Engineering Manager – Internal Product

Overview

As an Engineering Manager at Rightmove, you lead one or more cross-functional product teams to deliver high-impact software. You enable high performance through coaching, clear goals, and inclusive leadership, shaping how we plan, grow talent, and scale systems. You partner with Product Managers to align priorities and drive sustainable delivery while guiding technical stewardship. You’ll influence AI-driven tools and back-office transformations used by CX colleagues, contributing to the company’s mission to simplify moving and improve lives. This role offers visible impact, strong collaboration, and opportunities to grow within a supportive, values-driven culture.

Pay / Benefits

• Private Medical Insurance
• Pension and Life Insurance
• 27 days holiday + 2 volunteering days
• Travel Loans
• Bike to Work scheme
• Charitable giving and matching

Responsibilities

• Develop and coach engineers to reach clear development goals while fostering psychological safety
• Collaborate with Product Managers to align priorities and create achievable plans
• Ensure team structure, skills, and clarity to deliver reliably and sustainably
• Improve delivery flow by removing blockers and enhancing process, quality, and velocity
• Lead hiring, onboarding, and growth of diverse engineering talent
• Partner with PMs and stakeholders to translate technical context and align on outcomes
• Shape team structure and capabilities to meet evolving work needs
• Promote best practices in testing, observability, performance, and resilience
• Collaborate with tech leads and architects to maintain long-term system health
• Represent the team in cross-functional planning and risk management

Key requirements

• Experience managing software engineers in a product development environment
• Track record of enabling delivery and improving team ways of working
• Confidence in planning, estimation, scope, and stakeholder alignment
• Collaborative mindset with ability to build trust across diverse roles
• Calm, thoughtful, pragmatic approach under ambiguity
• Genuine interest in coaching, feedback, and performance development

• collaboration
• trust-building
• inclusive leadership
• software engineering leadership
• delivery enablement
• cross-functional collaboration

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