Engineering Lead – ERP Services

As Engineering Lead – ERP Services, you will own the engineering, operation and continuous evolution of the FT's ERP technology capability. You will lead the ERP engineering team, providing people leadership, technical direction and clear accountability for the health and performance of the platforms and services the team owns. A key part of the role will be strengthening internal ERP engineering capability, establishing clear ownership of platforms and services, and working closely with Product and Finance stakeholders to translate business priorities into engineering plans. ERP Services sits within Corporate Technology, part of Internal Products, and owns the engineering capabilities supporting critical Finance and enterprise business processes across the FT, including Oracle Fusion and the integrations, data flows and supporting capabilities that connect it to the wider FT technology landscape. The Engineering Lead will report to the Principal Engineer – Corporate Technology.

Responsibilities

Owning the engineering, operation and continuous evolution of the ERP technology capability; Providing clear technical direction for the platforms, integrations and supporting services owned by ERP Services; Ensuring ERP platforms remain secure, resilient, scalable, maintainable and appropriately supported; Establishing clear ownership across the team for systems, integrations and technical capabilities; Maintaining visibility of platform health, technical debt, lifecycle risks and significant dependencies; Leading, supporting and developing the engineers within ERP Services; Building a team culture based on ownership, accountability, collaboration and constructive technical challenge; Developing ERP and enterprise platform expertise across the team; Identifying capability and skills gaps and developing plans to address them; Supporting recruitment and building a resilient team; Working with Product to translate business priorities and technology strategy into engineering plans; Owning engineering planning and resource allocation within ERP Services; Working with Product, Architecture and the Principal Engineer to shape the longer-term evolution of ERP technology; Challenging unnecessary customisation and complexity; Ensuring the team owns the integrations and data flows connecting ERP with the wider FT technology estate; Owning the operational performance of ERP Services; Managing the technical relationship with ERP vendors, implementation partners and specialist service providers; Building strong working relationships with Product, Finance and other business stakeholders; Representing ERP Services in relevant engineering and technology forums

Requirements

Significant experience leading engineering teams responsible for complex, business-critical enterprise technology; Strong experience with ERP platforms or similarly complex enterprise SaaS ecosystems; Experience providing both people leadership and technical leadership to engineering teams; Strong understanding of enterprise platform engineering, including integrations, APIs, data flows and system dependencies; Experience owning technology through its full lifecycle, from change and delivery through to production operation and continuous improvement; Experience developing engineering capability and strengthening technical ownership within teams; Experience working with Finance or other complex enterprise business domains; Strong understanding of reliability, security, observability, operational risk and technology lifecycle management; Experience translating business priorities into engineering plans and balancing feature delivery with platform health and technical investment; Experience leading technical decisions involving enterprise SaaS platforms, integrations and supporting services; Experience working with vendors, implementation partners and managed service providers while maintaining internal technical ownership; Experience identifying and addressing technical debt, platform lifecycle concerns and key-person dependencies; Ability to communicate complex technical considerations and trade-offs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders; Experience working effectively with Principal Engineers, architects, Product Managers and other engineering leaders

Nice to have

Experience with Oracle Fusion or comparable enterprise ERP platforms; Experience of major ERP transformation, implementation or modernisation

Benefits

Generous annual leave; Medical cover; Inclusive parental leave packages; Subsidised gym memberships; Opportunities to give back to the community; 50% hybrid working model (averaging two to three days onsite); Flexible working pattern requests considered where feasible