Technical Platform Manager

Job Details

Technical Platform Manager

Location: UK Remote/Hybrid

Contract: Permanent

About Verian

Verian is a purpose-led consultancy company, delivering high-impact projects that shape public policy and drive social change, from education to health, crime to energy.

With teams in 15 countries, we work with governments, regulators, and charities to help them make better decisions and improve lives. Operating globally, we have offices across Europe, Asia Pacific, and the United States.

Our Technology team is small, collaborative, and highly visible. We work across the organisation driving our technology roadmap and delivering solutions for both internal teams and clients.  If you enjoy variety and seeing the real impact of your work, this is the team for you!

About the Role

As a Technical Platform Manager, you’ll own and evolve the platforms used across Verian, ensuring they’re well-designed, integrated, secure, and effectively used.

You’ll advise colleagues on best practice, support solution design, and help articulate our technical capabilities in proposals.

What You'll Do

• Own and develop expertise across our data platforms
• Improve platform usage and performance
• Define and manage consistent, maintainable integration patterns
• Collaborate with engineers to design & deliver integrations
• Ensure security, compliance and best practices 
• Support roadmap planning and continuous improvement
• Act as the main point of contact for platform vendors
• Coordinate technical troubleshooting, release planning, and incident management
• Support proposals with clear technical input

What You'll Bring

• Strong background in platform, systems or engineering role ideally in a research or consultancy environment 
• Experience with API‑driven integrations, data flows, platform configuration, and technical troubleshooting
• Ability to translate technical capabilities into business‑aligned solutions
• Strong communication skills with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders
• Experience working in complex, multi-team environment

Nice to have:

• Experience with Qualtrics or similar data/survey platforms
• Familiarity with Azure, Databricks, or similar
• Understanding of security and data protection

Why Verian?

• Supportive, collaborative environment
• Flexible, hybrid working
• Real opportunities to grow and develop

Ready to make an impact? We’d love to hear from you!

Apply online today, and if your profile matches, we’ll be in touch for an initial exploratory interview.

We encourage applications from all sections of society and provide reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities throughout the application and interview process.

Learn more about us at veriangroup.com