Head of Development
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Head of Development
Reference number: JR246957
Location: Hybrid working home and at our office near London Bridge
Working pattern: Full Time 37.5 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Number of roles: 1
Grade: IT6
Salary: Circaper annum
We are looking for a Head of Development to join our team.
You will ensure that we have the development capability and capacity aligned with our technologies demand and strategy. Currently this is delivered using predominantly outsourced suppliers. Thus you will be responsible for managing the commercial relationships and their performance ensuring they work seamlessly with our internal teams. You will also be responsible for establishing and maintaining effective testing frameworks and practices ensuring strong collaboration between IT and business teams to align testing objectives and deliver highquality software.
You will assist the CTO in defining driving and delivering technology strategies while also serving as a source of innovation ensuring that Kaplan maintains and strengthens its leadership position in our chosen markets.
A detailed job description can be viewed here. If the link does not work for you please copy and paste the following URL into your web browser: youll bring to the role
Skills & Experience
Agile software development frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban
Secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) and DevOps delivery model
Developing and maintaining highperforming highly available applications based on a variety of architectures (e.g. microservice distributed monolithic)
Infrastructure technologies such as load balancers firewalls/WAFs routers/routing directory services DNS
Development tooling:
Development work management (Azure DevOps Boards)
Source control management (Azure DevOps TFS Git)
Deployment (Azure DevOps Pipelines Octopus Deploy)
Code quality and vulnerability management (SonarQube Snyk Qualys)
Containerisation (Docker Kubernetes)
Infrastructure as code (Terraform)
Development languages frameworks and platforms:
Web content management systems (Sitefinity WordPress)
C# / .NET Framework / .NET Core
JavaScript & JavaScript frameworks
Structured Query Language (SQL)
PowerShell
Web protocols and internetbased technologies HTTP XML JSON REST JavaScript LTI TLS API management
Testing tools such as Selenium and JMeter
Establishing and refining test strategies and methods across the development lifecycle including: unit acceptance regression security automation functional and performance testing
Proven track record developing or working on the following types of applications:
Ecommerce and portal websites
Enterprise resource planning (Dynamics NAV Business Central)
Learning management systems (Brightspace Moodle)
Enterprise data and reporting systems (SQL Server Power BI Databricks)
What we do
Kaplan Professional is a leading provider of apprenticeships accountancy / tax / finance & banking courses and professional assessments. For almost 80 years weve helped shape the development and careers of finance professionals.
We are part of the Kaplan group one of the worlds largest and most diverse education and assessment providers. We operate in over 30 countries and maintain relationships and partnerships with more than 1000 school districts colleges and universities professional bodies and over 10000 businesses. Our vast breadth and scope in terms of both capabilities and assets sets us apart.
What we believe in
Our goal is for Kaplan to be a great place to work where everybody can succeed so we truly live and breathe our values: act with integrity grow knowledge empower & support create opportunity drive results together.
Kaplan is a global organisation whose mission is rooted in providing equal access to education and opportunities for advancement to people of all backgrounds. We believe diversity equity and inclusion of culture experiences perspectives are paramount to creating success and opportunity in an everchanging world. As an educator partner and employer Kaplan is committed to promoting an equitable world in which diverse talent can develop advance and thrive.
To view our candidate privacy notice click here.
Our Values
We live breathe and celebrate our values they drive what we believe in how we behave and guide us in creating a culture of success.
Act with integrity
Empower and support
Create opportunity
Grow knowledge
Drive results together
What we offer
As well as a competitive salary transparent pay structures hybrid/home working where possible and paths for career progression we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
28 days annual leave option to purchase more
Season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme
Big discounts on Kaplan courses for you and your family
Private medical income protection and life insurance
24/7 confidential helpline providing counselling and other support services
Company pension contributions
Maternity Adoption Shared Parental and Paternity/Partner pay which is well above statutory levels
How to apply
To apply for this role please submit a CV along with a Cover Letter detailing how you meet the requirements of the role no later than 11pm on Monday 12th May 2025. Note we recommend that you apply at the earliest as we reserve the right to close the role before the closing date if we have gathered a suitable shortlist.
Additional Application Information
Recruitment checks are undertaken in accordance with our background checking policy. Successful applicants will be required to undertake a Basic Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Our Suitability of Exoffenders Policy is available on the careers page of our website .
Application Support
If you require support completing your application or wish to talk to someone about the role before applying please email the Recruitment Team .
Disability Confident Scheme
As a Disability Confident employer we are committed to interviewing applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the role as found in the What youll bring to the role section of the job description. Details of how to request your application be considered under the Disability Confident scheme will be shared with all applicants upon submission of an application.
Furthermore all applicants invited to attend interview will be given information on how to request reasonable adjustments to attend.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
