Senior Software Engineering Manager

We're looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineering Manager to lead technical delivery for large-scale, transformational projects. In this role, you'll drive the activities of multiple application delivery teams across diverse technologies.

You'll oversee multi-disciplinary engineering teams and take overall accountability for both internal resources and outsourced development partners in a dynamic environment. This is a leadership role where you'll instil a continuous improvement culture, championing best practice software development principles and modern agile methodologies.

With responsibility for a development budget of up to £2-3 million per annum and teams of 20-30+ engineers plus Matrix partners, you'll be the bridge between technical delivery and senior business stakeholders, representing the engineering function at the highest levels.

What you'll be doing

• Lead and manage multiple application delivery teams through Design, Build, Test and Deployment phases
• Drive quality and timely delivery of technology change across numerous workstreams to support programme delivery
• Liaise between delivery teams and senior business and IT stakeholders to agree priorities and manage risks, issues and dependencies
• Champion modern Agile-centric best practices and be an expert advocate of the latest development and delivery techniques
• Manage team capacity effectively, ensuring efficient allocation of both in-house and external resources and skills
• Recruit, manage and develop in-house engineering talent across a range of technical roles
• Manage internal and external development budgets, collating project estimates and ensuring appropriate budget control
• Participate in key governance and programme bodies relevant to the role
• Drive continuous software integration and continuous delivery practices across your teams
• Manage major outsource teams and associated risks effectively

Essential experience:

• Proven track record of delivering significant technology initiatives at scale
• Experience leading internal and external development teams of 20+ in size
• Track record of software development in a large-scale environment
• Experience of working in a Matrix model combining in-house software and packaged solution development
• Experience driving 3rd party development teams
• Background in connecting day-to-day activities to company strategy and vision

Technical knowledge and skills:

• Strong knowledge of Agile development techniques and Project management (SCRUM, SAFe etc.)
• Up to date knowledge of IT and industry trends
• Understanding of continuous software integration and continuous software delivery
• Knowledge of software development cycles and approaches
• Good working knowledge of solutions deployed in financial services is advantageous
• Exposure to digital and SaaS offerings across a broad spectrum

Leadership capabilities:

• Excellent relationship builder with strong delivery focus
• Proven ability to drive multi-discipline software development teams
• Ability to prioritise competing business demands and negotiate delivery timeframes
• Tenacious and creative problem solver who can overcome project and technical challenges
• Experience managing team and individual performance to achieve set objectives
• Ability to spot, select and develop talent with performance coaching Embedded