We are seeking a Head of Platform Services to join our Team! We have a fantastic opportunity to work across global, regional, and local leadership to bring technology solutions to clients and colleagues. Be part of a global team that partners across global business lines (Risk Capital and Human Capital), regional cross-functional leadership teams, global and regional shared operations, and global technology teams. Key partners for this role include people organization, finance, legal and compliance, marketing, and communications. Key partners for this role include product owners, regional technology leaders, infrastructure services leaders, technology architecture, data & analytics, and ABS operations functions. Global CTO/CSO/SL COOs, as well as the regional technology leaders across NA, EMEA, UK, and LATAM. We lead and work as a global team with shared priorities across global, regional, and local. The role will lead momentous change while working as a team to simplify the complex, manage trade-off's, and serve clients and colleagues while having a high impact. Aon is in the business of better decisions At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world. As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive, diverse team, and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed. What the day will look like Accountable for Platforms that are leveraged across the organization. Technologies that are used to build and deliver products. Including, Integration Platforms, RPA platforms, Data and Analytics platforms, QA, and other shared platforms. Deliver a comprehensive roadmap for solutions within Platform Services. Stand up CoE(s) capabilities to help enable adoption, and create leveraged assets to be consumed by Product teams. Collaborate with product owners to deliver ongoing innovation and solutions to meet evolving business needs. Ensure technology standards and architecture can be leveraged across the organization and are in alignment with products and consumer functions. Oversee vendor management, including selection, negotiations, and relationship management with strategic partners . Lead continuous improvement initiatives, governance processes, and application rationalization efforts to deliver enhancements across corporate platforms. Manage a significant annual budget and ensure the effective allocation of resources to achieve business objectives. Skills and experience that will lead to success Experience working in a shared function. Operating integration services. Strong technical skills to drive ongoing innovation and make the delivery cycle simpler and faster. Strong leadership skills with experience in steering committee participation and executive-level communication. In-depth knowledge of various technologies, including data platforms, UIPath, and integration as a service platforms, with a development background. Ability to articulate business requirements into technology requirements. Proven ability in vendor management, including negotiations and partnership development. Strong interpersonal and communication skills, capable of engaging with various stakeholders with strong writing, speaking, and presenting skills. Ability to handle complex budgets and optimize resource allocation. Ability to drive business value through technology and focus on business value results instead of solutions. Ability to be collaborative and to encourage collaboration by positively influencing others and breaking down organizational silos. Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field. How we support our colleagues In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage a diverse workforce. Plus, our agile, inclusive environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two "Global Wellbeing Days" each year, encouraging you to take time to focus on yourself. We offer a variety of working style solutions, but we also recognise that flexibility goes beyond just the place of work and we are all for it. We call this Smart Working! Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential. As a result, at Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued. Aon values an innovative, diverse workplace where all colleagues feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Aon is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Aon provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran, marital, domestic partner status, or other legally protected status. We welcome applications from all and provide individuals with disabilities with reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application, interview process and to perform essential job functions once onboard. If you would like to learn more about the reasonable accommodations we provide, email 0
May 04, 2024
Full time
We are seeking a Head of Platform Services to join our Team! We have a fantastic opportunity to work across global, regional, and local leadership to bring technology solutions to clients and colleagues. Be part of a global team that partners across global business lines (Risk Capital and Human Capital), regional cross-functional leadership teams, global and regional shared operations, and global technology teams. Key partners for this role include people organization, finance, legal and compliance, marketing, and communications. Key partners for this role include product owners, regional technology leaders, infrastructure services leaders, technology architecture, data & analytics, and ABS operations functions. Global CTO/CSO/SL COOs, as well as the regional technology leaders across NA, EMEA, UK, and LATAM. We lead and work as a global team with shared priorities across global, regional, and local. The role will lead momentous change while working as a team to simplify the complex, manage trade-off's, and serve clients and colleagues while having a high impact. Aon is in the business of better decisions At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world. As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive, diverse team, and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed. What the day will look like Accountable for Platforms that are leveraged across the organization. Technologies that are used to build and deliver products. Including, Integration Platforms, RPA platforms, Data and Analytics platforms, QA, and other shared platforms. Deliver a comprehensive roadmap for solutions within Platform Services. Stand up CoE(s) capabilities to help enable adoption, and create leveraged assets to be consumed by Product teams. Collaborate with product owners to deliver ongoing innovation and solutions to meet evolving business needs. Ensure technology standards and architecture can be leveraged across the organization and are in alignment with products and consumer functions. Oversee vendor management, including selection, negotiations, and relationship management with strategic partners . Lead continuous improvement initiatives, governance processes, and application rationalization efforts to deliver enhancements across corporate platforms. Manage a significant annual budget and ensure the effective allocation of resources to achieve business objectives. Skills and experience that will lead to success Experience working in a shared function. Operating integration services. Strong technical skills to drive ongoing innovation and make the delivery cycle simpler and faster. Strong leadership skills with experience in steering committee participation and executive-level communication. In-depth knowledge of various technologies, including data platforms, UIPath, and integration as a service platforms, with a development background. Ability to articulate business requirements into technology requirements. Proven ability in vendor management, including negotiations and partnership development. Strong interpersonal and communication skills, capable of engaging with various stakeholders with strong writing, speaking, and presenting skills. Ability to handle complex budgets and optimize resource allocation. Ability to drive business value through technology and focus on business value results instead of solutions. Ability to be collaborative and to encourage collaboration by positively influencing others and breaking down organizational silos. Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field. How we support our colleagues In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage a diverse workforce. Plus, our agile, inclusive environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two "Global Wellbeing Days" each year, encouraging you to take time to focus on yourself. We offer a variety of working style solutions, but we also recognise that flexibility goes beyond just the place of work and we are all for it. We call this Smart Working! Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential. As a result, at Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued. Aon values an innovative, diverse workplace where all colleagues feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Aon is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Aon provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran, marital, domestic partner status, or other legally protected status. We welcome applications from all and provide individuals with disabilities with reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application, interview process and to perform essential job functions once onboard. If you would like to learn more about the reasonable accommodations we provide, email 0
*3 days working from London office* Manage the Cyber Test and Validation process, Support Cyber Risk Assessment and drive Cyber Assurance programme across the bank through: Conduct cyber assessment of projects helping to drive adoption of application and infrastructure security controls and best practices. Advise on leading edge engineering to protect the bank's network from security risks related to web, mobile, web services, and Client Server architectures. Conduct risk reviews of 3rd party systems and applications to assess the standard and proprietary application security controls used by the application (eg authentication, authorization, input validation, output sanitization, error handling, application resilience) against bank policies and standards. Work with different teams in various jurisdictions where specific technology and cybersecurity regulations create requirements that are not directly supported by our global framework. Drive implementation of security controls in various platforms by working with technology infrastructure teams. Demonstrate deep understanding, passion and thought leadership for Information and Cybersecurity and its impact of new technologies, services and solutions. Investigate, coordinate and address Information and Cybersecurity incidents Act as liaison for global team in coordinating collection and preservation of forensic evidence in support of security event investigation. Analyse potential infrastructure security incidents to determine if incident qualifies as a legitimate security breach. Collaborate with stakeholders to continually operate and improve a world-class cyber program by providing input into the uplift of sensory tools, detection tuning, and access to data sources to increase detection effectiveness. Convey complicated technical analysis to management via investigation synopses, graphical depictions of attacks, and comprehensive presentations. Act as a liaison to stakeholders, including those outside of the technology team(s), during security investigations and incidents Respond to regulatory requests regarding security incidents, as well as the relevant protective and detective security measures. Report the status of ongoing incidents, as well as the follow-up actions for resolved incidents to management Support Compliance, regulatory, or litigation related investigations by coordinating e-discovery, evidence collection and other such activities. Communicating status and risks in a succinct, direct and open manner for proper issue management life cycle tracking. Drafting responses to requests for information from regulators in the jurisdictions in which the bank operates Coordinating engagements with regulators, including periodic reporting, preparation of presentations and written deliverables Conducting analysis to identify potential gaps and issues from ongoing changes of regulatory requirement of relevance to the bank's business and risk environments Preparing presentations and written products on regulatory trends and issues to inform leadership decisions Coordinating with counterparts in other jurisdictions and regional stakeholders (eg Legal, Compliance, Preferred Qualifications and Experience A minimum of 10+ years of experience with a mix of Cybersecurity, Systems, Infrastructure, Network, and Cloud experience. Broad technical security skills in multiple technology areas such as applications deployments, endpoints, data, infrastructure, cloud, DNS, PKI, Email, OS (Windows, MAC,.NIX), SDN, encryption, forensics, authentication, Firewalls, proxies, identity and access control, BC/DR, remote access, and cryptography. Extensive experience in architecting and engineering complex security solutions utilizing and interpreting models to implement company policies, standards globally. Familiarity with techniques/methodologies such as "Attack and Defensive" methods, Threat Hunting, Threat modelling, Reverse engineering, Vulnerability Management, Data modelling, Evaluation of security products/services, Metrics development, etc. Proficiency and experience in automation and Scripting using Python, Shell, Ansible, Jenkins, etc. Demonstrated experience with utilizing and migrating to one or more cloud technologies such as Microsoft Azure, and AWS. Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform, Alibaba Cloud, and Microsoft Office 365 is a plus. Information Security and/or Information Technology industry certification (CISSP, CISM, CISSP-ISSMP, CRISC, GIAC, Azure and AWS equivalent) preferred. Ability to synthesize data, conceptualize and get to the root cause of processes that created the risk. Experience working in a multi-vendor and outsourced IT environment. Good understanding of COBIT and ITIL processes including change, incident and problem management. Experience in Financial Services is a nice to have but not mandatory. Our Recruitment Delivery Team are committed to offering an inclusive recruitment experience to all candidates. If you require any accommodations or adjustments as a result of disability, impairment, or health condition, please do not hesitate to let me know by emailing
May 03, 2024
Full time
*3 days working from London office* Manage the Cyber Test and Validation process, Support Cyber Risk Assessment and drive Cyber Assurance programme across the bank through: Conduct cyber assessment of projects helping to drive adoption of application and infrastructure security controls and best practices. Advise on leading edge engineering to protect the bank's network from security risks related to web, mobile, web services, and Client Server architectures. Conduct risk reviews of 3rd party systems and applications to assess the standard and proprietary application security controls used by the application (eg authentication, authorization, input validation, output sanitization, error handling, application resilience) against bank policies and standards. Work with different teams in various jurisdictions where specific technology and cybersecurity regulations create requirements that are not directly supported by our global framework. Drive implementation of security controls in various platforms by working with technology infrastructure teams. Demonstrate deep understanding, passion and thought leadership for Information and Cybersecurity and its impact of new technologies, services and solutions. Investigate, coordinate and address Information and Cybersecurity incidents Act as liaison for global team in coordinating collection and preservation of forensic evidence in support of security event investigation. Analyse potential infrastructure security incidents to determine if incident qualifies as a legitimate security breach. Collaborate with stakeholders to continually operate and improve a world-class cyber program by providing input into the uplift of sensory tools, detection tuning, and access to data sources to increase detection effectiveness. Convey complicated technical analysis to management via investigation synopses, graphical depictions of attacks, and comprehensive presentations. Act as a liaison to stakeholders, including those outside of the technology team(s), during security investigations and incidents Respond to regulatory requests regarding security incidents, as well as the relevant protective and detective security measures. Report the status of ongoing incidents, as well as the follow-up actions for resolved incidents to management Support Compliance, regulatory, or litigation related investigations by coordinating e-discovery, evidence collection and other such activities. Communicating status and risks in a succinct, direct and open manner for proper issue management life cycle tracking. Drafting responses to requests for information from regulators in the jurisdictions in which the bank operates Coordinating engagements with regulators, including periodic reporting, preparation of presentations and written deliverables Conducting analysis to identify potential gaps and issues from ongoing changes of regulatory requirement of relevance to the bank's business and risk environments Preparing presentations and written products on regulatory trends and issues to inform leadership decisions Coordinating with counterparts in other jurisdictions and regional stakeholders (eg Legal, Compliance, Preferred Qualifications and Experience A minimum of 10+ years of experience with a mix of Cybersecurity, Systems, Infrastructure, Network, and Cloud experience. Broad technical security skills in multiple technology areas such as applications deployments, endpoints, data, infrastructure, cloud, DNS, PKI, Email, OS (Windows, MAC,.NIX), SDN, encryption, forensics, authentication, Firewalls, proxies, identity and access control, BC/DR, remote access, and cryptography. Extensive experience in architecting and engineering complex security solutions utilizing and interpreting models to implement company policies, standards globally. Familiarity with techniques/methodologies such as "Attack and Defensive" methods, Threat Hunting, Threat modelling, Reverse engineering, Vulnerability Management, Data modelling, Evaluation of security products/services, Metrics development, etc. Proficiency and experience in automation and Scripting using Python, Shell, Ansible, Jenkins, etc. Demonstrated experience with utilizing and migrating to one or more cloud technologies such as Microsoft Azure, and AWS. Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform, Alibaba Cloud, and Microsoft Office 365 is a plus. Information Security and/or Information Technology industry certification (CISSP, CISM, CISSP-ISSMP, CRISC, GIAC, Azure and AWS equivalent) preferred. Ability to synthesize data, conceptualize and get to the root cause of processes that created the risk. Experience working in a multi-vendor and outsourced IT environment. Good understanding of COBIT and ITIL processes including change, incident and problem management. Experience in Financial Services is a nice to have but not mandatory. Our Recruitment Delivery Team are committed to offering an inclusive recruitment experience to all candidates. If you require any accommodations or adjustments as a result of disability, impairment, or health condition, please do not hesitate to let me know by emailing
