Head of Development - #1705868
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Date: 6 hours ago
City: London
Contract type: Full time
Work schedule: Full day
Key Responsibilities:
- Team Leadership: Manage and inspire the development and test teams, fostering a culture of diversity, inclusion, and alignment with organisational values.
- People Management: Set objectives, provide mentoring, and support career development for team members.
- Partner Management: Oversee strategic partnerships with outsourced resource augmentation vendors to drive innovation and cost efficiency.
- Portfolio Delivery: Collaborate with stakeholders to plan and deliver solutions aligned with business strategy, ensuring effective prioritisation and interdependency management.
- Development Practices: Select and implement best-practice delivery approaches (Agile or Waterfall) while ensuring compliance with IT policies.
- Solution Design: Guide the specification and design of applications, leveraging external expertise where needed.
- Continuous Improvement: Drive the adoption of new tools, methods, and processes to enhance team efficiency and effectiveness.
- Proven career progression from developer to development management.
- Deep knowledge of application architectures and the Azure Full Stack (including Power Platform).
- Experience leading geographically dispersed teams, including permanent, contract, and outsourced staff.
- Strong track record of building partnerships with business stakeholders to solve problems through technology.
- Expertise in cloud-native environments and Agile/DevOps practices.
- Demonstrated ability to evolve team culture in line with organisational transformation.
- Microsoft Development and/or Azure certification.
- Agile methodology certifications.
- Degree in IT, computer science, or a related field.
- Background in Private Markets, Asset Management, or Financial Services.
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