Software Development Manager

Responsibilities:

• Lead mentor and manage a cross-functional team including software engineers business analysts test analysts and a delivery manager ensuring team cohesion and performance.
• Conduct regular one-on-one meetings to provide feedback track progress on individual objectives and support career growth and professional development.
• Foster a positive collaborative and high-performing team culture that encourages accountability innovation and continuous improvement.
• Align with other Development Managers to ensure consistent practices shared learning and coordinated improvement initiatives across teams.
• Oversee the end-to-end delivery of software development projects ensuring alignment with project timelines scope and budget.
• Collaborate with the delivery manager to prioritise tasks manage workloads and establish clear delivery processes and expectations.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership guidance and third-level support for the HUBconnect Licensee platform and associated systems.
• Maintain and manage a ranked technical backlog focused on addressing system security resilience maintainability and performance.
• Ensure risks associated with technical debt or infrastructure are communicated to stakeholders and negotiate appropriate capacity allocation.
• Promote and enforce adherence to best practices in coding documentation testing deployment and overall software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Ensure consistency and shared approaches to development with other HUBconnect technology teams.
• Engage regularly with business stakeholders to gather and refine requirements translating them into functional and technical deliverables.
• Enable the delivery manager to communicate effectively with stakeholders about progress issues risks and resolutions.
• Ensure alignment between business goals and technical solutions maintaining a balance between immediate needs and long-term product health.
• Collaborate with the Portfolio Management & Business Reporting team to track work efforts and time spent using tools like Azure DevOps (ADO) 7pace and Tiger.
• Ensure development items and time tracking comply with agreed guidelines and governance structures.
• Maintain a clear up-to-date roadmap of technical initiatives and ensure it is aligned with the overall Product & Technology strategy.
• Provide high-quality monthly reports to the line manager summarising delivery progress team achievements and challenges risks and key metrics.
• Identify opportunities to optimise processes and implement best practices to enhance development efficiency and output quality.
• Promote a culture of continuous learning skill development and knowledge sharing within the team to support succession planning and reduce key-person risk.
• Implement robust quality assurance measures including automated testing where feasible to ensure reliable and high-performing software delivery.
• Work with test analysts to design and maintain effective test plans adopting shift left testing strategies to identify issues earlier in the development cycle.
• Champion innovation and continuous improvement across all aspects of software development and team operations.

Requirements:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Electrical Engineering or a related field.

• Proven experience in a software development leadership role managing and mentoring cross-functional teams.

• Minimum of 10 years of hands-on technical experience with the following technologies:

  • .NET Framework

  • SQL Server

  • SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services)

  • Power BI

  • Microsoft Windows Server

  • Internet Information Services (IIS)

• Strong project management skills with demonstrated experience in agile methodologies and practices.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities with a proactive and solution-oriented mindset.

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to engage effectively with both technical teams and business stakeholders.

• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities deadlines and competing demands in a dynamic environment.

• Strong understanding of business processes with the ability to align technical solutions to meet both business and customer needs.

The Recruitment Process

• Acknowledgement email once your application has been submitted.

• Our Talent team will start reviewing your application. If unsuccessful you will be notified.

• If your application progresses to the next stage our Talent team will be in touch to discuss your alignment with the role.

• If youre a person with an impairment or disability this is an opportunity to share with us any accessibility requirements that you may have for the role.

• Should you require any accommodations to the recruitment process please email and one of our team will contact you.

• Interviews can happen virtually or face-to-face with the hiring manager or other members of the broader team. Depending on the role there may be more than two interviews.

• Communication of outcomes to successful and unsuccessful candidates and feedback provided.