Senior Software Engineering Manager

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Posting Date: 30 Jul 2025

Function: Software Engineering

Unit: Digital

Location:

New Bailey, Manchester, United Kingdom

Salary: Competitive with Benefits

Recruiter: Molly Lees

Internal Closing Date: 9th August 2025

The Senior Software Engineering Manager oversees software engineering activities, shaping the strategic direction of the software engineering practice to deliver the roadmap that supports BT's commercial strategy through cross functional business partnering.

Leads engineering teams critical to the organisation's performance through the delivery of high-quality code within time and budget standards/requirements
Mentors, coaches, and manages several teams to develop current and future team capabilities and ensure performance in delivering the most impactful features to both internal and external users of the BT team
Leads the team in adopting relevant new technologies, tools, methods and processes that progressively advances service capabilities to its different stakeholders
Ensures timely releases from teams by overseeing compliance with key release quality metrics
Operates as an SME within own field of expertise, driving technical decisions, technology choices and contributes to group level discussion around architecture for a wide range of high performance products, capabilities, and platforms, effectively balancing short-term impact with long-term transformation
Oversees the team in developing an ambitious and compelling technical roadmap to meet the needs of the business, engineering organisation and defined technology strategy
Oversees engineering and operational excellence initiatives, implementing metrics and processes for regular assessment and improvement through the implementation of processes and tools supporting multiple platforms
Ensures team standards of engineering and operational excellence are upheld, establishing metrics and processes for regular assessment and improvement through the creation and implementation of processes and tools supporting multiple platforms
Drives an engineering culture that supports innovation and creativity while delivering high quality products with predictability and reliability
Builds 'best-in-class' engineering for services by ensuring that the services and the components are well-defined and modularised, secure, reliable, diagnosable, actively monitored and reusable
Leads the evaluation and implementation of high-quality tools and automation processes to support continuous delivery and developer productivity
Ensures the development and adoption of a DevOps mindset across the engineering teams
Leads the implementation of continuous improvement opportunities to improve the software engineering team processes

Full-stack software development capabilities (.NET, C/C++, APIs, Cloud) (Mandatory)
Led 24x7x365 operational support team for a multi-million pound contract (Mandatory)
Complete software delivery responsibility for a multi-million pound contract (Mandatory)
Ability to achieve SC clearance (Mandatory)
Applies knowledge of artificial intelligence and machine learning from a data perspective and understands potential data applications to improve overall business outcomes.
Uses a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer.
Develops software systems, focusing on building single-function modules with well-defined interfaces and operations.
Tests each change done to a codebase automatically and as early as possible, pushing changes to a staging or production system.

Looking in:
Leading inclusively and Safely
I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
Owning outcomes
I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:
Delivering for the customer
I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.
Commercially savvy
I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:
Growth mindset
I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.
Building for the future
I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.

Competitive salary
25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
15% on target bonus
Company car cash allowance
Life Assurance
Pension scheme
Private Medical cover
Direct share scheme
50% off EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans
Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages
BT TV with TNT Sports and NOW Entertainment
30% discount for friends and family on EE mobile pay monthly and SIM only plans

About us

BT Group was the world's first telco and our heritage in the sector is unrivalled. As home to several of the UK's most recognised and cherished brands - BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet, we have always played a critical role in creating the future, and we have reached an inflection point in the transformation of our business.

Over the next two years, we will complete the UK's largest and most successful digital infrastructure project - connecting more than 25 million premises to full fibre broadband. Together with our heavy investment in 5G, we play a central role in revolutionising how people connect with each other.

While we are through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, meaning we can reward our shareholders for their commitment and patience, we are absolutely focused on how we organise ourselves in the best way to serve our customers in the years to come. This includes radical simplification of systems, structures, and processes on a huge scale. Together with our application of AI and technology, we are on a path to creating the UK's best telco, reimagining the customer experience and relationship with one of this country's biggest infrastructure companies.

Change on the scale we will all experience in the coming years is unprecedented. BT Group is committed to being the driving force behind improving connectivity for millions and there has never been a more exciting time to join a company and leadership team with the skills, experience, creativity, and passion to take this company into a new era.

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you're a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.