Financial Times, London
ERP Services sits within Corporate Technology, part of Internal Products, and owns the engineering capabilities supporting critical Finance and enterprise business processes across the FT.
The team is responsible for the engineering, operation and continuous evolution of our ERP technology estate, including Oracle Fusion and the integrations, data flows and supporting capabilities that connect it to the wider FT technology landscape.
ERP Services works closely with Finance, Product, Architecture, Integration & Engineering Services, Security and other Corporate Technology teams to ensure these critical enterprise capabilities remain reliable and can evolve as the needs of the organisation change.
We are strengthening the engineering leadership and platform expertise within ERP Services as part of a wider evolution of the Corporate Technology operating model. The Engineering Lead will establish clear platform and team ownership, reporting to the Principal Engineer – Corporate Technology.
What you’ll work on
As Engineering Lead – ERP Services, you will own the engineering, operation and continuous evolution of the FT’s ERP technology capability.
You will lead the ERP engineering team, providing people leadership, technical direction and clear accountability for the health and performance of the platforms and services the team owns.
A key part of the role will be strengthening our internal ERP engineering capability. You will develop the technical knowledge of the team, establish clear ownership of platforms and services and ensure we have the skills and understanding required to operate and evolve our ERP estate effectively.
You will work closely with Product and Finance stakeholders to understand business priorities and translate them into engineering plans, balancing new capabilities and business change with platform health, technical debt and operational investment.
You will also work with the Principal Engineer and Architecture to ensure decisions within ERP Services support the longer-term direction of Corporate Technology and the wider FT technology estate.
Your responsibilities will include
You are an experienced engineering leader with strong knowledge of ERP or similarly complex enterprise platforms and a track record of leading teams responsible for business-critical technology.
You combine people leadership with credible technical judgement. You are comfortable setting direction, making engineering decisions and working with your team on complex technical problems, while creating the ownership and autonomy for engineers to succeed.
You understand that enterprise platform engineering goes beyond implementing configuration or coordinating vendors. You think about the entire technology capability: the core platform, integrations, data flows, extensions, operational processes, security, resilience and how the platform evolves over time.
You are comfortable working closely with Finance and other business stakeholders, translating priorities and requirements into sustainable technology solutions and constructively challenging approaches that create unnecessary complexity or risk.
You are also interested in building capability. You can identify gaps in skills and knowledge, develop engineers and create a team that understands and genuinely owns its technology rather than relying disproportionately on individual specialists or external partners.
What’s in it for you? Our benefits
Our benefits vary by location, but we are committed to providing best-in-class perks across all our offices. These include generous annual leave, medical cover, inclusive parental leave packages, subsidised gym memberships and opportunities to give back to the community. Full details of our benefits are available on the FT Careers website.
We’ve embraced a 50% hybrid working model (averaging two to three days onsite) that fosters trust and remote adaptability while encouraging in-person camaraderie and peer learning. Additionally, we are open to accommodating specific flexible working pattern requests for all roles where feasible.
Accessibility
We are a disability confident employer and Valuable 500 signatory.
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