Platform Engineering Manager

Job Description

We are on a mission to improve the world of work, technology and people, building products and services to help solve our customers people-related challenges now and in the future.We design software to make processes easier, create apps to foster engagement, support organisations to get better insights from their data and much more for over 1200 organisations across the UK and Ireland.Our4-corevalues Sustainability, Trust,Collaborationand Innovation have been thedrive to MHRs success. This starts internally within our business by putting our colleagues and customers at theforefrontof everything we do.Be part of our mission, join MHR and help shape the world of work.What youll be doing:

• Manage and develop a team of Principals and Platform Software Engineers, enabling them to work effectively by providing them with the necessary tooling and managerial support.
• Work closely with the delivery, product and architecture teams to align platform deliverables with productivity, functional and quality of service requirements / roadmap.
• Manage platform teams backlog and deliverables all the way to production.
• Work with the Principal Software Engineers to minimise technical debt.
• Work closely with the delivery team to ensure Principal Software Engineers are available for design sessions, code reviews and planning meetings, etc while also guarding their time so that they can contribute to the platform development.
• Minimise software development hardship and improve productivity.
• Ensure that delivery best practices (security, coding standards, etc) are automated and embedded into the delivery pipeline where possible.
• Build consensus among the Principal, Platform Engineers and wider engineering community around technologies and working practices.
• Run recruitment campaigns to hire highly skilled engineers or junior engineers / apprentices with high potential and drive changes in the interview process where required to improve recruitment efficiency.
• Establish personal development plans for software engineers across the department.
• Work with the Head of Delivery and Chief Architects leadership team to produce and manage resource plans
• Day-to-day management of reporting staff and their activities.
• Provide timesheet and expense summaries
• Authorise direct reports holiday requests, absence forms, expense summaries and similar requests.
• Process appraisals of direct reports

Key Skills:

• Iterative software development lifecycle (SDLC) management
• People Management
• Team building, coaching and mentoring
• Project management
• Time management, prioritisation and organisational skills
• Ability to take on, own and manage to conclusion issues or projects
• Systematic and practical attitude to risk
• Embedding quality into SDLC and shift left

What youll get in return:With a great working environment and amazing colleagues, well support you professionally and personally through our learning and wellbeing programmes. In addition, we offer:

• Competitive salaries
• Option to buy additional holiday days
• Voluntary benefits scheme, ranging from private medical insurance to dental schemes
• Access to over 60 internal training courses, plus the ability to study for professional qualifications
• Coaching and mentoring programmes
• Discounted gym memberships
• Access to a GP 24/7, via SmartHealth
• Discounts and cash back on leisure, travel, technology, fashion and food
• Employee recognition programme
• Social events, including running clubs, 5-a-side football teams and more
• Subsidised restaurants across all sites, with a choice of fresh meals from our chefs each day