Jurgen Wiehan
Leader, Director of Engineering and Agile Coach
Experience
Oct 2022 - Present
2 years 7 months Berlin, Germany
Director of Engineering
Wunderflats
- Reporting directly to the CEO
- Responsible for all things in the engineering space including Software Engineering, Architecture and Quality Assurance
- Led a team of around 25 cross functional team members including Front-end, Back-end and Fullstack Engineers
- Aligned engineering strategies with organisation strategy through clearly identifiable OKRs
- Spearheaded the re-architecture of our product from monolith to microservices, reducing technical debt and enabling expansion into new markets
- Managed a budget of around €2m, optimising costs by introducing SaaS solutions and replacing homegrown systems
- Negotiated vendor contracts, reducing costs by at least 10% and improving service delivery
- Introduced Team Topologies and Scrum, ensuring less hand-offs between teams and improving their efficiencies which resulted in more impactful solutions for our customers
- Technology stacks included React, Node.js, MongoDB and GCP
- Set clear expectations and goals for engineers ensuring their continued growth within the organisation
Apr 2018 - Sep 2022
4 years 6 months Bengaluru, India
Country Manager (India) / Director of Engineering
Euromonitor International
- Responsible for global Software Engineering teams (Engineers and QA) and successful operations as Country Manager
- Led a Software Engineering team of around 80 people, which I grew from just 4 Software Engineers
- Led a team of 8 people in Finance, HR, and Operations
- Drove the migration to Cloud native technologies moving us away from on-premise solutions, thereby increasing our efficiency and resilience
- Owned a multi-million £ budget which included people and technologies
- Introduced a delivery-focused mentality throughout engineering teams through Scrum
- Expert in Microsoft stacks including Azure, .Net, C#, SQL
- Managed Finance and HR teams while influencing Sales, Research, and Consulting teams
- Country Manager for over 10 years, promoting collaboration and stability in local leadership
Dec 2011 - Mar 2018
6 years 4 months Cape Town, South Africa
Country Manager (South Africa) / Head of Software Engineering
Euromonitor International
- Established strong collaboration between global teams, improving efficiency in software delivery and reducing downtime
- Managed technical and business operations, ensuring alignment between engineering strategy and corporate objectives
- Introduced Scrum to aid the teams in delivering value to customers in an iterative manner.
Aug 2008 - Nov 2011
3 years 4 months Cape Town, South Africa
Team Leader
Euromonitor International
- Built and scaled the South African engineering team, introducing best practices for Agile development and cloud adoption
- Led a team of developers, implementing C# and .NET-based solutions to enhance product performance and reliability
Feb 2002 - Jul 2008
6 years 6 months London, United Kingdom
.Net & Senior Developer
Euromonitor International
Summary
Engineering leader with 20+ years of experience scaling teams (from 4 to 80 engineers), leading technical transformations, and driving business growth through strategic engineering leadership. Proven success in re-architecting products, optimising vendor contracts, and implementing Agile methodologies to improve delivery speed and efficiency.
I'm passionate about solving engineering challenges, and I thrive on building high-performing teams and empowering them to innovate and deliver value to our customers. As a leader, I've had the opportunity and honour of leading many employees and I believe I excel at bridging the gap between engineering and business.
Languages
English
Native
German
Intermediate
Education
Jan 1996 - Dec 1998
Cape Tech / Durbanville College
diploma · Information Technology · Cape Town, South Africa
Certifications & licenses
Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance
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