Engineering Manager- London
FDM Group
About The Role
FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking an Interim Engineering Manager to work for our client within the Retail sector. This is initially a 3 month contract with the potential to extend and will be a mostly remote role based in London.
Our client is seeking an experienced Interim Engineering Manager to lead two engineering teams of approximately 15 people across permanent and partner staff. The role will combine people leadership with delivery governance, supporting growing engineering teams and overseeing delivery across data and marketing technology platforms.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage engineering teams, including one-to-ones, performance reviews and recruitment.
- Support the onboarding and integration of new engineers as the teams continue to grow.
- Provide delivery governance, including tracking and managing risks, issues and dependencies.
- Oversee engineering delivery across customer data, data pipeline and marketing technology platforms.
- Work closely with internal stakeholders, suppliers and external partners to ensure effective delivery.
- Support the transition of vendor-delivered work into internal engineering teams where required.
- Contribute to forecasting and planning across engineering delivery and associated costs.
About You
- Proven experience managing engineering teams, including one-to-ones, performance reviews, recruitment and onboarding.
- Strong experience of engineering delivery governance, including managing risks, issues and dependencies.
- Experience working with data technologies including SQL, dbt, Snowflake and customer data platforms.
- Understanding of modern backend engineering environments using TypeScript, Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience working with marketing technology platforms such as Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
- Experience managing external suppliers, partners and mixed permanent/partner engineering teams.
- Experience bringing vendor-delivered work in-house, multi-brand platform separation or cost-centre forecasting would be advantageous.
About Us
FDM is an award-winning global leader in tech and business talent solutions, backed by more than 35 years of industry experience. We have centres across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 2500 employees. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer, currently listed on the FTSE4Good Index and as a 2026 Financial Times UK ‘Best Employer’.
Diversity and Inclusion
Diversity and Inclusion
FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.
Why join us
- Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
- Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
- Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
- Annual leave and work-place pension