Software Team Manager / Software Development Manager / Team Leader ideal step-up or next meaningful move Thetford, Norfolk Hybrid 3 days in the office (driving required due to location) £50,000 £55,000 + benefits 25 days holiday, 11% pension, life assurance, EAP, flexible working, and more You might not have the title but may already be the go-to person in your team, mentoring colleagues, organising delivery, shaping estimates and translating ideas into action. Or you might already be leading a team and looking for work that feels more meaningful. Either way, here s that rare opportunity to take ownership, lead a capable team, and make a genuine impact. We re looking for a Software Team Manager / Dev Manager to guide, support and develop a busy, collaborative team. You ll bring clarity, direction and structure - not micromanagement - and help the team deliver high-quality software across a varied project landscape. You don t need to be hands-on coding, but you do need a solid understanding of how software is built. SQL knowledge is a real advantage too, as many of their applications are data-driven. You ll be leading a team of nine, mainly mid-level and junior, supported by a couple of seniors. They work across a large suite of applications and databases, covering everything from maintaining existing systems to new feature development and greenfield builds. The core tech stack includes Java, Glassfish, OCI and Oracle. There s also a small PHP team and React Native for mobile. You ll be supported by an excellent IT Director - an experienced, people-first leader who ll help you succeed, share the load, and ensure you have the tools, training and development to grow your career. This organisation is a UK charity doing genuinely important and unique work, integral to the national ecosystem. Their software underpins internal operations, research, outreach, and public engagement, so the work you and your team do really matters. Whether you re a Senior Developer or Team Lead ready to step up, or an established Software Development Manager, Test Manager, Delivery Manager or Project Manager looking for a more meaningful role with flexibility, this could be the perfect next step. A great team, a supportive leadership culture, interesting challenges, and purpose-driven work. What are you waiting for? Apply now or contact Simon at Ithika Recruitment for a confidential chat. Ithika Recruitment partnering world-class talent with world-class companies.
08/12/2025
Full time
Software Team Manager / Software Development Manager / Team Leader ideal step-up or next meaningful move Thetford, Norfolk Hybrid 3 days in the office (driving required due to location) £50,000 £55,000 + benefits 25 days holiday, 11% pension, life assurance, EAP, flexible working, and more You might not have the title but may already be the go-to person in your team, mentoring colleagues, organising delivery, shaping estimates and translating ideas into action. Or you might already be leading a team and looking for work that feels more meaningful. Either way, here s that rare opportunity to take ownership, lead a capable team, and make a genuine impact. We re looking for a Software Team Manager / Dev Manager to guide, support and develop a busy, collaborative team. You ll bring clarity, direction and structure - not micromanagement - and help the team deliver high-quality software across a varied project landscape. You don t need to be hands-on coding, but you do need a solid understanding of how software is built. SQL knowledge is a real advantage too, as many of their applications are data-driven. You ll be leading a team of nine, mainly mid-level and junior, supported by a couple of seniors. They work across a large suite of applications and databases, covering everything from maintaining existing systems to new feature development and greenfield builds. The core tech stack includes Java, Glassfish, OCI and Oracle. There s also a small PHP team and React Native for mobile. You ll be supported by an excellent IT Director - an experienced, people-first leader who ll help you succeed, share the load, and ensure you have the tools, training and development to grow your career. This organisation is a UK charity doing genuinely important and unique work, integral to the national ecosystem. Their software underpins internal operations, research, outreach, and public engagement, so the work you and your team do really matters. Whether you re a Senior Developer or Team Lead ready to step up, or an established Software Development Manager, Test Manager, Delivery Manager or Project Manager looking for a more meaningful role with flexibility, this could be the perfect next step. A great team, a supportive leadership culture, interesting challenges, and purpose-driven work. What are you waiting for? Apply now or contact Simon at Ithika Recruitment for a confidential chat. Ithika Recruitment partnering world-class talent with world-class companies.
