Engineering Manager, Marketing & Commercial Data Platform

The Financial Times Ltd; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

generous annual leave

medical cover

inclusive parental leave packages

subsidised gym memberships

opportunities to give back to the comm

Job summary

The Financial Times Ltd is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager within Commercial Technology to lead the Marketing & Commercial Data capability. You will shape delivery, performance and the evolution of the FT's data platforms, balancing new capabilities with operational health.

You will partner with Product and business stakeholders, develop engineers, and own planning, capacity and risk management to drive sustainable technology outcomes across FT's commercial stack.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience delivering software engineering outcomes across complex platforms.
• Ability to coach engineers and grow teams, with strong people-development skills.
• Experience partnering with Product, Programme and business stakeholders to shape delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own engineering delivery across Marketing & Commercial Data capabilities.
• Shape priorities, roadmaps and achievable delivery plans with Product and Programme teams.
• Manage capacity, risks, dependencies and resource constraints for sustainable delivery.
• Lead, onboard and develop engineers, fostering an ownership culture and continuous learning.
• Collaborate with Technical Leads and other leaders to align architecture and engineering standards.

Skills

Engineering leadership

People leadership

Technical judgement

Product collaboration

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Next

Salesforce Data 360

Bloomreach

Marketo

Jira

GitHub

Sales Cloud

Job description

The Financial Times Ltd is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager within Commercial Technology to lead the Marketing & Commercial Data capability. You will shape delivery, performance and the evolution of the FT's data platforms, balancing new capabilities with operational health.

You will partner with Product and business stakeholders, develop engineers, and own planning, capacity and risk management to drive sustainable technology outcomes across FT's commercial stack.