Engineering Manager (NHS)

Skin Analytics; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Share options package

Private healthcare

25 days annual leave

Enhanced parental leave

Bike to work scheme

Training budget

Fun social activities

Job summary

A health tech company in London seeks an Engineering Manager to lead and empower the engineering and QA teams. You will manage delivery aligned with clinical realities, ensuring high-impact software for the UK health system. The ideal candidate has a strong background in engineering leadership within regulated industries and a commitment to improving public health. This role offers a competitive salary and a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Experience managing full stack engineering teams in a regulated or mission-critical domain.
• Evidence of thoughtful delivery leadership in constrained environments.
• Ability to improve how we work without needing control.
• Experience with regulated clinical pathways is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering delivery against product roadmap.
• Partner with multiple stakeholders to align roadmaps.
• Manage a growing team and conduct effective 1:1s.
• Manage and grow a multidisciplinary team through 1:1s, hiring, and development plans.
• Champion agile/lean practices in regulated or safety-critical environments.
• Introduce engineering and delivery best practices and track velocity and release cadence.
• Drive continuous improvement through retros and root-cause analysis.

Skills

Experience managing full stack engineering teams in a regulated or mission-critical domain

Strong familiarity with modern web/mobile software development

Proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams

Passion for improving public health

Stakeholder management

Job description

About Skin Analytics

Skin Analytics is an award-winning, health tech company that works with dermatology teams to deploy world-leading skin cancer pathways using AI as a medical device, DERM. Following our recent £15M series B funding round and regulatory milestones, we\'re ready to scale internationally, making history for AI in healthcare and the future of dermatology. We are a team of passionate people on a mission to build a future where no one dies from skin cancer.

DERM is deployed at more than 25 NHS organisations where we\'re supporting dermatology teams to build sustainable services that enable patients to gain quicker access to skin cancer diagnosis. We also collaborate with some of the largest health insurers to reach patients in their own homes. London based - Hybrid (3 days a week in the office).

Engineering Manager – Role

As an Engineering Manager you will work hand in hand with the Product Manager to lead and empower the engineering and QA team within your Business Unit to deliver high-impact, safe, and effective software for the UK health system. This role bridges the gap between product ambition and technical execution, ensuring sustainable delivery aligned with clinical and regulatory realities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead engineering delivery - against product roadmap, driving excellent technical execution from the engineers
• Partner with multiple stakeholders - Product, QA, DevOps, and senior management team to align roadmaps and execution plans
• Be hands-on when needed - system architecture and solving complex technical issues
• Manage a growing team - by conducting effective 1:1s, coach engineers, lead hiring and onboarding, and manage a career development framework
• Agile/lean delivery practices - adapted to regulated or safety-critical environments
• Introduce best engineering & delivery practices - improve and report on velocity, release cadence, defect rate, and other metrics
• Champion continuous improvement - lead retros, root cause analysis, and quality initiatives to reduce bugs, unblock teams, and increase predictability

Requirements

We want to hear from you if you have experience in:

• Experience managing full stack engineering teams in a regulated or mission-critical domain (e.g. healthtech, fintech)
• Strong familiarity with modern web/mobile software development and delivery practices
• Proven track record of enabling product-aligned delivery in fast-moving or high-complexity environments
• Experience working in or with regulated systems or clinical pathways is a plus
• Experience managing delivery in multiple complex health systems
• Proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams through change, ambiguity, or growth
• An opinionated but humble voice in the room - someone who improves how we work without needing control
• Evidence of thoughtful delivery leadership in constrained environments
• Passion for improving public health and understanding the real-world consequences of software decisions

Quality & Compliance

Skin Analytics manufactures medical devices and complies with ISO standards 13485 and 27001. As part of your employment, you will be assigned Quality Management System (QMS) and Information Security Management System (ISMS). We require that our employees agree to complete their assigned training and diligently follow all company quality management and information security processes.

• The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recommended DERM for use within the NHS until May 2028, while further evidence is gathered

Benefits

• 💰 Competitive salary
• Share options package - all our employees have ownership in the company
• 🏥 Private healthcare
• 🌴 25 days annual leave (5 day company shutdown in August + bank holidays)
• 👪 Enhanced parental leave - includes adoption & foster
• 🚲 Bike to work scheme
• 💻 Training budget
• Weekly catch-ups, monthly meetings to talk about you, your ambitions and make plans
• 🎊 Lots of fun social activities including company offsite!

Our Values

• 🌱 Building a Strong Foundation
• 🎓 Always Learning
• 🏅 Lead from the Front
• 💪 Tough and Resilient
• The Real Stuff

Skin Analytics embraces and is committed to diversity and equal opportunities. We are dedicated to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

We are not listing external job location or time-stamped postings here. This description reflects the role and requirements for the Engineering Manager position in London, UK.