Technical Capabilities Manager

Job Details

• Reference Number: BTCMUWS1019
• Location: Belfast UK
• Contract Type: Full-Time Permanent
• Closing Date: 12/12/2019

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[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] employs over 500 people who develop a wide range of specialist and enterprise scale applications and provide technical support across the global enterprise for our parent company, [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]. Across our two offices in Belfast and Dublin our teams live and breathe innovation, creativity and commitment to excellence.

Role Responsibilities

• Engage our talented Engineers and Analysts to grow the technical and professional capabilities of the unit in line with the [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] high performance framework.
• Coach and support individuals to ensure delivery of high quality work.
• Have a deep understanding of the unit objectives and support delivery against these and the unit KPIs.
• Enable our talented individuals to maximize their potential through a data driven approach. Develop your unit’s competencies through education, adoption and application.
• Support the delivery leadership team by ensuring teams are appropriately structured and resourced in relation to numbers, skills and experience.
• Be responsible for unit talent hiring, talent management, succession planning and allocating technical coaches when required.
• Promote and market the unit capabilities and successes with a view to advancing the quality of work and business value delivered.
• Co-ordinate and deliver performance reviews. Drive professional development, promote talent mobility and actively seek career development opportunities for your unit members including rotations, special assignments and opportunities to mentor.
• Continuously develop your skills and knowledge.
• Share knowledge and expertise across your department, the wider organization or beyond through networks, events and communities of practice.

Ideal Candidate

• Be just as good at working with people as technology.
• Build great relationships by listening and empathizing with our people and customers.
• Be proactive about continuous improvement and innovation.
• Have excellent communication skills.
• Be passionate about technology and actively look for ways to increase technical knowledge.

Essential Criteria

• A minimum of two years’ recent experience in leading technical teams
• A minimum of three years’ recent relevant technical experience at a senior level
• In depth knowledge of and proven experience of working in agile environments.
• Strong knowledge of IT concepts, methodologies, architectures and technical standards, ideally gained in an enterprise technical environment.
• Proven track record in coaching individuals and teams on practices, techniques and technology.

Competitive salary and benefits offered.

At [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], we’re a bunch of inventors, problem solvers, business brains and tech transformers. We invest in you both professionally, through training and development, and personally through a range of benefits tailored to your life.