Head of Software Engineering – Corporate HR

慨正橡扯 • london, england • Posted June 29, 2026

About the Role

Head of Software Engineering – Corporate HR

Location

London / Hybrid (UK)

Function

Technology – Central Tech (Corporate HR)

Reports to

Senior Head of Software Engineering (Central Tech)

Direct Reports

4–5 Engineering Managers

Overview

As Head of Software Engineering – Corporate HR, you will lead the engineering teams responsible for a broad and integration-heavy HR technology estate that supports the full colleague lifecycle at M&S, from recruitment through to payroll, reward, learning and workforce management.

You will be accountable for the engineering strategy, quality, reliability and operability of a landscape built around key enterprise platforms including Oracle PeopleSoft, SD Worx, Oleeo and Totara, with a large number of supporting specialist systems and third-party services across recruitment, colleague interaction, reward and wellbeing, learning, analytics, payroll and workforce ma...