Location: London, Watford or Bristol (Hybrid working options available) This senior role leads and embeds Canada Life UK's digital marketing strategy, owning the web front end across UK sites and shaping the web infrastructure, content and journeys for priority audiences. The role holder will upweight the contribution of digital channels, platforms and tools, support the wider digital transformation, set and track clear performance targets, and manage the digital team and budget. They will define and deliver a data driven digital strategy that maximises use of digital marketing and content to build Canada Life's reputation, grow income and partnerships, and increase market impact. With proven experience of leading digital teams in financial services and a strong customer focus, the role holder will influence how digital supports UK business objectives, working closely with stakeholders across corporate reputation, propositions, people experience, internal communications, marketing, IT and the global GWLE digital teams What You'll Do Lead digital engagement strategy and web experience Own and evolve Canada Life UK's digital engagement strategy, including the web front end for all UK websites. Define and develop the web infrastructure, user journeys and content in partnership with the marketing team to improve engagement, conversion and satisfaction across priority audiences. Drive digital transformation, capability and planning Lead the development and implementation of the digital strategy and annual plan, in collaboration with the Head of Marketing Operations. Upweight the role of digital channels, platforms and tools (e.g. SEO, marketing automation, personalisation), and design a programme of digital marketing training and technical support to build capability across the marketing function Own digital performance, insight and optimisation Set clear KPIs and performance targets for all digital activity, ensuring robust tracking, analysis and reporting. Translate insight into actionable optimisation plans to improve channel effectiveness, ROI and customer outcomes, and provide regular performance updates to senior stakeholders. Lead the digital team, resources and budget Manage and develop the digital marketing team, ensuring the right structure, skills and ways of working are in place. Own the digital budget and resource planning, prioritising activity to deliver maximum strategic and commercial value. Stakeholder, supplier and technology leadership Lead relationships with key business stakeholders, IT and external suppliers to deliver cost effective, scalable digital solutions. Act as the primary interface with IT for marketing technology, oversee relationships with external technology and platform providers, and ensure appropriate governance, risk management and compliance across all digital activity. Who You Are Technical Expertise • Proven leadership experience in a senior digital marketing or e commerce role, including delivery of digital transformation programmes. • Skilled practitioner with a strong track record in developing and executing customer insight led digital strategies that grow traffic, conversion, engagement and leads. • Broad knowledge of digital marketing across SEO/SEM, PPC, email and database marketing, and organic and paid social media. • Strong experience of content marketing and associated technologies (e.g. CMS, analytics, marketing automation). • Highly analytical and commercial, with demonstrable experience of making data driven decisions and advanced skills in using analytics tools and data packages. • Experience working with content management systems, ideally Umbraco, and understanding of web UX, tagging and measurement. • Significant experience collaborating with IT delivery teams and digital/software vendors to implement and optimise digital platforms. Communication • Able to communicate complex digital concepts, data and performance insight in a clear, concise way for non technical and senior audiences. • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting digital strategies, business cases and performance reports at senior level. Relationship Building • Significant experience managing third party suppliers, including digital agencies and software vendors, to drive value and quality. • Skilled at working collaboratively with IT and cross functional teams to align priorities and deliver joined up digital solutions. • Able to build credibility and trust with senior stakeholders, influencing decisions on digital investment and strategy. Taking Initiative • Proven ability to identify opportunities to improve digital performance and customer experience, and to lead initiatives from concept through to delivery. • Comfortable making informed, evidence based decisions, prioritising activity and resources in line with strategic goals. • Proactive in staying abreast of digital trends, tools and best practice and assessing their relevance for the business. Developing Self and Others • Skilled and experienced people manager, able to build, lead and retain a high performing team of digital professionals. • Experience coaching and upskilling colleagues in digital marketing, sharing best practice and fostering a culture of test and learn. • Commitment to ongoing professional development in digital marketing, technology and leadership.
