Technology Graduate Executive

Closing Date of Applications 13/02/2026

September 2026 Intake

• Assessment Centre in Manchester - Early April 2026
• Second Stage Interviews (Virtual) - May 2026
• Final Interviews in Manchester - Late May 2026

Established in 2013, City Football Group is the worlds leading private owner and operator of football clubs, with total or partial ownership of thirteen clubs across the world. City Football Group also invests in other football related businesses and serves as a global commercial platform for our partners, whilst fulfilling our purpose of empowering better lives through football on a local and global scale,consistent with what City football has meant to people for over a century.

Our purpose is to empower better lives through football. We are proud of the role City Football Group clubs play in their localities, delivering positive economic, social and environmental impact through our operations and through programmes and activities that bring about meaningful, lasting change.

The City Football Graduate Programme is designed to build core capability and skills to platform you for a successful technology and software engineering career within our organisation. Each placement is designed to develop key skills, knowledge and behaviours that will support the business and your long‑term career.

You will work across selected Technology teams contributing directly on the development and delivery of strategic projects, technology initiatives and delivery of software. The programme provides experience of working in a leading global sporting organisation and the opportunity to see and feel what the industry has to offer. Whilst being supported through in‑role development and on‑rotation mentoring, the role is perfectly placed to experience and contribute to a high‑performance culture.

Over a two‑year period, you will undertake an initial induction and onboarding period followed by 4 rotations into different departments within City Football Groups Technology functions: each rotation lasting approximately 6 months. Your final placement is intended to be a route into a permanent role within the Group, having honed your skills and experience to launch a successful career in Technology at City Football Group.

City Football Groups Technology Departments are tightly integrated into the operations of the company and span across several core innovation areas:
Fan Technology Solutions;
Football Technology Solutions;
Business Technology Solutions;
Insights, Intelligence and Analytics;
Infrastructure and Service Delivery;
Architecture; and Cyber Security.

City Football Group have some unique benefits such as free breakfast and lunches as well as free access to the running club, padel court, onsite yoga and bootcamp. All of which are situated on campus with modern and collaborative working spaces and free car parking.

The core benefits package includes 26 days holiday plus your birthday, private medical insurance, employer pension contribution, private health insurance, dental plan, cycle to work scheme, give as you earn and life assurance. There are also lifestyle and partnership discounts on offer.

• Software Development:
  You will design, build and maintain software solutions that power fan-facing, football and business platforms. This includes working with modern software architectures, APIs and cloud‑native services, applying engineering best practices such as version control, automated testing, CI/CD and code reviews. You will contribute production‑quality code and learn how to build scalable, secure and maintainable systems.
• Data Analytics, Insights and Engineering:
  You will learn how to analyse large sets of data to uncover hidden patterns and insights. This will involve using statistical techniques, machine learning algorithms and data visualisation tools. You will gain hand‑on experience in manipulating and cleaning data using programming languages such as Python and SQL.
• Technology Project Planning & Management:
  You will learn how to support and ensure the smooth delivery of technology projects in a large and complex business. This will involve…