Engineering Manager – Data Services

About the role

Are you passionate about leading engineering teams and delivering high‑quality data services that create meaningful business impact? You will lead a team of engineers responsible for delivering sprint and release commitments aligned to the roadmap, combining people leadership with delivery excellence.

Key responsibilities

• Own delivery of the team’s sprint and release commitments against the agreed roadmap.
• Translate senior‑leadership priorities into sprint plans, tickets and achievable milestones.
• Coordinate day‑to‑day delivery across the team, managing blockers, dependencies and capacity.
• Ensure work is delivered to agreed quality, coding and testing standards.
• Identify and flag delivery risks early, escalating when they exceed the team’s control.
• Track and report on sprint progress, velocity and delivery health to DS leadership.
• Line‑manage, coach and develop a team of engineers.
• Act as the delivery point of contact for the team’s area of work.

Required profile

• Experience leading engineering teams and supporting their performance, wellbeing and development.
• Ability to translate strategic priorities into clear delivery plans and executable milestones.
• Experience managing sprint delivery, release commitments, dependencies and team capacity.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to identify, assess and appropriately escalate delivery risks.
• Understanding of engineering quality standards, testing practices and operational excellence.
• Experience supporting recruitment, onboarding and team development activities.
• Commitment to fostering collaboration, ownership and continuous improvement.