Engineering Programme Manager - Infrastructure

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative fintech company is seeking an Engineering Programme Manager to lead complex technical initiatives within their dynamic engineering division. This role is pivotal in managing multi-team programmes, ensuring timely delivery while maintaining high standards of quality and product value. The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of modern technology stacks and demonstrate exceptional organizational skills. Join a rapidly growing team recognized for its outstanding workplace culture and commitment to employee development, where your contributions will directly impact the future of banking technology.

Benefits

Pension plan (match up to 7%)

Life insurance - three times annual salary

Competitive maternity and paternity leave

Private health insurance

Flexible working hours

Cycle-to-work scheme

Electric car scheme

Access to learning materials

Weekly food pop-up

Sports and hobby clubs

Qualifications

• Proven track record managing software programmes in a top-tier tech company.
• Excellent organisational and presentation skills with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex technical programmes from initiation to completion.
• Support product roadmap delivery and manage release across teams.

Skills

Programme Management

Microservices Architecture

CI/CD Pipelines

Stakeholder Management

Problem Solving

Tools

Kubernetes

Kafka

AWS

GCP

Job description

Thought Machine’s mission is bold - to properly and permanently rid the world’s banks of legacy technology. To achieve this, we have developed the foundations of modern banking through core and payments technology which run natively in the cloud. What we are attempting is hard and means we need great people working together to build great technology.

We have grown rapidly in the past few years - growing our team to more than 550 individuals across offices in London, New York, Singapore, and Sydney. We have raised more than $500m in funding and are now valued at $2.7bn. Our investors include Molten Ventures, Eurazeo, Intesa Sanpaolo, Temasek, Nyca Partners, JPMorgan Chase Strategic Investments, Standard Chartered Ventures, and more.

We have created a culture enabling our team to produce the best work in the industry, ensuring we have fun along the way. We're regularly cited as having a fantastic workplace culture and have been recognised by Sifted magazine as having one of the highest Glassdoor ratings for a UK fintech company and the most generous employee share package in the industry. Global Finance Magazine named us one of the world’s most innovative fintechs, and the Financial Times recognised us as one of Europe’s fastest-growing companies in 2023.

Role: Engineering Programme Manager

At Thought Machine, Engineering Programme Managers are responsible for the delivery of complex technical programmes within the engineering division. They take a leading role in forming and planning each programme and support engineering departments that contribute to the programme’s success.

Responsibilities:

1. Manage technical programmes from initiation through to completion of complex multi-team, multi-month engineering programmes.
2. Support the delivery of the product roadmap including planning, delivery management, and release management across multiple teams.
3. Report progress, issues, dependencies, and risks to relevant stakeholders and prepare/make recommendations to facilitate decision making to support successful delivery and outcome realisation.
4. Support engineering departments to identify alignment gaps and reduce overhead.
5. Have a good understanding of the product and the technical skills to be able to dive into details to drive programmes forward.
6. Be outcome-focused and ensure everything supports the intended programme objectives.
7. Be engaged and energetic, helping to drive continuous improvement across the engineering organisation in a very fast-paced and dynamic environment.
8. Develop tools and optimise processes to improve productivity and efficiency.

Requirements:

Essential:

• Proven track record managing software programmes and other cross-functional technical initiatives within a top-tier technology company.
• Timely delivery is not your only objective: you obsess over quality, reliability, and product value.
• Understand a modern microservice-based technology stack (Kubernetes, Kafka, AWS/GCP) built on a CI/CD pipeline.
• Inquisitive mind and motivated by solving problems.
• Self-starter, able to operate autonomously to lead large multi-disciplinary efforts.
• Excellent organisational, written, and presentation skills, building strong relationships with stakeholders.

Desirable:

• Knowledge or experience in the retail banking industry.
• Experience as a software engineer, infrastructure engineer, or some other technical role.
• Experience defining, developing, and managing processes to support product planning and delivery, particularly at scale.

Benefits:

• Highly competitive salary
• Pension plan (match up to 7%)
• Life insurance - three times annual salary
• Competitive maternity (six months fully paid) and paternity leave (four weeks fully paid)
• Shared parental leave (matched to our maternity leave for the same point in time)
• 25 days holiday and bank holidays
• Private health insurance with Bupa for you and your family
• Health cash plan (including dental and optical)
• Flexible working hours
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Electric car scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Access to outstanding learning materials and courses
• Sports and hobby clubs, subsidised by Thought Machine
• All the latest tech you need
• Start the day properly with fresh fruit and cereals
• Huge range of healthy (and not-so-healthy) snacks, smoothies, and drinks
• A talented and experienced team as your colleagues
• An environment where we encourage learning and progress
• Two charity days a year
• Weekly food pop-up