Engineering Programme Manager - CTO Office

The role

You will partner with Engineering leadership to drive strategic initiatives and optimize engineering operations. This role involves managing high-priority projects, designing operational metrics, and supporting executive reporting and client engagements.

What you will do

• Own and continuously improve core workflows within Engineering Operations
• Lead and participate in high-stakes strategic initiatives
• Design and implement mechanisms, dashboards, and metrics for Engineering productivity
• Partner with the CTO and Chief of Staff to streamline company-wide reporting
• Prepare briefings, presentations, and strategic materials for executive meetings and client engagements
• Bridge communication gaps between teams and remove critical bottlenecks
• Step in to fill gaps or unblock progress

Required qualifications

• Track record of success in high-growth, fast-paced environments
• Exceptional organizational skills to manage a high volume of diverse projects
• Experience bringing structure to highly ambiguous problems
• Experience managing complex stakeholder relationships across the business
• Prior experience in top-tier consulting firms, major business/technical transformation programs, or a previous role within a CTO Office
• Strong technical aptitude with a solid understanding of core engineering and technology concepts
• Comfortable leveraging modern productivity and engineering tools, including writing and reviewing code with the assistance of AI

Benefits

• Highly competitive salary
• Pension plan (match up to 5%)
• Life insurance - three times annual salary
• Competitive maternity (six months fully paid) and paternity leave (four weeks fully paid)
• Shared parental leave (matched to our maternity leave for the same point in time)
• 25 days holiday and bank holidays
• Flexible working hours
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Electric car scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Access to outstanding learning materials and courses
• Sports and hobby clubs, subsidised by Thought Machine

About the company

Thought Machine develops core and payments technology that runs natively in the cloud to rid banks of legacy technology. The company has more than 550 individuals across offices in London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and Lisbon.