Infrastructure Engineering Manager

We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Infrastructure Engineering Manager to lead a team of technical experts aligned to the Connected Workplace technology domain, made up of Workplace, Unified Comms and Networks. This is a pivotal people leadership role, focused on enabling collaboration, driving consistent working practices, facilitating strategic decisions, and developing high-performing individuals across a global team.

Your New Role:

• Lead and develop a high-performing team across Workplace Services, Unified Comms & Collaboration, and Networks, ensuring capability and capacity align with business demand.
• Act as a key escalation and decision point, guiding risk management practices and reporting critical IT risks to leadership.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with both Group and Divisional teams to drive alignment, process improvements, help shape strategic direction and ensure effective service delivery.
• Ensure that documentation is complete, of high-quality and is shared appropriately to stakeholder groups across the enterprise.
• Oversee the performance and quality of third-party providers and internal services, ensuring consistent service levels and adherence to SLAs.
• Drive efficiencies within your technical scope through consolidation of products where possible.
• Manage financial awareness within the team—forecasting needs, reviewing costs, and applying a commercial lens to technology planning.
• Communicate complex decisions and processes clearly to stakeholders, building understanding and trust across a diverse global audience.

About you:

• Proven experience as a people manager within a large, complex, or global organisation.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills, with a patient and process-guiding approach.
• A robust understanding of enterprise IT infrastructure, preferably across workplace services, unified comms and networks.
• Ability to navigate and manage the demands of a global, cross-time-zone role.
• Financially literate with the ability to consider cost implications in technical planning.
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams and driving cross-functional outcomes.
• Adaptable leadership style that supports a diverse and varied team of professionals.

Why QBE?

At My Best At QBE, we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best, that’s why we have created “At My Best”. It’s our connection, our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesn’t fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you.

Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA. We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner. We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.

QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job, we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation.

With more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate, and kind.

To find out more about why you should work for QBE, visit our careers website.

At My Best - QBE Benefits

You are more than your work – and QBE is more than a workplace, which is why we provide you with the benefits, support and flexibility to help you concentrate on living your best life personally and professionally. As well as the benefits below we also offer an extensive choice of other options to suit you!

• 30 days holiday a year with the option to buy up to 2 additional days.
• Flexible working - balancing work and life is important so our flexible working opportunities are open to all, this can include part-time, job share and compressed hours.
• Pension – you are automatically enrolled into the QBE pension plan, which entitles you to receive employer contributions of 10% of your basic salary.
• Private medical insurance – we fund fully comprehensive private medical cover for you and all the family.
• Family friendly policies – we offer 26 weeks leave at full pay regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation or how you become a parent.
• Short term remote work abroad - you can request up to 20 days per year to work remotely from certain locations abroad.
• Sustainable investing - we believe sustainable integration is important for long term financial, environmental, and social outcomes.
• Cycle-to-Work – benefit from regular exercise whilst making your commute greener and cheaper, select and bike and/or accessories up to the value of £5,000.

To find out more visit our Reward Page.

QBE Awards

Some of the awards QBE are proud to have won, been a finalist for, and shortlisted for include:

• AXCO Global Insurance Awards 2024 Winner: Network Management of the Year
• Insurance Business UK 5-Star Cyber Awards 2024: QBE rated as a 5-Star Cyber Insurer
• UK IT Industry Awards 2023 Winner: Green Technology Innovation of the Year
• Working Dads Employer Awards 2023 Winner: Parental Policies Award
• Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2023: QBE rated as a 5-Star Employee

You can view all our awards here.

Inclusion of Diversity

We are striving to create a workplace culture where all our people feel included, and we are committed to building a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we operate in. We are proud to have partnerships with organisations such as Stonewall and Working Families, and our commitment to the Women in Finance Charter, the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles and Race at Work charter helps keep us accountable and transparent.

For more information on our strategy targets please take a look at our Careers Page.

Accessibility

Here at QBE, we are promoting an accessible workplace for all, which includes supporting candidates to perform at their best during their recruitment process. If you require any accommodations, please make your Talent Acquisition contact aware.

ESG & Sustainability

At QBE, we believe that integrating sustainability into our business helps us deliver on our purpose of enabling a more resilient future. Our three key focus areas include fostering an orderly and inclusive transition to a net-zero economy, enabling a sustainable and resilient workforce, and partnering for growth through innovative, sustainable, and impactful solutions.

For further information regarding QBE’s sustainability targets, including our net-zero pledges and inclusion of diversity targets, and our award-winning impact investment initiative ‘Premiums4Good’, please visit our Sustainability homepage and read our latest Sustainability Report.

What next?

If you have a passion to contribute to QBE’s vision of enabling a more resilient future for our customers and the community, we encourage you to apply! Simply click the “apply” button to submit your CV and other relevant documents, and a member of our friendly Talent Acquisition team will be in contact to discuss your interest further if you meet the requirements of the role.

We believe this is our moment – what if it was yours too? APPLY NOW and let’s make it happen!

Skills: Adaptability, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Analytical Thinking, Critical Thinking, Customer Service, Financial Systems, Global IT Infrastructure, Intentional collaboration, Managing performance, Microsoft Azure, Problem Solving, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Team Development, Troubleshooting.

Application Close Date: 29/06/2025 11:59 PM

How to Apply: To submit your application, click "Apply" and follow the step by step process.

Equal Employment Opportunity: QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.

About Us

We are an international insurer and reinsurer offering a diverse portfolio of commercial, personal and specialty products, as well as risk management solutions. Our product portfolio includes property, motor, crop, energy, marine and aviation. We employ a team of around 13,000 people in 27 countries around the world.