Senior Product Owner Software Product Owner - Agile / Kanban approach Remote UK Work from home with travel to sites when necessary £50,000 - £60,000 p.a. plus benefits 25 days holiday (plus bank), pension and more GREENFIELD Disrupt an industry Build a team Define your role "Hi Simon, we've got something exciting happening and want you to help us build a new team for a brand new product. We need a Senior Product Owner as one of the first core people. Someone who will be excited to build something from the ground up, enjoy the challenge of defining, analysising, owning and shaping a software product and who can adapt as things evolve. Can you help?" This is one of those genuinely rare opportunities to get in from the ground up, help to design and define a solution, translate business cases and help the development team to deliver. This is greenfield but not without pedigree; you will join a leading business who are experts, a phenomenal and supportive management team and an established client base. As the first of the product team, you will take end-to-end ownership from business analysis to definition and delivery. In their words: You will be responsible for working with the projects leadership team to distil strategic priorities into actionable deliverables, keeping track of the projects status and backlog and eventually managing and mentoring a small number of Product Owners (expected to be 2-3 direct reports over time). We look for parental leaders; those who know how to get the best out of a team, not dictators. Humble, experienced, supportive and able to offer clear direction, guiding the delivery of exceptional solutions. We are looking for an end-to-end Product Owner; your background will be software business analysis, into ownership. You will love the process of defining the requirements and translating them into deliverables, building and grooming the backlog and keeping the roadmap moving as well as mentoring junior members of the team and eventually leading. Up for the challenge? Excited by the opportunity? Ready to make a change? Apply now or contact Simon at Ithika Recruitment for more information and a confidential chat. Ithika Recruitment, partnering world-class talent with world-class companies.
07/10/2021
Full time
Senior Product Owner Software Product Owner - Agile / Kanban approach Remote UK Work from home with travel to sites when necessary £50,000 - £60,000 p.a. plus benefits 25 days holiday (plus bank), pension and more GREENFIELD Disrupt an industry Build a team Define your role "Hi Simon, we've got something exciting happening and want you to help us build a new team for a brand new product. We need a Senior Product Owner as one of the first core people. Someone who will be excited to build something from the ground up, enjoy the challenge of defining, analysising, owning and shaping a software product and who can adapt as things evolve. Can you help?" This is one of those genuinely rare opportunities to get in from the ground up, help to design and define a solution, translate business cases and help the development team to deliver. This is greenfield but not without pedigree; you will join a leading business who are experts, a phenomenal and supportive management team and an established client base. As the first of the product team, you will take end-to-end ownership from business analysis to definition and delivery. In their words: You will be responsible for working with the projects leadership team to distil strategic priorities into actionable deliverables, keeping track of the projects status and backlog and eventually managing and mentoring a small number of Product Owners (expected to be 2-3 direct reports over time). We look for parental leaders; those who know how to get the best out of a team, not dictators. Humble, experienced, supportive and able to offer clear direction, guiding the delivery of exceptional solutions. We are looking for an end-to-end Product Owner; your background will be software business analysis, into ownership. You will love the process of defining the requirements and translating them into deliverables, building and grooming the backlog and keeping the roadmap moving as well as mentoring junior members of the team and eventually leading. Up for the challenge? Excited by the opportunity? Ready to make a change? Apply now or contact Simon at Ithika Recruitment for more information and a confidential chat. Ithika Recruitment, partnering world-class talent with world-class companies.
Software Product Owner / Business Analyst Experienced PO or Software BA ready to step up Work from home UK With travel to offices across the UK when necessary Around £40,000 p.a. plus package 25 days holiday (plus bank), pension, more This impressive company have grown rapidly through acquisition and are bringing together a suite of products to create a platform that does good and helps the future of our society, our children. A core part of the platform involves HCM; HR, staff performance, payroll and finance and we need an experienced Product Owner as part of this team. The product team has been built carefully over the last eighteen months; there are solid foundations with a great PO team who keep the day-to-day moving as well as a brilliant PM team, each experts in their own product. The Head of Product is an inspirational leader with an incredible vision, strategy and drive. He epitomises parental leader, inspiring, motivating, guiding and helping you to be the best you can be. Product is there to move things forward, listen, prioritise, qualify, quantify, educate, support, drive the vision, the message and the product and deliver the end-to-end solution. We need a Product Owner who can keep the day-to-day moving; stakeholder engagement, groom the backlog, software business analysis and pulling everything together. You will have a great team around you to learn from including a brilliant Product Manager. There are clear career paths, built around you and your ambitions and a brilliant leader who ensures his team are continually progressing. If you are an experienced Software Product Owner who is ready for your next big career move then please apply now or contact Simon at Ithika Recruitment for more information and a confidential chat. Ithika Recruitment, partnering world-class talent with world-class companies.
