Engineering Team Manager

Are you an experienced engineering leader ready to build high-performing teams and drive meaningful technical change? We’re looking for an Engineering Team Manager to lead delivery across our engineering estate, shaping how we build, run and evolve services. This is a great opportunity to combine people leadership with technical oversight, influencing how we deliver value across our technology landscape.

This is a hybrid role
, a mix of working from home plus time in our central Leeds & Bradford offices.

As an Engineering Team Manager
, you’ll lead, develop and motivate a team of Engineers, driving high-quality delivery and continuous improvement across services and change initiatives.

You’ll work closely with stakeholders, architecture and delivery partners to ensure solutions are delivered effectively, safely and in line with strategic priorities.

In this role, you will:

• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing engineering team, building capability and supporting continuous development

• Own the delivery of engineering change, ensuring services are delivered efficiently and aligned to business needs

• Collaborate with stakeholders, product teams and architecture to shape solutions and influence longer-term technology plans

• Manage third-party partners, ensuring delivery meets agreed standards, commitments and expectations

• Set and uphold engineering standards, assuring technical quality, risk management and best practice

• Oversee planning and prioritisation, balancing delivery, cost, risk and resource management

• Contribute to budget planning, forecasting and cost centre management

• Act as a deputy to senior engineering leadership, supporting succession planning and wider capability development

You’re a strong people leader with a solid engineering background and a track record of delivering change in complex environments. You’re comfortable balancing delivery, people and commercial considerations, and thrive in a collaborative, evolving organisation. You’ll have -

• Experience leading and developing engineering teams, building capability and driving high performance

• Strong understanding of engineering delivery, including planning, prioritisation and service support

• Experience working with stakeholders across technology and the wider business to shape and deliver outcomes

• Ability to manage third-party suppliers, ensuring performance, value and alignment to objectives

• Strong awareness of cost, risk and resource management within engineering delivery

• Experience contributing to financial planning, forecasting and budget management

• A focus on continuous improvement, with the ability to influence standards, ways of working and organisational change

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to lead and inspire others

• Ideally have experience of API’s and Java Spring Boot Microservices

We offer lots of fantastic rewards that you can make the most of in and out of work, including:

• Holiday. You’ll get 25 days plus Bank Holidays, as well as the option to buy up to a further 5 days.

• Bonus. At YBS we work collaboratively and share in our success together, so when we reach our goals we’re all rewarded with an on target bonus of 7% of eligible pay (with the opportunity to earn up to a maximum 15%).

• Pension. We know how important it is to save towards the future, that’s why we’ll contribute up 11% into your YBS pension.

• Healthcare. Health and wellbeing are an important part of life at YBS, when you join us you’ll have access to a range of health benefits to suit your life including private medical insurance, dental and healthcare plans.

• My Benefits. When you join YBS you’ll have access to our self-service benefits portal, where you can access a range of retail, hospitality and health discounts.

If you have any questions about this role, please contact Mike Peel at