Job Description
Elite Talent Resourcing have been engaged by a leading provider in the Plumbing industry to source a Head of Engineering for their office based in Northampton on a permanent basis.
As the Head of Engineering you will be responsible for defining, leading and delivering the IT digital strategy as well as continuously striving to improve service levels for delivery and processes. You will manage and lead the engineering function, set up to transform the company's engineering capability, flexing up to around 30+ Developers, Testers, Architects and DevOps staff, both permanent and via the management of external agencies / third parties.
Main duties and responsibilities for the Head of Engineering:
* Capture and articulate development systems & Programmes
* Serve as the Tech lead shaping and defining all digital solutions
* Collaborate with Enterprise and Digital Architects
* management of third party delivery teams
* Liaising with business stakeholders of all levels ensuring that the information you provide is accurate
* Improve and optimise the software development lifecycle processes
The ideal Head of Engineering:
* Proven leadership skills and experience managing digital development teams
* Experience of managing third parties through significant change
* Fantastic stakeholder management skills with a history of managing business expectations
* Excellent knowledge of delivery processes
* Previous development experience building on the cloud serverless technology stack along with hands on use of the AWS or GCP APIs would be advantageous
* Knowledge of agile principles
* Experience using one or more technology platforms such as GraphQL, Kafka, Java, C++, .Net preferred.
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