Jul 10, 2026
Full time
Location: London, Watford or Bristol (Hybrid working options available) This senior role leads and embeds Canada Life UK's digital marketing strategy, owning the web front end across UK sites and shaping the web infrastructure, content and journeys for priority audiences. The role holder will upweight the contribution of digital channels, platforms and tools, support the wider digital transformation, set and track clear performance targets, and manage the digital team and budget. They will define and deliver a data driven digital strategy that maximises use of digital marketing and content to build Canada Life's reputation, grow income and partnerships, and increase market impact. With proven experience of leading digital teams in financial services and a strong customer focus, the role holder will influence how digital supports UK business objectives, working closely with stakeholders across corporate reputation, propositions, people experience, internal communications, marketing, IT and the global GWLE digital teams What You'll Do Lead digital engagement strategy and web experience Own and evolve Canada Life UK's digital engagement strategy, including the web front end for all UK websites. Define and develop the web infrastructure, user journeys and content in partnership with the marketing team to improve engagement, conversion and satisfaction across priority audiences. Drive digital transformation, capability and planning Lead the development and implementation of the digital strategy and annual plan, in collaboration with the Head of Marketing Operations. Upweight the role of digital channels, platforms and tools (e.g. SEO, marketing automation, personalisation), and design a programme of digital marketing training and technical support to build capability across the marketing function Own digital performance, insight and optimisation Set clear KPIs and performance targets for all digital activity, ensuring robust tracking, analysis and reporting. Translate insight into actionable optimisation plans to improve channel effectiveness, ROI and customer outcomes, and provide regular performance updates to senior stakeholders. Lead the digital team, resources and budget Manage and develop the digital marketing team, ensuring the right structure, skills and ways of working are in place. Own the digital budget and resource planning, prioritising activity to deliver maximum strategic and commercial value. Stakeholder, supplier and technology leadership Lead relationships with key business stakeholders, IT and external suppliers to deliver cost effective, scalable digital solutions. Act as the primary interface with IT for marketing technology, oversee relationships with external technology and platform providers, and ensure appropriate governance, risk management and compliance across all digital activity. Who You Are Technical Expertise • Proven leadership experience in a senior digital marketing or e commerce role, including delivery of digital transformation programmes. • Skilled practitioner with a strong track record in developing and executing customer insight led digital strategies that grow traffic, conversion, engagement and leads. • Broad knowledge of digital marketing across SEO/SEM, PPC, email and database marketing, and organic and paid social media. • Strong experience of content marketing and associated technologies (e.g. CMS, analytics, marketing automation). • Highly analytical and commercial, with demonstrable experience of making data driven decisions and advanced skills in using analytics tools and data packages. • Experience working with content management systems, ideally Umbraco, and understanding of web UX, tagging and measurement. • Significant experience collaborating with IT delivery teams and digital/software vendors to implement and optimise digital platforms. Communication • Able to communicate complex digital concepts, data and performance insight in a clear, concise way for non technical and senior audiences. • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting digital strategies, business cases and performance reports at senior level. Relationship Building • Significant experience managing third party suppliers, including digital agencies and software vendors, to drive value and quality. • Skilled at working collaboratively with IT and cross functional teams to align priorities and deliver joined up digital solutions. • Able to build credibility and trust with senior stakeholders, influencing decisions on digital investment and strategy. Taking Initiative • Proven ability to identify opportunities to improve digital performance and customer experience, and to lead initiatives from concept through to delivery. • Comfortable making informed, evidence based decisions, prioritising activity and resources in line with strategic goals. • Proactive in staying abreast of digital trends, tools and best practice and assessing their relevance for the business. Developing Self and Others • Skilled and experienced people manager, able to build, lead and retain a high performing team of digital professionals. • Experience coaching and upskilling colleagues in digital marketing, sharing best practice and fostering a culture of test and learn. • Commitment to ongoing professional development in digital marketing, technology and leadership.
