Description
At Engine by Starling, we are on a mission to find and work with leading banks all around the world who have the ambition to build rapid growth businesses, on our technology.
Engine is Starling's software-as-a-service (SaaS) business, the technology that was built to power Starling Bank, and a year ago we split out as a separate business.
You will be responsible for delivering a critical, strategic programme within a technical and product domain. This role will involve technical understanding with complex strategic coordination in a multi-client environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Overall management and co-ordination of a technical programme, managing a portfolio of multiple complex, inter-dependent projects.
- Work closely with Engineering Leads to support the Software Development Lifecycle, understanding work dependencies and complexities.
- Collaborate across multiple teams to coordinate work and effort.
- Support Product and Engineering to produce an achievable plan.
- Working with Product Leads to maintain a clear, real-time understanding of all client competing needs against our internal capacity.
- Proactively identifying risks of over-commitment to ensure realistic delivery timelines.
- Owning relationships with external parties such as vendors and payment schemes.
- Providing key reporting and metrics for delivery progress and tracking against plans.
- Continually monitoring processes and implementing improvements.
Requirements:
- End-to-end Project or Programme Management experience, ideally within a technology or financial services environment.
- Proven experience working directly with Engineering and Product teams to deliver complex technical solutions and experience in the software-as-a-service sector.
- A 'hands-on' and adaptable approach to programme delivery, with the ability to thrive in a flexible, fast-paced environment where priorities can shift.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience communicating complex technical topics.
- Strong interpersonal skills and a creative problem-solving ability to navigate ambiguity and technical hurdles.
- Technical skills and the ability to talk to Product and Engineering teams.
Benefits:
- 33 days holiday (including public holidays, which you can take when it works best for you)
- An extra day's holiday for your birthday
- Annual leave is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off
- 16 hours paid volunteering time a year
- Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme
- Life insurance at 4x your salary & group income protection
- Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care.
- Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton
- Generous family-friendly policies
- Incentives refer a friend scheme
- Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks