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    Director - Product Engineering Lead - Birmingham, United Kingdom - KPMG-UnitedKingdom

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    Product engineering lead

    Location: UK (any office)

    Capability: Audit

    Experience Level: Director

    Type: Full Time

    The Team

    The KPMG Audit Technology team is dedicated to building cutting-edge solutions in close collaboration with the Audit function. We blend audit expertise with the latest technology skills, enabling us to understand the challenges auditors face daily and develop strategically important products that simplify their lives whilst enhancing Audit Quality.

    As a crucial member of the team, you will collaborate with a talented mix of Architects, Data Scientists, Engineers, Experience Designers, Business Analysts, Testing specialists, and Product Owners. Together, we build, deliver, and manage a portfolio of truly exciting products.

    In recent years, our products' size and scale have rapidly expanded, leading to significant growth in our technology capability. There's never been a better time to join us.

    With our ambitious growth plans, your future here is something to get excited about. As a valued team member and leader, you'll stay current within the latest trends in technology and audit delivery.

    The Role

    We're looking for an experienced Product Engineering Lead to join the Audit technology team.

    This individual will be responsible for the oversight of all engineering activities in the Audit business, including software development, cloud engineering, data engineering and data science, and for the unification of operations across the data, analytics, and AI product portfolio. The ideal candidate will have a technical background and have strong experience leading cross functional teams in technology delivery.

    The individual will report to the Head of Technology & Solutions.

    Responsibilities

  • Build, manage, and orchestrate the engineering capability in audit, setting strategic direction and fostering a culture of technical excellence and the ability to pioneer.
  • Develop deep partnerships with product teams to provide the engineering resources required to deliver exciting, cutting-edge technology solutions.
  • Oversee a team of multi-disciplinary permanent, seconded, and outsourced engineering resources supporting a wide range of technology projects in the Audit business.
  • Champion agile methodologies with integrated ways of working between engineering resources and business users, so that business users are part of the full lifecycle to drive timely and impactful outcomes and foster a culture that embraces change.
  • Be accountable for the development of product features as defined by the business to transform Audit delivery and enhance user experiences .
  • Define and implement robust engineering processes, architectural principles and coding standards to ensure software quality.
  • Oversee alignment to Firm wide governance processes and implement appropriate quality control and assurance steps over technical development.
  • Provide technical challenge and support to the scope, budget, and timelines of all technology projects.
  • Establish a culture of continuous learning and development, supported by robust processes including career pathways, knowledge sharing, and high support for innovation, to attract and retain talented resources.
  • Build strong relationships with key technology partners and vendors, ensuring value for money, access to relevant expertise, and quality of service.
  • Experience & skills

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related field
  • Experience building and leading teams developing production grade technology solutions, o verseeing the full project lifecycle including scoping, development, testing, and operationalization.
  • Proven capabilities in skilfully managing projects with organisation and discipline, showing attention to detail and with focused follow up to ensure results.
  • Comfortable with managing a range of developer resources across a portfolio of products in varying stages of the product and software development lifecycle.
  • Experience of working under Agile practices, working effectively with product owners, project managers / scrum masters and wider business stakeholders to deliver technology solutions to business problems.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
  • Exhibiting emotional intelligence, judgement, and discretion - diplomatically anticipating problems, mitigating them, and adding value to the vision.
  • Familiarity with data/programming languages ( Visual Basic for Applications, VB, C#, SQL, Python), code version control systems ( GitHub), and industry standard software development approaches.
  • Experience with technologies such as Microsoft Azure, .Net development, Databricks, Synapse, ServiceNow, Microsoft Power Platform (including PowerApps, Power Automate and Power BI) is desirable.
  • People & Culture

  • Embrace and embed our culture ambition of high challenge, high support which is grounded in Our Values.
  • Operate with a curious and sceptical mindset ensuring that this is embedded in your everyday work.
  • Actively lead and embed a coaching culture to get the best out of others in an environment where everyone in the team feels empowered to speak up or challenge where appropriate.
  • Be inclusive and embrace the opportunity to work with other teams within Audit and across the firm in an integrated way. Have a sense of community, purpose, and fun.

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