Senior Engineering Manager

TL;DR

Senior Engineering Manager: Leading multiple engineering teams and their managers, focusing on end-to-end project delivery and aligning technical strategy with business outcomes. Focus on driving operational excellence, championing engineering best practices, and fostering a culture of technical innovation while developing future leaders.

Location: London, with a hybrid model requiring a minimum of 60% in-office time over a 12-week period. A 28-day Work from Abroad policy is also available.

Salary: £110K–£125K base salary, offers equity and bonus.

Company

hirify.global is Europe’s number 1 downloaded rail app, enabling millions of travellers to find and book tickets across 270+ rail and coach companies in over 40 countries, driven by a mission to build a greener, more sustainable future of travel.

What you will do

• Lead multiple engineering teams and their Engineering Managers, supporting them in career development through coaching and performance management.
• Own end-to-end project delivery for your teams, ensuring timely and high-quality execution.
• Partner closely with Product, Design, Data Science, and business stakeholders to align technical delivery to business outcomes.
• Support technical direction and architecture, driving alignment in cross-team dependencies and ensuring clarity on system interactions and data flows.
• Champion engineering best practices across teams, promoting quality and fostering a culture of technical innovation.
• Drive operational excellence, ensuring robust monitoring, alerting, and incident management processes for all teams under your leadership.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading engineering teams and successfully delivering complex, multi-team initiatives.
• Strong record of developing people, building high-performing engineering teams, and growing future leaders.
• Ability to inspire trust and autonomy at all levels, building a positive, inclusive, and high-performing team culture.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to lead confidently through ambiguity, creating clarity and momentum in complex or uncertain situations.
• Passion for driving technical and operational excellence.
• Must work from the London office a minimum of 60% of their time over a 12-week period.

Culture & Benefits

• Private healthcare & dental insurance.
• Generous 28-day Work from Abroad policy.
• 2-for-1 share purchase plans and an EV Scheme.
• Extra festive time off and excellent family-friendly benefits.
• Prioritized career growth with clear career paths, transparent pay bands, personal learning budgets, and regular learning days.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion, fostering a workplace where everyone belongs and differences are valued.