Software Development Manager

Are you an inspiring leader with a passion for guiding high-performing teams? We are looking for a Software Development Manager to lead one or more agile development teams in the design, development, and maintenance of our product portfolio.

Working closely with our Software Architect and Product Management, you'll translate diverse requirements into clear, prioritised backlogs and oversee the delivery of high-quality, reliable products. You'll play a key role in planning and reporting against delivery schedules, managing agile ceremonies, and fostering a positive, accountable team culture.

With responsibility for team performance, development, and domain knowledge sharing, this is a pivotal role in driving innovation and ensuring successful, on-time delivery across multiple projects.

About the role:

We are excited to offer an excellent opportunity for a talented, driven, and engaging individual to play a key role in supporting our continued growth.

The Software Development Manager will be a key member of the Software Development team and will be responsible for delivering products on time, ensuring they meet the standards expected by our worldwide customer base.

With an ability to continually drive the team forward, this role leads multiple software delivery teams, ensures process is embedded and used optimally to deliver software products against committed delivery dates.

What you'll do:

• Responsible for providing management and leadership to one or more development teams, who will be working on the design and development of new products and maintenance of the existing product line.
• Working closely with the Software Architect you and your team will develop new products in accordance with agreed requirements and design specifications, ensuring a high level of product quality and reliability.
• Work closely with Product Management, Software Architect and Product Owners (also in the R&D team) to distil (often disparate) requirements into Features and Product Backlog Items suitable for feeding into multiple agile development teams.
• Accountable for ensuring team backlogs are visible, clear and prioritised to maximise output and value of the development teams.
• Accountable for the estimation of development activities and the creation and management of a delivery plan, to ensure on-time delivery.
• Clear and open reporting of progress against the delivery plan.
• Responsible for managing the agile development process, including facilitating the daily stand-up, sprint planning, sprint review and retrospective, to ensure on-time delivery of development programs.
• Work with and develop the team, by setting a good example in all areas (commitment to timescales, positive attitude etc.).
• Responsible for the performance management and career progression of teams of software/firmware developers and testers.
• Demonstrate domain knowledge and share this across the team(s).

Do you have experience in Software development?, * Broad and extensive knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle process and its supporting technologies.

• Experience of managing, leading and motivating software engineering teams, particularly in an Agile environment.
• Strong ability to build inclusive, high-performing teams, with excellent communication and conflict-resolution skills.
• Able to demonstrate excellent problem-solving and risk management skills.
• Must have the ability to successfully engage with managers and stakeholders at all levels within the business.
• Excellent listening, written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-managing to meet demands across multiple teams wherever possible.

It would be desirable for you to have:

• Experience using JIRA (or similar tool).
• Exposure to Aha!
• Exposure to Embedded technology software development practices and tools.
• Scrum certificate.
• SAFe certified.
• AgilePM or similar.

We take care of everyone. What makes us tick is our people. Our people are everything. The VITEC benefits package goes above and beyond, focusing on your physical, emotional and social wellbeing. You can find out more about the benefits we offer from the HR Contact in Country.

VITEC is a market-leading provider of IPTV, digital signage and video streaming technologies that help organisations harness the power of video to communicate, educate and entertain. VITEC is a pioneer in the design and manufacture of hardware and software for video encoding, decoding, transcoding, archiving and streaming over IP. Our end-to-end video streaming solutions enable customers to capture TV and video content directly from any source and manage its delivery, as channels or within digital signage screens, to any connected device via an existing network. From corporate, broadcast and venues, to accommodation, government and military, VITEC has global expertise in delivering complex, proAV solutions. VITEC's award-winning IPTV platform is a powerful suite of services for content management, digital signage, video archiving, and video wall processing. Our encode/decode solutions are 100% hardware based, including PCIe cards with SDK for custom design or OEM for high-performance video systems. Headquartered in Paris, France, we have a global reach through our offices across the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Making a difference with green initiatives, VITEC is the first Zero Carbon MPEG company and encourages customers to buy GreenPEG for continued environmental efforts to reduce greenhouse gases. Why work for VITEC? People Our people come first. Our teams are dynamic and inclusive and each person in every team is unique and valued. We are big on autonomy and empowering individuals to make a difference. Work/life balance When you thrive, we thrive. Work- life balance is the key to a rewarding career. As you grow and develop, you'll discover the tools, culture, and opportunities to help personalise your career journey, so it's as unique and ambitious as you are. Hybrid and flexible working options are available too, where possible. Growth Potential Working internationally with our team of experts means an always learning approach and there are lots of ways to play, problem solve and create. This growth will continue; innovation and evolution are key. Our growth is phenomenal - check out our company timeline and corporate overview - our future direction is clear. Diversity and Inclusion Diversity, inclusiveness, and your career are vital to our success. Your point of view matters and you deserve to feel included. We empower you to use your voice and talents to help others find theirs. Whoever you are, we believe your uniqueness helps us stand apart. Team Culture Our inclusive corporate culture provides opportunities to grow your career. Our people create great work in a relaxed way, regardless of where their workstation is located. Small teams mean your efforts and the great decision you make every day are seen. We've created a great team environment, with regular meetups for team collaborations and to share fun times together as well.