Engineering Manager; Production Financials

Job Purpose As Senior Engineering Manager within RWS's Production Financials team, you will play a pivotal role in leading the development, modernisation and evolution of business-critical financial platforms that underpin our global operations. Operating in a complex enterprise environment, you will balance the delivery of new, greenfield solutions with the transformation of established legacy systems, ensuring our technology landscape becomes more scalable, resilient and maintainable.

You will provide strong technical and people leadership, setting engineering direction, driving architectural improvements and embedding modern software engineering practices, automation and continuous delivery. Working closely with Product, Architecture and business stakeholders, you will translate strategic objectives into practical engineering outcomes, balancing innovation with operational stability and business continuity. With a forward-looking mindset, you will champion opportunities to leverage AI, emerging technologies and modern engineering approaches to improve productivity, quality and efficiency.

Just as importantly, you will build, develop and empower high-performing engineering teams, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement while delivering reliable solutions that support the organisation’s evolving financial needs. Product & Technology plays a pivotal role in aligning the organization with its strategic objectives and enhancing shareholder value. Product & Technology is responsible for establishing unified standards and governance practices throughout the company.

Additionally, we oversee the development and maintenance of core applications essential for the seamless operation of various functions across the organization. We are committed to driving and executing future roadmaps that are in line with the overall strategic direction of RWS. With a global reach, Product & Technology provides support services to over 7500 end users worldwide. We take pride in managing the information security operation and safeguarding all our assets.

Our core functions encompass Enterprise & Technical Architecture, Network & Voice, Infrastructure, Service Delivery, Service Operations, Data & Analytics, Security & Quality Compliance, Transformation, Application Development, Enterprise Platforms, With a dedicated team of over 500 staff, Product & Technology ensures a strong presence across all regions, enabling efficient and effective support to our global operations.

Lead and develop high-performing engineering teams responsible for the design, delivery, modernisation and ongoing evolution of business-critical financial applications and services.

• Lead the modernisation and evolution of existing financial platforms, improving reliability, scalability, performance and maintainability through targeted architectural improvements, technical debt reduction and the adoption of modern engineering practices, while ensuring business continuity and minimising operational risk.
• Drive the design and delivery of new greenfield solutions, ensuring modern, scalable and maintainable architectures that align with business objectives and long-term technology strategy.
• Provide strong technical leadership and direction, working closely with architects and engineering teams to establish secure, resilient and maintainable solutions aligned with enterprise architecture principles and standards.
• Own engineering delivery and execution, ensuring predictable outcomes through effective planning, prioritisation, resource management and continuous improvement of delivery practices.
• Champion modern software engineering practices, including CI/CD, test automation, cloud-native…