Development Team Manager (Web development)

Our web team designs, builds, and maintains bespoke web applications. Much of our work focuses on improving and extending existing systems, alongside greenfield projects built from the ground up.

We work primarily with PHP, JavaScript, and React, taking a pragmatic approach to choosing the right tools for each job. Collaboration, quality, and doing things properly are central to how we work.

Find out more about web development at Propel Tech on our website.

What you'll do

Technical leadership and delivery

• Act as the technical representative in client meetings, building trust through clear communication and sound advice
• Lead and support a team delivering work for multiple clients and systems
• Develop deep understanding of client platforms and proactively suggest improvements
• Stay hands-on with development to maintain strong technical capability
• Work closely with a Client Delivery Manager to plan, prioritise, and deliver work
• Support presales activity, including solution scoping and proposal input

People leadership and development

• Monitor delivery quality and team performance, addressing issues early
• Provide feedback, coaching, and mentoring through one-to-ones and code reviews
• Support career development and learning goals across the team
• Encourage good process adherence and continuous improvement
• Set and uphold high standards in code quality, performance, and maintainability
• Use learning time to explore new tools and technologies, including AI

"We're looking for someone who's technically strong, confident with clients, and proactive in improving systems. If you're also passionate about supporting a team and driving quality, we'd love to hear from you."

Do you have experience in React?, * Strong hands-on experience in full stack web development (PHP, JavaScript, React)

• Ability to quickly understand and evaluate existing systems
• Experience working on business-critical applications
• Confidence leading technical discussions with clients
• Experience mentoring or leading others in a technical environment
• Focus on quality, performance, and continuous improvement
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
• Experience delivering solutions for external clients or managing multiple concurrent projects (desirable)
• Familiarity with cloud technologies, especially AWS (desirable)

• £60,000 - £75,000 salary, depending on experience
• Monthly performance-related bonus opportunities
• Flexible hybrid working, typically just a few in-office days per month
• 10% of your time dedicated to learning and development
• Private medical insurance, share scheme, buy/sell holiday, and more

Find out more about our comprehensive benefits package on our careers site., * Your team delivers consistently high-quality work and continues to develop

• Delivery risks are identified early and managed effectively
• You balance being hands-on with empowering others

Join Propel Tech as a Development Team Manager and become a trusted technical voice for our clients. You'll guide technical decisions, improve delivery quality, and support a talented web development team working across multiple client systems. This role suits a hands-on developer who enjoys variety, problem-solving, and combining technical leadership with people development and client collaboration. You'll work with autonomy, see the impact of your decisions first-hand, and help both clients and team members succeed. At Propel Tech, our consultants balance project work with ongoing system support across different industries and technologies. You'll be comfortable switching context, adapting to different client needs, and finding practical solutions in fast-moving environments. Why Propel Tech? We're a friendly, forward-thinking software consultancy that thrives on solving complex challenges. You'll work across a range of clients, industries, and technologies in a collaborative environment where knowledge sharing is part of everyday life and your contribution genuinely makes a difference. Hear what it's like to work for Propel Tech direct from our employees on our careers site.