The ad says“Strong facilitation, planning and documentation skills, with experience leading Agile delivery practices”
The ad says“Ability to guide technical discussions around architecture, data modelling, engineering quality and scalability”
The ad says“Ability to guide technical discussions around architecture, data modelling, engineering quality and scalability”
The ad says“Understanding of healthcare data standards and common data models, including OMOP, FHIR or similar”
The ad says“Understanding of healthcare data standards and common data models, including OMOP, FHIR or similar”
The ad says“Previous Engineering Manager experience with responsibility for people leadership, team performance and delivery”
The ad says“Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate effectively across technical and non-technical audiences”
We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a squad responsible for delivering critical healthcare data capabilities at scale
This is a unique opportunity to combine technical leadership, people management and delivery oversight while helping shape the future of health data infrastructure used by researchers across the UK and beyond
You’ll join at an exciting stage of growth, playing a pivotal role in shaping the direction of this team
While this is a largely hands-off leadership position, you’ll bring a strong engineering background and enough technical depth to guide architectural discussions, challenge assumptions and support decision-making in complex data environments
What makes this role particularly distinctive is its focus on healthcare data models and standards, including OMOP and FHIR
You’ll work closely with engineers, data specialists, product teams and researchers to ensure the squad delivers scalable, well-governed data solutions that enable the effective use of healthcare data for research and innovation
Our Future Health is the UK’s largest ever health research programme, bringing people together to develop new ways to detect, prevent and treat diseases. We are a charity, supported by the UK Government, in partnership with charities and industry
We work closely with the NHS and with public authorities across all nations and regions of the UK
Our plan is to bring together 5 million volunteers from right across the UK who will be asked to contribute information to help build one of the most detailed pictures we have ever had of people’s health
Researchers will be able to use this information to make new discoveries about human health and diseases. So future generations can live in good health for longer
Leading an engineering squad, creating the conditions for high performance, collaboration and delivery excellence
Managing and developing engineers through coaching, mentoring and career development support
Driving roadmap delivery by coordinating priorities, managing risks and ensuring alignment across stakeholders
Providing technical leadership for data-focused initiatives, including healthcare data models such as OMOP and FHIR
Collaborating with Product, Data and Technology teams to deliver scalable, sustainable solutions
Facilitating technical and non-technical discussions, helping teams navigate priorities, dependencies and trade-offs
Promoting engineering best practices, continuous improvement and effective Agile ways of working
Supporting operational excellence through incident management, governance, compliance and service reliability
Communicating progress, risks and strategic updates to senior stakeholders and leadership teams
Benefits
30 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
Generous company pension package with employer contributions of up to 12%
We have a lovely new office in Holborn, Central London and we offer flexible and remote working arrangements.
We offer all employees a life assurance policy.
Training support to help you achieve your potential.
All employees are covered by a group income protection scheme to support them in the event of long term sickness.
Preferred experience
If you’re an Engineering Manager with experience building and scaling teams, leading cross-functional delivery and working with complex data systems, we’d love to hear from you
Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment and helping to establish a high-performing, inclusive team culture
We don’t expect you to have experience with every single point but to be successful in this role you’ll need to have experience of some of the following:
Experience building, scaling or establishing new teams, processes and ways of working
Experience working collaboratively with engineers, product managers, data specialists, researchers and senior stakeholders
Previous Engineering Manager experience with responsibility for people leadership, team performance and delivery
Experience working with complex data platforms, data products or large-scale data ecosystems
Strong facilitation, planning and documentation skills, with experience leading Agile delivery practices
Experience within healthcare, research, life sciences, health-tech or other data-intensive environments would be advantageous
Understanding of healthcare data standards and common data models, including OMOP, FHIR or similar
Strong engineering background with the ability to provide technical leadership and support delivery in a hands-off management role
Experience leading and developing engineers within cross-functional software or data engineering teams
Ability to guide technical discussions around architecture, data modelling, engineering quality and scalability
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate effectively across technical and non-technical audiences
Experience balancing delivery priorities, technical debt and long-term platform sustainability
Recruitment process
We recommend you apply as soon as possible as occasionally due to high volumes of applications, we need to close our postings early