Location: London, Watford or Bristol (Hybrid working options available) Canada Life UK has helped individuals, families and businesses secure their financial futures for over 120 years. Today, we are transforming our technology, culture and ways of working to become a more modern, customer centric and engineering led organisation. As we modernise our IT estate and shift toward cloud, SaaS/PaaS and product centric delivery, we're investing heavily in engineering excellence, empowered teams and great leadership. We're now looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Home Finance product engineering team-a group responsible for the systems that power our mortgage origination and servicing capabilities. Why join us? Shape the future of Home Finance You'll lead the evolution of our bespoke Ruby on Rails-based mortgage origination and servicing platform, architecting modern, resilient and scalable solutions. True empowerment and autonomy We operate stream-aligned product teams where Engineering Managers have real authority over technology decisions, people development, engineering standards and team culture. Modern engineering focus You'll drive cloud adoption, DevSecOps, automation, data-driven decision making and continuous improvement across the lifecycle. A culture that values people We're building a place where engineers can do their best work - curious, collaborative, inclusive, and always improving. The role Reporting to the Head of Product Engineering, you will lead a multidisciplinary engineering team responsible for the Home Finance application stack. You'll act as a servant leader and coach, improving engineering practices, nurturing talent and enabling the team to deliver high-quality outcomes that support our customers and regulatory obligations. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll influence architecture, delivery, operational excellence and culture across the product. You'll work closely with Product Owners, Engineering Managers and operational teams to optimise flow, deliver customer value and modernise our platforms. Our bespoke mortgage system is built using Ruby on Rails, MySQL, JavaScript, and other open-source technologies, with a clear roadmap toward cloud-native evolution. Key responsibilities Lead, coach and inspire a stream-aligned product engineering team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, psychological safety and high performance. Drive adoption of agile, DevSecOps and modern engineering practices, optimising the flow of change and reducing time-to-value. Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver secure, stable and scalable solutions that support Home Finance operations and customer outcomes. Ensure regulatory compliance (including FCA MCOB) and operational excellence across the platform. Shape the technology roadmap, contributing to architectural decisions and cloud migration strategies. Manage operational risk, security posture, monitoring, alerting and incident response for Home Finance systems. Use data and insights to guide prioritisation, engineering improvements and product decisions. Support talent development, succession planning and recruitment to build a high-performing engineering capability. Manage budgets responsibly, improving cost efficiency and value delivery. Define and track team and departmental OKRs, ensuring alignment with Canada Life's strategy. Build strong relationships with third-party suppliers to maximise value and service quality. About you Technical expertise Strong understanding of mortgage origination/administration systems or comparable regulated financial platforms. Experience delivering and operating web-based MVC applications (e.g., Ruby on Rails, React) and APIs. Skilled in designing, managing and optimising relational SQL databases. Hands-on knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure or GCP) and cloud-native architectures. Broad engineering experience across DevSecOps, automation, CI/CD, infrastructure, monitoring and security best practice ("shift-left"). Proven track record of running critical production services with a focus on stability, performance and security. Leadership & delivery A people-first engineering leader who builds high-performing, motivated and curious teams. Confident working with OKRs and outcome-driven delivery. Able to communicate complex technical ideas simply and persuasively. Skilled at navigating ambiguity, prioritising effectively and influencing senior stakeholders. Collaborative, pragmatic and adept at building trust across product, engineering and operational teams. What you'll bring A degree or equivalent professional experience. A passion for modern, inclusive engineering leadership and the ability to inspire and develop others.
May 19, 2026
Full time
Location: London, Watford or Bristol (Hybrid working options available) Canada Life UK has helped individuals, families and businesses secure their financial futures for over 120 years. Today, we are transforming our technology, culture and ways of working to become a more modern, customer centric and engineering led organisation. As we modernise our IT estate and shift toward cloud, SaaS/PaaS and product centric delivery, we're investing heavily in engineering excellence, empowered teams and great leadership. We're now looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Home Finance product engineering team-a group responsible for the systems that power our mortgage origination and servicing capabilities. Why join us? Shape the future of Home Finance You'll lead the evolution of our bespoke Ruby on Rails-based mortgage origination and servicing platform, architecting modern, resilient and scalable solutions. True empowerment and autonomy We operate stream-aligned product teams where Engineering Managers have real authority over technology decisions, people development, engineering standards and team culture. Modern engineering focus You'll drive cloud adoption, DevSecOps, automation, data-driven decision making and continuous improvement across the lifecycle. A culture that values people We're building a place where engineers can do their best work - curious, collaborative, inclusive, and always improving. The role Reporting to the Head of Product Engineering, you will lead a multidisciplinary engineering team responsible for the Home Finance application stack. You'll act as a servant leader and coach, improving engineering practices, nurturing talent and enabling the team to deliver high-quality outcomes that support our customers and regulatory obligations. