At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead engineering transformation initiatives and improve team effectiveness in a dynamic tech environment.
- Company: Join a major global financial services organisation with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, hybrid work model, and opportunities for career growth.
- Other info: Exciting role with potential for long-term engagement and professional development.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on engineering practices and collaborate with senior leaders.
- Qualifications: Experience in engineering transformation and strong stakeholder management skills required.
The predicted salary is between 43000 - 74000 £ per year.
Requirements
- Experience leading or supporting engineering transformation, engineering operating model, or engineering effectiveness initiatives within large technology organisations.
- Background in Engineering Transformation, Engineering Operations, CTO Office, Engineering Enablement, Technology Strategy, or similar engineering-focused functions.
- Experience working closely with senior engineering leaders to improve engineering capability, governance, and ways of working.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across complex matrix organisations.
- Excellent written communication skills, including executive presentations, reports, and briefing papers.
- Experience coordinating multiple strategic initiatives across engineering organisations.
- Familiarity with collaboration and portfolio tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Microsoft Teams.
- Experience in Financial Services or banking is desirable.
- Experience supporting Engineering Communities of Practice, Engineering Excellence, or Developer Experience initiatives is desirable.
- Exposure to engineering effectiveness measures such as DORA metrics, OKRs, or similar engineering maturity frameworks is desirable.
- Experience working within large, complex enterprise organisations is desirable.
Responsibilities
- Support multiple Engineering Practices initiatives across a large, complex technology organisation.
- Work closely with senior engineering leaders to coordinate priorities, planning, and strategic initiatives.
- Help improve engineering effectiveness, engineering maturity, and organisational health across multiple engineering teams.
- Track progress against OKRs, strategic objectives, and engineering improvement initiatives.
- Produce high-quality executive presentations, briefing papers, and stakeholder communications.
- Gather metrics, engineering insights, and success stories to demonstrate the impact of Engineering Practices initiatives.
- Support Engineering Communities of Practice, capability uplift initiatives, and engineering engagement activities.
- Build strong relationships across Engineering, HR, Communications, and Strategy teams.
- Identify opportunities to improve engineering ways of working and increase organisational effectiveness.
- Technologies
- Confluence
- CTO
- Support
- JIRA
- Matrix
- More
We are supporting a major global financial services organisation in hiring an Engineering Portfolio Lead to join our Global Engineering Practices team within the Chief Technology Office (CTO).
This is a 6-month initial contract with strong potential for longevity, offered on a hybrid basis in Sheffield, with Birmingham considered for exceptional candidates subject to approval.
This role is focused on engineering transformation, organisational effectiveness, and helping engineering teams continually improve the way we work, working alongside senior engineering leaders rather than in a traditional project or programme management role.
- last updated 28 week of 2026
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Engineering Portfolio Lead in Sheffield employer: Essential Consulting
Join a leading global bank that prioritises employee development and offers a dynamic work culture, where your expertise in Monday.com will be valued in driving significant infrastructure projects. With a hybrid working model based in Birmingham or Sheffield, you will enjoy the flexibility of remote work while being part of a collaborative team that fosters innovation and growth opportunities, making it an excellent place for meaningful and rewarding employment.