ABOUT BBC STUDIOS BBC Studios is a world-renowned content studio and channels & streaming business, powered by British creativity, with a reach that touches audiences in every corner of the globe. We work with outstanding creative talent who are responsible for platform-defining shows from Strictly Come Dancing to Bluey, Prehistoric Planet to Planet Earth III. The range and quality of our content is unsurpassed, creating critical and commercial successes and global phenomena. From BAFTAs to RTS Awards, BBC Studios is Britain's most awarded production company and the only producer with three of the top ten shows on IMDB; we're the home of the widest-read English language news website in the world; and the UK's largest distributor of British content. THE ROLE We are currently looking for a Software Engineering Team Lead to manage our Studios Data Platform engineering team within Commercial Data Technology. The team are responsible for building and maintaining the cloud infrastructure of the platform, integrating SaaS products and building new software features to expand its capabilities. The Studios Data Platform team are responsible for the infrastructure, SaaS applications, software products and tooling that power the platform. You will be responsible for leading a small team of backend/fullstack oriented engineers, providing them with effective coaching and support to deliver high-quality software solutions. We care deeply about creating a culture and environment where people feel included and supported to contribute and do their best work, and we expect our team leads to help create and foster that environment. Some of the key responsibilities of this role: Recruit, mentor and manage an effective software engineering team. Help create an inclusive environment for your team, where everyone can contribute and do their best work. Lead your team in the design, development and operation of effective software that meets complex requirements for the immediate team and broader BBC Studios. Lead technical discussions and make well-informed technical decisions in the best interests of BBC Studios. Establish good working relationships with vendors and supporting the engineering department manager with getting the most value from our vendors. Collaborate closely with product leads to ensure the team is working in the most effective way possible, on the things that add the most value. Learn new technologies, keep up-to-date with existing technologies and help introduce them where appropriate. Collaborate with other leaders across your department and the wider business to foster a culture of engineering excellence and help drive the technical strategy of BBC Studios. Encourage your team to work beyond its boundaries with other teams in the BBC, sharing their knowledge and contributing to our shared engineering culture. Define, lead and encourage continuous improvement of the team's delivery and development processes. Deputise for the engineering department manager when required (with the support of your peers). WHAT DOES IT TAKE? We are looking for someone that has a background in developing high performance software solutions and either has people management experience or wants to make the first step into people management. That person is a strong communicator and has a collaborative approach to creating solutions to challenging problems and has demonstrable experience in supporting software engineers, helping them achieve their full potential in their roles. We don't expect you to have experience in all of these but the below gives examples of skills and practices we value: Experience line managing or leading a software engineering team with the design, implementation and operation of the software and/or architecture for a given project. Ability to recruit an effective software engineering team, with demonstrable experience creating a positive, inclusive culture within a team Strong experience in backend software engineering using general-purpose programming languages to write clean, well-documented, and testable code that meets business needs using techniques such as Test Driven Development. While this role is not required to be hands-on (feel free to get stuck in if you wish to), we do expect you to have experience of this in previous roles. Leading the QA and testing functionality of the team using automated testing techniques, such as end-to-end testing and contract tests. Leadership communication skills - A great candidate will be able to communicate as capably with your engineering team as non-technical senior stakeholders, to be able to collaborate, advise and influence effectively based on the audience. Experience operating cloud infrastructure at scale using best practices. Establishing effective DevOps techniques like CI/CD and effective monitoring. Experience leading the response to incidents using effective incident management techniques. The ability to lead on and encourage continuous improvement in the way your team works, introducing and implementing new tools, practices and processes to enable your team to be the best it can be. Curiosity and an openness to change - we are always learning new technologies and requirements can frequently change. If that energises you, you'll enjoy this opportunity! Experience of database design, performance optimisation, troubleshooting and awareness of cloud-based Big Data "data warehouse" systems such as Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery or Athena. PACKAGE DESCRIPTION Job Reference: 14922 Band: D Salary: £62,620 - £93,930 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. Contract Type: Permanent Location: London - Television Centre Working Pattern: Hybrid Working (Mix of working from home plus two/three days a week in the office). We are really proud to share that we are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and so if you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply please do contact us at with the job reference in the subject. We offer flexibility, competitive benefits and the opportunity to be part of the BBC's exciting mission. Some of the key benefits you'll get from working in this role are: Flexible/Agile working - opportunities across the business. We believe in empowering you to do your best work, so we offer support and flexibility to balance work and home. We're happy to discuss a formal flexible working pattern. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at the offer stage. Unrivalled training and development opportunities - we operate a people-first culture and pride ourselves on your development. Our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certifications. Excellent career progression - BBC Studios offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation. Leaders at the BBC are passionate about helping our people grow in the organisation and you will have regular sessions with your line manager to support you with your career ambitions. Benefits - We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (plus an additional day which is a Corporation Day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more. LIFE AT BBC STUDIOS We don't focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you've read about our values and behaviours here. The BBC is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce and therefore strongly encourages applications from underrepresented groups. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of their background. More information on our D&I plan can be found here. BBC Studios puts sustainability at the heart of everything we do both onscreen and offscreen, including delivering against the BBC Group's science-based Net Zero targets. More information on sustainability at BBC Studios can be found here.
May 02, 2024
Full time
ABOUT BBC STUDIOS BBC Studios is a world-renowned content studio and channels & streaming business, powered by British creativity, with a reach that touches audiences in every corner of the globe. We work with outstanding creative talent who are responsible for platform-defining shows from Strictly Come Dancing to Bluey, Prehistoric Planet to Planet Earth III. The range and quality of our content is unsurpassed, creating critical and commercial successes and global phenomena. From BAFTAs to RTS Awards, BBC Studios is Britain's most awarded production company and the only producer with three of the top ten shows on IMDB; we're the home of the widest-read English language news website in the world; and the UK's largest distributor of British content. THE ROLE We are currently looking for a Software Engineering Team Lead to manage our Studios Data Platform engineering team within Commercial Data Technology. The team are responsible for building and maintaining the cloud infrastructure of the platform, integrating SaaS products and building new software features to expand its capabilities. The Studios Data Platform team are responsible for the infrastructure, SaaS applications, software products and tooling that power the platform. You will be responsible for leading a small team of backend/fullstack oriented engineers, providing them with effective coaching and support to deliver high-quality software solutions. We care deeply about creating a culture and environment where people feel included and supported to contribute and do their best work, and we expect our team leads to help create and foster that environment. Some of the key responsibilities of this role: Recruit, mentor and manage an effective software engineering team. Help create an inclusive environment for your team, where everyone can contribute and do their best work. Lead your team in the design, development and operation of effective software that meets complex requirements for the immediate team and broader BBC Studios. Lead technical discussions and make well-informed technical decisions in the best interests of BBC Studios. Establish good working relationships with vendors and supporting the engineering department manager with getting the most value from our vendors. Collaborate closely with product leads to ensure the team is working in the most effective way possible, on the things that add the most value. Learn new technologies, keep up-to-date with existing technologies and help introduce them where appropriate. Collaborate with other leaders across your department and the wider business to foster a culture of engineering excellence and help drive the technical strategy of BBC Studios. Encourage your team to work beyond its boundaries with other teams in the BBC, sharing their knowledge and contributing to our shared engineering culture. Define, lead and encourage continuous improvement of the team's delivery and development processes. Deputise for the engineering department manager when required (with the support of your peers). WHAT DOES IT TAKE? We are looking for someone that has a background in developing high performance software solutions and either has people management experience or wants to make the first step into people management. That person is a strong communicator and has a collaborative approach to creating solutions to challenging problems and has demonstrable experience in supporting software engineers, helping them achieve their full potential in their roles. We don't expect you to have experience in all of these but the below gives examples of skills and practices we value: Experience line managing or leading a software engineering team with the design, implementation and operation of the software and/or architecture for a given project. Ability to recruit an effective software engineering team, with demonstrable experience creating a positive, inclusive culture within a team Strong experience in backend software engineering using general-purpose programming languages to write clean, well-documented, and testable code that meets business needs using techniques such as Test Driven Development. While this role is not required to be hands-on (feel free to get stuck in if you wish to), we do expect you to have experience of this in previous roles. Leading the QA and testing functionality of the team using automated testing techniques, such as end-to-end testing and contract tests. Leadership communication skills - A great candidate will be able to communicate as capably with your engineering team as non-technical senior stakeholders, to be able to collaborate, advise and influence effectively based on the audience. Experience operating cloud infrastructure at scale using best practices. Establishing effective DevOps techniques like CI/CD and effective monitoring. Experience leading the response to incidents using effective incident management techniques. The ability to lead on and encourage continuous improvement in the way your team works, introducing and implementing new tools, practices and processes to enable your team to be the best it can be. Curiosity and an openness to change - we are always learning new technologies and requirements can frequently change. If that energises you, you'll enjoy this opportunity! Experience of database design, performance optimisation, troubleshooting and awareness of cloud-based Big Data "data warehouse" systems such as Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery or Athena. PACKAGE DESCRIPTION Job Reference: 14922 Band: D Salary: £62,620 - £93,930 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. Contract Type: Permanent Location: London - Television Centre Working Pattern: Hybrid Working (Mix of working from home plus two/three days a week in the office). We are really proud to share that we are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and so if you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply please do contact us at with the job reference in the subject. We offer flexibility, competitive benefits and the opportunity to be part of the BBC's exciting mission. Some of the key benefits you'll get from working in this role are: Flexible/Agile working - opportunities across the business. We believe in empowering you to do your best work, so we offer support and flexibility to balance work and home. We're happy to discuss a formal flexible working pattern. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at the offer stage. Unrivalled training and development opportunities - we operate a people-first culture and pride ourselves on your development. Our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certifications. Excellent career progression - BBC Studios offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation. Leaders at the BBC are passionate about helping our people grow in the organisation and you will have regular sessions with your line manager to support you with your career ambitions. Benefits - We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (plus an additional day which is a Corporation Day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more. LIFE AT BBC STUDIOS We don't focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you've read about our values and behaviours here. The BBC is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce and therefore strongly encourages applications from underrepresented groups. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of their background. More information on our D&I plan can be found here. BBC Studios puts sustainability at the heart of everything we do both onscreen and offscreen, including delivering against the BBC Group's science-based Net Zero targets. More information on sustainability at BBC Studios can be found here.
The Team & Role We are looking for driven leaders to join us at SevenRooms. This is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to play a key role in helping a rapidly growing company transition from start-up to scale-up. Successful candidates will have a proven record for shipping products customers love, driving engineering excellence, and leading teams. They have excellent communication skills and the ability to identify problems and implement simple solutions that scale. They have a growth mindset and get excited about multi-year opportunities. This role is essential in creating a strong engineering culture that insists on high standards and shipping products. You will be joining a team of 70+ engineering professionals and will report directly to our team's VP of Engineering. SevenRooms is the preferred platform for restaurants who want to automate revenue growth while providing world-class hospitality. This platform is built by a team of 70 engineers who are passionate about solving problems for our customers by shipping often. Our engineers are guided by the following core values that help us stay connected: Ownership , Customer Obsession , Collaborate & Be Transparent , Measure & Monitor , Be Creative , and finally Be Yourself . What You'll Do Build Product: We believe the best product is built by engineers who own their product. This means understanding the customer needs and advocating for solutions to those needs. To do this they must actively engage with their counterparts in Product (and other orgs) and play an active role in developing the product roadmap. Drive Technical Decisions: Engineering leaders own the technologies and stack used by their team. They have a broad understanding of our technical strategy and drive innovation on their teams as well as share learnings with the rest of the organization. Engineering leaders will be hands-on in designing systems, reviewing code, and when appropriate building solutions. Embrace Software Best Practices: We are building software that powers thousands of businesses, as such we need our software to be reliable, performant, and easily built upon as we continue to grow our business. Leaders ensure that their teams build software that meets these goals. Lead Teams: Engineering leaders engage with their teams to ensure they have a mission and vision for the future. This means understanding business strategy, customer needs, and risks. Leaders excite their teams about the opportunities ahead and provide clarity when navigating complex situations. Manage and Grow Engineers: Leaders must be able to develop the engineers working with them. This means accelerating the growth of successful engineers while also identifying individuals who are struggling and taking action to support them. They understand the importance of radical candor when delivering performance feedback. Collaborate With Your Peers: The best leaders build relationships and influence the individuals around them. They are able to discern when it's appropriate to offer help vs let someone else figure it out on their own. They are viewed by people across the org as a go-to person when in need. Who You Are You have a strong grasp of engineering fundamentals You've built product and understand services oriented architecture You've led larger (8-20 engineers) engineering teams with other leaders reporting to you Excellent communication skills and a history of strong written and verbal communication You approach the world with a growth mindset and inspire that in others You want to own key business verticals and drive growth What We Offer A fresh start with a flexible and independent working schedule: SevenRooms provides all employees with their first two (2) weeks of employment as paid time off to relax and recharge before starting their journey with us. You'll also have access to unlimited paid time off, including tenure-based PTO minimums and the option to work anywhere at any time. Equitable compensation: Our compensation packages are based on external market data. At SevenRooms, you can expect to be paid well for your contributions towards transforming the hospitality industry. We also offer equity for all employees as part of our commitment to everyone being an owner and working together to build an outstanding company. Comprehensive benefits package: SevenRooms provides access to private medical coverage, life insurance, and income protection. Employee programs and recognition: Through our Roomie's Choice program, all employees at SevenRooms receive a monthly stipend to spend however they see fit. All full-time employees are eligible for our Core Value Awards program which is awarded bi-annually and recognizes those who exemplify our organization's core values. You can expect unique milestone awards throughout your journey with SevenRooms, including swag, experiences, and trips to celebrate specific years of tenure. Opportunities for training and professional development: Your manager will partner with you on establishing quarterly objectives that not only benefit the company but aid in your overall career development and advancement. SevenRooms also provides financial support for continuing education, certifications, or participation in external training programs.
May 01, 2024
Full time
The Team & Role We are looking for driven leaders to join us at SevenRooms. This is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to play a key role in helping a rapidly growing company transition from start-up to scale-up. Successful candidates will have a proven record for shipping products customers love, driving engineering excellence, and leading teams. They have excellent communication skills and the ability to identify problems and implement simple solutions that scale. They have a growth mindset and get excited about multi-year opportunities. This role is essential in creating a strong engineering culture that insists on high standards and shipping products. You will be joining a team of 70+ engineering professionals and will report directly to our team's VP of Engineering. SevenRooms is the preferred platform for restaurants who want to automate revenue growth while providing world-class hospitality. This platform is built by a team of 70 engineers who are passionate about solving problems for our customers by shipping often. Our engineers are guided by the following core values that help us stay connected: Ownership , Customer Obsession , Collaborate & Be Transparent , Measure & Monitor , Be Creative , and finally Be Yourself . What You'll Do Build Product: We believe the best product is built by engineers who own their product. This means understanding the customer needs and advocating for solutions to those needs. To do this they must actively engage with their counterparts in Product (and other orgs) and play an active role in developing the product roadmap. Drive Technical Decisions: Engineering leaders own the technologies and stack used by their team. They have a broad understanding of our technical strategy and drive innovation on their teams as well as share learnings with the rest of the organization. Engineering leaders will be hands-on in designing systems, reviewing code, and when appropriate building solutions. Embrace Software Best Practices: We are building software that powers thousands of businesses, as such we need our software to be reliable, performant, and easily built upon as we continue to grow our business. Leaders ensure that their teams build software that meets these goals. Lead Teams: Engineering leaders engage with their teams to ensure they have a mission and vision for the future. This means understanding business strategy, customer needs, and risks. Leaders excite their teams about the opportunities ahead and provide clarity when navigating complex situations. Manage and Grow Engineers: Leaders must be able to develop the engineers working with them. This means accelerating the growth of successful engineers while also identifying individuals who are struggling and taking action to support them. They understand the importance of radical candor when delivering performance feedback. Collaborate With Your Peers: The best leaders build relationships and influence the individuals around them. They are able to discern when it's appropriate to offer help vs let someone else figure it out on their own. They are viewed by people across the org as a go-to person when in need. Who You Are You have a strong grasp of engineering fundamentals You've built product and understand services oriented architecture You've led larger (8-20 engineers) engineering teams with other leaders reporting to you Excellent communication skills and a history of strong written and verbal communication You approach the world with a growth mindset and inspire that in others You want to own key business verticals and drive growth What We Offer A fresh start with a flexible and independent working schedule: SevenRooms provides all employees with their first two (2) weeks of employment as paid time off to relax and recharge before starting their journey with us. You'll also have access to unlimited paid time off, including tenure-based PTO minimums and the option to work anywhere at any time. Equitable compensation: Our compensation packages are based on external market data. At SevenRooms, you can expect to be paid well for your contributions towards transforming the hospitality industry. We also offer equity for all employees as part of our commitment to everyone being an owner and working together to build an outstanding company. Comprehensive benefits package: SevenRooms provides access to private medical coverage, life insurance, and income protection. Employee programs and recognition: Through our Roomie's Choice program, all employees at SevenRooms receive a monthly stipend to spend however they see fit. All full-time employees are eligible for our Core Value Awards program which is awarded bi-annually and recognizes those who exemplify our organization's core values. You can expect unique milestone awards throughout your journey with SevenRooms, including swag, experiences, and trips to celebrate specific years of tenure. Opportunities for training and professional development: Your manager will partner with you on establishing quarterly objectives that not only benefit the company but aid in your overall career development and advancement. SevenRooms also provides financial support for continuing education, certifications, or participation in external training programs.
Job Title: Telesales Executive Location: Telford Salary: £23,000 to £25,000 DOE, uncapped commission, OTE £45,000 Reporting to: Telesales Manager Permanent Position - part time, hybrid and remote opportunities available Introduction: Here at Enreach we re all about communication. As a provider of cloud phone systems, broadband, mobile and IT, we help thousands of businesses to communicate with their colleagues and customers, making business technology, connectivity, and productivity integration easy for organisations as they grow. As part of the wider European Enreach Group, we have over 1,100 colleagues across Europe and provide leading solutions to businesses of all shapes and sizes. As a leading telecoms provider, our customers are at the heart of everything we do, and we re looking for the right person to join us as part of our growing team. An exciting opportunity has arisen in our sales team and we re looking for the right person to join us and help us work wonders. The Role: Are you a passionate, high-energy go-getter who loves a good challenge, can you turn an interaction into an engaging chat, sprinkled with humour and build genuine connections with customers? Then we want you to join our team for your next adventure! As a Telesales Executive, your charisma and outgoing personality will be your superpower as you orchestrate the scheduling of appointments by truly getting to know our customers' needs and setting the stage for our field sales heroes. You'll dive into our CRM like a pro, strategically targeting clients and hitting those sales targets with style. But it's not just about numbers it's about smashing those phone calls with charm, confidence, and a big smile, making every interaction a memorable one. Key Responsibilities as a Telesales Executive: Step into the dynamic role of Telesales Executive, where you'll be the architect of appointments that set the stage for our field sales team. Dive into our CRM toolbox with flair, using your charm and savvy to uncover golden opportunities. With your guidance, your pipeline will be a roadmap to success. Your mission? Surpass daily, weekly, and monthly appointment targets with finesse, turning goals into victories. But it's not just about hitting numbers; it's about understanding customer needs like a pro and matching them with tailor-made solutions from our top-notch product lineup. Picture yourself as the telephony hero, showcasing to our clients why choosing Enreach is the ultimate business power move. Quality reigns supreme here think of yourself as the curator of memorable appointments, prioritising meaningful connections with key decision-makers. There are also regular gatherings and training sessions, where you'll sharpen your product knowledge and polish your sales skills in a fun yet professional environment. Who we are looking for : A stellar communicator with a knack for making even business calls feel like a breeze. A self-starter who finds motivation in reaching targets and unlocking exciting incentives. A team player extraordinaire, thriving in the hustle and bustle of a fast-paced environment, and always ready to collaborate seamlessly for a top tier customer journey. Driven by not just meeting but surpassing targets, you're the embodiment of goal-crushing ambition. You build rapport over the phone like it's second nature, turning every call into a chance to connect. A keen-eyed opportunist, you spot openings and seize them with lightning speed. Tech-savvy with a proven history of mastering CRM systems, you're always one step ahead. Resilient and tenacious, you tackle challenges head-on and emerge victorious every time. No previous experience in Telesales is necessary as all training is provided, it s all about personality and confidence. What s in it for me? Enhanced maternity and paternity pay. 23 days holiday (more for long service) plus an extra day off for your Birthday. Holiday purchase scheme. Healthcare and life cover schemes. Company pension. Great working hours Monday to Friday, with no weekend or evening working. 4.00pm finish on a Friday, earlier if weekly targets hit. Amazing Savings with Perkbox access to hundreds of discounts. Strong social ethos and the ability to develop and progress your career. Be part of a high growth and very exciting European wide group, that prides itself on innovation, collaboration, and strong customer focus.
May 01, 2024
Full time
Job Title: Telesales Executive Location: Telford Salary: £23,000 to £25,000 DOE, uncapped commission, OTE £45,000 Reporting to: Telesales Manager Permanent Position - part time, hybrid and remote opportunities available Introduction: Here at Enreach we re all about communication. As a provider of cloud phone systems, broadband, mobile and IT, we help thousands of businesses to communicate with their colleagues and customers, making business technology, connectivity, and productivity integration easy for organisations as they grow. As part of the wider European Enreach Group, we have over 1,100 colleagues across Europe and provide leading solutions to businesses of all shapes and sizes. As a leading telecoms provider, our customers are at the heart of everything we do, and we re looking for the right person to join us as part of our growing team. An exciting opportunity has arisen in our sales team and we re looking for the right person to join us and help us work wonders. The Role: Are you a passionate, high-energy go-getter who loves a good challenge, can you turn an interaction into an engaging chat, sprinkled with humour and build genuine connections with customers? Then we want you to join our team for your next adventure! As a Telesales Executive, your charisma and outgoing personality will be your superpower as you orchestrate the scheduling of appointments by truly getting to know our customers' needs and setting the stage for our field sales heroes. You'll dive into our CRM like a pro, strategically targeting clients and hitting those sales targets with style. But it's not just about numbers it's about smashing those phone calls with charm, confidence, and a big smile, making every interaction a memorable one. Key Responsibilities as a Telesales Executive: Step into the dynamic role of Telesales Executive, where you'll be the architect of appointments that set the stage for our field sales team. Dive into our CRM toolbox with flair, using your charm and savvy to uncover golden opportunities. With your guidance, your pipeline will be a roadmap to success. Your mission? Surpass daily, weekly, and monthly appointment targets with finesse, turning goals into victories. But it's not just about hitting numbers; it's about understanding customer needs like a pro and matching them with tailor-made solutions from our top-notch product lineup. Picture yourself as the telephony hero, showcasing to our clients why choosing Enreach is the ultimate business power move. Quality reigns supreme here think of yourself as the curator of memorable appointments, prioritising meaningful connections with key decision-makers. There are also regular gatherings and training sessions, where you'll sharpen your product knowledge and polish your sales skills in a fun yet professional environment. Who we are looking for : A stellar communicator with a knack for making even business calls feel like a breeze. A self-starter who finds motivation in reaching targets and unlocking exciting incentives. A team player extraordinaire, thriving in the hustle and bustle of a fast-paced environment, and always ready to collaborate seamlessly for a top tier customer journey. Driven by not just meeting but surpassing targets, you're the embodiment of goal-crushing ambition. You build rapport over the phone like it's second nature, turning every call into a chance to connect. A keen-eyed opportunist, you spot openings and seize them with lightning speed. Tech-savvy with a proven history of mastering CRM systems, you're always one step ahead. Resilient and tenacious, you tackle challenges head-on and emerge victorious every time. No previous experience in Telesales is necessary as all training is provided, it s all about personality and confidence. What s in it for me? Enhanced maternity and paternity pay. 23 days holiday (more for long service) plus an extra day off for your Birthday. Holiday purchase scheme. Healthcare and life cover schemes. Company pension. Great working hours Monday to Friday, with no weekend or evening working. 4.00pm finish on a Friday, earlier if weekly targets hit. Amazing Savings with Perkbox access to hundreds of discounts. Strong social ethos and the ability to develop and progress your career. Be part of a high growth and very exciting European wide group, that prides itself on innovation, collaboration, and strong customer focus.
