape how we build, deliver and operate digital health products at scale
A strong engineering culture focused on quality, scalability, and impact
High autonomy and ownership in a growing scale-up
Collaboration with experienced colleagues across tech, product, and compliance
A supportive and inclusive work environment where people can grow and thrive
Flexible ways of working and a sustainable work environment
The opportunity to build solutions that have a real impact on patients globally.