Group Engineering Manager

Summary

Join Employment Hero's Engineering team and lead the engineering efforts for our scaling Payroll platform, used by over one million people monthly. Mentor and inspire Delivery Leads, fostering an innovative, high-performance culture. In your first year, implement a technology transformation strategy, leverage AI development tools, and lead the team towards a 'one mission, one platform' goal. Ensure platform uptime and performance, collaborate with Product Management, and develop a geographically diverse engineering team. Engage in deep technical discussions, build stakeholder partnerships, and drive continuous improvement. Embrace Employment Hero's 'EH Way' values, focusing on mission, remote work, AI, and high performance.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in Senior Engineering Management position, ideally of a large (50+ person) geographically diverse Engineering team
• A background of working in highly regulated or compliance driven business environments
• Knowledge of and advocate for Software Engineering best practices
• Experience working within a high-growth and fast-moving environment, particularly if it’s a SaaS product
• Ability to mentor team members and drive development and capabilities within the team
• Deep experience working with business stakeholders, developing strong trust and partnerships, with an ability to involve yourself in deep technical and business domain discussions

Responsibilities

• Take the lead on engineering for our scaling Payroll platform, which is used by more than one million people every month, processing $150 billion dollars worth of wages every year
• Mentor and inspire your Delivery Leads, giving them the vision and tools to iterate and scale our already successful product
• Unify our squads through the creation of an innovative, high-performance culture with effective fit-for-purpose ways of working
• Ensuring platform uptime and performance - exceed documented Service level agreements of platform uptime driven through strategic initiatives
• Cross-Functional Collaboration - build a strong partnership with Product Management to align engineering efforts with business goals and customer needs
• Team Leadership & Development - lead and develop a large, geographically diverse engineering team, fostering a culture of collaboration, growth, and high performance, and enabling leaders to develop strong, diverse teams
• Technical & Domain Expertise - engage in deep technical discussions with stakeholders, leveraging knowledge of the payroll domain and ensuring compliance in highly regulated environments
• Stakeholder Engagement - build trusted partnerships with business and technical stakeholders, acting as a champion for software engineering best practices and driving platform excellence
• Continuous Improvement - identify and implement efficiency and quality improvements, inspiring teams to embrace change and drive operational excellence

Benefits

• You will work remotely, with the flexibility to own your time and impact
• You will access cutting-edge tools to amplify your work, knowledge and outputs
• You’ll surround yourself with ambitious, outcome-driven colleagues who challenge you to do the best work of your life
• You’ll own ESOP (employee share options) in one of the world’s fastest-growing tech companies
• A very generous paternity leave policy
• Subsidised egg freezing
• A WFH office expense budget
• Outstanding learning & development opportunities