AVP, Value Stream Execution page is loaded AVP, Value Stream Execution Apply remote type Hybrid locations LON - London time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id R-35833 Who Are We? Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That's the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 160 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it. Job Category Technology Target Openings 1 What Is the Opportunity? Travelers is seeking a AVP, Value Stream Lead to drive the execution of business strategies in an agile fashion. In this highly visible position, you will be responsible for ensuring the Value Stream itself is correctly defined, mapped, optimized, managed, and improved upon over time. You will apply strong business acumen and leadership in partnership with technology counterparts to effectively plan and deliver business outcomes in service to your business unit's strategy. Travelers Europe currently offers flexibility to employees who wish to work on a hybrid basis in accordance with our Hybrid Work Arrangements Policy. This entails full time employees working three days a week in the office and two days at home (or pro rata for part-time employees). This policy may be changed at the Company's discretion. What Will You Do? Oversee the body of work conducted within a value stream; accountable to lead, define, communicate, and champion work spanning across teams working toward common business outcomes primarily within a single business unit or product. Define short and long-term vision and strategy, facilitate and collaborate with leadership to understand business needs, ensuring alignment to overall business outcomes, including the business architecture and roadmap for achieving the strategy, vision and business outcomes; articulate the value stream vision and strategy effectively to teams and stakeholders. Partner with Technology Value Stream leader to effectively define, plan and deliver business outcomes. Drive all aspects of change management, ensuring clear sponsorship and effective stakeholder engagement and communications. Define and manage risks to delivery of value and outcomes. Build and manage change readiness strategy, using data to understand the environment to prepare for effective behavioral change management. Identify and analyze change impact, assess organizational readiness, and create change management and change communications strategies that mitigate risk and maximize employee engagement. Effectively manage a portfolio of deliverables and capabilities as well as 'test and learn'/experimentation targeted at defining/refining future deliverables, measuring performance and adjusting the overall roadmap of deliverables as needed. Identify innovative solutions both internally and in the external marketplace; ensure competitive and industry benchmarking of critical capabilities. Responsibility for the overall planning, staffing, budgeting, expense priority management, and recommendation of process changes. Manage a team; Develop a robust talent pipeline and ensure the strength of Travelers' brand while attracting top talent. Oversee data driven decisions related to funding and resource allocation, and prioritization of work; make trade-off decisions to balance quality, cost, and timelines to maximize business value and ensure alignment to business outcomes. Identify and plan for enterprise dependencies. Manage complex multi-team dynamics; remove impediments to teams' success and assist in conflict resolution, issue and dependency management. Build and foster collaborative relationships across business areas, with the ability to influence senior leadership. Perform other duties as assigned. What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have? Master's degree. Relevant experience in an Agile/execution leadership role delivering business solutions on a demanding schedule. Relevant experience of people leadership/ management experience. Strong business acumen and a deep strategic mindset. Proven analytical skills and experience making decisions based on hard and soft data. Strong knowledge of the Line of Business with the ability to develop and leverage business and/or vendor partnerships, consult on business priorities, and optimize value through solution identification aligned with business objectives. Agile Mindset: Embody Agile core values of openness, courage, respect, focus, and commitment. Infuse Agile principles, practices and methodologies to achieve team success. Product Mindset: Focus on defining a product value proposition that aligns with and supports the circle/value stream objectives and which is the north star for the Value Stream. Change Agent: Demonstrated change leadership skills including the ability to create an inclusive environment, manage conflict and develop solutions to mitigate risk. Influence: Ability to influence behaviors of leaders at all levels and without traditional hierarchy. Servant Leadership: Foster an environment where individuals thrive as empowered and equal members of a team. Communication: Ability to communicate thoughts, concepts, practices effectively at all levels, adjusting as needed to a target audience. Collaboration: Expertise working with others in a cross-functional multi-team environment. Continuous Improvement: Demonstrate a commitment to continually improve, share learning with others and encourage team development. What is a Must Have? Relevant business experience. People leadership/management experience. What Is in It for You? Private Medical Insurance: On commencement of employment, you are eligible for single cover provided by Travelers, with the option to add cover for your dependents, at your expense through payroll deduction. Retirement: Travelers will make a core contribution of a percentage of salary to your Pension Plan. Additionally, if you decide to contribute to the plan, you will receive an increased company contribution. Holiday Entitlement: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 25 days holiday entitlement annually, plus the opportunity to purchase additional days to allow for up to a total of 35 holidays per year. Wellness Programme: The Travelers wellness programme is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs. In addition, our mental health programme provides access to free professional counseling services and other resources that support your daily life needs. Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved. Travelers has a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards programme that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice. Employment Practices Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We value the unique abilities and talents each individual brings to our organization and recognize that we benefit in numerous ways from our differences. If you are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please send us an email so we may assist you. Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above or below the level included in this posting. To learn more about our comprehensive benefit programs please visit . Travelers has more than 33,000 employees in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. Explore life at Travelers . We have 10 diversity networks, employee-led organizations dedicated to fostering the development and success of our employees. Discover diversity and inclusion . Employees and their eligible family members - including spouses, domestic partners and children - are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment. Explore benefits . Travelers has been recognized by organizations such as G.I. Jobs, Human Rights Campaign Foundation, and Military Times. Read more about recognition .
May 01, 2024
Full time
AVP, Value Stream Execution page is loaded AVP, Value Stream Execution Apply remote type Hybrid locations LON - London time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id R-35833 Who Are We? Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That's the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 160 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it. Job Category Technology Target Openings 1 What Is the Opportunity? Travelers is seeking a AVP, Value Stream Lead to drive the execution of business strategies in an agile fashion. In this highly visible position, you will be responsible for ensuring the Value Stream itself is correctly defined, mapped, optimized, managed, and improved upon over time. You will apply strong business acumen and leadership in partnership with technology counterparts to effectively plan and deliver business outcomes in service to your business unit's strategy. Travelers Europe currently offers flexibility to employees who wish to work on a hybrid basis in accordance with our Hybrid Work Arrangements Policy. This entails full time employees working three days a week in the office and two days at home (or pro rata for part-time employees). This policy may be changed at the Company's discretion. What Will You Do? Oversee the body of work conducted within a value stream; accountable to lead, define, communicate, and champion work spanning across teams working toward common business outcomes primarily within a single business unit or product. Define short and long-term vision and strategy, facilitate and collaborate with leadership to understand business needs, ensuring alignment to overall business outcomes, including the business architecture and roadmap for achieving the strategy, vision and business outcomes; articulate the value stream vision and strategy effectively to teams and stakeholders. Partner with Technology Value Stream leader to effectively define, plan and deliver business outcomes. Drive all aspects of change management, ensuring clear sponsorship and effective stakeholder engagement and communications. Define and manage risks to delivery of value and outcomes. Build and manage change readiness strategy, using data to understand the environment to prepare for effective behavioral change management. Identify and analyze change impact, assess organizational readiness, and create change management and change communications strategies that mitigate risk and maximize employee engagement. Effectively manage a portfolio of deliverables and capabilities as well as 'test and learn'/experimentation targeted at defining/refining future deliverables, measuring performance and adjusting the overall roadmap of deliverables as needed. Identify innovative solutions both internally and in the external marketplace; ensure competitive and industry benchmarking of critical capabilities. Responsibility for the overall planning, staffing, budgeting, expense priority management, and recommendation of process changes. Manage a team; Develop a robust talent pipeline and ensure the strength of Travelers' brand while attracting top talent. Oversee data driven decisions related to funding and resource allocation, and prioritization of work; make trade-off decisions to balance quality, cost, and timelines to maximize business value and ensure alignment to business outcomes. Identify and plan for enterprise dependencies. Manage complex multi-team dynamics; remove impediments to teams' success and assist in conflict resolution, issue and dependency management. Build and foster collaborative relationships across business areas, with the ability to influence senior leadership. Perform other duties as assigned. What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have? Master's degree. Relevant experience in an Agile/execution leadership role delivering business solutions on a demanding schedule. Relevant experience of people leadership/ management experience. Strong business acumen and a deep strategic mindset. Proven analytical skills and experience making decisions based on hard and soft data. Strong knowledge of the Line of Business with the ability to develop and leverage business and/or vendor partnerships, consult on business priorities, and optimize value through solution identification aligned with business objectives. Agile Mindset: Embody Agile core values of openness, courage, respect, focus, and commitment. Infuse Agile principles, practices and methodologies to achieve team success. Product Mindset: Focus on defining a product value proposition that aligns with and supports the circle/value stream objectives and which is the north star for the Value Stream. Change Agent: Demonstrated change leadership skills including the ability to create an inclusive environment, manage conflict and develop solutions to mitigate risk. Influence: Ability to influence behaviors of leaders at all levels and without traditional hierarchy. Servant Leadership: Foster an environment where individuals thrive as empowered and equal members of a team. Communication: Ability to communicate thoughts, concepts, practices effectively at all levels, adjusting as needed to a target audience. Collaboration: Expertise working with others in a cross-functional multi-team environment. Continuous Improvement: Demonstrate a commitment to continually improve, share learning with others and encourage team development. What is a Must Have? Relevant business experience. People leadership/management experience. What Is in It for You? Private Medical Insurance: On commencement of employment, you are eligible for single cover provided by Travelers, with the option to add cover for your dependents, at your expense through payroll deduction. Retirement: Travelers will make a core contribution of a percentage of salary to your Pension Plan. Additionally, if you decide to contribute to the plan, you will receive an increased company contribution. Holiday Entitlement: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 25 days holiday entitlement annually, plus the opportunity to purchase additional days to allow for up to a total of 35 holidays per year. Wellness Programme: The Travelers wellness programme is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs. In addition, our mental health programme provides access to free professional counseling services and other resources that support your daily life needs. Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved. Travelers has a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards programme that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice. Employment Practices Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We value the unique abilities and talents each individual brings to our organization and recognize that we benefit in numerous ways from our differences. If you are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please send us an email so we may assist you. Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above or below the level included in this posting. To learn more about our comprehensive benefit programs please visit . Travelers has more than 33,000 employees in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. Explore life at Travelers . We have 10 diversity networks, employee-led organizations dedicated to fostering the development and success of our employees. Discover diversity and inclusion . Employees and their eligible family members - including spouses, domestic partners and children - are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment. Explore benefits . Travelers has been recognized by organizations such as G.I. Jobs, Human Rights Campaign Foundation, and Military Times. Read more about recognition .
