Engineering Manager, Talent & Core HR Platforms

Marks and Spencer; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20% colleague discount on M&S products

Competitive holiday allowance

Discretionary bonus schemes

Strong pension and life assurance

Tailored induction and training

Exclusive perks via M&S Choices

Job summary

Marks & Spencer seeks an Engineering Manager to lead engineering teams responsible for Oracle HCM Cloud platforms and related SaaS solutions across Recruitment, Talent, Learn, Core HR and Helpdesk. You will shape platform strategy, drive modernisation and ensure scalable, secure, and high-quality delivery for the colleague lifecycle.

You will partner with architects, product managers, and senior engineers to prioritise work, manage dependencies and deliver value through agile delivery and DevOps

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading engineering teams delivering complex enterprise SaaS solutions.
• Strong hands-on experience designing, configuring, implementing and supporting Oracle HCM Cloud solutions within large organisations.
• Deep functional expertise across Recruitment, Talent Management, Learn, Core HR and Helpdesk processes and technologies.
• Experience simplifying complex systems, reducing technical debt, modernising platforms and driving end-to-end service ownership.
• Strong stakeholder management and leadership skills, with the ability to balance strategic initiatives, project delivery and operational support.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop high-performing engineering teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, continuous improvement and engineering excellence.
• Own the technical roadmap across Recruitment, Talent, Learn, Helpdesk and Core HR platforms, ensuring scalable, secure, supportable solutions aligned to business objectives.
• Partner with Product, Architecture and Engineering leadership to prioritise work, manage dependencies and deliver strategic business outcomes through agile delivery practices.
• Drive SaaS innovation and adoption, including quarterly release management, platform enhancements, AI opportunities and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure operational excellence through proactive maintenance, robust support processes, platform reliability, service ownership and a strong DevOps culture.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Oracle HCM

Stakeholder management

SaaS platforms

Agile delivery

Tools

Oracle HCM Cloud

HCM data tooling (HDL)

OTBI / BI Publisher

REST APIs

Visual Builder Studio

Job description

Marks & Spencer seeks an Engineering Manager to lead engineering teams responsible for Oracle HCM Cloud platforms and related SaaS solutions across Recruitment, Talent, Learn, Core HR and Helpdesk. You will shape platform strategy, drive modernisation and ensure scalable, secure, and high-quality delivery for the colleague lifecycle.

You will partner with architects, product managers, and senior engineers to prioritise work, manage dependencies and deliver value through agile delivery and DevOps