Engineering Manager

Title: Engineering Manager

Location: Mumbai, India (roles in Andheri East and / or Turbhe) 

Description: We’re hiring an Engineering Manager to lead high-performing engineering teams in the delivery of robust, scalable, and production-grade systems across a high-growth, multi-venture environment. This is a pivotal leadership role for someone who combines architectural awareness with delivery maturity, and who can manage people, process, and product without losing speed, quality, or ownership.

If this is interesting, we would love to hear from you!

About Blenheim Chalcot

Blenheim Chalcot India is part of Blenheim Chalcot, a global venture builder headquartered in London. With over 26 years of innovation, we've been at the forefront of creating some of the most groundbreaking GenAI-enabled companies. Our ventures lead the charge in digital disruption across a spectrum of industries, from FinTech to EdTech, GovTech to Media, and beyond. Our global presence spans the US, Europe, and Southeast Asia, with a portfolio that employs over 3,000 individuals, manages assets exceeding £1.8 billion, and boasts total portfolio sales of over £500 million.

The role

We’re hiring Engineering Managers to lead technical teams building mission-critical systems for Blenheim Chalcot portfolio businesses. These are exceptional opportunities for leaders who enjoy enabling team performance, applying structured processes to product delivery, and creating the conditions for consistent, scalable engineering output.

You will work closely with cross-functional teams in Mumbai and London, translating product roadmaps into reality while coaching engineers, shaping delivery practices, and championing a culture of continuous improvement.

Behaviours that we look for 

• Process and delivery leadership. Establishes and evolves processes that balance speed, quality, and scalability; proactively identifies and addresses bottlenecks.
• Team development and mentoring. Invests in the growth of engineers, sets clear expectations, and fosters a culture of learning, ownership, and improvement.
• Outcome-oriented thinking. Frames delivery in terms of business and customer impact; aligns engineering effort to roadmap value and OKRs.
• Collaborative, data-informed decision-making. Works transparently with peers in Product, Design, and Business to guide strategy, unblock execution, and adapt plans.
• Operational awareness and adaptability. Designs for change, leads retrospectives, responds to shifts in scope or context with pragmatism and resilience.

Key responsibilities

Successful candidates will take a leading role within our Engineering Centre of Excellence in Mumbai, with day to day responsibilities which will include.

• Lead and grow a team of engineers, creating a psychologically safe and accountable culture of delivery and feedback.
• Own and optimise Agile delivery processes (e.g., sprint planning, retrospectives, tooling), ensuring consistent, timely outcomes.
• Shape and maintain engineering workflows that scale: version control, testing, CI/CD, release cadence, and documentation.
• Collaborate with Product Managers to define and deliver roadmap-aligned features with clarity on value, scope, and effort.
• Track and report engineering metrics (e.g., cycle time, release frequency, delivery predictability) to inform performance and planning.
• Ensure engineering practices are aligned to quality, security, and compliance standards appropriate for the business context.
• Drive team-wide retrospectives, root cause reviews, and ongoing process improvements.
• Support stakeholder communication, ensuring alignment between engineering outputs, business goals, and customer needs.
• Maintain visibility into team workload, balancing priorities and managing risk in delivery.
• Stay abreast of trends in engineering leadership, tooling, and practices to elevate team maturity.

Opportunity

This role offers an excellent platform for experienced managers and engineers looking to scale their impact through team leadership. You will play a critical role in shaping both delivery and culture across ventures, with the opportunity to influence systems, people, and process at the same time. You will work in a fast-moving environment that rewards ownership, humility, and constant learning.

About you

We are seeking to onboard candidates with a strong track record in leading technical teams, managing delivery, and shaping engineering culture. You should be excited by ambiguity, eager to coach others, and confident in enabling clarity and velocity without compromising on quality.

The Ideal Candidate

• Professional experience in engineering leadership or engineering management.
• Demonstrated success in growing and managing technical teams (5–20 engineers).
• Strong working knowledge of Agile processes, software development lifecycle, and delivery tooling (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Git).
• Track record of improving team velocity, predictability, and engineering quality through process evolution and culture.
• Experience working cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Business stakeholders.
• Comfort with metrics-based reporting and using KPIs to inform planning and retrospectives.
• Exposure to regulated or compliance-focused environments is a plus.
• Highly adaptable and able to lead teams through ambiguity, change, and scaling.
• Strong evidence of coaching, people development, and successful team leadership.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and conflict-resolution skills.

Process

We have a rigorous, but streamlined recruitment process, which respects the time of candidates and portfolio companies alike. This process starts with a 15-minute call with a member of our Talent Acquisition team, followed by a meeting with representatives from BC's Engineering Centre of Excellence.

Please note that our roles are primarily office based, with modern and well-connected office locations in both Andheri East and Navi Mumbai.