About the role
The IT Systems Development Team Leader will lead the Development and Digital services team which supports our existing portfolio of applications, delivers upgrades and introduces new products in line with the business demand.
Main Responsibilities
* Manages the Team that develop and support business applications, solutions and platforms.
* Ensures the appropriate environments and processes are in place to enable all development and testing to be carried out without impacting Production environments.
* Develops a Team that has the appropriate skills, tools and environments needed to create, enhance and configure products and services in line with appropriate methodologies and agreed standards.
* Maintains the definitive portfolio of Technology Services provided to the business, articulating the business needs each service meets and the outcomes it supports.
* Governs Team system, component & process documentation.
* Builds a culture of continuous improvement across the Team, including advancements to software development methods, growing & strengthening Team skills through targeted learning, promoting excellence through quality & robustness of deliverables and improving delivery turnarounds.
* Defines and enhances methodologies and practices for the application life cycle management in line industry standards and practical experience of continuous improvement.
* Develops and manages a detailed transition and implementation approach to minimise operational disruption.
* Implements Agile, ITIL and DevOps frameworks and ensures Team processes, roles and responsibilities align to these methodologies. Ensures compliance with the existing security standards and policies is included in all aspects of development lifecycle and application management.
* Works with the IT Infrastructure Team to implement and manage application product roadmaps, status reporting, metrics and benchmarks.
* Responsible for ensuring that sufficient testing of solutions has taken place to minimise any disruption during transition to live
* Monitors changes in business strategy, vision, or approaches in the wider organisation to maintain alignment of the Technology portfolio.
* Manages relationships with business stakeholders, vendors and service providers to ensure they cost-effectively meet the needs of the organisation.
Skills/Behaviors/Experience
* Excellent understanding and awareness of technology.
* DevOps experience is desirable .
* Knowledge and experience of Cloud technologies (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) .
* Effective stakeholder engagement .
* Can visualise Business needs and requirements .
* Knowledge of development techniques and programming language s.
* Good understanding of infrastructure & application landscapes.
* Proven track record in Service Introduction & Integration, Demand Management and Change Delivery .
* Strong familiarity with quality and risk management concepts, reporting and monitoring.
* Proven track record of managing multiple projects.