Platform Engineering Manager

Company description

OVERVIEW
Publicis Groupe is one of the world’s largest communications holding companies, present in over 110 countries and employing about 100,000 professionals.. The Groupe is positioned at every step of the value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation and digital business transformation.
HELPING OUR CLIENTS UNLOCK GROWTH IN THE PLATFORM WORLD
Our clients compete in the platform world, a horizontal marketplace between creators and consumers, between speakers and listeners, between buyers and sellers. To thrive in the platform world, companies must continue to innovate their products and business models. Four imperatives (1. Real Identity, 2. Dynamic, Diverse and Disruptive Creativity 3., Smart Media and 4. Direct Relationships) via our suite of world-class agencies, are necessary for modern brands to win in the platform world. At Publicis Groupe, we’ve invested in capabilities across these four imperatives our clients need to unlock growth. As the only one who can architect, build and orchestrate end to end solutions, not only do we have a proven record of building bespoke models for clients and leading expertise across all major industry categories, we are able to offer our talents more opportunities to grow and benefit from a richer learning experience. We call this Power of One. Powered by a 100,000-strong network via Marcel, our AI-based platform, we are also able to provide our clients and talents instant access to resource, knowledge for any need, any time, in any market.
THE SPIRIT OF VIVA LA DIFFERENCE
Viva La Difference is deeply rooted in everything we do. It has always been in our DNA. From the birth of Publicis, 94 years ago, when Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, our founder, invented French advertising. Viva La Difference expresses how we value and respect each individual and recognize what makes us distinctive. This is the charge that inspires our teams to celebrate the differences in identity, background, culture, and experience of all of us. It is how we behave with each other and our clients, and it is deeply rooted throughout our work, to elevate and bring to life our differences throughout the platform world..

Overview

The Platform Engineering Manager is responsible for leading engineering teams to design, build, and optimise core platform services and infrastructure. This role ensures the scalability, reliability, and performance of enterprise systems while collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver business-critical solutions. The manager will also be responsible for implementing agile processes across engineering teams, including standing up sprint rituals, and managing the environment to ensure consistency and reliability.

Responsibilities

Platform Leadership:

• Lead and mentor platform engineering teams to deliver robust, scalable systems.
• Define and maintain best practices for platform architecture and engineering standards.
• Drive innovation in platform capabilities with a focus on automation and resilience.

Agile Process & Team Management:

• Implement agile processes across all engineering teams.
• Establish and facilitate all sprint rituals, including planning, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and accountability within the teams.

Collaboration & Delivery:

• Partner with Product, Data, and DevOps teams to align platform services with business requirements.
• Manage platform upgrades, migrations, and infrastructure improvements.
• Oversee platform monitoring, incident response, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Environment Management:

• Manage and maintain all engineering environments to ensure consistency, reliability, and security.
• Ensure effective version control, release management, and environment availability for development, testing, and production.

Qualifications

Experience:

• Extensive exprience of platform engineering experience with leadership responsibilities.
• Proven expertise in managing large-scale distributed systems and cloud infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of containerization, orchestration, and automation frameworks.

Skills & Competencies:

• Strong leadership and team-building skills.
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Deep knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., GCP, AWS, Azure).
• Strong understanding of agile delivery practices and environment management.

Education:

• Ideally a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.

Additional information

Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full time employees being office-based three days during the working week.
We are supportive of all candidates and are committed to providing a fair assessment process. If you have any circumstances (such as neurodiversity, physical or mental impairments or a medical condition) that may affect your assessment, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner. We will discuss possible adjustments to ensure fairness. Rest assured, disclosing this information will not impact your treatment in our process.

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