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Job title |
Engineering Business Manager |
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Business area |
D&T |
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Job purpose |
The purpose of this role is to directly support our CTO Engineering and LT on their agenda, strategy direction setting, strategy initiatives, key meetings, key stakeholder interaction, external communication and engagement with the broader Technology business teams. |
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Reward level and salary |
HD |
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Reporting to |
Chief Technology Officer |
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Direct reports |
N/A |
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Scope of the role |
Scope: M&S Wide Function/Sub Function: Software Engineering Value Chain impact: Engineering / Plan / Product |
Key accountabilities, responsibilities, and measures
Oversee strategic business initiatives from development through successful execution under the guidance of senior leadership o
Strategic advisor to the Engineering Leaders and their teams, supporting them in shaping and delivering their holistic engineering agenda – also cross-functionally across M & S
Own and lead the framework of governance, rhythm and routines to ensure we are efficient and effective in our decision making
Preparation of strategic Engineering topics for the Technology Leadership and Executive Leadership team
Provide initial engagement for key stakeholders to ensure proposals to the CTO of Engineering & LT are complete and clearly articulated
Improving the functions ongoing processes and organising procedures to ensure optimal efficiency and productivity of the Engineering organisation
Ensure the Engineering communications plan is understood and implemented by the engineering team
Building relationships with all key colleagues in the Engineering and broader Technology organisation for increased efficiency to help monitor and deliver on the strategic planning delivery – including communicating and resolving in case of risks
Serve as a subject matter expert, handling inquiries and developing action plans to address them, and assisting with the preparation and dissemination of communications
Key skills
Excellent communication skills, allowing you to structure documents and quantitative analysis into compelling documents for executive level interaction
Significant experience from a top-tier management consulting company or similar relevant experience
Experience in Technology, Digital, Online or related Tech topics
Top-notch quantitative and analytical skills that allow you to extract logic, insights and meaningful conclusions from complex business problems
Result orientation – consistently deliver quality work to support and drive strategic change in the Engineering agenda
Collaboration – able to interact with top management and broader leadership teams, provide inspirational leadership and strong interpersonal skills • Strategic orientation – holistic thinker who is able to extract logic, insights and meaningful conclusions from complex business problems and transformational strategic projects
Agile way of working – ability to run projects in agile way and in a fast-changing environment
Key relationships and stakeholders
Snr/Head of Software Engineering
Product and delivery teams
Operational LT team
Portfolio owner
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