Engineering Lead – ERP Services

About the role

The Engineering Lead – ERP Services will own the engineering, operation and continuous evolution of the Financial Times' ERP technology capability. You will lead a team of engineers, set technical direction, and ensure the platform remains secure, resilient and scalable while supporting critical finance and business processes.

Key responsibilities

• Own engineering, operation and continuous evolution of the FT’s ERP technology capability.
• Lead the ERP engineering team, providing people leadership, technical direction and accountability for platform health and performance.
• Develop technical knowledge within the team, establish clear ownership of platforms and services, and ensure skills to operate and evolve the ERP estate.
• Translate business priorities from Finance and Product into engineering plans, balancing new capabilities with platform health, technical debt and operational investment.
• Collaborate with the Principal Engineer and Architecture to align decisions with the long‑term corporate technology direction.

Required profile

• Proven engineering leader with experience in ERP or similarly complex enterprise platforms.
• Strong people leadership combined with credible technical judgement and ability to set direction.
• Ability to work closely with Finance and business stakeholders, translating requirements into sustainable technology solutions.
• Track record of building capability, identifying skill gaps and developing engineers to own technology.

Required skills

• Oracle Fusion ERP platform.
• Enterprise platform engineering, including integrations and data flows.
• Security, resilience and scalability of large‑scale systems.