Head of Engineering Operations & Delivery Excellence

Standard Life plc

City of Edinburgh

Hybrid

GBP 81,000 - 99,000

Full time

6 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Private medical cover
38 days annual leave
Excellent pension
12x salary life assurance
Career breaks
Income protection
Volunteer days

Job summary

Standard Life plc is seeking a Head of Engineering Operations in the UK to lead the capability underpinning engineering quality, delivery assurance, environments, release discipline and operational resilience. The role sits at the centre of a move to product-led, platform-based technology and will drive automation, DevSecOps and quality gates.

You will collaborate across digital, data, cloud, systems integration, architecture, security and governance, delivering reliable, measurable outcomes

Responsibilities

  • Own and evolve the Engineering Operations capability across quality engineering, environments, release readiness, engineering assurance, operational controls, engineering risk and continuous improvement.
  • Lead engineering risk management, ensuring clear ownership of controls, regular attestation, evidence quality and effective alignment with central Enterprise Technology and Pensions & Savings risk and governance frameworks.
  • Lead the shift towards greater automation, including automated standards compliance, test automation, DevSecOps practices, infrastructure as code, developer tooling, deployment discipline and AI-enabled software delivery.
  • Provide leadership for quality assurance, environment management and release governance, ensuring delivery teams can evidence standards compliance and deliver change safely, predictably and with appropriate control.
  • Oversee engineering standards across resource partners and outsource providers, applying consistent outcome monitoring, quality indicators, delivery metrics and control expectations.
  • Use engineering metrics, risk insights, control reporting and operational data to drive better decision-making, stronger accountability and continuous improvement across the function.

Job description

Standard Life plc is seeking a Head of Engineering Operations in the UK to lead the capability underpinning engineering quality, delivery assurance, environments, release discipline and operational resilience. The role sits at the centre of a move to product-led, platform-based technology and will drive automation, DevSecOps and quality gates.

You will collaborate across digital, data, cloud, systems integration, architecture, security and governance, delivering reliable, measurable outcomes

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