Engineering Manager

Job title:

Engineering Manager

Company

Gentrack

Job description

The CompanyGentrack provides leading utilities across the world with innovative cleantech solutions. The global pace of change is accelerating, and utilities need to rebuild for a more sustainable future. Working with some of the world’s biggest energy and water companies, as well as innovative challenger brands, we are helping companies reshape what it means to be a utilities business. We are driven by our passion to create positive impact. That is why utilities rely on us to drive innovation, deliver great customer experiences, and secure profits. Together, we are renewing utilities.Our Values and CultureColleagues at Gentrack are one big team, working together to drive efficiency in two of the planet’s most precious resources, energy, and water. We are passionate people who want to drive change through technology and believe in making a difference. Our values drive decisions and how we interact and communicate with customers, partners, shareholders, and each other. Our core values are:

• Respect for the planet

• Respect for our customers and

• Respect for each other

Gentrackers are a group of smart thinkers and dedicated doers. We are a diverse team who love our work and the people we work with and who collaborate and inspire each other to deliver creative solutions that make our customers successful. We are a team that shares knowledge, asks questions, raises the bar, and are expert advisers.At Gentrack we care about doing honest business that is good for not just customers but families, communities, and ultimately the planet. Gentrackers continuously look for a better way and drive quality into everything they do.This is a truly exciting time to join Gentrack with a clear growth strategy and a world class leadership team working to fulfil Gentrack’s global aspirations by having the most talented people, an inspiring culture, and a technology first, people centric business.The OpportunityWe are currently hiring an Engineering Manager to lead teams within the R&D product engineering function.As part of the engineering leadership team, reporting to the VP of Engineering, you are comfortable managing innovation, software development and delivery, coaching teams, you have an agile mindset, and a clear understanding of the business’ bigger picture.In line with our values, we encourage all our people to:

• Support initiatives run by the GSTF and demonstrate our company values by providing a clear commitment to environmental and social responsibility.

• Contribute through identifying/proposing local sustainable practices and ideas in accordance with our Sustainability Charter.

• Utilise our sustainability app by taking part in challenges and improving behaviours to be more sustainable.

The Specifics

• People leadership and management is a big part of this role. You strive to motivate and inspire your team

• You will lead a team of 20-30 people, through a set of 3-6 autonomous scrum or similarly structured teams. You must have the ability to coach, motivate and lead a team to be the best they can be

• You foster strong relationships with stakeholders, collaborating with cross functional groups to achieve the best outcomes for our customers

• Performance is high, delivery is critical. You understand this and know how to bring your team along for the journey

• While this role has no hands-on component, your strong technical background allows you to challenge your team during technical discussions from Unit Testing to Intensive integration requirements

• The teams you support build strong bonds, challenge each other to inspire excellence, and support one another through the rough patches

• Support initiatives run by the GSTF and demonstrate our company values by providing a clear commitment to environmental and social responsibility.

• Contribute through identifying/proposing local sustainable practices and ideas in accordance with our Sustainability Charter.

• Utilise our sustainability app by taking part in challenges and improving behaviours to be more sustainable.

What we’re looking for (you don’t need to be a guru at all, we’re looking forward to coaching and collaborating with you):To be successful in this role, you must have leadership experience and have ideally led a group of 20-30 people. You are a leader and are comfortable with managing software delivery, coaching teams, possess an agile mindset, and have a clear understanding of the business’ bigger picture.You have a successful track record of leading teams that build and release high quality products to market that solve real customer problems. You can drive change within the organization and foster a positive culture of continuous improvement and have a drive for continuous improvement.You ideally have experience with a software product company that values agile principles and practices that are customer centric. Additionally, you have good planning and time management skills to meet our targets and delivery dates. Experience in the Energy/Utilities industry would be beneficial for this role.What we offer in return:

• Personal growth – in leadership, commercial acumen and technical excellence

• To be part of a global, winning high growth organization – with a career path to match

• A vibrant, culture full of people passionate about transformation and making a difference -with a one team, collaborative ethos

• A competitive reward package that truly awards our top talent

• A chance to make a true impact on society and the planet

Gentrack want to work with the best people, no matter their background. So, if you are passionate about learning new things and keen to join the mission, you will fit right in.#LI-AF1

Expected salary

Location

London

Job date

Sat, 23 Nov 2024 23:58:37 GMT

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