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Head of Applications and Development
Rate - £850 (a day)
Duration - 3 months (Initially)
Location - London (Hybrid)
IR35 - INSIDE (Must be via an Umbrella Company)
As our Head of Applications & Development, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping our software landscape and systems strategy. Your expertise will assist in delivering our digital transformation programme, ensuring reliable and effective technology solutions.
You're accountable for:
Lead our Application & Development teams:
Software development and supporting teams for ERP & Case Management
Technical Application support & Development
IA/ML
Knowledge Management
Analysing business requirements and collaborating with partnership organisations to recommend software solutions, and evolving capabilities that will deliver organisational goals.
Owning & delivering the demand, development cycle for our case management systems, focusing on performance and quality
Overseeing the performance of our Application Ecosystem, working with Transformation and business partners to develop a transparent and clear technical roadmap, underpinned by business benefits
Developing technical controls and engagement structures for development cycles, Ensuring that projects adhere to design specifications, implementation requirements, and quality standards.
Assist in coordination and planning for our cross functional engineering resources, including Product Discovery, Delivery, QA, and DevOps
Managing external support partners, system specialists, Testing teams, and develop partnerships: providing guidance, mentorship, and performance evaluation.
Develop & communicate a plan to optimise and the use of our Cloud system landscape
Collaborate with other leaders within Casework Product and Supporting systems to grow and evolve our engineering Governance, tools, and processes
Foster a culture of best practices in all aspects of software engineering including delivery of benefits, development costs, potential revenue, and associated risks
Demonstrate an unwavering commitment to the highest quality in delivery of system change and test
Creating and managing budgets to ensure projects and systems stay within financial parameters
Own our software risk management process and remediation plans
Working with our Security teams ensure we minimise risk, maturing Cyber and Information Governance, system controls
Your experience includes:
A bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, software engineering, or a related field is typically required.
5 years + track record of building and managing successful software delivery teams, particularly in Azure Dynamics.
Demonstrated ability to create application development strategies founded on agile principles, and effectively execute initiatives to mature and develop teams in adoption
5+ years of experience in enterprise systems integration and best practices in the context of cloud platforms application development, with Expert Proficiency in Microsoft Dynamics 365
Demonstrable experience working with enterprise architecture and interface design, proven success in translating architectural design into complex software solutions
Experience in managing programmes to deliver machine learning and business process automation
Experience in working within the Finance & Legal sectors preferred
Excellent communication, analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen customer focus, capable of presenting technical solutions to customer, investors and other stakeholders
