Business Systems Software Development Team Leader

Business Systems Software Development Team Leader

Manchester Technology

As a Business Systems Team Leader, you will help coordinate and drive activity and efforts of the team to deliver software solutions.

Full-time

Closes 03/12/2025

The Business Systems Solutions (BSS) department leverages innovative technologies to deliver bespoke and third-party solutions that enhance operational efficiency, scalability and sustainability across the Business.

Core skills within the team include an AI first approach with Roo Code, .Net, REACT, Python, Typescript and GCP. The tech stack also includes SQL, Web API and CSS 3.

You will guide the team, managing workloads through the various disciplines, and making key technical contributions to deliver high-quality applications. Additionally, you will respond rapidly to the needs of the Business, actively contributing to the day-to-day design, development, and operation of the team's services.

This role is eligible for inclusion in the Company's hybrid working from home policy.

Preferred Skills and Experience

Proven and current hands-on software development experience, with a willingness to actively contribute to the codebase.

Excellent people management skills with the ability to motivate a team.

Passionate about delivering technical solutions, tools and applications.

Self-motivation with a strong drive to succeed.

Ability to handle large workloads with rapid context switching while remaining calm in pressured environments and situations.

Experience with work stack planning, prioritisation and resource management.

Demonstrable experience of working with high availability, multiuser, n-tier and distributed applications.

Knowledge of software development best practices, good architecture and the full SDLC.

Well organised and skilled in effective time management, conflict resolution, and task allocation.

Excellent written and verbal communication in technical and non-technical subjects.

What you will be doing

Ensuring timely provision of agreed deliverables throughout the SDLC by understanding both Business and technical requirements.

Developing proof of concepts and prototypes to explore new technologies and approaches.

Actively participating in the full SDLC, including coding, code reviews, and testing to ensure the quality of deliverables.

Working with the team to determine the most suitable solutions to problems.

Tracking and reporting of progress to effectively schedule and plan resource according to Business needs.

Mitigating risk, sharing knowledge, and resolving blockers.

Collaborating with other teams within the Business as required.

Understanding and implementing governance of best practices.

Mentoring the team to encourage and support continuous improvement.

Chairing team meetings, conducting one to one sessions, providing feedback for team appraisals, and liaising with third parties where required.

Eye care and flu vaccinations

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