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About the Role
As a Senior Engineering Manager in London, you will lead a critical product area within the Global Bank, build and grow a team, and ensure engineering delivery is resilient, scalable, and compliant with regulatory requirements.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a group of Engineering Managers, supporting their growth through coaching, skip-levels, and performance conversations.
- Directly manage a small squad of engineers in London.
- Own strategic engineering initiatives within the Global Bank, defining scope, aligning with product leadership, and driving delivery.
- Establish and uplift tribe-wide engineering practices across observability, incident response, security, or AI workflows.
- Act as a senior escalation point for production incidents and complex cross-squad technical challenges.
- Partner closely with InfoSec, Risk, Compliance, and Internal Audit to ensure engineering practices meet regulatory requirements.
- Serve as a bar raiser in hiring panels and talent reviews.
Requirements
- Proven track record of managing Engineering Managers, with experience in coaching, performance management, and talent reviews in a complex, multi-squad environment.
- Strong technical background in backend or full-stack engineering.
- Experience owning cross-functional or cross-tribe initiatives that shaped technology direction at an organisational level.
- Ability to operate effectively in ambiguity, communicate clearly across technical and non-technical audiences, and guide teams through shifting priorities.
- Comfort navigating regulated environments where compliance and audit readiness are part of the day-to-day.
Skills
- Coaching
- Performance management
- Talent reviews
- Backend engineering
- Full-stack engineering
- Technical decision-making
- Cross-functional initiative ownership
- Cross-tribe initiative ownership
- Organizational technology direction
- Ambiguity navigation
- Clear communication
- Regulated environment navigation
- Compliance
- Audit readiness
Location
- London
Work Type
- Office-first setup
Experience Level
- Senior
Benefits
- Virtual Stock Option programme
- 28 days of paid leave, plus bank holidays and special leaves
- Dedicated annual L&D budget
- Private health insurance, including optical and dental
- Salary-sacrifice commuter benefits
- Retirement scheme (SumUp matches 7% when you contribute 5%)
- Life insurance from MetLife for 2x your salary
- 1-month sabbatical after 3 years of service
- Referral Bonus
- Visa sponsorship
About the Company
- The Global Bank engineering organisation is responsible for the financial infrastructure that powers SumUp's banking products across multiple markets.
- SumUp is a global, multicultural company.
Equal Opportunity
- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: be part of a workplace that values and promotes diversity, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone's perspectives are respected and embraced.