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The Software Engineering Manager manages the execution of the engineering strategy and roadmap that assists BT's commercial strategy through cross functional business partnering and the participation of a team that pursues innovation as well as engineering excellence.
What you’ll be doing
1. Procurement Application Ownership
Own the Procurement application portfolio, roadmap, and overall application health.
Ensure application availability, performance, security, compliance, and resilience.
Manage application lifecycle activities including upgrades, releases, vendor support, and risk management.
2. Delivery & Transformation
Lead end-to-end delivery of procurement technology initiatives and transformation programs.
Manage delivery across internal teams, vendors, and system integrators.
Ensure delivery against scope, timelines, budget, and quality expectations.
Procurement Platform Expertise
Strong experience with Procurement platforms, Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), and Source-to-Pay (S2P) solutions.
Lead platform modernization and digital transformation initiatives.
3. Agile & DevOps
Proven experience leading Agile, Scrum, and DevOps delivery models.
Drive sprint planning, backlog management, delivery tracking, and continuous improvement.
Technology & Architecture
Strong understanding of cloud technologies, APIs, microservices, automation, and DevOps practices.
Ability to review solution designs and align engineering solutions with enterprise architecture and security standards.
4. Stakeholder & Vendor Management
Experience managing senior business stakeholders, product owners, vendors, and technology partners.
Strong governance, risk management, budgeting, and reporting skills.
The skills you’ll need
Essential Skills
BT Group is the UK’s leading communications group and the holding company behind some of the country’s most recognised brands – including BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good. Our customers include consumers, small, medium and large businesses, public sector organisations and other communications providers.
BT Group’s role is about setting direction, unlocking value and creating the conditions for our brands and businesses to thrive.
Having come through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, our focus now is on what comes next – simplifying how we operate, using technology and AI to work smarter, and organising ourselves to serve customers better and grow sustainably. Group teams shape strategy, policy, brand, capital allocation and transformation, helping the whole organisation perform at its best.
We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country. Joining BT Group means working at the heart of a business that matters to the UK, with the opportunity to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help set the future course of one of the country’s most important companies.
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3 office days / week
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