Group Overview The TP ICAP Group is a world leading provider of market infrastructure. Our purpose is to provide clients with access to global financial and commodities markets, improving price discovery, liquidity, and distribution of data, through responsible and innovative solutions. Through our people and technology, we connect clients to superior liquidity and data solutions. The Group is home to a stable of premium brands. Collectively, TP ICAP is the largest interdealer broker in the world by revenue, the number one Energy & Commodities broker in the world, the world's leading provider of OTC data, and an award winning all-to-all trading platform. The Group operates from more than 60 offices in 27 countries. We are 5,300 people strong. We work as one to achieve our vision of being the world's most trusted, innovative, liquidity and data solutions specialist. TP ICAP's Fusion platform is a multi-asset liquidity platform that is driving the transition of TP ICAP's Global Broking business from voice to electronic protocols. The platform enables clients to smoothly access TP ICAP's liquidity pools across all products, asset classes, brands and regions. It has been recognized as the OTC trading platform of the year by Risk Magazine Role Overview As a Senior Back-End Software Engineer at TP ICAP you will be part of a talented team delivering business critical software for the internal broking division and their external customer base. You will work within an Agile environment, from design through to implementation, with a strong focus on Continuous Improvement. There will be a strong emphasis on collaboratively working as part of self-organising, cross-functional team. There will be a focus on Continuous Integration and Deployment and automating as much as possible. Promote delivery of quality software - unit tests, code reviews etc. Experimenting with multiple technologies and methodologies as part of delivery, to help guarantee the best solution and approach. Role Responsibilities Work closely with the Architect/Principal/Team Leader to build solutions that align to the IT strategy/vision. Provide support and mentoring to other members of the team. Work in partnership with QA counterpart to ensure the delivery of quality software. Deliver against both Functional and Non-functional requirements. Take Ownership/Accountability for development of key features and drive to completion. Communicate effectively on progress and ensure impediments are raised early to minimise impact on the delivery. Experience / Competences Knowledge Experienced developer, with demonstrable experience of C# (.Net Core & Framework) Detailed knowledge of Microsoft SQL technologies Experience Degree or equivalent industry experience Experience of application testing, demonstrating the software meets the requirements Experience with either Continuous Build & Integration, Continuous Deployment or DevOps Financial Services background, preferably including experience working with Market Data Providers and hands on experience with of OTC derivative products. Skills Middleware experience on some messaging systems e.g. Tibco EMS, RabbitMQ, Reuters, IBM Websphere Message Broker, Solace, etc. Experience of enterprise software development Experience with TDD, BDD or similar approaches to specifying requirements and design. Not The Perfect Fit? Concerned that you may not meet the criteria precisely? At TP ICAP, we wholeheartedly believe in fostering inclusivity and cultivating a work environment where everyone can flourish, regardless of your personal or professional background. If you are enthusiastic about this role but find that your experience doesn't align perfectly with every aspect of the job description, we strongly encourage you to apply. You may be the ideal candidate for this position or another opportunity within our organisation. Our dedicated Talent Acquisition team is here to assist you in recognising how your unique skills and abilities can be a valuable contribution. Don't hesitate to take the leap and explore the possibilities. Your potential is what truly matters to us. Company Statement We know that the best innovation happens when diverse people with different perspectives and skills work together in an inclusive atmosphere. That's why we're building a culture where everyone plays a part in making people feel welcome, ready and willing to contribute. TP ICAP Accord - our Employee Network - is a central to this. As well as representing specific groups, TP ICAP Accord helps increase awareness, collaboration, shares best practice, and holds our firm to account for driving continuous cultural improvement. LI-Hybrid Not The Perfect Fit? Concerned that you may not meet the criteria precisely? At TP ICAP, we wholeheartedly believe in fostering inclusivity and cultivating a work environment where everyone can flourish, regardless of your personal or professional background. If you are enthusiastic about this role but find that your experience doesn't align perfectly with every aspect of the job description, we strongly encourage you to apply. You may be the ideal candidate for this position or another opportunity within our organisation. Our dedicated Talent Acquisition team is here to assist you in recognising how your unique skills and abilities can be a valuable contribution. Don't hesitate to take the leap and explore the possibilities. Your potential is what truly matters to us. Company Statement We know that the best innovation happens when diverse people with different perspectives and skills work together in an inclusive atmosphere. That's why we're building a culture where everyone plays a part in making people feel welcome, ready and willing to contribute. TP ICAP Accord - our Employee Network - is a central to this. As well as representing specific groups, TP ICAP Accord helps increase awareness, collaboration, shares best practice, and holds our firm to account for driving continuous cultural improvement. Location UK - City Quays - Belfast
May 01, 2024
Full time
Group Overview The TP ICAP Group is a world leading provider of market infrastructure. Our purpose is to provide clients with access to global financial and commodities markets, improving price discovery, liquidity, and distribution of data, through responsible and innovative solutions. Through our people and technology, we connect clients to superior liquidity and data solutions. The Group is home to a stable of premium brands. Collectively, TP ICAP is the largest interdealer broker in the world by revenue, the number one Energy & Commodities broker in the world, the world's leading provider of OTC data, and an award winning all-to-all trading platform. The Group operates from more than 60 offices in 27 countries. We are 5,300 people strong. We work as one to achieve our vision of being the world's most trusted, innovative, liquidity and data solutions specialist. TP ICAP's Fusion platform is a multi-asset liquidity platform that is driving the transition of TP ICAP's Global Broking business from voice to electronic protocols. The platform enables clients to smoothly access TP ICAP's liquidity pools across all products, asset classes, brands and regions. It has been recognized as the OTC trading platform of the year by Risk Magazine Role Overview As a Senior Back-End Software Engineer at TP ICAP you will be part of a talented team delivering business critical software for the internal broking division and their external customer base. You will work within an Agile environment, from design through to implementation, with a strong focus on Continuous Improvement. There will be a strong emphasis on collaboratively working as part of self-organising, cross-functional team. There will be a focus on Continuous Integration and Deployment and automating as much as possible. Promote delivery of quality software - unit tests, code reviews etc. Experimenting with multiple technologies and methodologies as part of delivery, to help guarantee the best solution and approach. Role Responsibilities Work closely with the Architect/Principal/Team Leader to build solutions that align to the IT strategy/vision. Provide support and mentoring to other members of the team. Work in partnership with QA counterpart to ensure the delivery of quality software. Deliver against both Functional and Non-functional requirements. Take Ownership/Accountability for development of key features and drive to completion. Communicate effectively on progress and ensure impediments are raised early to minimise impact on the delivery. Experience / Competences Knowledge Experienced developer, with demonstrable experience of C# (.Net Core & Framework) Detailed knowledge of Microsoft SQL technologies Experience Degree or equivalent industry experience Experience of application testing, demonstrating the software meets the requirements Experience with either Continuous Build & Integration, Continuous Deployment or DevOps Financial Services background, preferably including experience working with Market Data Providers and hands on experience with of OTC derivative products. Skills Middleware experience on some messaging systems e.g. Tibco EMS, RabbitMQ, Reuters, IBM Websphere Message Broker, Solace, etc. Experience of enterprise software development Experience with TDD, BDD or similar approaches to specifying requirements and design. Not The Perfect Fit? Concerned that you may not meet the criteria precisely? At TP ICAP, we wholeheartedly believe in fostering inclusivity and cultivating a work environment where everyone can flourish, regardless of your personal or professional background. If you are enthusiastic about this role but find that your experience doesn't align perfectly with every aspect of the job description, we strongly encourage you to apply. You may be the ideal candidate for this position or another opportunity within our organisation. Our dedicated Talent Acquisition team is here to assist you in recognising how your unique skills and abilities can be a valuable contribution. Don't hesitate to take the leap and explore the possibilities. Your potential is what truly matters to us. Company Statement We know that the best innovation happens when diverse people with different perspectives and skills work together in an inclusive atmosphere. That's why we're building a culture where everyone plays a part in making people feel welcome, ready and willing to contribute. TP ICAP Accord - our Employee Network - is a central to this. As well as representing specific groups, TP ICAP Accord helps increase awareness, collaboration, shares best practice, and holds our firm to account for driving continuous cultural improvement. LI-Hybrid Not The Perfect Fit? Concerned that you may not meet the criteria precisely? At TP ICAP, we wholeheartedly believe in fostering inclusivity and cultivating a work environment where everyone can flourish, regardless of your personal or professional background. If you are enthusiastic about this role but find that your experience doesn't align perfectly with every aspect of the job description, we strongly encourage you to apply. You may be the ideal candidate for this position or another opportunity within our organisation. Our dedicated Talent Acquisition team is here to assist you in recognising how your unique skills and abilities can be a valuable contribution. Don't hesitate to take the leap and explore the possibilities. Your potential is what truly matters to us. Company Statement We know that the best innovation happens when diverse people with different perspectives and skills work together in an inclusive atmosphere. That's why we're building a culture where everyone plays a part in making people feel welcome, ready and willing to contribute. TP ICAP Accord - our Employee Network - is a central to this. As well as representing specific groups, TP ICAP Accord helps increase awareness, collaboration, shares best practice, and holds our firm to account for driving continuous cultural improvement. Location UK - City Quays - Belfast
Plant Computing Security Specialist PCSS Risktec Solutions Ltd is an established, independent engineering and risk management consultancy. We help clients to manage health, safety, security, environmental (HSSE) and business risk in sectors where the impact of loss is high. Our people are high calibre and motivated professionals, with a clear focus on meeting clients expectations. We are seeking highly motivated and dynamic individual with Security Computing and Software experience and a background in Control and instrumentation systems engineering or software engineering to manage the security aspects of a Plant Computer Systems, including computer-based systems Important to Safety (CBSIS) and non-CBSIS Plant Computer Systems. We have an opportunity for a practitioner in OT (Operational Technology) cyber security to join the Engineering department of a clients power station to drive plant computing security governance through the implementation of company policy, technical standards and regulatory requirements. The station uses programmable and configurable microprocessor based systems for monitoring and control. The security of these systems or devices is important for the continued safe and reliable operation of site processes involved in nuclear power generation, supporting the nations critical infrastructure. This role would suit a candidate who is looking to develop their career and who shows an aptitude for learning and a desire to become a subject matter expert and a source of technical expertise, supporting different teams with their security governance compliance. What youll be doing Reporting to the Cyber Security Site Lead, you can expect to use your skills and experience to: Ensure that cyber security risks to OT assets are captured through a continual risk management process, working with system owners to actively manage residual risks. Maintain the station asset inventory and risk register to track actions and report progress. Carry out malware checks in line with established procedures. Administer computer based security and monitoring systems. Carry out software or configuration backups of IT and OT equipment ranging in age. Participate in cyber incident response planning, exercising and digital forensic investigation. Ensure station documentation and network diagrams are maintained and accurately reflect design and configuration changes for new connections. Maintain awareness of current cyber security threats and vulnerabilities facing the industry or station OT assets. Provide advice on practical mitigations proportional to the risk. Contribute to new initiatives making use of technological developments to improve security and work closely with counterparts within the fleet to share information and experience. Produce and communicate learning briefs for user awareness, deliver training as required to educate and improve the security culture at all levels. Interface with NCSC and ONR, hosting security inspections as directed by the regulator. Handle and appropriately protect sensitive or restricted information. Who you are We welcome your application for the role if you have experience in cyber security and how this applies to OT systems in an industrial environment. Applicants should have a relevant HNC or degree qualification and possess the following knowledge and expertise such as: An understanding of relevant industry security standards and frameworks such as IEC 62443, ISO 27001 or NIST 800. Working knowledge of typical OT plant computing such as ICS, SCADA, DCS, PLC, HMI and smart instruments. Experience of both modern and legacy computer systems, with a breadth of hardware and software technical skills. Familiarisation with all types of storage media and digitisation thereof, including EPROM programming. An understanding of network security principles, aware of DMZ architecture for securing cross domain communication and know about industrial protocols such as serial, Modbus, OPC and HART. Experience configuring switches, routers and firewalls is advantageous. Lead by example demonstrating good digital hygiene practices and be able to assess both standard and unconventional devices for malware. A high level of attention to detail and good record keeping. Ability to work on your own initiative, build effective relationships with system owners and clearly communicate technical security concepts in simpler terms. Hold or be able to attain professional certifications such as CISSP, GICSP or CCNA. Hold or be able to attain and maintain SC national security vetting. Location Site based location, East Lothian. Potential of hybrid remote working after an initial probation period. 12 month contract with the potential to extend Due to the nature of the work, applicants must have a suitable background that will allow them to achieve UK security clearance (please note that this is very difficult to achieve within the timescales for non UK nationals and you will be subject to a screening process prior to interview to ensure that you meet the security clearance criteria). JBRP1_UKTJ
May 01, 2024
Full time
