Engineering Manager

£85-100k with great benefits. We’re looking for an experienced Engineering & QA Manager to lead delivery across multiple product squads within a complex, evolving technology environment. This is a strategic leadership role suited to someone who thrives on shaping engineering practices, improving quality standards, and bringing structure to fragmented delivery ecosystems.

The Role

• As part of a senior delivery leadership team, you will oversee engineering and quality assurance across three squads.
• You’ll be responsible for directing external engineering partners while establishing strong internal standards, ensuring alignment with architecture, and driving continuous improvement across the development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate external engineering suppliers across a diverse, multi-technology landscape.
• Establish and embed engineering and QA best practices across teams.
• Define and implement a modern CI/CD pipeline, incorporating automated testing.
• Assess and introduce AI-powered development tools to enhance team productivity.
• Collaborate closely with architecture leadership to ensure technical alignment and coherence.
• Bring structure and consistency to tooling and processes in a previously fragmented environment.
• Engineering capability is currently delivered primarily through contractors and external suppliers.
• A small but growing internal capability, including a Dynamics subject matter expert reporting into this role.
• QA capability includes an automation tester.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong background in engineering leadership within complex delivery environments.
• Experience working within the Microsoft ecosystem, particularly Power Platform or low-code/no-code solutions.
• Solid understanding of test automation strategies and quality engineering principles.
• Proven ability to bring order and governance to disjointed or “grown organically” toolsets and processes.
• Comfortable leading through influence, particularly with external partners and distributed teams.

Current Focus Areas

• Quality assurance practices are in need of a full reassessment. While some automation exists, there is a significant opportunity to redefine the QA strategy and build a more robust, scalable approach to quality across all squads.
• This is a high-impact role with the opportunity to shape engineering maturity, influence technical direction, and introduce modern ways of working in a fast-moving environment.