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Our Story
At Radar Healthcare, we’re dedicated to improving patient safety by bringing together the expertise of healthcare professionals and the power of intuitive software. Our innovative platform has been developed in partnership with industry experts to ensure organisations always meet regulatory standards – making it easier than ever for healthcare providers to deliver top-quality care to their patients.
Be a part of something bigger...
Our Story
At Radar Healthcare, we’re dedicated to improving patient safety by bringing together the expertise of healthcare professionals and the power of intuitive software. Our innovative platform has been developed in partnership with industry experts to ensure organisations always meet regulatory standards – making it easier than ever for healthcare providers to deliver top-quality care to their patients.
We’re on a mission to become a world-leading health-tech pioneer, and we know that we can only achieve this with the help of talented individuals like you. If you’re passionate about improving healthcare outcomes and want to work in a team of like-minded individuals, we invite you to join us on our journey.
So if you’re up for an exciting challenge and want to be part of a team that’s making a real impact, we’d love to hear from you!
Our Values
At Radar Healthcare, we are all proud of our values-led, open, supportive and inclusive culture. It's just as important that anyone joining our friendly team share the same values as us, to ensure we're all on the same page from day one, so we're looking for people who feel aligned to the following:
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Open, honest and transparent
Innovative
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Our People & Culture
At Radar Healthcare, we understand and celebrate the fact that our people are our best assets! We are proud to showcase our diverse and passionate talent that encapsulates our vision, purpose and values in our shared mission of innovation in healthcare. We’re an ambitious but caring team, and so supporting our colleagues and partners is always a top priority. Not to mention, we’re not all work and no play – we love getting together to celebrate our achievements together in various settings, whether it be our winter and summer socials, our people-led full company days, team get togethers or simply just interacting and supporting one another over coffee breaks either remotely or in person at our amazing Leeds office.
We're also super proud to be Great Place to Work-Certified, based on outstanding feedback directly from our team earlier this year, with 91% of the team agreeing that they "would strongly endorse my company to friends and family as a great place to work" ????????
The Opportunity
Radar Healthcare's new Head of Platform
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Head of Platform to lead our Platform Engineering and DevOps function, including Operational Support, as we transition into a modern, cloud-native operating environment. This is a pivotal role in driving the evolution of our global SaaS infrastructure and product, ensuring we deliver a secure, robust, scalable, and flexible platform to support our customers and users.
What you’ll be doing to make a difference:
Platform Leadership
* Lead and manage a team of technical leaders and engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence.
* Own a strategic roadmap for the platform team that connects activities to strategic goals agreed with the CTO
Operational Excellence
* Ensure adherence to the highest platform security standards.
* Cloud cost optimisation and management in Azure and complementary SaaS systems
* Design and implement next-gen logging practices.
Cloud Native Transformation
* Support and guide the team on their cloud journey, advancing their skills and practices in Azure - embracing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and ephemeral environments.
* Develop and implement strategies to enhance DevOps maturity, promoting high levels of automation and continuous improvement.
DevEx and DevSecOps Leadership
* Collaborate closely with the Engineering team to align platform capabilities with their transition from Scrum to a more agile, high-frequency release cycle.
* Champion DevSecOps principles to ensure security is embedded at every stage of the development and release process.
Your journey so far...
* Extensive experience in Platform Engineering or DevOps leadership, including operational support for global environments.
* Proven expertise in cloud-native architectures, with a strong focus on Azure.
* Familiarity with AWS and experience managing multi-cloud environments and migrations.
* Deep understanding of IaC, Configuration Management and CI/CD best practices.
Even better if you…
* Use of AI to enhance automation and improve cost-effectiveness
* Knowledge of high-frequency release cycles and agile software delivery methodologies.
The Bigger Picture
Whilst we value professional experiences and qualifications, we’re committed to maintaining a culture of growth and development here at Radar Healthcare. We take into account each candidates demonstrable skillset, drive and ethos so even if you don’t feel 100% qualified for the role – we welcome you to connect with us. We’d love to hear from passionate candidates from all backgrounds that align themselves with our company values and are excited to make a difference in healthcare!
What we offer in return...
A competitive salary dependent on experience.
Values-led culture - we’re extremely proud of our culture. Learn more about what makes it special here
Learning & development budget of £1,000 each year to drive your own professional development
Flexible working – We believe in empowering our team to work in a way that suits them best. Whether you’re an early bird or prefer working from home most of the time, we trust you to get the job done around our core hours. We have a base expectation of 1 day per month in the office but outside of this, although we have a fantastic office in the heart of Leeds (complete with a rooftop bar for the summer months), the choice is yours!
️ 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) continually increasing with service, plus the option to buy up to a week to suit whatever exotic adventures or big life events you have planned for the year ahead
Birthdays off and a surprise through the letterbox - we love to make a song and dance about every year around the sun!
???? Charity leave – giving back is important to us, so we empower all our team members to support charity every year on company time
Mental healthcare - Face to face counselling support, an app, and an Employee Assistance Program and many colleagues trained in mental health first aid
️ Healthcare - Cover with Medicash, you get money back when you spend on health appointments e.g. physio, dental, optician, prescriptions, private GP + more
Life cover – a pay-out of 3x your salary to support your beneficiaries if the worst happened
Compassionate leave of up to 5 days time off if you lose a loved one
Paid sick leave - Enhanced sick pay after 6 months (increasing with service)
Enhanced family leave - Primary caregivers (maternity/adoption); 16 weeks full pay, 10 weeks half pay & secondary caregivers (paternity); 2 weeks full pay and another 2 weeks full pay to take in your new arrivals first year of life (once you have been with us for 1 year)
Pension - We’re invested in your future, we contribute 3% of your salary to your pension pot, helping you save up for those golden years!
Technology – Rest assured, we'll have a laptop all set up and ready for you on your first day. Additionally, in your first week, we’ll conduct a WFH risk assessment to ensure you have everything you need, including a second screen, keyboard, mouse, and any other goodies!
Dog friendly office
Socials – we get together as a full company at least four times per year, plus at least once a quarter in individual teams, too. Not including all the fun activities being planned by our newly formed social committee.
Discounts on cinema, vouchers, gym memberships, days out and much much more
PLUS a monthly £ allowance on our flexible benefits platform to spend on whatever else you might be after (private medical insurance, dental insurance, critical illness cover, or upgrade any of the covers above) with the ability to top up from salary if desired. We’re all different, after all!
Accessibility
If you require any special considerations or adjustments to our application and interviewing process, please don't hesitate to let us know. We understand and celebrate the fact that every person that we connect with is different and therefore requires different starting points on their journey with us. If you have a medical condition or disability we are committed to ensuring that our process is inclusive and accessible for all, let us know how we can best support you.
Connect with us!
We'd love to hear from you! If this role isn't quite right for you but you feel like Radar Healthcare could be, click the Connect button on our careers site and we'll keep you in the loop of new opportunities as they arise. You can also find out more about our mission, values and culture by checking out our various channels:
Listen to Our What the HealthTech podcast
Connect with us on Linkedin
Discover why Radar Healthcare is a fantastic place to work from our very own people on Glassdoor!
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