Engineering Manager - People & Procurement
Core
Lead engineering teams and platforms supporting workforce management, employee experience, supplier management, and procurement for the Financial Times.
Role type
Engineering Manager (People & Procurement)
Builds
Enterprise SaaS platforms, integrations, and supporting services for People and Procurement domains
Domain
Corporate Technology / HR & Procurement
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure
Required skills
Engineering team leadership, enterprise SaaS platform expertise, technical strategy, lifecycle management, vendor management, platform modernization, incident management, data governance
Preferred skills
HCM/Workday experience, People/Procurement domain knowledge, enterprise platform transformation
Technologies
Workday, enterprise SaaS platforms, APIs, data flows
Responsibilities
Own engineering and operation of People & Procurement technology capabilities; lead and develop engineers; establish technical ownership and reduce key-person dependencies; ensure platform security, resilience, and scalability; translate business priorities into engineering plans; manage vendor relationships and platform upgrades; oversee observability, incident management, and business continuity.
Seniority
Manager, hands-on leadership
