Engineering Manager - Customer in City of Westminster

Location: London – Soho Office / Hybrid (2 days per week in the office Weds & Thurs)

Reporting to: Head of Engineering – Customer

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead one or more of our cross‑functional product development teams at Rightmove. The role involves building a healthy, high‑performing team, enabling delivery excellence, and fostering a culture that reflects our core values.

What you’ll be doing

• People and Team Development: Support the growth of engineers through clear development goals, coaching, feedback, and mentoring. Create a psychologically safe and inclusive environment where people are empowered to do great work.
• Planning and Delivery: Partner with the Product Manager to align priorities, capacity, and scope – creating clear goals and realistic plans. Monitor delivery flow, remove blockers, and drive improvements to how the team works. Proactively manage risks and represent the team in cross‑functional planning.
• Technical Stewardship: Ensure the long‑term health and maintainability of the systems your team owns. Collaborate with tech leads, architects, and other EMs to share context, resolve dependencies, and improve system design. Encourage good practices around testing, observability, performance, and resilience.
• Hiring and Talent Development: Take a leading role in hiring, onboarding, and growing diverse engineering talent. Shape team structure and capabilities over time, and support calibration and promotion processes.
• Collaboration and Leadership: Build a strong partnership with your PM, acting as a united leadership pair. Translate between technical and business contexts, ensuring stakeholders are informed and aligned. Operate with a broader view – solving local problems while supporting organisation‑wide outcomes.

Qualifications

• Prior experience managing software engineers in a product development environment.
• A strong track record of supporting delivery and improving team ways of working.
• Confidence in navigating planning, estimation, scope, and stakeholder alignment.
• A collaborative mindset and ability to build trust across a wide range of people and roles.
• A calm, thoughtful, and pragmatic approach – especially when the stakes are high or ambiguity is present.
• A genuine interest in growing others, including coaching, feedback, and performance development.

Benefits

• Cash plan for dental, optical and physio treatments.
• Private Medical Insurance, Pension and Life Insurance.
• Employee Assistance Plan.
• 27 days holiday plus two (paid) volunteering days a year.
• Contributory stakeholder pension.
• Life assurance at 4× your basic salary to a spouse, family member or other nominated person.
• Competitive compensation package.
• Paid leave for maternity, paternity, adoption & fertility.
• Travel Loans, Bike to Work scheme, Rental Deposit Loan.
• Charitable contributions through Payroll Giving and donation matching.
• Access deals and discounts on travel, electronics, fashion, gym memberships, cinema, and more.
• Hybrid working with a minimum of 2 days in the office.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all employees, regardless of their background or identity.