Senior Manager, Subsea Platform

What you’ll be doing

Leads engineering teams critical to the organisation's performance through the delivery of high-quality solutions 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 delivery from teams by overseeing compliance with key 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 where appropriate 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

Skills Required for the Role

Agile Delivery Culture Building Change Management Network Architecture Business Analysis Technology Strategy Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Technology Governance Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment Automation & Orchestration Business Process Improvement Talent Management Decision Making Growth Mindset Performance Management Inclusive Leadership

Experience Required for the Role

Mandatory Experience

Proven experience of managing a distributed team of subsea engineering professionals Proven experience agile delivery and implementing best practice engineering standards Proven experience of designing and delivery of subsea cable systems Experience of working with technical and non technical internal stakeholders to understand requirements and implications of new technologies. Collaborating with internal teams and external suppliers to understand, evaluate and validate new technologies / patterns. Develop and maintain comprehensive stakeholder engagement strategies to build and maintain positive relationships with government agencies and regulatory bodies.

Preferred Experience

Membership of professional body/ standards organisations

Benefits

On target 15% on target bonus​ Health Care Car Allowance BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%​ From January 2025, equal family leave: receive 18 weeks at full pay, 8 weeks at half pay and 26 weeks at the statutory rate. It’s for all parents, no matter how your family is made up.​ Enhanced women’s health support: including help with menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, period care and more.​ 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service​ 24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues​ 2 weeks carer’s leave ​ World-class training and development opportunities​ Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes.