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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Technical Team Lead - **Company:** PurpleSector - **Location:** Thursley, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Information Technology - **Published:** September 9, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2856360371-technical-team-lead ## About the Role * Strong experience leading customer-facing technical projects * Degree in a relevant discipline, i.e. Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or qualified by equivalent industry experience * Experience of working within a consultancy environment is beneficial * Comfortable working across disciplines (engineering, data, software) * Experience managing and developing people * Strong communication - able to simplify complexity * Commercial awareness and pragmatic decision-making * Ability to identify and shape opportunities with customers, * You prefer narrow, clearly defined roles * You want to focus only on delivery or only on people * You are uncomfortable with ambiguity and fast iteration * You are not interested in AI as part of how work gets done ## Description * Own delivery of projects end-to-end (scope, plan, execution, outcomes) * Work directly with customers to define problems and shape solutions * Lead proposals, estimates, and delivery planning * Manage risks, dependencies, and commercial performance * Make pragmatic trade-offs between speed, cost, and scalability Accountable for delivering value, not just completing work * MANAGE AND DEVELOP A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM * Line manage a team of up to ~7 people across disciplines * Run 1:1s, support development, and manage performance * Build a high-trust, high-performance team environment * Balance delivery, development, and utilisation You build teams that deliver and improve over time * DRIVE GROWTH WITHIN YOUR DOMAIN * Identify and develop opportunities within customer engagements * Expand successful work across client organisations (additional sites, teams, or use cases) * Act as a clear point of contact for Business Development within your domain * Contribute to proposals and commercial development * Contribute to improving delivery efficiency over time Own product thinking within your domain - grounded in delivery * OWN PRODUCT THINKING WITHIN YOUR DOMAIN * Take responsibility for a defined but evolving area of our technical offering * Combine technical capability with real-world application to create value * Identify where delivery work can become repeatable, scalable approaches * Shape these into reusable plays, methods, and assets * Assess commercial viability - not just technical interest * Collaborate with other teams where capabilities overlap or extend Domains evolve through delivery, collaboration, and opportunity * WORK WITH TECHNICAL LEADERS * Partner with Chief Engineers on solution architecture * Work with Technical Community Leads on standards, skills, and capability * Ensure delivery aligns with best practice and evolving capability, * AI is part of how we deliver - not a separate activity * You actively use AI tools in your day-to-day work * You look for ways AI can improve delivery and customer outcomes * You are curious about how AI changes how work is done ## Related Videos - [AI PowerPlay: Building High-Impact Teams & Transformative Solutions](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1005-ai-powerplay-building-high-impact-teams-transformative-solutions) - [The Avengers Initiative (Practical Ethics for Software Engineers)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2070-the-avengers-initiative-practical-ethics-for-software-engineers) - [Enabling intelligent logistics automation: home-grown Industrial IoT platform at Austrian Post](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2018-enabling-intelligent-logistics-automation-home-grown-industrial-iot-platform-at-austrian-post) - [Edit Your Future: Queerverse Radical AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/909-edit-your-future-queerverse-radical-ai) - [Official Opening of WeAreDevelopers World Congress 2026](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100000-official-opening-of-wearedevelopers-world-congress-2026) - [It's not easy being green](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/558-it-s-not-easy-being-green) ## Related Articles - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer) - [Should Tech Managers Be Developers First? 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