Software Engineering Manager - Technical Delivery

A leading UK financial services provider is seeking a highly experienced Engineering Manager to lead multiple squads within their retail engineering function. This new, high-impact role will be pivotal in ensuring delivery excellence, technical oversight, and strong alignment with business and regulatory priorities.

You will be the primary escalation point for delivery and technical challenges, accountable for sprint outcomes, prioritisation, and risk management. While this role is not hands-on coding, you will provide technical guidance, architectural insight, and oversight, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, and delivered to high standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead multiple engineering squads, providing technical direction and oversight
• Drive delivery accountability, unblock issues, and manage dependencies across teams
• Collaborate with Product Owners, IT leadership, and business stakeholders to ensure alignment and risk mitigation
• Oversee technical standards, architecture reviews, and governance practices
• Manage technical debt and end-of-life registers, ensuring timely remediation and stakeholder alignment
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, technical excellence, and agile delivery

What We're Looking For:

• Proven experience as a senior engineer, architect, or technical lead, with hands-on delivery experience
• Experience managing multiple squads or engineering teams in Life & Pensions or financial services
• Strong understanding of agile delivery, sprint planning, and backlog prioritisation
• Technical credibility: ability to review architecture, challenge solutions, and implement engineering standards
• Excellent communication skills for both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Familiarity with .NET/C#, Azure, Dev Ops/CI/CD, microservices, and modern scalable architecture principles is desirable

The opportunity:

• Shape a new leadership role in a regulated, innovative, and growing team
• Influence technical standards and delivery practices across multiple squads
• Work closely with senior leadership in a highly visible and influential position
• Join a supportive, inclusive culture committed to development and continuous improvement

If you are a delivery-focused, technically credible Engineering Manager with financial services experience and a passion for driving high-quality outcomes, Apply now!