Engineering Manager – Commercial Technology

The Engineering Manager will lead one of the engineering teams within Commercial Technology at the Financial Times, working closely with Product, Senior Engineers, other Engineering Managers and the wider Commercial Technology leadership team. The role leads the engineering team responsible for the delivery, performance and continuous evolution of the FT's Marketing & Commercial Data capability. The position reports to the Principal Engineer for the Commercial Technology domain. The company operates a hybrid model requiring onsite work 50% of the time, subject to role requirements and regular review.

Responsibilities

Own engineering delivery across the Marketing & Commercial Data capability; Shape priorities, roadmaps and delivery plans with Product, Programme and Technical Lead; Own the allocation of engineering capacity; Identify and manage delivery risks, dependencies, resource constraints and capability gaps; Continuously improve engineering processes, development workflows, documentation and ways of working; Lead, support and develop engineers, admins and specialists through 1:1s, coaching, feedback and career development; Set clear expectations for individual and team performance; Create an inclusive, supportive and psychologically safe environment; Manage team capacity and sustainable workloads; Lead recruitment, onboarding and organisational change within the capability; Partner with the Technical Lead to provide complementary people, delivery and technical leadership; Build relationships with Product, Programme, business stakeholders and other technology teams; Work with external technology partners and delivery vendors; Ensure capabilities are operationally ready, supportable and sustainable; Lead the team's response to incidents affecting capabilities it owns; Lead the engineering team through the evolution of the Marketing & Commercial Data technology landscape; Support the transition from Bloomreach and Marketo towards Salesforce-based marketing and data capabilities

Requirements

Experience managing or leading software engineers within a collaborative engineering environment; Strong coaching, feedback and people-development skills, with experience helping engineers progress in their careers; Experience leading engineering delivery across complex platforms or products; Experience balancing strategic programme delivery with operational responsibilities and longer-term engineering priorities; Strong understanding of engineering practices associated with secure, resilient and scalable production systems; Experience supporting teams responsible for operating and continuously improving business-critical technology; Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills across technical and non-technical audiences; Experience working in partnership with senior technical leaders, architects or Technical Leads; Comfortable operating across Product, Engineering, Data, Programme and business stakeholders; Comfortable navigating ambiguity, organisational change and evolving priorities; You are an experienced engineering leader with a strong software engineering background and a track record of leading teams responsible for business-critical products and platforms

Nice to have

Experience with Salesforce, marketing technology, customer data platforms or enterprise SaaS ecosystems; Experience leading teams through significant platform or technology transformation; Familiarity with JavaScript / TypeScript, APIs and integration technologies, AWS technologies, data platforms, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring and observability tooling (not required to apply)

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme; 25 days paid leave; 24/7 Employee Assistance Program; Life Insurance; Enhanced Parental Leave policy; Food Allowance; Multisport Card; Both in house and external training programs; Dedicated training budget (for conferences, courses etc.)