IT Development & Test Manager

Harrogate & Home working

Up to £65,000/£70,000

Your new role

Lead and manage IT Development (initially focussing on ERP and integration) and Testing life cycles to ensure services are resilient, supportable, performant and secure, whilst driving optimisation and continuous service improvement.

Lead a team of Developers, Test Analysts and third-party suppliers to business partner across the Group, providing technical expertise, alongside knowledge of business processes to leverage the investment in IT Products.

Responsibilities

Develop and lead IT Development and Testing Plans, informing Product Roadmaps to meet current and future business needs with a focus on protecting and optimising core technologies (ERP & Integration), alongside low volume, ad hoc, 3rd party website development.

Define, lead, manage, plan and govern Release & Deployment and Environment Management standards, ensuring alignment to best practice and regulation eg ITIL, ISO27001 and GDPR.

Establish, lead, and develop an approach to performance testing to ensure new and changed services operate in line with business requirements and are fit for purpose.

Partner with IT colleagues and business specialists across the Group to develop a flexible, agile framework to deliver continuous improvement at pace, enabling others to perform low complexity development and User Acceptance Testing.

Manage IT development and testing budgets, conducting near and long-term financial forecasting.

Explore and develop capabilities using other tools such as Microsoft Power Apps to further leverage investment in technology across the Group.

Collaborate with the Technical Design Authority and Change Advisory Board, representing the perspectives and opportunities offered via these specialisms.

Keep abreast of new and emerging technologies, processes and solutions with a focus on ERP & Integration.

Active member of the Extended IT Leadership Team, researching opportunities and embracing change through effective horizon scanning and external networking to proactively shape and deliver the Group's IT strategy and future architecture.

Experience needed

Significant experience of full life cycle technical development, including technical testing.

Experience of leading teams and managing people.

Experience designing and building system integrations using Middleware platforms, including ETL and data migration experience.

Experience of using PL/SQL or similar to configure system behaviours, with strong knowledge of ERP systems.

Experience of defining, designing, owning and governing standards and ways of working for development and testing.

Up to date knowledge of new technologies, IT solutions and best practice including ISO27001 and ITIL.

Able to analyse, understand and resolve large complex problems methodically with enthusiasm.

Clear, logical thinker with the ability to challenge the status-quo.

Excellent planning and organisational skills, able to set timescales, manage expectations and organise resources to meet demands.

Experience of coaching, mentoring and training others.

Able to prioritise and plan effectively in the short, medium, and long term.

Able to work in line with the values of the business.

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