Chief Technical Officer - Kings Norton, United Kingdom - Evolve Recruitment

Evolve Recruitment

Verified Company

Kings Norton, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Title:
Chief Technical Officer

Location:
Remote + some travel to Offices in Birmingham and Edinburgh

Salary:
£75-80K + Bonus & Benefits

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Key Responsibilities:

Reporting directly to the MD, you will be responsible for leading the R&D team covering technical leadership, strategy, product direction, development best practice, devops practice and compliance
To leverage internal or 3rd party resources to deliver against expectation of all interested stakeholders
Cooordinate delivery of key technical projects within the company
Understand the potential benefits of different types of team model, utilising local, near shore and off shore resources where appropriate.
Build strong relationships with all senior managers within the company and cultivate a culture of knowledge sharing, improvement and assistance across the company
Lead strategic engineering, infrastructure and technology vision that creates and maintains a roadmap to deliver sustainable software for the future
Develop and implement a fit for purpose compliance framework for products and services offered by the company, taking into account any regulatory compliance requirements.
Assist in identifying and managing risks associated with the delivery of companies products and services.
Keep abreast of regularity developments within or outside of the Company as well as evolving best practices in compliance control
Understand how the products and services delivered by the company are used by the companies' customers and lead the technical direction for those products.
Work alongside Product Managers and Product Owners to ensure that proposed solutions are designed with the customer in mind and are delivered to a highquality standard.
Lead the R&D team and foster a culture of empowerment which encourages people to take personal ownership and accountability for their contributions.
To support the business in the awareness of current and future technology trends
Conduct periodic internal reviews or audits to ensure that compliance procedures are being followed, reporting on exceptions and advising plan of action to rectify.
Negotiate service level agreements with both internal and external partners and monitor service delivery to ensure the agreed targets and standards are met
Direct the preparation and implementation of policies, procedures and standards relating to information, online payment and software systems
Define and drive software solutions strategy and technical development architecture across the organisation in support of the company's mission and core objectives
Ensure development is in line with market requirements, bringing a very strong commercial focus to the role, including resource management and monitoring of competitive activities
Monitor team performance with tracking and establish corrective measures as needed, and prepare detailed board level reports, both current and forecasting
Develop a learning, researching and evaluating culture for new technologies within the team

Skills & Qualifications:

Worked at a Senior Executive Level for a minimum of 3 years
Proven track record in the Management of R&D Teams
Ability to demonstrate and articulate software development concepts to a leadership team audience
Demonstrable evidence of an understanding of privacy and compliance legislation in the UK and Europe, including the GDPR
Experience in developing and maintaining policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines
Competent user of MS office packages such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Your personal characteristics will include:

Positive attitude and work ethic, with a strong drive for results
High quality decision making and problem solving skills, with the ability to grasp new and complex concepts quickly, with the confidence to "challenge the norm"
Ability to forge strong relationships with all stakeholders
Strong demonstrable evidence of motivating and developing a team
Strong time management skills and ability to multitask between various ongoing responsibilities
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Strong organisational skills and can organise and influence others in similar ways.
Strong presentation/reporting skills
Persistent and resilient under pressure, with a good sense of humour
Creative, keen to share and adopt new ideas with a proactive and enthusiastic attitude
Flexibility to travel to various sites around the UK and to work additional and varied hours when required.
Selfmotivated, organised, and able to plan own work schedule, to set and monitor personal performance goals
Strong integrity and trustworthiness, with the ability to manage sensitive information and relationships with a high degree of professionalism