Job Description

Posted 12 hours ago

About The Role
Team – Member Servicing, Claims & Member Shared Services – IT
Working Pattern – Hybrid – 2 days per week in any of our Vitality offices (Bournemouth, London or Stockport). Full time, 35 hours per week. 
Vitality are a key supporter of Women in Technology.
We are proud to provide so many positive testimonials and success stories from our current female employees in the IT & Tech space.

Top 3 skills needed for this role

Efficient in Delivery 
Comfortable in communication with Senior Stakeholders 
Managing a team effectively What this role is all about:
We are looking for a candidate who would like to branch into a role of this nature of which we will be able to provide full training and a personalised development plan. A Software Engineering Manager is accountable for the delivery of products and services and the performance of a Software Engineering team.
You will build and maintain teams, ensuring they are motivated, collaborating and working well. You will identify obstacles and help the team to overcome them, focusing the team on what is most important to the delivery of products and services.
You will be quick on your feet to respond to change in a fast-paced environment utilising the best of Agile and Scrum Practices.

Key Actions
Agile and Lean practices
You can identify and compare the best processes or delivery methods to use. You can recognise when something does not work and encourage a mindset of experimentation. 
Communication skills
You can listen to the needs of technical and business stakeholders and interpret them. You can manage stakeholders’ expectations and be flexible. You are capable of proactive and reactive communication. You can facilitate difficult discussions within the team or with diverse senior stakeholders. 
Financial management
You know how to balance cost versus value. You can consider the impact of user needs. You can report on financial delivery. You can monitor cost and budget; you know how and when to escalate issues. 
Life-cycle perspective
You recognise when to move from one stage of a product life cycle to another. You can ensure the team is working towards the appropriate service standards for the relevant phase. You can manage delivery products and services at different phases. (Relevant skill level: working)
Making a process work.
You can identify and challenge organisational processes of increasing complexity and those processes that are unnecessarily complicated. You can add value and can coach the organisation to inspect and adapt processes. You know how to guide teams through the implementation of a new process. 
Planning 
You understand the environment and can prioritise the most important or highest value tasks. You can use data to inform planning. You can manage complex internal and external dependencies. You can provide delivery confidence. You can remove blockers or impediments that affect plans and can develop a plan for difficult situations. You ensure that teams plan appropriately for their own capacity.
Team dynamics and collaboration
You know how to bring people together to form a motivated team. You can help to create the right environment for a team to work in and can empower them to deliver. You can recognise and deal with issues. You can facilitate the best team make-up depending on the situation.
Essential Skills needed to fulfil this role:

Previous experience in a Software Engineering setting
We are looking for someone who is keen to move into a Software Engineering Management setting
The ability to communicate effectively with your Team members and additional stakeholders  So, what’s in it for you?

Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
A pension of up to 12%– We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
Our award-winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefits
Life Assurance – Four times annual salaryThese are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. 
If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:

Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been.
Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self.
Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work.
Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths.
Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be.
Give you the space to try, fail and learn.
Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support.
Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits.
Be there for you when you need us.
Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.

About The Company
Vitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place.
We’ve been a purpose and values-driven business from day 1- long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared-value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives – they benefit, our business benefits, and society benefits.
 
If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please submit your application as soon as possible