Engineering Manager

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

Job summary

V.Group is seeking an Engineering Manager to bring in-house oversight of software delivery and quality across squads, including partnerships with offshore development teams. You will lead engineers, own onboarding and career development, and foster a culture of collaboration and wellbeing.

Based in Glasgow with a requirement of at least three onsite days per week, you will ensure high standards, delivery predictability and alignment with product goals across multiple locations and partners.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop engineers across one or more squads, building a high-performing in-house engineering function.
• Own onboarding, performance management and career development for team members.
• Foster a strong engineering culture of collaboration, ownership and wellbeing.
• Provide oversight of engineering output and quality across squads and partners.
• Build in-house management capability and improve delivery predictability and standards.
• Collaborate with Product, QA, DevOps and development partners to deliver ShipSure.
• Remove blockers and manage delivery risk at squad level.
• Contribute to scaling the squad and Engineering Manager structure as planned.

Skills

Engineering management

People leadership

Software delivery

Outsourced partners

Coaching

Performance management

Team-building

Remote teams

Job description

Location Country United Kingdom
Work Location Glasgow

Overall Purpose of The Job

• The Engineering Manager brings in-house a capability to date fulfilled by our development partner with mixed results. The role builds management capability enabling better oversight of engineering output and quality across squads working with development partners.
• Engineering Manager will lead and develop engineers, and own delivery oversight and quality at squad level.

Key Responsibilities And Tasks

Team Leadership & People Management

• 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.

Collaboration & Scaling

• 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.

What can I expect in return?

V. Group can offer you a market leading salary and benefits package, in addition to significant opportunities for career growth and personal development. This a great opportunity to join a true leader in the maritime sector - a company that has exciting plans for future growth.

Essential

• 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.

Desirable

• 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.