Expert technical leadership. Modern Tech-Stack. Being Agile. Senior CRM Engineering Manager 79,000 – 84,000 (+ Benefits) Grade: M2MP Reports to: Head of Engineering Contract: Permanent Hours: Full time 35 hours per week Location: Stratford, London . Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office) Closing date: 06 March 2026 23:55 This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications is received or once a suitable candidate is found, therefore we strongly recommend that you apply early to avoid disappointment. If you require more time to apply as part of a reasonable adjustment, please contact recruitment@cancer.org.uk as soon as possible. Recruitment process: Two competency-based interviews (potentially with a telephone interview) Interview date: From the week commencing 09 March 2026 How do I apply? We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we wont be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to fully complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly, and objectively. At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer. We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. Thats why were looking for someone talented, someone who wants to develop their skills, someone like you. Cancer Research UK has an ambitious Engineering Strategy supported by a modern Tech Stack and a complex hybrid infrastructure spanning onpremise and multicloud environments. Our CRM and Marketing platforms sit at the heart of our Engage Strategy and are undergoing major transformation to migrate from Siebel to Salesforce (going live in May) and to modernise our marketing technologies as part of the largest change programme in the UK charity sectors history. As Senior CRM Engineering Manager, youll play a pivotal role in leading our CRM and Marketing Engineering team and guiding the organisation through this transition. Youll oversee development and support environments, ensuring our platforms remain stable, efficient, and continuously improve. Youll collaborate closely with implementation partners and stakeholders while building a sustainable in-house capability. This will involve developing a talented engineering team through significant technical and cultural change and fostering an inclusive, high-performing culture that supports innovation. Youll also shape and deliver our CRM and Marketing Engineering Strategy, embedding DevOps and Agile practices, strengthening platform resilience, and ensuring the customer voice drives what we build. If youre an engineering leader with CRM transformation experience in hybrid and cloud environments, and youve led and motivated teams through change, we would love for you to join our mission. What will I be doing? Leading the CRM and Marketing Engineering function to deliver reliable, efficient and high-quality CRM and marketing platforms. Leading the CRM Engineering team to deliver the priorities defined by the Head of Product Portfolio and the CRM Product Manager. Ensuring the team meets organisational needs by driving fast, highquality development, maintaining reliable environments, and supporting DevOps practices. Ensuring CRM and Marketing platforms deliver an excellent user experience while maintaining data integrity. These platforms include: Migrating from Siebel to Salesforce (go-live May 2026). Marketing platforms currently include, but are not limited to: Adobe Campaign and Taxi for Email). Collaborating with the Head of Product Portfolio and the CRM and Marketing teams to deliver their priorities while ensuring strong governance, platform reliability, efficient delivery, and alignment with Engineering and Data strategies. Leading the team in transitioning from the legacy Siebel monolith to Salesforce and the future marketing platform, coaching them, maintaining morale, and developing the skills needed to ensure effective adoption of the new platforms. Collaborating with implementation partners to ensure the new platforms meet Cancer Research UKs needs, involve the team throughout delivery, and ensure effective knowledge transfer to avoid longterm dependency. Defining and delivering CRM and Marketing aspects of the Engineering Strategy. This will involve: Optimising delivery by improving throughput and quality, embedding DevOps tools and practices, and applying Agile methods. Continuously improving CRM and Marketing platform availability, stability, and resilience by reducing technical debt, strengthening support processes, addressing recurring pain points, and ensuring the customer voice informs team priorities. Line Management: Line-managing and leading the CRM Engineering team (c.5 direct and c.3 indirect reports across Development, Environments and Support). Coaching the team to build the skills and capabilities needed for their career growth and transition from Siebel to Salesforce. Creating an inclusive and high-performing team culture that recognises success and retains talent within the team and wider function. Setting clear objectives and KPIs for the team, ensuring to recognise success and address under-performance. What skills will I need? Experienced engineering leader who has developed, managed, and motivated technical development and support teams in large, complex organisations. Significant experience transforming, modernising, and integrating CRM platforms in hybrid onpremise and cloud/SaaS environments (ideally Siebel to Salesforce). Has a successful track record of managing and transforming the development and operation of enterprise-grade platforms. Knowledge of engineering best practices, architecture, and DevOps culture, tools and processes, and their application to CRM platform engineering. Expert knowledge of engineering best practices with experience applying different development methodologies (such as Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, and Kanban, etc.). Proven experience delivering robust incident management, disaster recovery, and highavailability platforms. Strong people management and coaching skills with experience driving change and leading and motivating teams in navigating ambiguity and responding to evolving business needs. Has successfully built credible and collaborative technical and non-technical stakeholder relationships with the ability to explain complex technical issues, balance competing priorities, and influence technical decisions (including Marketing teams and senior leadership). Has some knowledge and experience of Marketing technologies and Adobe. Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do. Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism Human: Act to have a positive impact on people Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively Were looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer. If youre interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience wed still love to hear from you. What will I gain? We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work-life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals. You can explore our benefits by visiting our careers web page. Additional Information For more information about working with us please visit our website or contact us at recruitment@cancer.org.uk. For more updates on our work and careers, follow us on: LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube. Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented. We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen. Please contact recruitment@cancer.org.uk or 020 3469 8400 as soon as possible. Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks. Were the worlds leading cancer charity, dedicated to saving and improving lives with our research. We work to reduce the impact of cancer on peoples day-to-day lives through our research, influence and information. We are beating cancer step by step, day by day. Our work means that people with cancer live better lives through earlier diagnosis and kinder, more effective treatments. Find a purposeful career that will empower you to grow and collaborate with like-minded experts.