Head of Software:

• Proven experience in a leadership role within software development, including leading a number of functional teams operating in different software domains with different toolsets and capabilities.
• Software Architecture & Development – a software development background with extensive experience in embedded systems (RTOS, Linux, Android)
• A thorough understanding of software development processes and tools including elements such as:
  • Version/Configuration Management - (e.g Gerrit/Git).
  • Issue tracking tools - (Jira or similar).
  • CI/CD - (e.g. Teamcity/Jenkins)
  • SAST - (Coverity/Klocwork or similar)
  • SCA – Blackduck or similar
  • Programming languages (C / C++, Java, Kotlin, C#)
• Experience of managing departmental budgets
• Exceptional organisational, interpersonal and project management skills
• Experience with mentoring & coaching, performance management, technical arbitration, workforce and resource planning.
• The ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Duties:

• Leading and managing a talented pool of software engineers to deliver innovative solutions, define, and execute on software development programmes.
• Guiding and supporting the team in the continuous improvement of our Agile development practices
• Developing and delivering a strategic technological vision for software development
• Collaborating with key stakeholders to ensure delivery against agreed current and future priorities
• Implement mechanisms to monitor, manage and provide progress on all software development activities
• Ensuring all software development projects are completed on time and within budget.
• Taking responsibility for departmental and project budget forecasting, estimation, and control.
• Creation, implementation and monitoring of a continuous improvement plan for software development
• Join a thriving business in the field of wireless communications with genuine opportunity to shape your team.
• Don’t miss out on this exciting Head of Software opportunity. Apply now!

Role:             Head of Software
Location:      Cambridge
Salary:          £90-110K with attractive benefits package including flexible working, an early finish on Fridays, private healthcare, bonus, pension, dental plan, life assurance and the opportunity to work for a highly respected Cambridge business.

Candidates searching for the following job titles are also likely to be interested in this role:

* Embedded Software Manager * Applications Software Team Leader * Software Architect / Chief Software Engineer

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