Engineering Manager (DevOps/SRE/QA)

Role: (Platform) Engineering Manager Salary: £105k (max)Remote/Hybrid: Remote (very occasional office visit (once every 2 months) - need to be UK based)Industry: Access Management Solutions What does the client do?Access Management Systems/SaaS/Smart StorageSize/shape of team?Conglomerate Global business. You will be working with two business units who have merged. Platform/Devops team of 6. You will manage the team whilst corrdinating heavily with the wider business - Product/Software/QA. The Stack?Multi-cloud, predom. Azure, C#/.Net application layer. Terraform/K8s/AI. This is not a hands-on position and is very much choreographing delivery. The Role?There is a Platform Greenfield project which will be at the forefront of your focus. An MVP pencilled for Q4 2027. This will be a full SaaS based solution. There are several Architects and a Lead Platform Engineer incoming. Although you will support ongoing platform discussions, you will be very much focussing on project planning, capacity management, ProductTech alignment, team growth, budget controls etc. The Stuff not on the JD?There is a lot of complexity with the ongoing product base - IoT, Security, Connectivity etc. Although this wont directly fall within your immediate remit, navigating discussions with a relatively ad-hoc Product/Programme team will be a necessity. There is a lot of transformation and excellent stakeholder management skills are required. Process?2 stages. Chat with Head of R&D and then wider team. Can turn around in two weeks...Remote v Hybrid?Remote. Very occasional visit to office in Northampton. Salary?Up to £105k max.Please apply now for further information. I will endeavour to follow up within 24 hours with the process likely to turn around in circa 2 weeks