Development Manager

Company Description Are you looking for your next challenge within a dynamic organisation, helping our customers to support their communities? We are looking for you, a passionate Software Development Manager. **A Bit About Us** We are NEC Software Solutions, a software and services business part of the NEC Corporation that operates across the public sector including Public Safety, Government and Health. Employing nearly 3500 colleagues across the globe, we are headquartered inthe UK, with offices up and down the country. Simply put, NEC Software Solutions are in our customers' world, making a difference. We deliver software and services that blend seamlessly into their processes. Our experts help our customers find every last benefit, so they can do even more for the people they serve. This exciting opportunity sits within our Public Safety division, which works with both Policing and Justice to improve communities lives through mitigating risk, including supporting call handlers taking 999 calls through to helping to rehabilitate offenders,and all in between. Our Public Safety Division strives to help our customers to Reduce Risk thus improving safety, through working alongside our customers teams to keep people safe, supported and on the move. Across policing, justice and in control rooms of all kinds, we help our customers spot issues, make the right decisions and act fast to protect the public. The more we do, the more they can do for others, and together, we can make a world of difference. **Job Description**: NEC Software Solutions are looking for dynamic and enthusiastic Software Development Manager to run key development projects for the NEC Public Safety business. This is a rewarding and challenging role for an experienced Software Development Manager who wants to step up a gear and to play a major part in the development of solutions that impact the lives of millions. **Responsibilities**: - Management of one or more of NEC Public Safety’s software development teams, with primary responsibility for ensuring that all software solutions are designed, developed and delivered within agreed project timeframes and costs and to agreed quality standards. - Providing leadership, functional and line management of one or more onshore software development teams ensuring that individuals are performing and delivering to the required standards. - Providing leadership and functional management of one or more offshore software development teams, monitoring that individuals are performing and delivering to the required standards. - Promptly and effectively dealing with any performance issues to maintain high productivity from the team at all times. - Working with the appropriate business leads to ensure that the developed software solutions fully meet the needs of the client and the expectations of the revenue and order book forecasts. - Ensure that all development projects conform to the agreed NEC quality processes and standards and that software is designed, built and delivered to the highest level. - Actively identify opportunities for process improvement and implement accordingly in conjunction with appropriate stakeholders. - Ensure that all software developed conforms to the appropriate technical and design standards including any such standards defined by the NEC Solutions Architects and Technical Design Authorities. - Production and management of the overall software resource and delivery plan for all projects. - Ensure that the software development teams are adequately and efficiently utilised at all times. - Production of accurate and timely development project reports as requested. - Proactively participate in technical risk mitigation and issue resolution as required - Advising the NEC Management Team of any deviations from plan, recommending corrective action and helping prepare any appropriate recovery initiatives - Working with the NEC Management Team to ensure budgets and delivery timescales are met - Liaising with customers and other key project stakeholders as required **Qualifications**: **Essential experience & skills**: - Proven experience of successfully managing complex software development projects with a team of at least 10-15 developers through the entire development life cycle - from initial requirements capture through design, development and testing to customer delivery. - Proven experience of working with formal development methodologies including ‘waterfall’ and ‘agile’ approaches. - Proven experience of working with offshore development and test teams on joint development projects. - Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to influence senior stakeholders. - An ability to represent NEC professionally in client facing situations and to act in their best interests. - Experience of managing projects based on one or more of the following technologies: - Java/JavaScript - Microsoft.NET - MI/ETL/Data Warehousing - Interface/Integration engineering - The ability to lead and motivate a team to deliver high levels of performance at all times, dealing with any issues promptly and effectively as they arise. - An ability to work effectively with limited direct supervision. - An ability to articulate solutions at all levels and to communicate both technical and non-technical information, depending upon the audience - Strong inter-personal skills with the ability to interact effectively with internal onshore/staff and customers at all levels. - Able to demonstrate a dynamic and enthusiastic approach to software development with a focus on quality and continuous improvement. Additional Information - Be prepared to travel inland and overseas as and where project needs demand **What Do We Offer?** - Single Private Medical Cover (with the option to select family cover at an additional cost) - 25 days paid holiday (includes 3 company nominated days) with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days - 4 x basic salary life assurance cover - A Group Pension Plan with fantastic employer contributionsA selection of tax efficient flexible benefits to suit your individual needs