Plant Computing Security Specialist PCSS Risktec Solutions Ltd is an established, independent engineering and risk management consultancy. We help clients to manage health, safety, security, environmental (HSSE) and business risk in sectors where the impact of loss is high. Our people are high calibre and motivated professionals, with a clear focus on meeting clients expectations. We are seeking highly motivated and dynamic individual with Security Computing and Software experience and a background in Control and instrumentation systems engineering or software engineering to manage the security aspects of a Plant Computer Systems, including computer-based systems Important to Safety (CBSIS) and non-CBSIS Plant Computer Systems. We have an opportunity for a practitioner in OT (Operational Technology) cyber security to join the Engineering department of a clients power station to drive plant computing security governance through the implementation of company policy, technical standards and regulatory requirements. The station uses programmable and configurable microprocessor based systems for monitoring and control. The security of these systems or devices is important for the continued safe and reliable operation of site processes involved in nuclear power generation, supporting the nations critical infrastructure. This role would suit a candidate who is looking to develop their career and who shows an aptitude for learning and a desire to become a subject matter expert and a source of technical expertise, supporting different teams with their security governance compliance. What youll be doing Reporting to the Cyber Security Site Lead, you can expect to use your skills and experience to: Ensure that cyber security risks to OT assets are captured through a continual risk management process, working with system owners to actively manage residual risks. Maintain the station asset inventory and risk register to track actions and report progress. Carry out malware checks in line with established procedures. Administer computer based security and monitoring systems. Carry out software or configuration backups of IT and OT equipment ranging in age. Participate in cyber incident response planning, exercising and digital forensic investigation. Ensure station documentation and network diagrams are maintained and accurately reflect design and configuration changes for new connections. Maintain awareness of current cyber security threats and vulnerabilities facing the industry or station OT assets. Provide advice on practical mitigations proportional to the risk. Contribute to new initiatives making use of technological developments to improve security and work closely with counterparts within the fleet to share information and experience. Produce and communicate learning briefs for user awareness, deliver training as required to educate and improve the security culture at all levels. Interface with NCSC and ONR, hosting security inspections as directed by the regulator. Handle and appropriately protect sensitive or restricted information. Who you are We welcome your application for the role if you have experience in cyber security and how this applies to OT systems in an industrial environment. Applicants should have a relevant HNC or degree qualification and possess the following knowledge and expertise such as: An understanding of relevant industry security standards and frameworks such as IEC 62443, ISO 27001 or NIST 800. Working knowledge of typical OT plant computing such as ICS, SCADA, DCS, PLC, HMI and smart instruments. Experience of both modern and legacy computer systems, with a breadth of hardware and software technical skills. Familiarisation with all types of storage media and digitisation thereof, including EPROM programming. An understanding of network security principles, aware of DMZ architecture for securing cross domain communication and know about industrial protocols such as serial, Modbus, OPC and HART. Experience configuring switches, routers and firewalls is advantageous. Lead by example demonstrating good digital hygiene practices and be able to assess both standard and unconventional devices for malware. A high level of attention to detail and good record keeping. Ability to work on your own initiative, build effective relationships with system owners and clearly communicate technical security concepts in simpler terms. Hold or be able to attain professional certifications such as CISSP, GICSP or CCNA. Hold or be able to attain and maintain SC national security vetting. Location Site based location, East Lothian. Potential of hybrid remote working after an initial probation period. 12 month contract with the potential to extend Due to the nature of the work, applicants must have a suitable background that will allow them to achieve UK security clearance (please note that this is very difficult to achieve within the timescales for non UK nationals and you will be subject to a screening process prior to interview to ensure that you meet the security clearance criteria). JBRP1_UKTJ
Azure Senior Consultant - Appvia Location: London, UK About Us At Appvia, we're committed to helping our customers navigate their journey to Cloud and DevOps maturity. As a leading provider in the industry, we offer cutting-edge technologies and services to support our clients' cloud adoption journey. Our mission is to enable every company to deliver apps in the cloud. We dedicate ourselves to building a cloud infrastructure layer that allows platform engineering teams to manage, monitor and update with ease - at the same time, offering devs the flexibility to deploy their apps in the cloud without a hassle. We are passionate about driving value to our clients and have a desire to make their organisation succeed. About the role As a Senior Cloud Consultant, you will play a crucial role in guiding our customers on their journey to cloud and DevOps maturity. Leveraging your expertise in cloud technologies and best practices, you will work closely with clients to architect, implement, and optimise solutions tailored to their unique needs. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovation and deliver exceptional value to our customers. Interview process - 3 stage Initial conversation with our Talent Acquisition Manager Interview with the Hiring Manager Leadership Final Interview Requirements About you You'll be passionate about new technology and automation, and experienced in working in an Engineering Team in Agile and DevOps best practices. You'll also be able to talk to us about your: Knowledge of continuous integration and deployment practices Ability to collaborate with people of all levels of technical ability Understanding of industry best practices Project Management experience Fantastic people skills, including the ability to motivate a team towards a common goal Responsibilities Collaborate with clients to assess their current infrastructure, identify opportunities for improvement, and develop tailored cloud and DevOps strategies. Design and implement scalable, resilient, and secure cloud-native solutions leveraging industry best practices and cutting-edge technologies. Lead the implementation of CI/CD pipelines, automation, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices to streamline development and deployment processes. Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth. Engage with stakeholders to understand business requirements, prioritise initiatives, and ensure alignment with strategic objectives. Provide input to Statements of Work (SOW) and lead on small projects, ensuring deliverables are met within scope, budget, and timeline. Stay current with emerging trends and technologies in cloud computing and DevOps, contributing to internal knowledge sharing and thought leadership initiatives. Skills Platform Engineering: Proficiency in designing and implementing scalable, resilient, and secure cloud platforms. Automation: Experience with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices and automation tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible). Container Orchestration: Knowledge of container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes) and their managed counterparts (e.g., EKS, AKS, GKE). Public Cloud Expertise: Understanding of cloud services, architecture, and best practices in one or more major public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP). DevOps Practices: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, version control systems, and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker). Experience Project Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading and delivering cloud migration, optimization, or transformation projects. Client-Facing Experience: Proven track record of engaging with clients, understanding their requirements, and delivering solutions that exceed expectations. Team Collaboration: Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams, communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, and drive consensus. Continuous Learning: Commitment to staying abreast of industry trends, participating in professional development activities, and obtaining relevant certifications. Qualifications Certification in relevant cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP) at associate level is highly desirable e.g. Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate or AWS Solution Architect Associate. Why join Appvia? We are a self-funded, London based startup; providing businesses with a fast and secure way to deploy containerised applications into the cloud. We are on a mission to enable organisations to make cloud-based software delivery simple and efficient, whilst having the insights into costs, security and cadence. As a company that holds customers at the heart of everything we do, we are looking for candidates that want to make a real change to how Dev and Ops is working in the industry. With us our customers, like the UK's Home Office & Bank of England, are harnessing cloud-native technologies, limiting the challenges of infrastructure management and rapidly delivering digital products. What's on offer? We are generous - you'll be compensated fairly for your role (dependant on role this could mean a blend of salary, commission, stock options & company bonus) We celebrate you - you'll get the day-off for your Birthday, plus your 25 days annual leave and the 8 bank hols We win together - non commission based roles receive a company & individual performance based bonus We take health & wellbeing seriously - you'll get health Insurance including a dental element for yourself, and can choose to add family members to your policy. Life assurance, enhanced Employee Assist Programme, cycle to work scheme and a paid subscription to Headspace App We're mindful - you'll have flexibility to work from our dog-friendly Barbican office, your home or a combination of both - with flex hours to make work & home, work well We want you to grow - you'll be joining an exceptional team who will help you shape the career you're dreaming of, each Appvian has access to an individual training budget We're fun - we sponsor regular team socials, board game nights, Cloud Unplugged meetups and more! But don't just take our word for it, you can check out what our Appvians say about us on Glassdoor and by following us on LinkedIn, Twitter and TikTok.
May 01, 2024
Full time
Azure Senior Consultant - Appvia Location: London, UK About Us At Appvia, we're committed to helping our customers navigate their journey to Cloud and DevOps maturity. As a leading provider in the industry, we offer cutting-edge technologies and services to support our clients' cloud adoption journey. Our mission is to enable every company to deliver apps in the cloud. We dedicate ourselves to building a cloud infrastructure layer that allows platform engineering teams to manage, monitor and update with ease - at the same time, offering devs the flexibility to deploy their apps in the cloud without a hassle. We are passionate about driving value to our clients and have a desire to make their organisation succeed. About the role As a Senior Cloud Consultant, you will play a crucial role in guiding our customers on their journey to cloud and DevOps maturity. Leveraging your expertise in cloud technologies and best practices, you will work closely with clients to architect, implement, and optimise solutions tailored to their unique needs. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovation and deliver exceptional value to our customers. Interview process - 3 stage Initial conversation with our Talent Acquisition Manager Interview with the Hiring Manager Leadership Final Interview Requirements About you You'll be passionate about new technology and automation, and experienced in working in an Engineering Team in Agile and DevOps best practices. You'll also be able to talk to us about your: Knowledge of continuous integration and deployment practices Ability to collaborate with people of all levels of technical ability Understanding of industry best practices Project Management experience Fantastic people skills, including the ability to motivate a team towards a common goal Responsibilities Collaborate with clients to assess their current infrastructure, identify opportunities for improvement, and develop tailored cloud and DevOps strategies. Design and implement scalable, resilient, and secure cloud-native solutions leveraging industry best practices and cutting-edge technologies. Lead the implementation of CI/CD pipelines, automation, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices to streamline development and deployment processes. Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth. Engage with stakeholders to understand business requirements, prioritise initiatives, and ensure alignment with strategic objectives. Provide input to Statements of Work (SOW) and lead on small projects, ensuring deliverables are met within scope, budget, and timeline. Stay current with emerging trends and technologies in cloud computing and DevOps, contributing to internal knowledge sharing and thought leadership initiatives. Skills Platform Engineering: Proficiency in designing and implementing scalable, resilient, and secure cloud platforms. Automation: Experience with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices and automation tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible). Container Orchestration: Knowledge of container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes) and their managed counterparts (e.g., EKS, AKS, GKE). Public Cloud Expertise: Understanding of cloud services, architecture, and best practices in one or more major public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP). DevOps Practices: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, version control systems, and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker). Experience Project Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading and delivering cloud migration, optimization, or transformation projects. Client-Facing Experience: Proven track record of engaging with clients, understanding their requirements, and delivering solutions that exceed expectations. Team Collaboration: Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams, communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, and drive consensus. Continuous Learning: Commitment to staying abreast of industry trends, participating in professional development activities, and obtaining relevant certifications. Qualifications Certification in relevant cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP) at associate level is highly desirable e.g. Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate or AWS Solution Architect Associate. Why join Appvia? We are a self-funded, London based startup; providing businesses with a fast and secure way to deploy containerised applications into the cloud. We are on a mission to enable organisations to make cloud-based software delivery simple and efficient, whilst having the insights into costs, security and cadence. As a company that holds customers at the heart of everything we do, we are looking for candidates that want to make a real change to how Dev and Ops is working in the industry. With us our customers, like the UK's Home Office & Bank of England, are harnessing cloud-native technologies, limiting the challenges of infrastructure management and rapidly delivering digital products. What's on offer? We are generous - you'll be compensated fairly for your role (dependant on role this could mean a blend of salary, commission, stock options & company bonus) We celebrate you - you'll get the day-off for your Birthday, plus your 25 days annual leave and the 8 bank hols We win together - non commission based roles receive a company & individual performance based bonus We take health & wellbeing seriously - you'll get health Insurance including a dental element for yourself, and can choose to add family members to your policy. Life assurance, enhanced Employee Assist Programme, cycle to work scheme and a paid subscription to Headspace App We're mindful - you'll have flexibility to work from our dog-friendly Barbican office, your home or a combination of both - with flex hours to make work & home, work well We want you to grow - you'll be joining an exceptional team who will help you shape the career you're dreaming of, each Appvian has access to an individual training budget We're fun - we sponsor regular team socials, board game nights, Cloud Unplugged meetups and more! But don't just take our word for it, you can check out what our Appvians say about us on Glassdoor and by following us on LinkedIn, Twitter and TikTok.
