Hybrid Head of Software Development

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About the role

  • Provide technical leadership and management of the development teams
  • Ensure the successful delivery of software
  • Ensure effective team performance in a supportive and collaborative environment
  • Manage a team of 4-8 people
  • Lead in the management of technical debt and continually appraise technical risks
  • Ensure business messages are effectively communicated to the development teams

Requirements

  • Degree in a relevant subject
  • At least 5 years working in the software development industry
  • At least 3 years leading technical teams and line management
  • Demonstrable experience of current web programming concepts and technologies (ideally .NET, C#, and Angular)
  • Familiarity with cloud technologies (preferably Azure)
  • Experience of agile and waterfall methodologies
  • Experience with Scrum and Kanban
  • Track record of successful line management covering mentoring, motivating, objective setting, training, and performance management
  • Experience of recruiting, writing job descriptions, short listing, and interviewing
  • Demonstrable experience of delivering technical work within time and budget constraints
  • Excellent understanding of the software development lifecycle

Benefits

  • Foster a culture of continual improvement with ongoing personal development
  • Work with team members with regular 1-to-1s to identify training and progression opportunities
  • Maintain a good culture within the team and beyond, ensuring that a positive attitude, fairness and recognition are promoted whilst protecting the team from burnout and undue stress
  • Provide the team with high-level technical guidance
  • Ensure appropriate tools, technology, and processes are in place
  • Work closely with the IT & Data team to ensure smooth DevOps practices and continual improvement of our cyber security posture

Job title

Head of Software Development

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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