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Job Description
Job Opportunity: Engineering Manager
We're seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our technology team in shaping the future of advancements. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software engineering delivery and IT transformation, with a proven track record of success in agile environments.
About the Role:
- Lead and manage a large and complex engineering domain, building and running a high-performing team
- Collaborate with product managers and product owners to enable frequent and faster deployments, improve software quality, and reduce change failure rates
- Create new products and deliver continuous value by delivering the product roadmap
- Develop skills across a range of responsibilities, including promoting Primark's values and standards across engineering teams
- Oversight of design, delivery, and production release of engineering solutions
- Define and govern software quality standards, service transition rigor, and compliance to security
- Manage engineering demand, capacity, and be the escalation point for product and delivery
- Ensure compliance of engineering teams and timely audit responses to known issues
- Define product domain minimum viable 'Definition Of Ready' and 'Definition Of Done' with each team
- Work with the team and peers to develop shared, ambitious OKRs aligned to the strategy and hold themselves accountable
- Ensure a culture of stability, security, data protection, and accessibility is built into all processes, procedures, and products
Requirements:
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering delivery or IT transformation delivery at an enterprise level, particularly in an agile at-scale environment
- Experience in owning and managing senior business stakeholder relationships
- An appropriate degree or equivalent qualification or experience scale - across people, process, and technology domains
- Influencer: significant ability to grow, inspire, engage, and coach a diverse team and create an inclusive culture across geographical boundaries
- Collaborative partner: develop trusted relationships with key stakeholders in technology and across the wider Primark business
- People leadership: a people leader who role models through their own behavior and actions, embedding change by inspiring, coaching, holding themselves and others to account, and setting the right inclusive culture for team and partners
- Knowledge of technical product development principles and methodologies
About Primark:
At Primark, we value our employees and provide a supportive and inclusive environment. We offer a range of benefits, including flexible working, a subsidised cafeteria, and discounts with local partner businesses. Our team is passionate about innovation and collaboration, and we're looking for someone who shares these values.