Engineering Manager

Job Title: Engineering Manager
Location: Pune

About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

Risk and Control Objective
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you do.

Working Flexibly
We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life.  If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs.

Hybrid Working 
Structured hybrid role:    
At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home.  We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.

Introduction 
•    As an Engineering Manager you drive great execution across the Transaction Cycle, working across teams to enable delivery and remove blockers when they arise. 
•    You own and develop our engineering ways of working, including delivery approach, cloud principals and DevOps best practice. 
•    You develop a high quality change and release management playbook and update our processes as required.
•    You ensure our engineering teams are consistently improving, using metrics to improve quality and set KPIs and meaningful engineering objectives to ensure quality across the portfolio and contribute to the growth of our next generation of engineers.
•    You ensure consistency and coherence of the technology and toolsets used by our teams deliver meaningful progress against our technology transformation agendas.

What will you be doing?
•    Lead a team of highly skilled engineers delivering key platform services for the Corporate Bank. The role owner will be responsible for the definition and delivery of our engineering transformation agenda, including Agile, Release Management and DevOps best practice.
•    Evangelise adoption of our new cloud- and container- based platform and services and coach teams and Engineering Leads on how to migrate successfully.
•    Use metrics to manage and track our engineering teams’ progress.
•    Provide line management and leadership to the core engineering team, supporting the team’s growth and continued focus on our DE&I agenda.
•    Support the growth of the team through provide training and coaching for our Engineering Leads for the adoption of new tools, technologies and ways of working.
•    Review and provide updates to our Change and Release Management processes.

What we’re looking for:
•    Solid understanding of Agile Delivery Methodologies
•    Solid understanding of DevOps and software quality metrics
•    Experience of managing engineering teams  
•    Solid understanding of Change Management Lifecycle

Skills that will help you in the role:
•    Exposure to AWS Cloud Architecture principals and best practice
•    Project Management/PMO experience

Where will you be working?
Pune 

Be More at Barclays
At Barclays, each day is about being more – as a professional, and as a person. ‘Be More @ Barclays’ represents our core promise to all current and future employees. It’s the characteristic that we want to be associated with as an employer, and at the heart of every employee experience. We empower our colleagues to Be More Globally Connected, working on international projects that improve the way millions of customers handle their finances. Be More Inspired by working alongside the most talented people in the industry, and delivering imaginative new solutions that are redefining the future of finance. Be More Impactful by having the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects, and Be More Valued for who you are.
Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.
Purpose, Values and Mindset 
We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term.
Our values underpin everything we do: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.
Respect
We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone's contribution.
Integrity
We operate with honesty, transparency and fairness in all we do.
Service
We act with empathy and humility, putting the people and businesses we serve at the centre of what we do.
Excellence
We champion innovation, and use our energy, expertise and resources to make a positive difference.
Stewardship
We prize sustainability, and are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.

Our Mindset shapes how we take action, living by our Values, driven by our Purpose, always with our customers and clients at the heart of what we do; our Mindset is to Empower, Challenge and Drive.
Empower
Trust and support each other to deliver. Make decisions with those closest to the topic. Include diverse perspectives. Celebrate success and learn from failure.
Challenge
Question whether things can be done better. Use insights based on data to inform decisions. Be curious about how we can adapt and improve. Speak up and be open to alternative viewpoints.
Drive
Focus on outcomes. Deliver with pace. Be passionate and ambitious about what we do. Take personal responsibility. Actively build collaborative relationships to get things done.