Change Delivery Manager - Test and Development

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Change Delivery Manager

Newcastle

6 months

Within the Platform Delivery Team the Dev/Test Lead will report to the Platform Delivery Manager and be a member of their Leadership Team. They will be responsible leading a team of Developers and Testers who will operate using Agile principles and practices.

Essential Knowledge, Criteria and Skills

* Extensive experience in developing and leading IT delivery staff in a large, complex IT environment.

* Demonstrable experience in leading multiple teams across multiple locations.

* Experience managing usage of Development and/or Test Automation tooling and processes - such as Sonarcube, Selenium Web-driver, SoapUI, Cucumber etc.

* In-depth experience of TDD and BDD.

* Experience of developing and testing solutions in Cloud environments.

* Experience of introducing Test Automation - including in a 'legacy' IT context.

* Has a deep understanding of how business processes are integrated with IT services and the challenges involved in doing so.

* Experience with DevOps and Agile Delivery Frameworks.

* Proactive, strong leader who has a proven ability to collaborate with staff at all levels.

* Good communicator with strong presentation skills.

* Mentoring and Coaching of less-experienced staff to pass on knowledge.

Desirable Knowledge, Criteria and Skills

* Experience of working with Pega and/or Documentum in an agile environment.

* Has an understanding and knowledge of how IT architecture impacts delivery processes and quality.

* ECM Practitioner certification

* Has a working knowledge of agile and Lean concepts as applied at scale;

* Holds the values of the Agile Manifesto and applies the principles behind the Agile Manifesto.

Suitable candidates should submit their CV in the first instance