Engineering Manager (Mobile)

We are looking for an Engineering Manager within Group Digital Platforms to lead a team responsible for the development and operational needs of our Android and iOS mobile products for Sky Sports and Sky News brands across UK, Germany and Italy.

• Lead, manage and inspire a cross functional team, helping individuals to be their best
• Ensure high-quality and timely delivery of features and projects by championing software development best practices and promoting Agile practices within your squad
• Lead technical planning of your squad's work and oversee the coding, testing and architectural implementation of the squad, ensuring it aligns to our standards
• Work in partnership with your peers across Product, Project Management, Design and Engineering to ensure your squad's roadmap and direction aligns with the strategic goals of the organisation
• Support the team to gather and use Engineering Metrics in to help drive decision making
• Empower your team to advocate technical product improvements
• Lead recruitment and onboarding activities
• Support budgeting, contract and forecasting processes
• Act as the technical Service Owner for change and incident management, including being the escalation point for on-call, representing the team in incidents wash-ups, and on-call coordination, where relevant

• Demonstrable experience in technical leadership roles, including leading, managing or mentoring mixed disciplines
• Experience of working on mobile Android or iOS applications, ideally with experience of Backend for Frontend technologies
• Experience with all parts of the development process, including UI development, Accessibility, monitoring and observability, automated CI/CD pipelines, API and backend integrations while collaborating closely in a multi-functional team
• Experience collaborating with stakeholders, squads and wider areas of Sky to identify opportunities for collaboration and learning to help benefit Sky and the delivery of our products
• A good understanding of agile and a keenness to continually improve through sharing knowledge, keeping on top of the newest technologies and fostering an open, learning mindset within the engineering team

• Generous pension package
• Private healthcare
• Discounted mobile and broadband
• Wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences

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