Senior Engineering Manager – Scale B2C Platform (Manchester)

Morgan McKinley; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan McKinley is partnering with a global technology and e-commerce leader to recruit a Senior Engineering Manager for their Manchester tech hub. You will lead multiple cross-functional, agile delivery teams through a critical roadmap phase, ensuring high-traffic features are delivered on time while upholding reliability and engineering excellence.

You will collaborate with Product, UX, and global tech leaders to define technical strategy, manage dependencies, and drive delivery; you will also

Qualifications

• Proven at-scale leadership in high-traffic B2C platforms or marketplaces.
• Strong technical grounding to guide architecture decisions.
• Experience building and mentoring engineering teams and managers.

Responsibilities

• Direct and mentor multiple engineering pods to deliver key objectives.
• Collaborate with product, UX, and global tech leaders to set technical strategy.
• Balance feature delivery with technical debt and high-availability standards.
• Serve as the strategic link between the Manchester hub and global engineering leadership.
• Champion agile practices to improve velocity and reliability.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Agile delivery

People leadership

Technical credibility

Tools

Microservices

Cloud infrastructure

Java/Node ecosystems

Job description

Morgan McKinley is partnering with a global technology and e-commerce leader to recruit a Senior Engineering Manager for their Manchester tech hub. You will lead multiple cross-functional, agile delivery teams through a critical roadmap phase, ensuring high-traffic features are delivered on time while upholding reliability and engineering excellence.

You will collaborate with Product, UX, and global tech leaders to define technical strategy, manage dependencies, and drive delivery; you will also