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Senior Manager, Engineering Transformation

London, United Kingdom💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-30 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead strategic initiatives to optimize Engineering's cost base, focusing on software licensing, vendor spend, cloud consumption, and platform costs.

Role type

Senior Manager, Engineering Transformation (Cost Optimization)

Builds

Sustainable cost optimization strategies and governance frameworks for Engineering

Domain

Financial Services / Enterprise Technology Management

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Technology cost transformation leadership, software licensing models, software asset management, vendor management, technology procurement, commercial acumen, contract economics, stakeholder influence

Preferred skills

Financial services experience, FinOps, TBM, Apptio, Cloudability, large-scale software renewals, cloud economics, technology portfolio rationalisation

Responsibilities

Build long-term cost optimization strategy, identify high-value opportunities via spend analysis and benchmarking, establish repeatable governance frameworks, lead software licensing portfolio optimization, drive software asset management maturity, reduce duplicate tooling and consolidate vendors, provide commercial challenge on vendor negotiations, build trusted relationships with Engineering Leadership and Finance, influence senior stakeholders on cost priorities

Seniority

Senior Manager, hands-on IC with strategic scope

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