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll influence architecture, delivery, operational excellence and culture across the product. You'll work closely with Product Owners, Engineering Managers and operational teams to optimise flow, deliver customer value and modernise our platforms. Our bespoke mortgage system is built using Ruby on Rails, MySQL, JavaScript, and other open-source technologies, with a clear roadmap toward cloud-native evolution. Key responsibilities Lead, coach and inspire a stream-aligned product engineering team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, psychological safety and high performance. Drive adoption of agile, DevSecOps and modern engineering practices, optimising the flow of change and reducing time-to-value. Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver secure, stable and scalable solutions that support Home Finance operations and customer outcomes. Ensure regulatory compliance (including FCA MCOB) and operational excellence across the platform. Shape the technology roadmap, contributing to architectural decisions and cloud migration strategies. Manage operational risk, security posture, monitoring, alerting and incident response for Home Finance systems. Use data and insights to guide prioritisation, engineering improvements and product decisions. Support talent development, succession planning and recruitment to build a high-performing engineering capability. Manage budgets responsibly, improving cost efficiency and value delivery. Define and track team and departmental OKRs, ensuring alignment with Canada Life's strategy. Build strong relationships with third-party suppliers to maximise value and service quality. About you Technical expertise Strong understanding of mortgage origination/administration systems or comparable regulated financial platforms. Experience delivering and operating web-based MVC applications (e.g., Ruby on Rails, React) and APIs. Skilled in designing, managing and optimising relational SQL databases. Hands-on knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure or GCP) and cloud-native architectures. Broad engineering experience across DevSecOps, automation, CI/CD, infrastructure, monitoring and security best practice ("shift-left"). Proven track record of running critical production services with a focus on stability, performance and security. Leadership & delivery A people-first engineering leader who builds high-performing, motivated and curious teams. Confident working with OKRs and outcome-driven delivery. Able to communicate complex technical ideas simply and persuasively. Skilled at navigating ambiguity, prioritising effectively and influencing senior stakeholders. Collaborative, pragmatic and adept at building trust across product, engineering and operational teams. What you'll bring A degree or equivalent professional experience. A passion for modern, inclusive engineering leadership and the ability to inspire and develop others.
Location: London, Watford or Bristol (Hybrid working options available) We're looking for an Azure Platform Engineer with strong experience in Kubernetes and an interest in platform abstraction and cloud-native infrastructure patterns. You'll help us design and build shared platform capabilities on Azure that hide complexity from product teams while enforcing security, reliability and governance by default. This role is ideal for an engineer who: Enjoys working with Kubernetes and Azure Thinks in terms of platform APIs, abstractions and self-service Is curious about emerging control plane and infrastructure abstraction approaches Wants to help teams consume infrastructure as a product How the Team Works You'll join a Platform Engineering team focused on building reusable, internal platform services rather than one-off infrastructure. We work using: Kubernetes as a core platform primitive GitOps, CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code DevSecOps and SRE-inspired practices AI-assisted engineering (Copilot, agents, automation) What You'll Do Build and operate Azure-backed platform services exposed through Kubernetes APIs Design abstractions that allow teams to provision infrastructure safely and consistently Work with AKS as a core runtime for platform and workload services Contribute to platform control plane capabilities (e.g. Kubernetes-based or API-driven approaches) Define and manage Azure resources using Terraform, Bicep and declarative approaches - Embed security, governance and policy into platform defaults Support GitOps-driven workflows and CI/CD pipelines Improve observability, reliability and operational readiness Who You Are Essential: Experience in Azure, cloud engineering, DevOps or platform roles Hands-on experience with Kubernetes Infrastructure-as-Code experience Scripting (PowerShell, Bash or Python) CI/CD and Git-based workflows Desirable: Experience with platform abstraction or control plane patterns (e.g. Crossplane, Pulumi, or similar approaches) Kubernetes extension patterns or operators Terraform or Bicep Azure networking, identity and governance GitOps tooling
May 19, 2026
Full time
Location: London, Watford or Bristol (Hybrid working options available) We're looking for an Azure Platform Engineer with strong experience in Kubernetes and an interest in platform abstraction and cloud-native infrastructure patterns. You'll help us design and build shared platform capabilities on Azure that hide complexity from product teams while enforcing security, reliability and governance by default. This role is ideal for an engineer who: Enjoys working with Kubernetes and Azure Thinks in terms of platform APIs, abstractions and self-service Is curious about emerging control plane and infrastructure abstraction approaches Wants to help teams consume infrastructure as a product How the Team Works You'll join a Platform Engineering team focused on building reusable, internal platform services rather than one-off infrastructure. We work using: Kubernetes as a core platform primitive GitOps, CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code DevSecOps and SRE-inspired practices AI-assisted engineering (Copilot, agents, automation) What You'll Do Build and operate Azure-backed platform services exposed through Kubernetes APIs Design abstractions that allow teams to provision infrastructure safely and consistently Work with AKS as a core runtime for platform and workload services Contribute to platform control plane capabilities (e.g. Kubernetes-based or API-driven approaches) Define and manage Azure resources using Terraform, Bicep and declarative approaches - Embed security, governance and policy into platform defaults Support GitOps-driven workflows and CI/CD pipelines Improve observability, reliability and operational readiness Who You Are Essential: Experience in Azure, cloud engineering, DevOps or platform roles Hands-on experience with Kubernetes Infrastructure-as-Code experience Scripting (PowerShell, Bash or Python) CI/CD and Git-based workflows Desirable: Experience with platform abstraction or control plane patterns (e.g. Crossplane, Pulumi, or similar approaches) Kubernetes extension patterns or operators Terraform or Bicep Azure networking, identity and governance GitOps tooling
Location: London, Watford or Bristol (Hybrid working options available) We're seeking a Lead Azure Platform Engineer to play a key role in designing, building and running our Azure platform services. This is a hands-on technical leadership role, combining deep engineering expertise with mentoring, standards-setting and influence across teams. You'll work as part of our Platform Engineering capability, enabling delivery teams through secure, scalable and well-architected Azure platforms, while helping drive modern DevOps, automation and reliability practices. What You'll Do Design, build and evolve Azure platform services used across delivery teams. Lead the implementation of secure, scalable and resilient Azure environments. Be hands-on with development work: writing code, reviewing pull requests and deploying to production. Act as a technical authority within the platform and delivery ecosystem. Own and evolve Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and/or Bicep. Drive automation that removes toil, improves reliability and accelerates delivery. Leverage GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted tooling to increase productivity and quality. Champion consistent patterns for networking, identity, security and landing zones. Lead the development of CI/CD pipelines and automated infrastructure delivery. Promote strong observability, monitoring and alerting practices. Take part in incident response, root cause analysis and platform stability improvements. Balance build-and-run responsibilities with a focus on long-term platform health. Set and maintain engineering standards, guardrails and best practices. Mentor engineers through pairing, code reviews and knowledge-sharing sessions. Proactively identify technical debt and lead initiatives to address it. Influence tooling, ways of working and adoption of new technologies across teams. Who You Are Essential Experience & Skills Strong experience as a cloud, platform or DevOps engineer. Deep knowledge of Microsoft Azure and core platform services. Proven experience delivering Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform and/or Bicep). Strong scripting skills (PowerShell, Bash and/or Python). Experience building or operating CI/CD pipelines. Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset. An AI first mindset focused on skills development for SRE Desirable Experience Azure networking and security architecture experience. Container platforms (Docker, AKS). Cloud governance, cost management (FinOps) or security practices. Azure DevOps and/or GitHub enterprise environments. Cross-plane experience
May 03, 2026
Full time
Location: London, Watford or Bristol (Hybrid working options available) We're seeking a Lead Azure Platform Engineer to play a key role in designing, building and running our Azure platform services. This is a hands-on technical leadership role, combining deep engineering expertise with mentoring, standards-setting and influence across teams. You'll work as part of our Platform Engineering capability, enabling delivery teams through secure, scalable and well-architected Azure platforms, while helping drive modern DevOps, automation and reliability practices. What You'll Do Design, build and evolve Azure platform services used across delivery teams. Lead the implementation of secure, scalable and resilient Azure environments. Be hands-on with development work: writing code, reviewing pull requests and deploying to production. Act as a technical authority within the platform and delivery ecosystem. Own and evolve Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and/or Bicep. Drive automation that removes toil, improves reliability and accelerates delivery. Leverage GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted tooling to increase productivity and quality. Champion consistent patterns for networking, identity, security and landing zones. Lead the development of CI/CD pipelines and automated infrastructure delivery. Promote strong observability, monitoring and alerting practices. Take part in incident response, root cause analysis and platform stability improvements. Balance build-and-run responsibilities with a focus on long-term platform health. Set and maintain engineering standards, guardrails and best practices. Mentor engineers through pairing, code reviews and knowledge-sharing sessions. Proactively identify technical debt and lead initiatives to address it. Influence tooling, ways of working and adoption of new technologies across teams. Who You Are Essential Experience & Skills Strong experience as a cloud, platform or DevOps engineer. Deep knowledge of Microsoft Azure and core platform services. Proven experience delivering Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform and/or Bicep). Strong scripting skills (PowerShell, Bash and/or Python). Experience building or operating CI/CD pipelines. Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset. An AI first mindset focused on skills development for SRE Desirable Experience Azure networking and security architecture experience. Container platforms (Docker, AKS). Cloud governance, cost management (FinOps) or security practices. Azure DevOps and/or GitHub enterprise environments. Cross-plane experience