07/10/2021
Full time
Software Product Owner / Business Analyst Experienced PO or Software BA ready to step up Work from home UK With travel to offices across the UK when necessary Around £40,000 p.a. plus package 25 days holiday (plus bank), pension, more This impressive company have grown rapidly through acquisition and are bringing together a suite of products to create a platform that does good and helps the future of our society, our children. A core part of the platform involves HCM; HR, staff performance, payroll and finance and we need an experienced Product Owner as part of this team. The product team has been built carefully over the last eighteen months; there are solid foundations with a great PO team who keep the day-to-day moving as well as a brilliant PM team, each experts in their own product. The Head of Product is an inspirational leader with an incredible vision, strategy and drive. He epitomises parental leader, inspiring, motivating, guiding and helping you to be the best you can be. Product is there to move things forward, listen, prioritise, qualify, quantify, educate, support, drive the vision, the message and the product and deliver the end-to-end solution. We need a Product Owner who can keep the day-to-day moving; stakeholder engagement, groom the backlog, software business analysis and pulling everything together. You will have a great team around you to learn from including a brilliant Product Manager. There are clear career paths, built around you and your ambitions and a brilliant leader who ensures his team are continually progressing. If you are an experienced Software Product Owner who is ready for your next big career move then please apply now or contact Simon at Ithika Recruitment for more information and a confidential chat. Ithika Recruitment, partnering world-class talent with world-class companies.
Senior Software Product Manager / Lead Product Manager Hands-on with a large software product set and three reports Work from home UK With travel to offices across the UK when necessary £70,000 - £80,000 plus package 25 days holiday (plus bank), pension, more "Simon, we've moving into the next phase of the product team strategy and I need a number two, someone who can take the reins of an important product set and line manage a team of three other Product Managers. I need a heavy-hitter who knows everything product. Someone who is passionate, driven and knows how to drive a huge software platform forward. Can you help?" This impressive company have grown rapidly through acquisition and are bringing together a suite of products to create a platform that does good and helps the future of our society, our children. Central to everything they are doing is data, analytics and ultimately the future vision for the data and the good that they can do with it. The product team has been built carefully over the last eighteen months; there are solid foundations with a great PO team who keep the day-to-day moving as well as a brilliant PM team, each experts in their own product. The Head of Product is an inspirational leader with an incredible vision, strategy and drive. He epitomises parental leader, inspiring, motivating, guiding and helping you to be the best you can be. Product is there to move things forward, listen, prioritise, qualify, quantify, educate, support, drive the vision, the message and the product and deliver the end-to-end solution. You create the conditions for your department to be successful. We need product experts, visionaries and those that are passionate about software and being the bridge between teams that drive the product forward. We need brilliant people who can take the reins of very large, very important products as well as sending the lift back down and coaching colleagues to be the best they can be. This is a big, important role with a lot of autonomy. You will have real influence, control and a great career path with big future plans already unfolding. If you are an experienced Senior Software Product Manager who is ready for your next big career move then please apply now or contact Simon at Ithika Recruitment for more information and a confidential chat. Ithika Recruitment, partnering world-class talent with world-class companies.
07/10/2021
Full time
Senior Software Product Manager / Lead Product Manager Hands-on with a large software product set and three reports Work from home UK With travel to offices across the UK when necessary £70,000 - £80,000 plus package 25 days holiday (plus bank), pension, more "Simon, we've moving into the next phase of the product team strategy and I need a number two, someone who can take the reins of an important product set and line manage a team of three other Product Managers. I need a heavy-hitter who knows everything product. Someone who is passionate, driven and knows how to drive a huge software platform forward. Can you help?" This impressive company have grown rapidly through acquisition and are bringing together a suite of products to create a platform that does good and helps the future of our society, our children. Central to everything they are doing is data, analytics and ultimately the future vision for the data and the good that they can do with it. The product team has been built carefully over the last eighteen months; there are solid foundations with a great PO team who keep the day-to-day moving as well as a brilliant PM team, each experts in their own product. The Head of Product is an inspirational leader with an incredible vision, strategy and drive. He epitomises parental leader, inspiring, motivating, guiding and helping you to be the best you can be. Product is there to move things forward, listen, prioritise, qualify, quantify, educate, support, drive the vision, the message and the product and deliver the end-to-end solution. You create the conditions for your department to be successful. We need product experts, visionaries and those that are passionate about software and being the bridge between teams that drive the product forward. We need brilliant people who can take the reins of very large, very important products as well as sending the lift back down and coaching colleagues to be the best they can be. This is a big, important role with a lot of autonomy. You will have real influence, control and a great career path with big future plans already unfolding. If you are an experienced Senior Software Product Manager who is ready for your next big career move then please apply now or contact Simon at Ithika Recruitment for more information and a confidential chat. Ithika Recruitment, partnering world-class talent with world-class companies.
