Senior Director of Product Architecture and Engineering

Permanent

Be the good energy engineering leader who builds, not advises.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who has built, scaled and run real products in production not a consultant or strategist.

You’ll sit at the heart of our global Digital organisation, leading engineering and architecture for platforms that reach millions. If you love building scalable platforms and services that change lives, and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, this role will put you right at the heart of the action.

About The Role

We’re looking for a hands-on engineering leader who has built and led high-performing teams delivering real products at scale. This is not a consulting or advisory role.

You Will

• Make decisions
• Build teams and systems
• Own outcomes in production

You will be obsessed with creating delightful and easy customer experiences, and possess strong technical, leadership, and analytical skills with the ability to build strong cross functional partnerships across the organization.

This role is critical to delivering our next-generation digital growth across:

• LES MILLS+
• Connected fitness experiences
• Enterprise partner platforms
• Content & immersive products

What You’ll Do

Architecture & Platform Strategy

• Design modular, composable, API-first platforms
• Establish architecture aligned to AI, personalisation, and global scale
• Own build vs buy decisions
• Create reusable platforms to eliminate duplication

AI-Enabled Engineering Transformation

Drive Adoption Of

• AI-assisted coding & testing
• Automated code review & security
• Agent-based workflows
• Define what engineering looks like in 2026+

Platform & Process Excellence

Improve Developer Experience Through

• Small, autonomous product squads
• Platform + product operating model
• CI/CD and DevOps maturity

Implement Modern Metrics

• DORA
• Flow efficiency
• Customer impact
• Reduce time-to-serve and increase NPS

Leadership

• Set and drive engineering and architecture strategy
• Make clear, opinionated platform decisions
• Hire and grow high-performing, diverse teams
• Mentor and develop future leaders
• Build a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement

Collaboration & Influence

• Operate in a Product–Design–Engineering triad
• Translate business goals into scalable technical solutions
• Be the engineering voice in prioritisation
• Partner across:
• Product, Marketing, Finance
• Data, Security, Privacy
• Global markets

Scope of Ownership

This role includes ownership of a broad range of deliverables and engineering for customer-facing solutions including but not limited to:

B2B Digital product evolution: connect, releases app to IX app, marketing studio, learning hub, digital kit portal, IX portal, Les Mills content, virtual, virtual bike, immersive

Consumer product evolution: LM+, .com, and equipment flow

You will also shape how we build, scaling our ability to deliver with quality and speed across:

• B2B Engineering
• Consumer Engineering
• DevOps for the framework of how we work and system management

Skills And Experience You’ll Need

You have proven build, operational, and leadership experience. You communicate clearly, build strong relationships, and bring a positive, solutions-focused approach to your work. You care deeply about your team as well as partnering for success.

Experience Required

• 15+ years in software engineering
• 8+ years leading engineering teams
• Proven experience managing software development teams for enterprise-level, distributed applications, mobile applications, and web experiences.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex ideas clearly and concisely to interact at all levels of the organization (incl. C level).
• Experience in setting and tracking technical goals, SLAs, and KPIs.
• Excellent leadership and team building skills.
• Experience in navigating complex organizations to identify and meet business and customer needs.
• Proficiency with Agile methodologies and software development lifecycle principles.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale, highly available production software.
• Experience working in product companies; must have hands on experience building scalable solutions including managing migrations, upgrades, and new builds. Must have experience as an operator not a consultant.
• Built global consumer platforms (fitness, media, health-tech, SaaS, ecommerce, etc.)
• Led architecture modernization or platform transformation
• Experience with cloud-native platforms
• Experience implementing AI-enabled engineering tools
• Experience with AWS cloud technologies, mobile and web development.

Other Desirable Experience

• Experience with media technologies (video & media platforms)
• Experience with ecommerce / subscription technologies
• Understanding of marketing technologies
• Technical experience with Big Data Technologies, with a focus on Snowflake

About Les Mills

At Les Mills, unlocking and amplifying that inner drive to achieve our goals is something we’re not shy to say we’re great at.

Today, Les Mills International’s programs are in 20,000 gyms across over 100 countries. Combined with the growth of our digital platform LES MILLS+, it’s an exciting time to join our global business.

Our mission is simple: to create a fitter planet.

You don’t need to be a fitness fanatic to fit in, but you’ll have the opportunity to make movement part of your day while growing your career in a purpose-led, high-performance environment.

What’s in It for You

We operate as a flexible, hybrid workplace, supporting a balance of working from home and in-office collaboration.

We Offer a Range Of Benefits, Including

• Free gym membership and LM+ subscription
• 26 weeks full-pay primary parental leave
• Health insurance discounts
• Company-wide connection opportunities
• Global mobility
• Dog-friendly office
• Volunteer day
• Free fresh fruit and snacks

Inclusion & Belonging

We are a Gold Supporter of the Pride Pledge organization, committed to providing a flexible, diverse and inclusive environment.

We believe our people are the only way to help us work towards some steep growth goals and industry-leading innovations. If you’re excited about this role, we encourage people of all backgrounds to apply, even if you don’t meet every requirement. We might have something waiting in the wings that you’d be perfect for.

We value the concepts of togetherness, support, equity, and respect, and that begins with increasing diversity in our teams.