Here's what you'll be doing
- Supporting and leading a team of ~26 Engineers and Data Scientists across three pillars, helping them thrive and deliver effectively into product teams.
- Ensuring the Engineering Chapter has the skills, capacity, and confidence to support DevOps product lifecycles and digital product roadmaps.
- Promoting continuous improvement in engineering practices, including AI adoption, CI/CD, and GitOps methodologies.
- Mentoring and coaching the team to build a high-performing, collaborative, and supportive culture.
- Guiding teams to adopt and maintain architectural standards, principles, and guidelines.
- Exploring and encouraging the adoption of automation, AI and improvements to DevOps lifecycle maturity across product and platform teams.
- Helping manage engineering risks, KPIs, and HR activities including recruitment, performance reviews, and team wellbeing.
- Building strong relationships with internal IT teams and external partners to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing.
- Staying curious and informed on emerging technologies and trends to inspire innovation and improvement.
What we need from you
- Degree-level, or equivalent, qualification in IT Engineering, Science, or a related field.
- Experienced IT leader with a track record of managing digital engineering or IT development teams, including budgets and external IT partners.
- Solid understanding of Agile, DevOps, and Product lifecycle methodologies, and how modern engineering tools, platforms & practices integrate with them.
- Experience managing IT risks, audits, and security compliance collaboratively with stakeholders.
- Excellent strategic thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Ability to foster an inclusive, collaborative, and supportive team culture.
It would be great if you also had
- Knowledge of outsourcing or global delivery methodologies.
- Experience in a regulated environment or within the utilities/energy sector.
- Experience managing relationships with senior or C-suite partners.
Here's what else you need to know
- Award-Winning Workplace - We’re proud to be named a Sunday Times Best Place to Work 2025 and the Best Place to Work for 16–34-year-olds.
- Outstanding Benefits - Enjoy 26 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, a generous pension, life cover, bonus opportunities, and access to 20 flexible benefits with tax/NI savings.
- Flexible & Family-Friendly - Our industry-leading hybrid and family-friendly policies earned us double recognition at the Personnel Today Awards 2024. We’re open to discussing how flexibility can work for you.
- Inclusive & Diverse - We’re the only energy company in the Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers. We’re also proud winners of Best Employer for Women and Human Company of the Year - recognising our inclusive, people-first culture.
- Support at Every Stage of Life - We’re Fertility Friendly and Menopause Friendly accredited, with inclusive support for everyone.
- Accessible & Supportive - Do you consider yourself as having a disability? As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee interviews for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role and will make any adjustments needed during the process.
- Invested in Your Growth - From inclusive talent networks to top-tier development programmes, we’ll support your growth every step of the way.
- E.ON is committed to equal opportunities and actively promotes diversity, equality and flexibility.