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Technical Delivery Lead at CDL Software
London, United Kingdom
Job Descrption
Technical Delivery Lead
Department: Digital
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: North West UK - Hybrid
Description
To work closely with direct reports, colleagues, clients and suppliers at all levels acting as a technical delivery leader across domains. Accountable for the end-to end delivery of Digital Products, ensuring they are delivered to agreed timeframes, to a satisfactory standard in line with CDL standards. Lead a multi-disciplined team accountable for technical project planning and delivery including requirement validation, build, test, release and deployment. To work to create an environment and culture of continual learning and improvement across the department and beyond.About CDL
CDL is one of the UK’s leading software development houses, employing over 600 people at its campus in Stockport. It has a consistent history in the high-volume retail insurance sector. CDL has spearheaded developments in the aggregator, web and telematics space, including connected home, enrichment and self-service solutions. As a result, the company’s robust and innovative technologies have enabled its customers to thrive in the highly competitive UK insurance marketplace. We have built a collaborative and creative culture where we employ agile techniques to deliver our pace-setting applications. We pride ourselves on cultivating an inspiring working environment with our employees at the heart of our company.
The Way We Work
- Work and succeed as a member of Software Engineering.
- Evangelise about our products and Engineering capabilities
- Evangelise about our products and engineering capabilities externally in order to promote and socialise CDLs capabilities
- Autonomously plan, design, monitor, communicate and execute projects in-line with CDL processes
- Adapt to new technologies and technical challenges
- Support project delivery with pragmatic estimates and effective progress tracking
- Work collaboratively and positively support colleagues
- Encourage and enthuse others to challenge themselves and achieve the very best results possible in all the work they do
- Promote knowledge share and skill development initiatives by initiating technical talks and learning opportunities such as company presentations
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate closely with the Product Managers to manage and prioritise the overall product backlog, whilst facilitating / co-ordinating inter-domain dependencies
- Drive, coach and adopt an Agile mindset and Agile principles within your squad
- Coach and mentor team members on the skills and capabilities required
- Identify and track metrics around the software delivery cycle and other areas for data driven improvements. Working with your squad to ensure squad Objectives align with family Objectives.
- Be a point of escalation on management and technical issues in the squads
- Perform quarterly appraisals, 1-2-1’s and performance management activities
- Refinement of team processes and procedures to improve delivery of products
- Assessing the Agile Maturity of the team, assisting and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization
Skills Knowledge and Expertise
Mandatory- Excellent understanding of Software development lifecycle including any relevant DevOps principles.
- Experience communicating & negotiating with stakeholders (internal and external clients), specifically in requirements elicitation and negotiation
- Experience of coaching and mentoring team members on technical and non-technical subject matters
- Demonstrable experience of Project Management methodologies and an ability to understand user stories/convert business requirements/data requests (from internal/external stakeholders) into technical solutions.
- A good foundational understanding of AWS and its components. AWS Certification preferred.
- An understanding and appreciation of automation through continuous integration pipelines, infrastructure management and configuration
Benefits
- Hybrid working
- Flexible hours
- 25 days holiday to start, increasing by 1 day per 1 year of service up to 30 days.
- Top employer for 8th year running
- Excellent training and development platform
- Opportunities for career progression
- Health and Wellbeing programme
- Virtual activities, lunch and learns, coffee mornings and meetups.
- Life and health assurance
- Electric Vehicle Scheme
- Established Recognition Award System
- Great Parental Benefits
- Diversity and Inclusion network
- Pension scheme
- Community projects and volunteer days
- Refer a friend bonus
- On-site free parking
- Open plan modern offices
- Quiet Spaces are also available
- Shuttle bus to and from the station
- Subsidised restaurant
- Games room and chill out zone
- Annual Hackathon Events
- Social activities, regular social events through our social group Xtra, including a summer BBQ, competitions, bowling, go-karting, football games, Winter party and much more!
- Car wash, barber, yoga classes, boot camp and massage services all on site
- Cycle to work scheme
- Shower and dry rooms
Diversity and inclusion
We’re on a journey to keep innovating, that means welcoming new ideas and ways of thinking.
CDL recognises that building a diverse workforce is critical to the success of our business. We strongly encourage applications from a diverse talent pool and welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility requirements and workplace adjustments with all our applicants.
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