Software Engineering Manager

Are you an experienced engineering manager who still remembers what it’s like to write production code? Do you know how to build a high-performing culture where engineers feel supported, challenged, and recognised?

Our core forecasting model sits at the absolute centre of our global energy capability. It translates complex system dynamics into scalable, robust software that helps governments, investors, and utilities make billion-dollar decisions on the path to net zero.

We are looking for a dedicated Modelling Software Engineering Manager to lead our Model Development team in Oxford. In this role, you will lead 3–4 squads (approx. 15–20 engineers) who build and operate these critical models and the underlying platform.

Please Note: This is a leadership and management role, not a hands-on technical lead role—but it requires genuine technical credibility. You must understand enough of the technology to have meaningful 1:1 development conversations and accurately spot when a technical problem is turning into a delivery bottleneck.

• People & Culture: Line-manage our most senior engineers, drive performance reviews, and own the line-management function across all squads—including training squad leads to be exceptional managers.
• Delivery Excellence: Own the sprint cadence, capacity planning, blocker removal, and process quality across 3–4 squads using modern Agile and Continuous Delivery practices.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify process friction and introduce modern tooling—including evaluating and applying AI tooling where it can measurably optimize requirements gathering or sprint analytics.
• Commercial Alignment: Partner closely with our Product team to translate engineering capacity into realistic commercial priorities.
• Talent & Growth: Identify training needs, close skills gaps, and own the end-to-end recruitment process to build a strong hiring pipeline.

• Experience: 4–6+ years of engineering management experience with a proven track record of managing mixed technical teams.
• Technical Roots: A solid software engineering background. You have written production code in a professional context and can confidently hold your own in a technical discussion with Senior or Principal engineers.
• Agile Maturity: Hands-on experience implementing Agile/CD practices to actively raise a team's delivery maturity, rather than just working within an existing framework.
• People Leadership: A track record of driving genuine, ongoing performance conversations, development plans, and direct, empathetic feedback.
• Hiring: Experience running a recruitment pipeline end-to-end and evaluating technical talent in context.

• Experience managing engineers working across both platform/infrastructure and domain-specific software (e.g., scientific computing, data engineering, fintech).
• Strong commercial awareness and product-partnering experience.
• A demonstrable interest or hands-on experience in applying AI tooling to optimize engineering delivery flow and analytics.

We take our work incredibly seriously, but we don't take ourselves too seriously. We believe that high performance and a happy workplace are the exact same thing.

Alongside a collaborative, direct, and inclusive culture, we offer:

• Flexibility: Hybrid working options with a mix of in-office and home working.
• Health & Wellness: Private Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Flu Jabs, and an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• Financial: Salary-Exchange Pension and local Oxford discounts.
• Family Support: Parental Support packages.
• Commuting: Cycle-to-work scheme.