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Software Development Manager /Software Team Leader / Development Team Lead / Technology Capability Officer / Proven Leader / Microsoft / IT Planning / IT Governance / Financial Services / Permanent / Surrey / HampshireI am working with a leading Financial Services company in Basingstoke and Dorking, due to strong growth they are looking for a Software Development Manager (Microsoft) to join them on a permanent basis.
Software Development Manager (Microsoft) Spec:
- Takes bold action to ensure strong, diverse talent and leadership pipelines are in place with the right skills to meet business needs and goals. Plans and manages agile team resourcing or recruitment plans.
- Mentors, coaches, and inspires team members to higher levels of performance. Ensures development plans are focused on enhancing skills and expertise needed within the team. This includes 1-on-1 situational coaching towards results, experimentation, and learning.
- Partners closely with leadership across capabilities and disciplines to ensure that appropriate skills and/or training is in place to deliver on the agreed business initiatives and capabilities. Identifies and addresses skills gaps in a capability that may impact on the ability to meet the demands of the business.
- Identifies and promotes pairing/cross training opportunities to enrich the expertise of the team and limit constraints or deficits of specific skills across the organisation.
- For Scrum teams, works with business partners and Scrum Master to translate the business strategy or roadmap into backlog items to be managed by the Scrum Master within an Agile Scrum Team.
- Removes obstacles and roadblocks that impact the performance of the team and the delivery of business benefits and outcomes. These could be impediments acknowledged by team, escalated by Scrum Master, or challenges to agility the managers observes.
- Understands the effect of metrics on behaviours and measures things that are truly valuable and will increase team effectiveness. Asking the right questions and measuring the right things is crucial.
- While the Manager has accountability for efficient delivery of the team, the Manager will look to develop a self-organising team (be cross-functional, be in partnership w/ business, collaboration, work quickly and unencumbered, be empowered and autonomous, be able to focus on self-improvement) and supports the management activities that make self-organisation successful.
- Carry out regular reviews of each team member's plan and ensures the team member is progressing and addressing skill development needs.
- Works with colleagues to review the operation and effectiveness of resourcing programs within the organisation and contributes ideas for changes and improvements as appropriate.
- Collaborates with Operational Services to manage the technology and people risk associated with applications and technologies within the capability area.
- Maintains up-to-date knowledge of a broad range of emerging technology trends and identifies opportunities where technology might be deployed in order to deliver business improvements and competitive advantage.
- Investigates and develops innovative methods of exploiting IT assets to the benefit of the company.
- Able to effectively coach, mentor, and identify and address skills needs and gaps
- Displays good interpersonal skills at all levels of contact and in a wide variety of situations, demonstrating the ability to listen and influence, and to relate to customers in their own language.
- Demonstrates a foundational knowledge of associated technical disciplines.
- Uses high level of technical understanding to interpret technical issues for the business and sustain credibility with IT.
If you have the desired skills and experience and would like to learn more about this opportunity then please send me your CV and I will call you to discuss the opportunity in the strictest of confidence.