12 Month FTC Development Manager

The Role I am supporting in the search for a growing Newcastle business. The Development Manager is required to backfill interim leadership gaps and enable senior leaders to focus on wider transformation and squad redesign. While there may be a future opportunity for permanency, this cannot be guaranteed and candidates must be comfortable with a fixed-term engagement of 12 months. This will involve a minimum of 2 days per week onsite in Newcastle. Key

Responsibilities Line management of developers (typically up to ~10 direct reports) Oversight of two development squads (matrix-managed) Agile / Scrum leadership, including: Flow of work and delivery cadence Velocity, cycle time and throughput metrics Removal of blockers and impediments Partnering closely with Product Owners to manage demand and prioritisation Resource planning, forecasting and reporting Performance management and raising the performance bar Governance

responsibilities including: Risk and control self-assessments Essential for

the role Proven

experience as a Development Manager, Engineering Manager, or equivalent leadership role Strong Agile / Scrum

experience is essential Prior

experience in a regulated or risk-aware environment is strongly preferred (e.g. financial services, public sector, regulated institutions) Technical depth is helpful but not critical – this is a leadership-first role