Director of Technology (IT) - Global Scaling Entertainment Group - London We are a rapidly scaling entertainment group of companies comprising of around 2000 people spread across an increasing number of portfolio brands. Due to their continued rapid expansion plans we are now looking to bring on-board a director of IT. IT is currently decentralised, with each of its operating businesses operating individually, responsible for their own IT in line with their own specific needs. The decentralised structure works for certain activities but from an IT perspective it introduces risks to the wider Group and results in significant duplication from an effort and cost perspective. The Director of Technology will devise a centralised IT Strategy. This will be a hands on leadership position focused on building a high performing team as well as devising a cloud based architectural strategy to allow the group to build a "plug & play" platform as it continues to scale at pace globally. This is a truly unique opportunity with unrivalled growth prospects as well as the chance to influence the Technology strategy for a rapidly scaling entertainment group! Role The Director of IT will assume responsibility for IT Strategy, Governance and Architecture. The person will support the delivery of a roadmap including critical aspects such as Enterprise IT, Cybersecurity, IT Services and Data Responsibilities Create and maintain IT Group vision, strategy and plans; including overseeing the delivery of the associated plans Acts as a key internal technology consultancy for the overall group of businesses Creates and manages overall technology guardrails against which operating business' technology teams operate and owns the architectural governance process, particularly for infrastructure and integration Understand horizon requirements from each operating business and evaluate emerging technologies that may be relevant to the operating businesses and the sharing of these ideas and concepts Maintains an overall architecture roadmap - in alignment with the operating businesses - ensuring these align to the needs of each business and highlighting opportunity for synergy Maintains relationships with key vendor and operating business technology counterparts with regard to technology roadmaps, highlighting where further value can be exploited Identifies innovation opportunities and supports activities on emerging technology to provide proof of concept work that can inform the roadmaps of products within operating businesses or shared technology platforms Manages the group architecture community of practice and looks for ways to uplift the technical & application architecture capability across the different operating businesses Provides support to projects and other activities, giving advice on how business ideas can be best supported by current and future solutions and innovative ideas Skills & Experiences IT Leadership Background Hands on architectural background Experience In building and managing high performing teams Experience in implementing Data & Cyber Security Strategies Stakeholder Management Broad Technical Infrastructure background IT Vendor strategy experience £95,000 - £125,000 + Annual Bonuses & Excellent Benefits Robert Half Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. Robert Half is committed to equal opportunity and diversity. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Rates of pay and salary ranges are dependent upon your experience, qualifications and training. If you wish to apply, please read our Privacy Notice describing how we may process, disclose and store your personal data: gb/en/privacy-notice Security alert: scammers are currently targeting jobseekers. Robert Half do not ask candidates for a fee or request candidates to send applications through instant messaging services such as WhatsApp or Telegram. Learn how to protect yourself by visiting our website: gb/en/how-spot-recruitment-scams-and-protect-yourself
May 01, 2024
Full time
Director of Technology (IT) - Global Scaling Entertainment Group - London We are a rapidly scaling entertainment group of companies comprising of around 2000 people spread across an increasing number of portfolio brands. Due to their continued rapid expansion plans we are now looking to bring on-board a director of IT. IT is currently decentralised, with each of its operating businesses operating individually, responsible for their own IT in line with their own specific needs. The decentralised structure works for certain activities but from an IT perspective it introduces risks to the wider Group and results in significant duplication from an effort and cost perspective. The Director of Technology will devise a centralised IT Strategy. This will be a hands on leadership position focused on building a high performing team as well as devising a cloud based architectural strategy to allow the group to build a "plug & play" platform as it continues to scale at pace globally. This is a truly unique opportunity with unrivalled growth prospects as well as the chance to influence the Technology strategy for a rapidly scaling entertainment group! Role The Director of IT will assume responsibility for IT Strategy, Governance and Architecture. The person will support the delivery of a roadmap including critical aspects such as Enterprise IT, Cybersecurity, IT Services and Data Responsibilities Create and maintain IT Group vision, strategy and plans; including overseeing the delivery of the associated plans Acts as a key internal technology consultancy for the overall group of businesses Creates and manages overall technology guardrails against which operating business' technology teams operate and owns the architectural governance process, particularly for infrastructure and integration Understand horizon requirements from each operating business and evaluate emerging technologies that may be relevant to the operating businesses and the sharing of these ideas and concepts Maintains an overall architecture roadmap - in alignment with the operating businesses - ensuring these align to the needs of each business and highlighting opportunity for synergy Maintains relationships with key vendor and operating business technology counterparts with regard to technology roadmaps, highlighting where further value can be exploited Identifies innovation opportunities and supports activities on emerging technology to provide proof of concept work that can inform the roadmaps of products within operating businesses or shared technology platforms Manages the group architecture community of practice and looks for ways to uplift the technical & application architecture capability across the different operating businesses Provides support to projects and other activities, giving advice on how business ideas can be best supported by current and future solutions and innovative ideas Skills & Experiences IT Leadership Background Hands on architectural background Experience In building and managing high performing teams Experience in implementing Data & Cyber Security Strategies Stakeholder Management Broad Technical Infrastructure background IT Vendor strategy experience £95,000 - £125,000 + Annual Bonuses & Excellent Benefits Robert Half Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. Robert Half is committed to equal opportunity and diversity. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Rates of pay and salary ranges are dependent upon your experience, qualifications and training. If you wish to apply, please read our Privacy Notice describing how we may process, disclose and store your personal data: gb/en/privacy-notice Security alert: scammers are currently targeting jobseekers. Robert Half do not ask candidates for a fee or request candidates to send applications through instant messaging services such as WhatsApp or Telegram. Learn how to protect yourself by visiting our website: gb/en/how-spot-recruitment-scams-and-protect-yourself
WE ARE 200 years of history and over 2,300 employees strong. WE ARE a business loaded with opportunity and career progression. WE ARE innovators, designers, makers and engineers who manufacture and provide smart, efficient, and effective building products and solutions. Through our customer relationships, diverse building product range and solutions, we enable the creation of inspirational homes, places and spaces for us all to live and work better. With eight core product categories, underpinned by expert design and technical services, we work with architects, builders, merchants and the wider construction supply chain to build the face of Britain. We are fully committed to a net zero future and continue to invest in expertise and product development to manufacture more efficiently and sustainably. We pride ourselves on leading for new, innovative and sustainable products and solutions, both for today and for a new era of building. To support our progress, we are currently recruiting for a Factory Manager to come and join our team at our Longley Dewsbury site in Dewsbury WF12 9EF. Please note this role is a 12 month fixed term contract. As such we are looking for an inspirational leader to manage, motivate and develop our factory manufacturing team where continuous improvement is at the heart of all we do. The successful applicant will be an exceptional communicator, commercially astute and a customer champion, able to deliver our production targets against the highest health and safety, quality, environmental and cost expectations. The safety of our people is of the utmost importance and working safely is the only way we operate. Specific responsibilities include: People management and motivation to create a flexible, effective and multi skilled workforce across all disciplines Preparing and managing the Factory's annual budget ensuring that all planned spend is correctly costed and cash flow managed in accordance with the Company's fiscal policies Ensuring that the Factory 5-year plan is continually updated and delivered Rigorous application of the Ibstock Manufacturing System to deliver continuous improvement across all of factory operations and exceed all KPI's Working with the factory team to identify, submit and then implement suitable capital improvement projects to deliver efficiency or safety improvements Working collaboratively across all Ibstock Brick support functions to utilise specialist support to deliver key projects Developing new products that will ensure we are at the forefront of market trends and comply with all current and future environmental and sustainability developments Implementing our Sustainability Roadmap and driving sustainable performance at site level. We aspire to operate to world class standards and therefore a fully comprehensive training plan will be implemented to address any necessary skills development to ensure you are as effective as possible in this role. Essential Qualifications & Experience: Excellent leadership and coaching skills Proven ability to develop an experienced manufacturing team to increase efficiency across the factory whilst surpassing customer expectations The ability to analyse and interpret data to identify key trends and opportunities to increase profitability Demonstrable application of problem solving tools and techniques to deliver efficiency improvement Able to implement and drive performance improvement using lean tools, KPIs and visual management An in-depth knowledge of current Health and Safety, Environmental and Employment Laws and best practice application of these within a manufacturing environment Desirable Skills/Qualifications NEBOSH qualified (or equivalent) A degree or equivalent level qualification Sound engineering knowledge Technical and ceramic experience ILM5 or equivalent Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that some people from minority groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Here at Ibstock PLC we are dedicated to building belonging, empowering you to be your true self by offering a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Think you can make a difference? WE ARE your future. More details: • Full time, permanent role • Competitive salary • Bonus scheme • Car allowance • 10% matched pension, administered by Legal and General • 3x life insurance • Share Save scheme eligibility • Full access to Employee Assistance programme for self and family members • Access to high street retail discounts platform - with access to discounts at Tesco, Asda • Personal development and career progression opportunities If you have any queries around this vacancy please contact myself via email on , Our commitment to diversity and inclusion? Excited about the role, but your past experience or qualifications don't perfectly match everything in the job description? We would encourage you to still apply. Studies have shown that some people, particularly from minority groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Here at Ibstock Plc we are dedicated to building belonging, empowering our colleagues to be their true self by offering a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. You may just be the right candidate for this role, or other future roles across the Ibstock Group. Ibstock Plc are committed and passionate about building a diverse environment. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. You will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, national origin, disability or age
Apr 30, 2024
Full time
WE ARE 200 years of history and over 2,300 employees strong. WE ARE a business loaded with opportunity and career progression. WE ARE innovators, designers, makers and engineers who manufacture and provide smart, efficient, and effective building products and solutions. Through our customer relationships, diverse building product range and solutions, we enable the creation of inspirational homes, places and spaces for us all to live and work better. With eight core product categories, underpinned by expert design and technical services, we work with architects, builders, merchants and the wider construction supply chain to build the face of Britain. We are fully committed to a net zero future and continue to invest in expertise and product development to manufacture more efficiently and sustainably. We pride ourselves on leading for new, innovative and sustainable products and solutions, both for today and for a new era of building. To support our progress, we are currently recruiting for a Factory Manager to come and join our team at our Longley Dewsbury site in Dewsbury WF12 9EF. Please note this role is a 12 month fixed term contract. As such we are looking for an inspirational leader to manage, motivate and develop our factory manufacturing team where continuous improvement is at the heart of all we do. The successful applicant will be an exceptional communicator, commercially astute and a customer champion, able to deliver our production targets against the highest health and safety, quality, environmental and cost expectations. The safety of our people is of the utmost importance and working safely is the only way we operate. Specific responsibilities include: People management and motivation to create a flexible, effective and multi skilled workforce across all disciplines Preparing and managing the Factory's annual budget ensuring that all planned spend is correctly costed and cash flow managed in accordance with the Company's fiscal policies Ensuring that the Factory 5-year plan is continually updated and delivered Rigorous application of the Ibstock Manufacturing System to deliver continuous improvement across all of factory operations and exceed all KPI's Working with the factory team to identify, submit and then implement suitable capital improvement projects to deliver efficiency or safety improvements Working collaboratively across all Ibstock Brick support functions to utilise specialist support to deliver key projects Developing new products that will ensure we are at the forefront of market trends and comply with all current and future environmental and sustainability developments Implementing our Sustainability Roadmap and driving sustainable performance at site level. We aspire to operate to world class standards and therefore a fully comprehensive training plan will be implemented to address any necessary skills development to ensure you are as effective as possible in this role. Essential Qualifications & Experience: Excellent leadership and coaching skills Proven ability to develop an experienced manufacturing team to increase efficiency across the factory whilst surpassing customer expectations The ability to analyse and interpret data to identify key trends and opportunities to increase profitability Demonstrable application of problem solving tools and techniques to deliver efficiency improvement Able to implement and drive performance improvement using lean tools, KPIs and visual management An in-depth knowledge of current Health and Safety, Environmental and Employment Laws and best practice application of these within a manufacturing environment Desirable Skills/Qualifications NEBOSH qualified (or equivalent) A degree or equivalent level qualification Sound engineering knowledge Technical and ceramic experience ILM5 or equivalent Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that some people from minority groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Here at Ibstock PLC we are dedicated to building belonging, empowering you to be your true self by offering a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Think you can make a difference? WE ARE your future. More details: • Full time, permanent role • Competitive salary • Bonus scheme • Car allowance • 10% matched pension, administered by Legal and General • 3x life insurance • Share Save scheme eligibility • Full access to Employee Assistance programme for self and family members • Access to high street retail discounts platform - with access to discounts at Tesco, Asda • Personal development and career progression opportunities If you have any queries around this vacancy please contact myself via email on , Our commitment to diversity and inclusion? Excited about the role, but your past experience or qualifications don't perfectly match everything in the job description? We would encourage you to still apply. Studies have shown that some people, particularly from minority groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Here at Ibstock Plc we are dedicated to building belonging, empowering our colleagues to be their true self by offering a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. You may just be the right candidate for this role, or other future roles across the Ibstock Group. Ibstock Plc are committed and passionate about building a diverse environment. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. You will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, national origin, disability or age
Our Finance Team provides full lifecycle support to CEOs, CFOs, controllers and treasurers and other members of the CSuite to optimise the value delivered by their finance and broader business/corporate services/back office functions and to improve their contribution to the overall performance of the business.The right person will have skills in technology-enabled Finance and corporate services transformation covering areas such as Finance, HR, Procurement, IT, with experience of selling and implementing technology-enabled global business services models. Typical technologies are Microsoft Dynamics and Oracle.We deliver high value solutions, from strategy to execution, solving our clients' complex business problems through technology enablement. These include:•Finance and business services operating model transformation (service and interaction models, organisation design process change, shared services, sourcing etc) from strategy and assess through to implementation•Driving value from technology to enable operating model transformation (Cloud ERP, Robotics Process Automation and AI, EPM, Consolidation and Reporting, Data Models, Priority Based Budgeting) covering all elements from vendor assessment and selection, architecture design through to systems and business integrator implementation.•Achieving business insight and achieving business growth•Changing culture in Corporate Services. About the role This is a Manager level appointment where you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to: Proactively assist in the management of a portfolio of clients, while reporting to Senior Managers and above Be involved in the financial management of clients Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients Develop project strategies to solve complex technical challenges for our clients Manage and deliver large projects by developing the project team, assessing engagement risks throughout, driving conclusions, and reviewing / challenging the output produced by the team Shape and deliver projects to meet and exceed the expectations of our clients and our own quality criteria Train, coach, and supervise team members Contribute to the development of your own and the team's technical acumen Continue to develop internal relationships and developing your PwC brand You will primarily work on the delivery of client engagements, contributing to and leading change projects, but you will also spend time supporting the development of the team and will be expected to contribution to sales origination. Essential skills & experience Consulting track record (ideally Big 4) with extensive experience & network within the Local Public Services market Experience of leading large scale global technology-enabled Finance and wider Corporate Services transformation programmes from assessment and strategy through delivery Experience of leading the design and implementation of leading finance technologies (ERP & EPM systems, RPA, AI). Microsoft and Oracle being the preferred ERP technologies. Operating model re-design and experience of shared services and outsourcing; Finance Business Partnering. Leading and developing teams Understanding our clients' business and showing strong commercial acumen A substantive track record of new business sales Senior stakeholder management and relationship building Desirable skills & experience Experience of Lean methodologies for process/ cost optimisation Experience of developing thought leadership, new methodologies and propositions in this area Formal accounting qualification or equivalent understanding of accounting principles and processes. Understanding of broader business services office processes and technology, i.e. HR, payroll, procurement, CRM. Consulting In Consulting we deliver practical, far-sighted advice that gets straight to the heart of clients' business issues and delivers amazing results by helping our clients improve the way they operate, reduce costs, manage risks, leverage talent or fundamentally change the way they do business, the work you do will be all about helping organisations of all shapes and sizes work smarter and grow faster. You could find yourself working with household names in a diverse range of industries - everyone from big-name broadcasters and high-street banks to multinational telecoms operators and energy companies. The skills we look for in future employees All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, 'The PwC Professional' and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships. Learn more here: The Deal We want all of our people to feel empowered to be the best that they can be, which is why we have 'The Deal'. Find out more about our firmwide Employee Value Proposition: Diversity Valuing Difference. Driving Inclusion. We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool because creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business, enabling us to solve important problems and deliver value to our clients. We encourage an inclusive culture where people can be themselves, are valued for their strengths and are empowered to be the best they can be. As an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we also support different ways of working offering flexible working arrangements. Learn more here about our work to support an inclusive culture.
