📍 Location: London (Old Street office, 3 days/week). 🌍 Join a high-growth, mission-driven tech company that’s transforming the future of work.📣 Reports to: CTO. <h3>👋 About Blink</h3>Blink is an employee app for frontline workers, with industry-leading engagement and a DAU of 99%. We’re dedicated to scaling our platform through precision, automation, and innovation. As part of a world-class engineering team, you’ll play a key role in shaping the future of how we support frontline workers.<h3>💻 The Role </h3>We’re looking for a pragmatic, delivery-focused Engineering Manager to lead two of our Product &amp; Engineering (P&amp;E) teams. Youll drive effective execution, uphold engineering standards, and support first-time managers in adjacent teams. Though this is not a hands-on coding role, your technical experience will help unblock teams when needed.<h3>Key Responsibilities:</h3><ul> <li> Lead two cross-functional P&amp;E teams: with a focus on high-quality, timely delivery, you’ll ensure work is well-defined, prioritised, and continuously flowing.</li> <li> Champion Agile Execution: Instil and evolve Agile and Kanban-based workflows. Youll help teams break work into manageable increments, visualise progress, and improve flow efficiency over time.</li> <li> Enable High-Quality Engineering: Promote robust engineering practices — including code reviews, CI/CD, automated testing, and clear documentation — to support sustainable delivery.</li> <li> Mentor New Leaders: Coach and support team leads in adjacent groups who are taking their first steps into engineering management, helping them build confidence and delivery discipline.</li> <li> Drive Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Product, Design, and Platform stakeholders to ensure alignment on priorities and outcomes.</li> <li> Support When Needed: While not a coding role, your background allows you to dive into technical discussions, triage urgent issues, and assist in unblocking teams when necessary.</li> </ul><h3>🚀 About you:</h3>We’re looking for a talented, ambitious individual who thrives in a fast-paced, growing environment. You should be a resourceful, inquisitive, and quick learner, with a passion for solving customer problems and making a real impact. In addition, you will have:<ul> <li> Proven Leadership: Experience managing multiple engineering teams, ideally in a fast-paced, product-led environment.</li> <li> Delivery-Oriented Mindset: A strong track record of delivering complex features or initiatives on time — and helping others do the same.</li> <li> Agile &amp; Kanban Fluency: Deep familiarity with Kanban and Agile principles, including work-in-progress limits, cycle time measurement, and continuous improvement.</li> <li> Engineering Acumen: Solid foundation in modern software development practices, with the ability to engage credibly in technical discussions.</li> <li> Collaborative Style: A team-first, low-ego approach to leadership. Skilled in balancing team health with accountability and focus.</li> </ul>

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