{"id":1089763,"url":"https://alion.io/job/financial-times-engineering-manager-people-procurement","title":"Engineering Manager - People & Procurement","company":{"id":11348,"name":"Financial Times","domain":"ft.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/financial-times","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":94,"open_postings":4,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.25,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":52,"computed_at":"2026-09-23T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Leadership","role_family":"Leadership","seniority":"lead","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["London, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":103000,"max_usd":223000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":22},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Platform Engineering","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-21T12:08:07Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-21","last_verified_at":"2026-09-23T20:05:48Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":2,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":2},"description":"Engineering Manager - People & Procurement\nAbout Us\nThe Financial Times is one of the world’s leading news organisations, globally recognised for its authority, integrity and accuracy, with a mission to deliver quality information and services worldwide.\nAt the FT, curiosity thrives and ambitious thinking is rewarded. Here, you’re given the chance to reach millions, create work that matters and deliver impartial journalism in a polarised world.\nIn our warm, collaborative culture, you’ll connect with a diverse community of experts who support your growth, career aspirations and wellbeing.\nYour future at the FT will be filled with opportunities that challenge and inspire you. With no fixed path, you’ll discover new skills and forge a career that can take you anywhere.\nBuild a newsworthy career at the FT.\nOur Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion\nWe believe in the power of unique perspectives and want all voices in our organisation to be heard, respected and valued. A supportive workplace is one where employees feel they can be themselves and operate to their full potential. We are committed to removing barriers for everyone, with a focus on addressing those faced by underrepresented groups.\nThe Role\nPeople & Procurement sits within Corporate Technology, part of Internal Products, and owns the engineering capabilities supporting workforce management, employee experience, supplier management and procurement across the FT. The technology landscape includes major enterprise platforms such as Workday, alongside other SaaS products, integrations, data flows and supporting capabilities.\nAs Engineering Manager - People & Procurement, you will own the engineering, operation and continuous evolution of these technology capabilities. Reporting to the Principal Engineer - Corporate Technology, you will lead the engineering team, combining people leadership with technical direction and clear accountability for the health and performance of the platforms and services it owns.\nA key focus will be strengthening day-to-day engineering leadership and platform ownership. You will develop capability within the team, establish clear responsibilities and create the conditions for engineers to make effective technical decisions with appropriate autonomy.\nWorking closely with Product and stakeholders across People and Procurement, you will translate business priorities into sustainable engineering plans, balancing new capabilities and organisational change with platform health, technical debt, lifecycle management and operational investment. You will also partner with the Principal Engineer and Architecture to shape the longer-term evolution of the technology landscape.\nKey Responsibilities\nOwn the engineering, operation and continuous evolution of the technology capabilities supporting People and Procurement, providing clear technical direction across enterprise SaaS platforms, integrations and supporting services.\nLead, support and develop engineers, setting clear expectations and providing coaching, feedback and career development.\nEstablish clear technical ownership across platforms, integrations and engineering capabilities, building knowledge across the team and reducing key-person dependencies.\nEnsure platforms are secure, resilient, scalable, maintainable and appropriately supported, with engineering decisions considering reliability, operability, cost and long-term sustainability.\nMaintain visibility of platform health, technical debt, lifecycle risks and significant dependencies, working with the Principal Engineer and Architecture on material technical decisions.\nWork with Product to translate business priorities and technology strategy into clear engineering plans, balancing business change, platform improvement, operational work and technical debt.\nOwn engineering planning and resource allocation, identifying dependencies, risks and constraints early and providing clear visibility of progress and trade-offs.\nIdentify opportunities to simplify, modernise and improve the People & Procurement technology estate, challenging unnecessary customisation and complexity where more sustainable approaches are available.\nEnsure platform upgrades, new capabilities and significant changes are introduced safely and sustainably, taking account of vendor roadmaps and longer-term lifecycle considerations.\nEnsure the team understands and owns the integrations and data flows connecting People & Procurement platforms with the wider FT technology estate.\nOwn operational performance and establish effective approaches to observability, incident and problem management, change management, resilience, disaster recovery and business continuity.\nEnsure relevant security, privacy, data governance, compliance and technology standards are met, with material risks understood and appropriately managed.\nManage technical relationships with platform vendors, implementation partners and specialist service providers while maintaining clear internal engineering ownership and capability.\nBuild strong relationships with Product and stakeholders across People and Procurement, translating priorities into clear engineering implications, options and trade-offs.\nPartner with Architecture, Security, Integration & Engineering Services and other Corporate Technology teams on decisions and initiatives that cross platform or organisational boundaries.\nRequired Skills and Experience\nSignificant experience leading engineering teams responsible for complex, business-critical technology.\nStrong experience with enterprise SaaS platforms and their wider technology ecosystems.\nExperience providing both people leadership and technical leadership, including developing engineering capability and strengthening technical ownership within teams.\nStrong understanding of enterprise platform engineering, including integrations, APIs, data flows and system dependencies.\nExperience owning technology across its lifecycle, from change and delivery through production operation and continuous improvement.\nStrong understanding of reliability, security, privacy, observability, operational risk and technology lifecycle management.\nExperience translating business priorities into engineering plans and balancing feature delivery with platform health and technical investment.\nExperience leading technical decisions involving enterprise SaaS platforms, integrations and supporting services.\nExperience working with vendors, implementation partners or managed service providers while maintaining internal technical ownership.\nExperience identifying and addressing technical debt, platform lifecycle concerns and key-person dependencies.\nAbility to communicate complex technical considerations and trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.\nExperience collaborating effectively with senior engineers, architects, Product Managers and other engineering leaders.\nDesirable\nExperience with People, HCM, Procurement or comparable enterprise platforms.\nExperience with Workday or a similar HCM platform.\nExperience working with People, Procurement or other complex enterprise business domains.\nExperience of significant enterprise platform transformation, implementation or modernisation.\nWhat's in it for You?\nOur benefits vary by location but we are committed to providing best-in-class perks across all our offices. These include generous annual leave, medical cover, inclusive parental leave packages, subsidised gym memberships and opportunities to give back to the community. Full details of our benefits are available here.\nWe currently operate a hybrid model which requires staff to work onsite 50% of the time, subject to role requirements & regular review. While flexible working requests will be considered, not all patterns are suitable for all roles. We believe this balanced approach supports flexibility and protects our culture, making collaboration and communication easier, building stronger relationships and team cohesion, and supporting peer learning. We reserve discretion on reasonable notice to change this approach either generally or for specific individuals or teams.\nAccessibility\nWe are a disability confident employer and Valuable 500 signatory.\nPlease let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments/personalisation as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements or have any questions, email  and a member of our team will be happy to help.\nFurther Information\nAt the FT, we embrace innovation and the use of technology and appreciate that individuals may leverage AI tools as part of their job application process. Whilst we are happy for you to use AI to assist with your application, it is essential that all information provided is authentic and accurately represents your skills, experience, and qualifications.\nCandidates should be aware that the use of AI throughout the application process may be monitored to ensure a fair and transparent hiring process for all.\nPlease beware of fraudulent job postings and offers claiming to be from the Financial Times. All legitimate opportunities will direct you to apply through the official Financial Times careers site, and the FT will never ask for financial information, payments, or referrals to third parties during the hiring process. 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