Jan 04, 2022
Full time
Our Finance Team provides full lifecycle support to CEOs, CFOs, controllers and treasurers and other members of the CSuite to optimise the value delivered by their finance and broader business/corporate services/back office functions and to improve their contribution to the overall performance of the business.The right person will have skills in technology-enabled Finance and corporate services transformation covering areas such as Finance, HR, Procurement, IT, with experience of selling and implementing technology-enabled global business services models. Typical technologies are Microsoft Dynamics and Oracle.We deliver high value solutions, from strategy to execution, solving our clients' complex business problems through technology enablement. These include:•Finance and business services operating model transformation (service and interaction models, organisation design process change, shared services, sourcing etc) from strategy and assess through to implementation•Driving value from technology to enable operating model transformation (Cloud ERP, Robotics Process Automation and AI, EPM, Consolidation and Reporting, Data Models, Priority Based Budgeting) covering all elements from vendor assessment and selection, architecture design through to systems and business integrator implementation.•Achieving business insight and achieving business growth•Changing culture in Corporate Services. About the role This is a Manager level appointment where you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to: Proactively assist in the management of a portfolio of clients, while reporting to Senior Managers and above Be involved in the financial management of clients Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients Develop project strategies to solve complex technical challenges for our clients Manage and deliver large projects by developing the project team, assessing engagement risks throughout, driving conclusions, and reviewing / challenging the output produced by the team Shape and deliver projects to meet and exceed the expectations of our clients and our own quality criteria Train, coach, and supervise team members Contribute to the development of your own and the team's technical acumen Continue to develop internal relationships and developing your PwC brand You will primarily work on the delivery of client engagements, contributing to and leading change projects, but you will also spend time supporting the development of the team and will be expected to contribution to sales origination. Essential skills & experience Consulting track record (ideally Big 4) with extensive experience & network within the Local Public Services market Experience of leading large scale global technology-enabled Finance and wider Corporate Services transformation programmes from assessment and strategy through delivery Experience of leading the design and implementation of leading finance technologies (ERP & EPM systems, RPA, AI). Microsoft and Oracle being the preferred ERP technologies. Operating model re-design and experience of shared services and outsourcing; Finance Business Partnering. Leading and developing teams Understanding our clients' business and showing strong commercial acumen A substantive track record of new business sales Senior stakeholder management and relationship building Desirable skills & experience Experience of Lean methodologies for process/ cost optimisation Experience of developing thought leadership, new methodologies and propositions in this area Formal accounting qualification or equivalent understanding of accounting principles and processes. Understanding of broader business services office processes and technology, i.e. HR, payroll, procurement, CRM. Consulting In Consulting we deliver practical, far-sighted advice that gets straight to the heart of clients' business issues and delivers amazing results by helping our clients improve the way they operate, reduce costs, manage risks, leverage talent or fundamentally change the way they do business, the work you do will be all about helping organisations of all shapes and sizes work smarter and grow faster. You could find yourself working with household names in a diverse range of industries - everyone from big-name broadcasters and high-street banks to multinational telecoms operators and energy companies. The skills we look for in future employees All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, 'The PwC Professional' and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships. Learn more here: The Deal We want all of our people to feel empowered to be the best that they can be, which is why we have 'The Deal'. Find out more about our firmwide Employee Value Proposition: Diversity Valuing Difference. Driving Inclusion. We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool because creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business, enabling us to solve important problems and deliver value to our clients. We encourage an inclusive culture where people can be themselves, are valued for their strengths and are empowered to be the best they can be. As an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we also support different ways of working offering flexible working arrangements. Learn more here about our work to support an inclusive culture.
Automation Test Lead - Consultant Sogeti UK, Part of the Capgemini Group Join a world-leading IT consultancy and thought leader within the software testing field Base Location - Any UK Base (We have multiple base locations all over the UK) About Sogeti and the Capgemini Group Sogeti UK is renowned for being the Testing & Quality Assurance specialists and we're looking for talented individuals with a passion for quality assurance and testing who want to join a market leading Digital Assurance and Quality Engineering organisation as consultants. You'll help grow our expert testing capabilities as we expand our family of testing professionals and maintain our position as a leader of Next-Generation Software Testing Services. The group has been recognised as a Leader in the 'NelsonHall NEAT evaluation for Quality Engineering Services' report, for demonstrating multiple strengths including; User Experience (UX) Testing, Artificial Intelligence (AI) for automating testing services & deploying Robotic Process Automation (RPA) for testing purposes. Sogeti UK also has an excellent Glassdoor rating! Globally, Sogeti is part of the Capgemini Group, Sogeti operates in more than 100 locations globally. Working closely with clients and partners to take full advantage of the opportunities of technology, Sogeti combines agility and speed of implementation to tailor innovative future-focused solutions in Digital Assurance and Testing, Cloud and Cybersecurity, all fuelled by AI and automation. Capgemini is a global leader in consulting, digital transformation, technology and engineering services. The Group is at the forefront of innovation to address the entire breadth of clients' opportunities in the evolving world of cloud, digital and platforms. Building on its strong 50-year+ heritage and deep industry-specific expertise, Capgemini enables organisations to realise their business ambitions through an array of services from strategy to operations. Capgemini is driven by the conviction that the business value of technology comes from and through people. Today, it is a multicultural company of 270,000 team members in almost 50 countries. With Altran, the Group reported 2020 combined revenues of €15.8billion. Our Inclusive Culture Sogeti positively encourages applications from eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. We foster an inclusive culture that enables everyone to achieve their full potential and enjoy a fulfilling career with us. Our comprehensive flexible benefits package and lifestyle policies enable our employees to balance their individual, family and work-life needs. Capgemini won the 'Best Tech Employer' at the Women in Tech Employer Awards 2020 and are listed in the Times Top 50 Employers for Women in 2021. Capgemini is also ranked in the Top 100 employers in the latest Stonewall Workplace Equality Index and we are recognised as one of the Top 75 employers in the Social Mobility Employer Index 2020. The Role As a Sogeti consultant, you will be part of the Digital Assurance and Quality Engineering practice and represent Sogeti by providing expert solutions to our customers to help us maintain our position as a leader in the market. You will work on different client sites in a range of industries that include; well-known global brands, telecoms, government, finance, insurance, aerospace and media/digital. You will gain exposure to a variety of tools and technologies that will allow you to continuously develop as a subject matter expert in quality engineering. As an Automation Test Lead - Consultant at Sogeti, you can:- Work with the latest testing tools and upskill in different technologies through our work on various customer sites Represent a global Sogeti brand with a range of customers to gain invaluable experience, quickly. Customers include well known global brands, government, finance, insurance, aerospace and media/digital Gain experience within a market leader in Next-Generation Software Testing Services Have a genuine and transparent career path mapped out; We prefer to promote from within rather than recruit externally so you'll have every opportunity to develop Develop yourself with continuous learning and development by providing you the tools and support to drive your own career in the direction you want! As an Automation Test Lead - Consultant, we're looking for: An Automation SME & thought leader The ability to create the automation framework from scratch Experience in test automation using Selenium WebDriver or similar tools Experience creating or adapting automation frameworks in Cypress is preferred, therefore experience with JavaScript is required. Experienced with Java programming Familiarity with another OOP language (Python, C# etc.) is beneficial Experience with Cucumber & BDD Experience of working in Agile / DevOps environments Hands on experience of various test types (manual and automation) such as Functional, API, Web & Mobility Experience with CI Pipelines using Jenkins (Bamboo CI server or similar). Experience of managing a team & stakeholder management Ability to collaborate with developers, testers, analysts, architects and other members across the organisation Flexibility on travel / work locations during the working week ISEB / ISTQB or equivalent certification in testing at foundation level or above (or willingness to obtain an ISTQB Foundation, soon after joining us, which we will cover the cost of the exam)
Jan 04, 2022
Full time
Automation Test Lead - Consultant Sogeti UK, Part of the Capgemini Group Join a world-leading IT consultancy and thought leader within the software testing field Base Location - Any UK Base (We have multiple base locations all over the UK) About Sogeti and the Capgemini Group Sogeti UK is renowned for being the Testing & Quality Assurance specialists and we're looking for talented individuals with a passion for quality assurance and testing who want to join a market leading Digital Assurance and Quality Engineering organisation as consultants. You'll help grow our expert testing capabilities as we expand our family of testing professionals and maintain our position as a leader of Next-Generation Software Testing Services. The group has been recognised as a Leader in the 'NelsonHall NEAT evaluation for Quality Engineering Services' report, for demonstrating multiple strengths including; User Experience (UX) Testing, Artificial Intelligence (AI) for automating testing services & deploying Robotic Process Automation (RPA) for testing purposes. Sogeti UK also has an excellent Glassdoor rating! Globally, Sogeti is part of the Capgemini Group, Sogeti operates in more than 100 locations globally. Working closely with clients and partners to take full advantage of the opportunities of technology, Sogeti combines agility and speed of implementation to tailor innovative future-focused solutions in Digital Assurance and Testing, Cloud and Cybersecurity, all fuelled by AI and automation. Capgemini is a global leader in consulting, digital transformation, technology and engineering services. The Group is at the forefront of innovation to address the entire breadth of clients' opportunities in the evolving world of cloud, digital and platforms. Building on its strong 50-year+ heritage and deep industry-specific expertise, Capgemini enables organisations to realise their business ambitions through an array of services from strategy to operations. Capgemini is driven by the conviction that the business value of technology comes from and through people. Today, it is a multicultural company of 270,000 team members in almost 50 countries. With Altran, the Group reported 2020 combined revenues of €15.8billion. Our Inclusive Culture Sogeti positively encourages applications from eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. We foster an inclusive culture that enables everyone to achieve their full potential and enjoy a fulfilling career with us. Our comprehensive flexible benefits package and lifestyle policies enable our employees to balance their individual, family and work-life needs. Capgemini won the 'Best Tech Employer' at the Women in Tech Employer Awards 2020 and are listed in the Times Top 50 Employers for Women in 2021. Capgemini is also ranked in the Top 100 employers in the latest Stonewall Workplace Equality Index and we are recognised as one of the Top 75 employers in the Social Mobility Employer Index 2020. The Role As a Sogeti consultant, you will be part of the Digital Assurance and Quality Engineering practice and represent Sogeti by providing expert solutions to our customers to help us maintain our position as a leader in the market. You will work on different client sites in a range of industries that include; well-known global brands, telecoms, government, finance, insurance, aerospace and media/digital. You will gain exposure to a variety of tools and technologies that will allow you to continuously develop as a subject matter expert in quality engineering. As an Automation Test Lead - Consultant at Sogeti, you can:- Work with the latest testing tools and upskill in different technologies through our work on various customer sites Represent a global Sogeti brand with a range of customers to gain invaluable experience, quickly. Customers include well known global brands, government, finance, insurance, aerospace and media/digital Gain experience within a market leader in Next-Generation Software Testing Services Have a genuine and transparent career path mapped out; We prefer to promote from within rather than recruit externally so you'll have every opportunity to develop Develop yourself with continuous learning and development by providing you the tools and support to drive your own career in the direction you want! As an Automation Test Lead - Consultant, we're looking for: An Automation SME & thought leader The ability to create the automation framework from scratch Experience in test automation using Selenium WebDriver or similar tools Experience creating or adapting automation frameworks in Cypress is preferred, therefore experience with JavaScript is required. Experienced with Java programming Familiarity with another OOP language (Python, C# etc.) is beneficial Experience with Cucumber & BDD Experience of working in Agile / DevOps environments Hands on experience of various test types (manual and automation) such as Functional, API, Web & Mobility Experience with CI Pipelines using Jenkins (Bamboo CI server or similar). Experience of managing a team & stakeholder management Ability to collaborate with developers, testers, analysts, architects and other members across the organisation Flexibility on travel / work locations during the working week ISEB / ISTQB or equivalent certification in testing at foundation level or above (or willingness to obtain an ISTQB Foundation, soon after joining us, which we will cover the cost of the exam)