Senior Manager, Technology Management - Software Engineering

Job Description:

Chapter Leader - Senior Manager

We are currently seeking a skilled Chapter Leader - Senior Manager in the FI Technology area with a passion for leading people, developing talent, and building strong partnerships on cross-company programs. You will have the opportunity to lead a number of agile technology teams charged with designing, developing, implementing and maintaining technology solutions for the Fidelity Institutional Product & Business Enablement group.

The Expertise We’re Looking For

• 3+ years of proven experience in people management & project delivery
• 8+ years of demonstrated experience in a technology or software development area
• Significant project and delivery expertise using Agile methodology
• Bachelors’ degree in business, computer science, or other relevant field is required

The Purpose of Your Role

This role involves people management, talent development, customer relationship responsibilities and technology project management. The ideal candidate will have strong people management skills and a true passion for developing talent across software engineering and agile roles. They will have a strong technical background and will work closely with the agile delivery teams on requirements, design, task estimation, and implementation of agreed functionality as well as release management.

This is a great opportunity to work as part of a very dedicated group working with innovative technologies in an exciting business domain and to participate in highly visible, multi-year, strategic projects.

The Skills You Bring

• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills with a strong interest in employee development, team dynamics and motivation
• Experience leading & managing people across multiple different functional areas (Software Engineering, Systems Analysis, Scrum Masters, Automation etc)
• Experienced in Project Delivery in an agile environment
• Strong technical background with a passion for process improvement and setting standards of delivery excellence on Agile squads
• Excellent presentation, written & verbal communication skills
• Experience in release management and co-ordination across multiple projects
• Strong customer facing and relationship management skills
• Highly motivated with willingness to take ownership / responsibility for their work
• Ability to adapt to a dynamic business environment
• Proven problem-solving skills
• Strong process definition skills

The Value You Deliver

• You will be accountable for successfully managing and leading a team of people
• You will work in collaboration with our business and technology partners to develop and deploy solutions to address complex business opportunities
• You will be accountable for the successful delivery of projects to production
• You will foster and drive adoption of best agile and engineering practices across our local and extended teams
• You will serve as a leader and mentor to others within the organization
• You will facilitate/participate in key Agile events across Scrum teams
• You will monitor and report on key Agile performance metrics to leadership
• You will conduct hiring, promotions, transfers, performance evaluations and other status changes of staffing

How Your Work Impacts the Organisation

The Fidelity Institutional business is working continuously to provide enhanced features which will improve the customer experience by providing a stable and secure web presence to our institutional and intermediary customers.

Category:Information Technology