Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 countries, make your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.

The Engineering Manager leads our Software Engineering teams, ensuring that they are consistently delivering the capability Sky needs to meet business and customer outcomes, against the engineering standards we expect to see. The Engineering Manager also owns pastoral care, learning/development and general happiness of one or more teams, and should maintain effective relationships with stakeholders and delivery partners throughout Sky – all this to ensure our people are set up to succeed.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

⦁ Lead a team of Software Engineers and Testers of varying experience levels, supporting with personal development, pastoral care, coaching, mentoring, training and performance management
⦁ Be an advocate for good practice and patterns throughout the team – from effective road mapping to release engineering
⦁ Play an active role in assessing and maintaining the morale of the team, balancing the needs of our people and our business
⦁ Measure and manage adherence to Engineering Standards across the team, ensuring that output is right first time and coaching a ‘baked in quality’ mindset
⦁ Run the recruitment pipelines for the team within established guardrails, ensuring sufficient capacity to deliver the roadmap
⦁ Actively develop your own skills and be an advocate for a learning culture in the team
⦁ Own the process for driving our technical roadmap forward, supporting with capacity planning, delivery, and facilitation
⦁ Maintain effective relationships with stakeholders, dependency owners and leaders & specialists from other disciplines, whose skills and efforts are required for the team to succeed.

WHAT WILL YOU BRING :

⦁ A background in Software Engineering or experience leading Software Engineers delivering modern solutions in a complex environment
⦁ A passion for leading people, spotting and growing talent and delivering through others
⦁ Experience motivating those in your team to take accountability for their work by providing clear direction and opportunities for learning & feedback
⦁ Experience managing stakeholders to ensure a consistent message is received on delivery and budget impacts
⦁ Familiarity with team / platform performance measurement trends and an understanding of how to inspect and adapt the processes and culture
⦁ An understanding of deadlines, budget constraints and scope of delivery. Experience working with stakeholders to ensure the right balance between these is met, setting expectations and handling risks early
⦁ Excellent organizational skills, with experience making work visible and facilitating sessions to discuss all aspects of Software Development
⦁ Ability to communicate and coordinate between teams. Take pride and ownership in your work, confidently representing your team to other parts of Sky.

UK&I TECHNOLOGY

Ground-breaking projects. Innovative tech. Top innovation. Join our UK&I Technology team and you’ll work across technology projects that drive our TV, broadband, mobile and Sky Connect services. You’ll be at the heart of delivering the technology roadmaps that support our UK and Ireland businesses, with a focus on customer innovations for Sky Glass. That’s not all. You’ll also design, develop and deliver digital services for millions of customers across the UK.

THE REWARDS:

There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:
Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
A generous pension package
Private healthcare
Discounted mobile and broadband
Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

HOW YOU'LL WORK:

We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home.
We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.

WHERE YOU'LL WORK:

Leeds

Our spacious tech hub is less than a mile from Leeds train station. There’s plenty of parking in the surrounding streets and at the nearby CitiPark.

Need a break? You can blow off steam over a game of pool or table tennis, and stay fit at our subsidised gym.

INCLUSION:

We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we’ve been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we’ve committed £30million to support the fight against racial injustice. We’ve also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organisation.
At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working.

And we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.