Engineering Manager - Planning

Blue Light Card is expanding rapidly in the UK and Australia, and we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Engineering Manager to join our Technology department. You’ll have experience working as an engineering manager in a high-performing, product-led agile organisation with multiple teams.
You’ll lead one of our engineering teams, and be responsible for championing agile practices, delivering high-quality solutions, and managing technical operations, to ensure your team achieves the best outcomes for our members.

Guide and motivate a high-performing team, fostering collaboration, accountability, and integrity through coaching and support
You’ll get involved in sprint planning, retrospectives, and solving incidents, ensuring issues are addressed quickly
Ensure Operational Excellence by monitoring production components with Platform Engineering and addressing issues fast, ensuring non-functional requirements are met
Implement and champion agile methodologies and best practices by supporting the scaling of these practices across Engineering, Product, and Design
Foster a quality-first mindset within the team, ensuring everyone follows agreed-upon standards
Support technical design solutions that meet requirements and align with architectural standards providing technical coaching and encouraging innovative ways of working
Ensure the team understands and works towards business goals, fostering a shared sense of purpose and dedication, while being flexible and ready to tackle various tasks each day

Experience as an Engineering Manager with a robust track record of successfully leading teams of at least four individuals
Substantial experience in regular one-on-one meetings, providing coaching, delivering constructive feedback, and prioritising the well-being and development of team members to ensure they feel valued and supported
Extensive experience with agile methodologies to oversee practices and ceremonies, ensuring the team delivers high-quality work while managing ongoing tasks smoothly
Proven ability to deliver high-quality scalable technical solutions, with an emphasis on best practices and innovative approaches utilising AWS and TypeScript
Ability to take charge of the team's work in progress, keeping tasks on track and addressing issues promptly working in collaboration with Platform Engineering to maintain smooth operations
Experience in helping the team understand and work towards business goals, fostering a shared sense of purpose and dedication and flexible to tackle various tasks each day, adapting to a changing work environment
Our colleagues are integral to helping create the unique experience we deliver, so we’re genuinely committed to creating a place where our team love to work, and people want to join. We work as a team and try to have a bit of fun while we do it, and we recognise the importance of culture and the positive impact it can have on performance for you, the team, our organisation and our members. We believe in attracting the best talent no matter where you are. We promote hybrid working, but we value in-person collaboration so encourage time in our offices. How regular and in which office location depends on the role and team. We don't offer remote-only roles.
We're also officially recognised as a Top 100 Great Place To Work UK, one of the UK's Best Workplaces for Wellbeing, Top 100 Best Workplaces for Women and recognised as investors in wellbeing by Investors in People.

Hybrid working and flexible hours

• Free parking and EV charging onsite
• 25 days plus public holidays, buy and sell and an additional day off for your birthday
• A company bonus scheme
• Great social events e.g., Relaxed dress code and modern office space (games area, chill-out areas, book club, free coffee/tea/soft drinks/snacks)
• Onsite gym (including access to free HIIT & stretch classes)
• Learning and development opportunities
• Group auto-enrolment pension plan
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, sick pay
• Company funded private medical insurance
• Healthcare cashback plan
• Employee assistance programme (including mental health support)