Permanent
Location: North West (hybrid – 2 days onsite per week)
Salary: Up to £90,000 (Package over £100k)

About the Client

Our client renowned for its commitment to innovation, scalability, and cutting-edge technology. Operating at the forefront of digital solutions, they leverage bespoke and third-party systems to drive efficiency and enhance business operations. Within the department in which this role sits, they are dedicated to developing and integrating advanced technology solutions, including AI-driven products, to support growth and sustainability. This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking organisation that prioritises technological evolution and continuous improvement.

How you’ll spend your day

• Collaborate with Technology stakeholders and other technical staff from the wider business to ensure appropriate, fit for purpose and simple solutions are defined, planned and delivered within the team.
• Ensure there is capacity and capability to deliver the volume of work required.
• Manage the support and development responsibilities required of the team, ensuring support is available where required.
• Understand the workload and work items distributed amongst the team, as well as the larger works spanning the department.
• Ensure the efforts and requirements of both resource and time are understood whilst assessing impacts, risks and costs in delivering the work within the team, building, and maintaining capacity to deliver the business needs.
• Commit to the deliverables of the team and the department for larger works.
• Take ownership of issues and development deliverables in a managerial capacity, seeing them through from start to finish.
• Ensuring process and best practices are adopted, adhered to, and reviewed within the team.
• Monitor and optimise workloads to ensure collaboration and efficiency at both team and departmental level.
• Drive adoption of the latest innovation and technologies within the software engineering and AI arenas.

What you’ll bring to this role

• Ability to lead technical solutions, people, delivery and strategy.
• Experience in software development delivery.
• Ability to manage and make well-balanced decisions in a pressured environment and pressured situations.
• Ability to manage multiple streams of activity with shifting focus.
• Well organised and skilled in effective people management, coaching, task allocation, delegation and risk management.
• Demonstrable experience of effective communication both written and verbally in technical and non-technical subjects to both a technical and business audience.
• Ability to focus on the importance of the company needs.
• Experience in application development, deployment and support in public cloud.
• Knowledge and expertise of agile development, including the management of teams working in this manner, including the ability to coach and mentor.
• Familiarity of AI and ability to identify opportunities to leverage its use and to influence adoption.

Perks & Benefits:

• Performance-Based Bonus
• Pension Scheme
• Hybrid Working
  • Minimum 2 days per week in the office, with flexibility on which days.
• Flexible Working Hours
  • 40-hour workweek with flexibility in how hours are structured.
• Generous Annual Leave
  • 25 days holiday + your birthday off, plus bank holidays. Option to buy or sell up to 5 additional days.
• Free Gym Membership
  • Available to all employees.
• No Visa Sponsorship Available for this role.

What happens next?

One of our Recruitment Consultants will be in touch and inform you if you’ve been successful to the next stage of the process or not, which is a qualification call where we will tell you more about the role and the client, and understand more about you, your experience and career aspirations.

Should we both wish to proceed, we will submit your details to the client and be in touch regarding the outcome and any further steps.

The interview process for this client consists of:

• 1^st Stage – 30-minute MS Teams interview with the hiring manager.
• 2^nd stage – Face to Face Interview with the hiring manager and Head of department.

Equal Opportunities

We are committed to providing equal opportunities for all candidates and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law. As an employment agency for permanent and contract hires, we are dedicated to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce, and we encourage applications from underrepresented groups to drive innovation and equality within the workplace.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments please let us know so we can accommodate for any interactions with us at Biometric Talent, but also inform the client to ensure reasonable adjustments are made to allow for a fair and equitable process.

How to Apply

To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter to jack.heston@biometrictalent.com