Senior Manager Software Development

Birmingham - hybrid The Senior Application Lifecycle Manager leads establishment and deployment of an environment for developing, continually improving, and securely operating applications. IT sits within the CFO Directorate, playing an essential role in daily operations and success of the programme. The department provides technical leadership, advisory and delivery of IT services enabling the delivery of our mission.

Its main objective is to provide the guiding principles, assurance, systems, processes and promote the skills necessary to enable the maximum use of information and technology to improve the design, construction and ultimately operation of the programme. The IT Platforms & Operations function is accountable for developing and enhancing core IT technology, orchestrating all parties involved in the delivery of products and services, maintaining quality standards and making service performance visible. Lead establishment and deployment of an environment for developing, continually improving, and securely operating applications.

Lead, and have overall accountability for the planning, prioritisation, forward schedule of change, maintenance, and lifecycle of the wide variety applications which exist. Lead the rationalisation, optimisation and licensing reclamation of the IT application portfolio to drive operational and financial efficiency. Lead coordination of application versioning and deploy, maintain & change, and retire lifecycle for all applications across.

Liaise with the testing team to ensure that applications are appropriately tested before being brought into service. Systems and software lifecycle: Ability to drive operational and financial efficiency of the application portfolio, ensuring alignment of applications with business capabilities Risk management. Able to plan and implement organisation-wide processes and procedures for the management of risk to the success or integrity of the enterprise.

Technology Service Management: Ability to plan for, develop, deliver and support IT services and products to meet the needs of a business through application portfolio Knowledge of application rationalisation methodologies and processes to drive operational and financial efficiency but not limited to waterfall, agile or lean), their implications and how they can be integrated into IT initiative delivery Knowledge of digital information technology, trends, and the opportunities they present Experience of advising senior stakeholders around application lifecycle management, including priorities, complex risks, issues, and appropriate resolutions