Our client, a UK market leader in the services sector, is heavily investing in new digital solutions & applications to modernise and transform the services it offers to the business and its customers.
As Applications Development Manager, you’ll lead a team of developers to ensure applications, built with Microsoft development technologies, meet the needs of the business and add real value. This vacancy mixes the leadership of developers with design and platform selection.
Meeting heads of departments & stakeholders, you’ll understand pain points and priorities then discuss the applications improvements to solve these issues. Building strong relationships is key and you’ll work along-side other development managers too.
You’ll lead the requirements gathering, analysis, design, including selecting the best platform. Then you manage the development, testing, implementation and support of internal applications that support key business processes.
There are many applications in house applications, built on Microsoft development technologies, and third party including SAGE CRM, RPA Blue Prism to automate manual processes and plans to move from on-prem to Azure which you’d be involved with.
Managing, leading and developing your team of developers including appraisals and reviews, with enthusiasm for technology and its application is essential for success. You will not code / develop applications, but you’re background in development and technical expertise will allow you to guide the team.
Lots of career development opportunities long term as this organisation grows and invests more in its applications.
Development is in RAPID / Agile Scrum environment
About you:
We’d like to here from you if you have expertise in:
- Leading or mentoring a team of developers
- Design
- Prior experience as a developer, ideally MS Stack .net, MS SQL, IIS
- Working directly with the business / stakeholders to understand needs and requirements.
- Balancing priorities
- Requirements gathering, analysis, design, managing development & implementation
- Delivered in a RAPID / Agile Scrum environment
Salary Circa £68,000 + bonus + pension + benefits
Location: This is a hybrid / WFH / some remote working role with 2 or 3 days a week in the Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire) office.
If you have any questions, then please call me on 07973 788308 or email vickidouglas@genium.biz and I shall be happy to assist.
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