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Software Manager
Farringdon James Limited
On-site
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Job Description
Please note the location of this position is either Plymouth or Bodmin, Cornwall
Key Tasks
- Leads and coaches the cross-functional team (+30 individuals), both technically and in managerial aspects.
- Understands the required skills and capacity necessary to deliver the project pipeline
- Designs and establishes the team either with permanent or variable workforce by hiring, training, coaching, mentoring.
- Maintain a continuous strategy of personal improvement and monitor progress and results against set targets per individual.
- Carry out regular appraisals that recognise efforts and corrects deficiencies supported with development plans.
- Maintain and improve existing processes and will define, deploy and drive new sustainable processes, throughout the development cycle.
- Tailors and implements software development methodologies, standards and best practice.
- Define and measure key performance indicators, define corrective actions on measurable metrics.
- The candidate is also responsible for the project management of the production pipeline.
- Familiar with different software development life cycles, such as Waterfall, Agile, or Rational Unified Process.
- Delivery of product roadmaps, projects, change requests and defect resolutions.
- Elicits and maintains the necessary project intelligence to ensure cross department collaboration and visibility to key stakeholders.
- Ensure project deviations are addressed promptly and efficiently, minimizing effects on deadlines and budgets.
- Metric-driven, customer-centric focus to execution and delivery in balance with business needs.
Knowledge and Skills
- cated to a degree level in Computer Science , Mathematics, Physics or similar or able to demonstrate proven track or experience and equivalent skills
- Proven experience in Software Management and Software team management
Other Company benefits
- 28 Days annual leave (inc. Bank Holidays) increasing to 33, pro-rata.
- Pension scheme,
- Health Care Plans,
- Salary sacrifice bicycle schemes