Engineering Operations Manager: Large-Scale Programmes, SOX & Controls

Engineering Operations Manager: Large-Scale Programmes, SOX & Controls

Full-time

Compensation: GBP 92,000 - GBP 118,000 yearly

About the Position

We’re looking for an Engineering Operations Manager with previous SOX experience to lead large-scale engineering programmes and support engineering tribes with planning, coordination, and operational improvements.

You’ll bring structure to complex programmes spanning multiple teams, turn broad priorities into clear delivery plans, and help stakeholders resolve risks and dependencies. Alongside this broader remit, you’ll help engineering teams translate SOX requirements into coordinated action and establish sustainable ways of managing their control responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale engineering programmes. Define outcomes, scope, workstreams, and milestones, coordinating delivery across teams from initial planning through to ongoing operations.
• Provide tribe-level Engineering Operations support. Partner with engineering leaders to strengthen planning, prioritisation, operational reviews, and follow-through on commitments.
• Coordinate SOX and IT General Controls audits. Bring structure to remediation planning, testing readiness, and the transition from project completion to repeatable operational processes.
• Manage risks and dependencies. Identify blockers early, clarify ownership, and help stakeholders resolve competing priorities and decisions that affect delivery.
• Build clear governance and reporting. Give stakeholders a dependable view of programme progress, remediation across teams, and testing outcomes. Drive action and decision follow-through. Maintain clear accountability, escalate issues with their impact, and help teams agree on practical next steps.
• Drives framework and owns internal training, awareness, and communication.
• Improve operational processes. Use data and automation to reduce manual reporting and coordination, and make programme information easier to maintain and use.
• Establish sustainable handovers. Ensure ongoing responsibilities, processes, and ownership are clear when programmes move into business-as-usual operations.

Requirements

• A strong track record of independently leading large-scale technology programmes involving multiple teams and business functions.
• Previous hands-on experience managing SOX or IT General Controls programmes, including coordinating engineering teams through remediation, testing, or audit cycles.
• An understanding of control ownership, evidence requirements, and the distinction between implementing a change and having it validated for closure.
• Experience translating regulatory or audit requirements into practical delivery plans with technical and control specialists.
• Experience working closely with engineering leaders on planning, priorities, dependencies, and operational improvements.
• The ability to turn ambiguous problems into clear plans and drive progress without relying on formal authority.
• Strong stakeholder management and the confidence to challenge unclear ownership, incomplete plans, and unsupported progress claims.
• Clear communication, including the ability to facilitate difficult discussions and give leaders concise updates on progress, risks, and decisions.
• An analytical approach, with experience using data to identify problems, assess progress, and improve ways of working.

We Offer

• Competitive salary range of GBP 92,000 - GBP 118,000 yearly.
• Opportunity to work in a global, diverse, and inclusive environment.
• Be part of a mission to make international money transfers easier and more cost-effective.

About the Company

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money. Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money.

As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money. For everyone, everywhere.

More about our mission and what we offer.

Job Location

United Kingdom

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