Application Lead

La Fosse
Birmingham, United Kingdom
5 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 50K

Job location

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Working Model 2D
low-code

Job description

  • Oversee the day-to-day stability, performance, and security of key Savings applications.
  • Act as the primary escalation point for incidents and problems, restoring service quickly and leading thorough root-cause analysis.
  • Work closely with Delivery, Product, Technical Leads, and third-party partners in a true "one-team" model.
  • Mature support processes, documentation, monitoring and alerting to improve operational resilience.
  • Use data, service metrics, and trends to identify improvements and prevent repeat issues.
  • Balance customer impact, risk, and value when prioritising work and making decisions.

Requirements

You will bring:

  • Strong technical and leadership experience supporting and managing IT applications - ideally within financial services or mobile environments.
  • Experience improving support processes, monitoring, communications, and service reliability.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, working effectively across IT, business, and supplier teams.
  • A proactive mindset and structured problem-solving approach, using data to drive sustainable improvements.
  • A people-focused attitude that supports team development and fosters a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
  • Experience with low-code platforms is desirable but not essential.

Working Model

  • Hybrid working - ideally West Midlands based, w(flexible based on team needs).
  • Remote candidates may also be considered.

Benefits & conditions

This organisation offers a highly competitive package, including:

  • 25-30 days holiday + birthday, Christmas Eve & New Year's Eve off
  • Share save scheme
  • Profit-related pay
  • Up to 10% pension contribution

Interested?

If you're passionate about application support, enjoy improving processes, and want to join a growing, people-focused organisation - we'd love to hear from you.

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