Primary Details

• Location: London / Leeds

• Type: Permanent, full time

• Hybrid role, happy to talk flexible working

The Opportunity:  

We're looking for a dynamic and experienced Infrastructure Engineering Manager to lead a team of technical experts aligned to the Connected Workplace technology domain, made up of Workplace, Unified Comms and Networks. This is a pivotal people leadership role, focused on enabling collaboration, driving consistent working practices, facilitating strategic decisions, and developing high-performing individuals across a global team.

Your New Role:  

• Lead and develop a high-performing team across Workplace Services, Unified Comms & Collaboration, and Networks, ensuring capability and capacity align with business demand.

• Act as a key escalation and decision point, guiding risk management practices and reporting critical IT risks to leadership.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with both Group and Divisional teams to drive alignment, process improvements, help shape strategic direction and ensure effective service delivery.

• Ensure that documentation is complete, of high-quality and is shared appropriately to stakeholder groups across the enterprise.

• Oversee the performance and quality of third-party providers and internal services, ensuring consistent service levels and adherence to SLAs.

• Drive efficiencies within your technical scope through consolidation of products where possible

• Manage financial awareness within the team—forecasting needs, reviewing costs, and applying a commercial lens to technology planning.

• Communicate complex decisions and processes clearly to stakeholders, building understanding and trust across a diverse global audience.

About you:   

 Our idea candidate for this role will possess:

• Proven experience as a people manager within a large, complex, or global organisation.

• Strong collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills, with a patient and process-guiding approach.

• A robust understanding of enterprise IT infrastructure, preferably across workplace services, unified comms and networks.

• Ability to navigate and manage the demands of a global, cross-time-zone role.

• Financially literate with the ability to consider cost implications in technical planning.

• Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams and driving cross-functional outcomes.

• Adaptable leadership style that supports a diverse and varied team of professionals.

Why QBE? At My Best  

At QBE, we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best, that’s why we have created “At My Best”. It’s our connection, our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesn’t fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. It’s in the culture of our business, our QBE DNA, to support our people. Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA.  

We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner. We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.? 

QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job, we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation (https://careers/flex-qbe/). 

With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate, and kind.  

To find out more about why you should work for QBE, visit our careers website. 

At My Best - QBE Benefits  

You are more than your work – and QBE is more than a workplace, which is why we provide you with the benefits, support and flexibility to help you concentrate on living your best life personally and professionally.  As well as the benefits below we also offer an extensive choice of other options to suit you!  

• 30 days holiday a year with the option to buy up to 2 additional days. 

• Flexible working - balancing work and life is important so our flexible working opportunities are open to all, this can include part-time, job share and compressed hours. 

• Pension – you are automatically enrolled into the QBE pension plan, which entitles you to receive employer contributions of 10% of your basic salary. 

• Private medical insurance – we fund fully comprehensive private medical cover for you and all the family.  

• Family friendly policies – we offer 26 weeks leave at full pay regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation or how you become a parent. 

• Short term remote work abroad - you can request up to 20 days per year to work remotely from certain locations abroad. 

• Sustainable investing - we believe sustainable integration is important for long term financial, environmental, and social outcomes. Our pension strategy supports our net-zero goal to achieve year-on-year reductions in carbon footprint, by investing more in green businesses than the broader market, so your savings are looking after the planet's future, as well as your own. 

• Cycle-to-Work – benefit from regular exercise whilst making your commute greener and cheaper, select and bike and/or accessories up to the value of £5,000. 

To find out more visit our  Reward Page 

QBE Awards  

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