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# Head of Web Development

- **Company:** Mediabrands Limited
- **Location:** Leeds, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £46,717.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Web Development, Web Technologies
- **Published:** August 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5834872638

## About the Role

Significant experience leading web development teams within an agency or digital environment
Strong understanding of modern web technologies, frameworks and CMS platforms
Experience scoping, estimating and pitching technical work to clients
Commercially aware, with the ability to balance technical quality and business objectives
Comfortable developing both client-facing and internal technical strategies
Passionate about innovation and emerging technology, particularly AI within development
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Proven experience managing and developing technical teams
Collaborative leadership style with a proactive, solutions-focused mindset

## Description

We're looking for a Head of Web Development to lead and evolve our development capability across client delivery, technical strategy and team leadership. This is a senior leadership role suited to someone who is equally comfortable shaping long-term technical direction, supporting commercial growth, and leading high-performing development teams day to day.
You'll have genuine ownership over the evolution of our development capability, tooling, processes and innovation roadmap.

The Role
As Head of Web Development, you will oversee the planning, delivery and growth of our web development function. You'll work closely with strategy, client services and sales teams to scope and pitch technical solutions, while also driving best practice across engineering, innovation and emerging technologies - including AI within development workflows and products.
You'll be responsible for ensuring projects are delivered to a high standard, teams are supported and developed effectively, and our technical offering continues to evolve in line with client and market needs.

Key Responsibilities
Lead and manage the web development team across multiple client projects and internal initiatives
Own resource planning, workload management and project estimation processes
Partner with the sales and commercial teams to support pitches, proposals and new business opportunities
Translate client requirements into scalable, commercially viable technical solutions
Define and lead technical strategy for client accounts and agency-wide development practices
Drive innovation across the development function, particularly around AI, automation and emerging technologies
Establish and maintain development standards, processes and best practices
Mentor, coach and support developers across different levels of experience
Work collaboratively with UX, Media, Creative, Strategy and client service teams to deliver integrated digital experiences
Contribute to hiring, team growth and capability development
Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope and to a high technical standard


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