Software Engineering Manager

Salary: £84,000 – £102,000 per year

Planet Forward have recently been engaged by a leading organisation who provide technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global Aerospace / Aviation industry. This fantastic business is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to join the team in Brighton on a permanent basis.

Position Overview:

This role is a management role responsible for providing leadership and daily supervision to a team of software engineers engaged in the development and maintenance of software for projects that deliver systems serving the Air Transportation Industry, predominantly Airports and Airlines. The Senior Manager will conduct performance oversight, career development, and general supervisory activities of the team.

Duties & Responsibilities:

* Collaborate with Project Managers and Business Planning to ensure projects are appropriately staffed with SW engineering resources according to budgets and schedules

* Provide career development, mentoring, and continuous evaluation

* Provide direction of project software engineering activities in accordance with organizational goals

* Provide leadership and direction in the implementation, adherence, and continuous improvement of the software engineering processes and procedures

* Identify software engineering skills, knowledge and practices required in the near future. Purposefully evolve and equip the team over time to meet these needs.

* Motivate team members; facilitating meetings; cultivating and reinforcing appropriate group values, norms, and behaviours; and identifying, analysing and correcting problems by developing plans, tasks and solutions, and ensuring proper use of engineering resources

* Collaborate with Engineering Leadership, Business Planning, and individual Project Managers to assess both current and future staffing needs and engage in demand planning.

* Evaluate and mentor staff on technical and non-technical aspects of their job responsibilities

* Collaborate with peers and other engineering managers within the Airports engineering organization to establish best practices for knowledge management, information sharing, and ensuring consistency of engineering processes and solutions across the division.

Key Requirements:

* Engineering experience in software development, including all phases of the development life-cycle

* Whilst the position is mostly managerial an understanding of the below technologies would be desired; C#,.Net, SQL.

* Engineering management experience in a project / program environment

* Experience working within a formal engineering process-driven environment

* Ability to lead and be responsible for the technical evaluation of employees using formal and informal (daily interaction and counselling) methods

* Knowledge of alternative software engineering processes and approaches

* Knowledge of DevOps principles and implementation experience of the same

* Experience of software development for distributed systems

* Ideally degree qualified however in the absence of this 10 years + experience will be required.

* An understanding of the air transportation / aviation industry – Desirable

* Strong analytical and problem solving skills

* Strong verbal and written communication skills

* Ability to work independently and in a cross-functional team environment

* Previous experience with MS technology stack and cloud based solutions

If you would like to find out more, please get in touch for a confidential conversation.

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