Location: Brighton | Salary: Negotiable |
Sector: IT & Telecoms | Specialism: |
Type: Permanent | Contact: Nick Walmisley |
Software Development Manager
If you have prior experience managing a Software Development environment then this role could be ideal for you. This position will require you to ensure software development activities are delivered efficiently, on-time and to scope. It will also be about providing leadership and line management to a team of in-house developers and ensures appropriate processes, toolsets and governance are implemented.
Principal Responsibilities/Duties
- Work together with the department head to plan and execute software projects
- Ensure that development team have appropriate specifications, direction and resources to deliver effectively
- Ensure career pathways for all team members are mapped out, while selecting and retaining an appropriate balance of skills and experience in the team
- Deliver plans on schedule and to expectations, working exceptions proactively to minimise slippage or overruns
- Work with department head and business stakeholders to ensure business outcomes are effectively met by software deliveries in a predictable manner
- Establish and maintain standards and metrics which are applied across the software development organisation in support of continuous improvement
- Work with other members of the management team to embed Agile practices and facilitate predictable, rapid delivery of business benefit
- Willingness/ability to remain hands-on & get into the detail of software deliveries
Essential Skills
- Previous management experience within software development environment
- Experience building and growing capability within a team, including previous experience of handling employee reviews, consultations, and improvement plans
- Development experience within a LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
- Sprint planning and leadership/delivery
- Monitoring and reporting on progress to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Experience in working in an agile development team (scrum)
- Experience of billing systems (Telecoms, MSP, ICT)
- Experience of customer management systems
- Experience with Laravel
- Process development
- 3rd party integration and APIs
This is a role that will offer the chance to work for a great organisation that can offer you a great long-term career.
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