Engineering Manager

V.Group; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Pension contribution

25 days’ annual leave + bank holidays

Job summary

V.Group in Glasgow seeks an Engineering Manager to bring in-house engineering oversight and lead a growing team across multiple squads. You will manage engineers, oversee delivery quality, and collaborate with offshore partners to scale the engineering function.

The role requires strong technical credibility, coaching, and experience with distributed teams across time zones. Glasgow-based, with three days per week onsite and occasional travel to other sites.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading software delivery teams.
• Experience managing with outsourced/offshore development partners.
• Strong coaching and performance management skills.
• Familiarity with agile at scale and cloud-native delivery.

Responsibilities

• Line-manage and develop engineers across squads, building in-house capability.
• Own onboarding, performance management and career development.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, ownership and wellbeing.
• Provide oversight of engineering output and quality across squads.

Skills

Engineering management

People leadership

Software delivery

Offshore/outsourced partners

Cloud-native

Agile

Job description

Who are V? As a global leader in ship management and marine services, we add value to a vessel’s operations. Operating around the clock and around the world, V. gives every client the quality and efficiency they need in every sector. Covering crew management and recruitment, quality ship management and technical services, together with supporting management and commercial services, V. has an unrivalled industry knowledge with performance assured. Our values, We Care, We Collaborate, We Challenge, We are Consistent, We Commit and Deliver, are at the heart of everything we do and they support our strategy of Investing in Talent. We are always interested in making contact with talented individuals - people who will demonstrate our values and deliver great service, for internal and external stakeholders.

Overall Purpose of The Job

The Engineering Manager is a Glasgow-based role that brings in-house a capability to date fulfilled by our development partner with mixed results. The role builds management capability in the Glasgow office, enabling better oversight of engineering output and quality across squads working with development partners.

This is the first Engineering Manager hire; further EMs are likely as the full squad structure is confirmed. You will lead and develop engineers, and own delivery oversight and quality at squad level.

Key Responsibilities

• Line-manage and develop engineers across one or more squads, building a high-performing in-house engineering across multiple locations.
• Own onboarding, performance management and career development.
• Foster a strong engineering culture of collaboration, ownership and wellbeing.

Delivery Oversight & Quality

• Provide oversight of engineering output and quality across squads working with development partners.
• Build in-house management capability, improving on the mixed results previously delivered by the development partner.
• Uphold engineering standards, code quality and delivery predictability.
• Partner with Product, QA, DevOps and development partners to deliver ShipSure.
• Remove blockers and manage delivery risk at squad level, escalating where needed.
• Contribute to scaling the squad and Engineering Manager structure as it is confirmed.

Person Specification

• Proven experience in engineering management and people leadership of software delivery teams.
• Experience managing delivery alongside outsourced / offshore development partners.
• Strong technical credibility, with a background in software engineering.
• Excellent coaching, performance management and team-building skills.
• Experience working effectively with offshore, outsourced and remote teams across different time zones and cultures.
• Glasgow-based, with a minimum of three days per week onsite in the Glasgow office.
• Experience in maritime, ERP, or multi-tenant SaaS environments.
• Experience scaling engineering teams and squad structures.
• Familiarity with agile at scale and cloud-native delivery.

Working Conditions

• Glasgow-based; hybrid working with regular onsite presence in the Glasgow office.
• Occasional travel to London or other V.Group sites as required, including India.
• A minimum of three days per week onsite in the Glasgow office is required.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary within the stated band, plus annual bonus.
• Glasgow-based; hybrid working from the Glasgow office.
• The opportunity to shape a platform that manages thousands of vessels worldwide.
• Access to cutting-edge AI-assisted development practices.
• Private healthcare, pension contribution, and 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays.
• A collaborative, ambitious team working on a programme with genuine board-level sponsorship.

V.Group is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive regardless of background, identity, or circumstance. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates.