Location
London (Hybrid model with 50% onsite work, subject to role requirements and regular review)

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
The Financial Times (FT) is a globally recognised news organisation known for its authority, integrity and accuracy. Our Product & Technology teams deliver cutting-edge products to over one million digital subscribers daily, driving growth through a diverse and dynamic group of specialists. The Engineering Manager will lead one of the engineering teams within Commercial Technology, part of the Internal Products group. This team builds and operates technology platforms supporting the FT’s commercial capabilities across Marketing, Sales, Service and Commercial Data.

As Engineering Manager, you will be accountable for the delivery, performance and continuous evolution of the FT’s Marketing & Commercial Data capability. You will lead the team through a significant transformation of the commercial technology landscape, balancing new capability delivery with operational health, engineering capability development and long-term platform evolution. You will work closely with Product, Senior Engineers, other Engineering Managers and Commercial Technology leadership to ensure effective organisation, resourcing and risk management.

The role requires credible engineering leadership, supporting technical decision-making and ensuring the team understands architecture, risks and operational health. You will collaborate with Principal Engineers and senior technical leaders to ensure coherent and sustainable technology solutions across the Commercial Technology domain.

Technologies involved include Salesforce Marketing Cloud Next, Salesforce Data 360, Salesforce Sales & Service Cloud, Bloomreach, Marketo, JavaScript/TypeScript, AWS, data platforms, CI/CD pipelines, GitHub, monitoring tools, Jira and Confluence. While experience with all is not required, the ability to lead teams through technology change is essential.

Key responsibilities include engineering delivery and planning, people leadership and team health, technical leadership and collaboration, operational readiness and engineering excellence, and leading platform evolution and change management.

The FT offers a supportive culture with a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, and a hybrid working model designed to balance flexibility with collaboration and team cohesion.

Experience
- Proven experience managing or leading software engineers in a collaborative environment
- Strong coaching, feedback and people development skills
- Experience leading delivery across complex platforms or products
- Ability to balance strategic programme delivery with operational responsibilities and long-term priorities
- Strong understanding of engineering practices for secure, resilient and scalable production systems
- Experience supporting teams operating and improving business-critical technology
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and non-technical audiences
- Experience partnering with senior technical leaders, architects or Technical Leads
- Comfortable working across Product, Engineering, Data, Programme and business stakeholders
- Experience leading teams through significant platform or technology transformation is beneficial
- Experience with Salesforce, marketing technology, customer data platforms or enterprise SaaS ecosystems is beneficial but not essential

About you
- A people-first approach to engineering leadership
- Strong collaboration and communication skills
- Empathy, emotional intelligence and commitment to developing others
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability for outcomes
- Pragmatic and sound judgement balancing business, people and engineering needs
- Ability to create clarity and structure in complex or ambiguous environments
- Curiosity and willingness to continuously learn
- Appreciation for strong engineering practices, operational excellence and sustainable technology
- Calmness under pressure and ability to lead teams through challenging situations
- Collaborative mindset and willingness to work across organisational and technology boundaries
- Interest in how technology and data can enable better customer experiences and commercial outcomes

Qualifications
No specific qualifications are mandated; however, a strong software engineering background and leadership experience are essential.