Head of Technology bij Pricewise

Positie

The Head of Technology will be the local technology leader for Pricewise and will take end-to-end ownership of the company’s technology domain. The role reports to the CEO of Pricewise and has a functional reporting line to the Group CTO of Mavriq. The Head of Technology will be part of Pricewise’s management team, work side by side with Product leadership, and be part of Mavriq’s network of technology leaders.

The Head of Technology will define and drive Pricewise’s technology vision, strategy and roadmap, translating business priorities into scalable, secure and pragmatic technology choices. The role combines strategic perspective, strong technical and architectural judgement and disciplined execution.

Both Engineering and Data will report to the Head of Technology. The current Engineering organisation consists of 15–20 engineers based in Romania. An important part of the mandate on the Data side will be to build a stronger in-house capability over the coming years and reduce the current dependency on external parties.

The role will broadly consist of:

• 50% Engineering, Development & Infrastructure
• 20% Data
• 20% AI
• 10% Security & Enterprise IT

A central part of the role will be to define and execute a coherent modernisation path across Pricewise’s application stack and delivery model. This will not be a big-bang transformation. The Head of Technology will be expected to evaluate alternatives, articulate trade-offs and determine sequencing based on business value, risk and execution capacity.

Key responsibilities

• Define and maintain Pricewise’s technology vision, strategy and multi-year roadmap, aligned with the company’s business objectives and Mavriq’s broader technology direction.
• Translate strategy into executable programmes, architectural decisions and delivery plans.
• Lead the modernisation of Pricewise’s application landscape, engineering practices and delivery model.
• Provide strong technical and architectural judgement across front-end, back-end, CMS, cloud, integrations, data and AI.
• Create clear ownership, accountability and decision-making across internal and distributed engineering teams and technology stakeholders.
• Improve engineering effectiveness through strong standards, CI/CD, observability, automation and the pragmatic adoption of AI-assisted and agentic engineering.
• Own Pricewise’s data platform and data streams end-to-end, including architecture, quality, governance and privacy.
• Own Pricewise’s infrastructure and enterprise IT environments, including cloud infrastructure and Microsoft 365, ensuring reliability, security and cost-effectiveness and overseeing relevant migration and modernisation initiatives.
• Build and further professionalise the Data capability in-house over the coming years.
• Safeguard information security, operational resilience and regulatory compliance across Pricewise’s platforms.
• Critically review technical proposals, plans, estimates, risks and dependencies and intervene where greater clarity or stronger execution is required.
• Ensure Technology is a strong and reliable partner to Product, Marketing and Business Operations.
• Develop technical talent and leadership capability and create an environment of ownership, learning and high performance.
• Contribute actively to technology standards, synergies and knowledge sharing across Mavriq.

Persoonlijk profiel

Pricewise is looking for a strong technology leader who combines technical depth, architecture, delivery and programme execution.

The preferred candidate has at least 5 years of experience in IT consulting, ideally within a leading technology consultancy (e.g, Accenture Technology, Capgemini, Deloitte Technology, BCG X or McKinsey Digital. Relevant experience would typically include technology delivery, application and solution architecture, cloud, software engineering and transformation programmes.

Pure technology strategy, CIO advisory or programme management experience without sufficient technical depth would be less relevant. Pricewise is specifically looking for someone who has been close enough to technology and delivery to make credible architectural choices, while also being able to structure complex programmes and lead execution. Ideally, the candidate has subsequently gained experience in an operational business environment, digital platform, scale-up or other technology-led organisation. However, Pricewise is also open to candidates who are ready to make that step from IT consulting now.

The ideal candidate understands technology deeply enough to challenge engineering teams, assess architectural choices and make balanced decisions across scalability, security, cost, maintainability and business value. At the same time, the person must be able to create structure, prioritise, manage dependencies and translate a longer-term technology vision into practical execution.

The ideal candidate

• A strong academic background in engineering, computer science or another relevant quantitative discipline.
• At least 5 years of experience within IT consulting, with meaningful exposure to technology delivery and architecture
• Proven experience in a senior technology role or clear readiness to step into broader technology leadership.
• Strong understanding of modern software engineering, application architecture, cloud platforms, data platforms and pipelines, integration patterns and the software delivery lifecycle.
• Experience defining a technology vision, strategy and roadmap and translating this into practical execution priorities.
• Experience working with and leading engineering teams and creating clear ownership and accountability.
• The ability to connect technology choices to business value, cost and risk.
• Strong analytical rigour and a structured approach to problem-solving.
• Sufficient leadership presence and technical credibility to lead an experienced distributed engineering organisation.
• A pragmatic, hands-on and low-ego leadership style.

Experience in a digital consumer platform, online marketplaces, e-commerce environment, comparison business or another high-traffic transactional environment is considered highly relevant.

Pricewise is open to candidates who are ready to take a meaningful step up in responsibility. Experience managing very large engineering organisations is not required. Potential, learning agility and the ability to grow into broader responsibility are therefore important considerations.

Professional fluency in English is essential. Dutch is strongly preferred, but not

an absolute requirement.

Organisatie

Pricewise was founded in 2006 and is one of the largest independent comparison platforms in the Netherlands. From its headquarters in Amsterdam, Pricewise helps consumers compare and switch providers across energy, insurance, internet and TV, loans and other household services.

Since 2024, Pricewise has been part of Mavriq, the division of Moltiply Group that brings together leading online comparison and intermediation businesses across Europe. As part of Mavriq, Pricewise benefits from access to international technology expertise, shared capabilities and collaboration across multiple markets, while retaining clear ownership of its local business priorities and technology roadmap.

Pricewise is entering an important phase of technology modernisation. The company is evolving its application landscape, data platform, engineering practices and delivery model while continuing to support short-term business priorities in a competitive and fast-moving market.

Location

Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

A visible and regular on-site presence is expected to support leadership, team cohesion, and close collaboration with the Pricewise business. The role will also work closely with the Engineering team in Romania and technology leaders across Mavriq.