IT Development Manager
Nottingham, Nottingham Support Office
Full-time
Permanent
Role: Software Development Manager
Contract: Permanent
Shift Pattern: Full Time
Location: Isle of Wight/Nottingham/London
Recruitment Partner: kershia.broughton@boots.com
What you'll be doing:
Leading and managing a small but mighty team of Developers and testers, bringing a blend of technical and functional skills to designing and delivering solutions.
Key responsibilities:
Essentials Skills
Who we are
Five iconic brands make up No7 Beauty Company: No7, Liz Earle, Soap & Glory, Botanics and Sleek MakeUP. We believe in creating the best in beauty for everyone, from skin science to sustainability. We're known for products that deliver results and do good along the way. We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer, creating an inclusive workplace where our colleagues are empowered to be themselves and where diversity, equity and inclusion are part of how we do things, every day.
What's next
Once you have applied, your CV will be reviewed by the recruiter.
From here there will be a two-stage interview process as follows:
If this sounds like the role for you, we'd love to hear from you. If you apply, our team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application or to arrange next steps. Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.
Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.
Contract: Permanent
Shift Pattern: Full Time
Location: Isle of Wight/Nottingham/London
Recruitment Partner: kershia.broughton@boots.com
What you'll be doing:
Leading and managing a small but mighty team of Developers and testers, bringing a blend of technical and functional skills to designing and delivering solutions.
Key responsibilities:
- Leading a multi-functional team of Software Engineers and Software Testers.
- Co-ordinating the on-going development, stability and maintenance activities relating to in-house software applications / solutions.
- Working with other development teams and partners to ensure overall initiative is implemented cross functionally.
- Working across the business to ensure project delivery and providing accurate estimations and solutions to various business partners.
- Provide leadership and management to Development team, dealing with day to day staffing issues and co-ordination of development / maintenance tasks.
- Develop and test reliable, effective and scalable solutions.
- Conducting business analysis with business stakeholders and gathering requirements.
- Documenting requirements, specifications, release notes.
- Provide training, support and assistance to operational and testing teams.
- Remain current on new developments within the developer community, evaluate applicability and drive rapid adoption of them.
Essentials Skills
- 10+ years of proven Software Development experience using Microsoft technologies such as C#, MS SQL, Azure
- Strong understanding of various Software Testing methodologies
- Excellent ability of explain technical concepts to appropriate audiences in non-technical terms
- Extensive experience maintaining and supporting software solutions
- Must have an understanding of OOP fundamentals and best practices / common design patterns
- Experience working with the full software development lifecycle
- Strong understanding of databases technologies, such as MS SQL or similar
- Hands on experience of source control such as Git
- Understanding of Agile/Scrum, Project Management, SDLC, ITIL and Data Security & Compliance and other frameworks
- Led and directed small teams of software engineers and software testers, contributing to the teams learning development and carrying out performance reviews.
- Comfortable in creating, preparing and delivering presentations to multiple key stakeholders.
- Prior experience of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery. Azure DevOps or similar
- Knowledge of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Working on both Modern and Legacy systems
- Experience of ensuring stability of legacy systems with a path to modernisation
- Boots Retirement Savings Plan
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Generous employee discounts
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
- Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
- Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.
Who we are
Five iconic brands make up No7 Beauty Company: No7, Liz Earle, Soap & Glory, Botanics and Sleek MakeUP. We believe in creating the best in beauty for everyone, from skin science to sustainability. We're known for products that deliver results and do good along the way. We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer, creating an inclusive workplace where our colleagues are empowered to be themselves and where diversity, equity and inclusion are part of how we do things, every day.
What's next
Once you have applied, your CV will be reviewed by the recruiter.
From here there will be a two-stage interview process as follows:
- Initial technical interview with a team member
- Second stage interview with the hiring manager
If this sounds like the role for you, we'd love to hear from you. If you apply, our team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application or to arrange next steps. Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.
Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.
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