A leading UK financial services provider is seeking a highly experienced Engineering Manager to lead multiple squads within their retail engineering function. This new, high-impact role will be pivotal in ensuring delivery excellence, technical oversight, and strong alignment with business and regulatory priorities. You will be the primary escalation point for delivery and technical challenges, accountable for sprint outcomes, prioritisation, and risk management. While this role is not hands-on coding, you will provide technical guidance, architectural insight, and oversight, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, and delivered to high standards. Key Responsibilities: Lead multiple engineering squads, providing technical direction and oversightDrive delivery accountability, unblock issues, and manage dependencies across teamsCollaborate with Product Owners, IT leadership, and business stakeholders to ensure alignment and risk mitigationOversee technical standards, architecture reviews, and governance practicesManage technical debt and end-of-life registers, ensuring timely remediation and stakeholder alignmentFoster a culture of continuous improvement, technical excellence, and agile delivery What We''re Looking For: Proven experience as a senior engineer, architect, or technical lead, with hands-on delivery experienceExperience managing multiple squads or engineering teams in Life and Pensions or financial servicesStrong understanding of agile delivery, sprint plan