Role Summary
Be at the forefront of ICT improvements and transformation within the Fire & Rescue Service (AF&RS). We are seeking a visionary leader to shape our future ICT and digital strategy, make further improvements to our infrastructure and ensure our ICT systems are resilient, reliable, and accessible to all staff 24/7.
This is a new role leading the development of an integrated ICT strategy and technology roadmap and overseeing the delivery of technology initiatives. This business-critical position will require you to work effectively with key stakeholders to create and implement an ICT strategy which aligns with our organisational goals and ambitions, ensures the integration and enhancement of our systems and improved user experience.
This role will require an ambitious, forward-thinking individual who has the technical knowledge, drive and passion to make a big difference. You will have a unique opportunity to make the role your own and bring your experience, ideas, influencing skills and technical expertise to our organisation. With challenging budgets, a creative and innovative approach is key, as is the exploration of potential funding sources.
Some of the things you’ll be doing
Strategic Leadership : Drive continuous improvement, culture change, and effective performance management. Act as the advocate for AF&RS’s digital vision, engaging leadership and representing AF&RS in local and national digital forums.
Expert Consultation : Offer expert guidance on ICT matters to senior stakeholders and the Fire Authority, enabling discussions on modern ICT and digital technology.
System Management : Ensure the efficiency, reliability, security, and cost-effectiveness of ICT systems and technology. Oversee external IT helpdesk providers and business continuity plans.
Infrastructure Enhancement : Drive continual improvements to the ICT infrastructure to ensure a solid foundation and enhanced user experience. Collaborate with stakeholders to define and implement improvements, presenting robust business cases for investment.
Digital Horizon-Scanning : Stay updated on digital developments and evaluate new technologies potential benefits, risks, and affordability aligned with the ICT strategy.
Strategy Development : Lead the creation and implementation of AF&RS’s cohesive ICT and Digital Strategy, fostering innovative and integrated improvements.
Project Oversight : Oversee the successful delivery of all ICT, digital, and systems projects. Establish governance structures, aligning with the ICT strategy and legal compliance.
Change Management : Implement efficient change processes, improving service quality and business continuity while minimising disruption.
Risk Management: Proactively assess and monitor ICT-related risks across AF&RS, implementing effective controls and mitigations.
Resource Optimisation : Develop an appropriate ICT organisational structure, optimising internal and external resources to ensure delivery and an integrated approach.
Team Leadership : Provide training and mentoring to internal ICT staff, fostering a responsive and agile cross-functional team.
Stakeholder Engagement: Liaise with stakeholders across AF&RS, building strong internal networks to maximise technology benefits.
Policy Implementation : Develop and implement up-to-date ICT policies ensuring robust controls across AF&RS. Liaise with internal data protection teams, ensuring ICT developments are compliant with relevant information legislation. Act as the Deputy Senior Risk Owner ensuring high-quality governance standards and compliance.
Training Alignment : Identify and evaluate ICT training aligned with the ICT strategy and budget requirements.
Budget Management : Manage ICT budgets aligned with the ICT strategy, forecasting and reviewing budgetary arrangements and exploring potential funding opportunities.
What we’ll need from you:
Essential:
Proven experience in senior ICT leadership role, driving digital transformation and strategy (ideally within the emergency services or public sector – but not essential).
Demonstrable experience in design, sourcing, transition, delivery and implementation of new technology and data capabilities.
Excellent up-to-date technical knowledge of ICT and the technology landscape.
Extensive knowledge of digital, data and technology regulations and best practice methodologies (e.g. ITIL, ISO) and performance benchmarking. You will also maintain up-to-date technical knowledge of ICT and the technology landscape.
Significant experience of leading and managing high performing teams (via direct or matrix management).
Proven experience of strategic service planning, business processes, developing, leading, and implementing IT/ICT strategies and change programs.
Experience of successfully managing high quality business-as-usual (BAU) ICT, while also inspiring, leading, and driving innovative solutions.
Proven experience of proactively managing business continuity and cyber security arrangements.
Significant experience of dealing with vendors and third parties including experience of procuring, negotiating, and robustly managing business-critical service contractors.
Degree level education, or equivalent, in business, computer science or a related field of study, or proven relevant business experience.
Professional ICT qualifications (such as ITIL or accredited status such as Chartered IT Professional CITP), or equivalent through a combination of proven relevant training, experience and evidenced continuing professional development.
Highly effective communication and influencing skills across the full breadth of written, verbal, presentation, and digital media. You will be able to engage, advise and explain technical matters in a non-technical way.
Adaptable, inclusive, and values-based leadership and people management skills.
Relationship building and collaboration skills with the ability to influence strategic thinking and approaches to complex service issues.
Strong analytical, research, numerical and decision-making skills, to deal with complex service delivery.
Ability to manage and prioritise high workloads, with pressing and conflicting deadlines.
Desirable:
Comprehensive budget-creation and budget-management experience including identifying and evaluating opportunities, negotiation, and delivering efficiencies.
Experience of working in a climate of transformation and/or continuous improvement and supporting others in uncertain times.
Experience of working for an emergency service or local authority.
Experience of Information and Data Governance and/or of being a Senior Risk Information Officer (SIRO) or Deputy SIRO.
Experience of portfolio and project management methodologies and tailoring these for significant ICT projects and organisational context.
Proven ICT risk management experience.
High level of political awareness and acuity to interact with senior stakeholders and elected Members.
Foundation or Practitioner level qualification in programme or project management.
What you can expect in return
27 days annual holiday (plus public holidays) rising to 31 days after 5 years, and 32 after 10 years of service
Local Government Pension - Defined Benefit Scheme
Flexible and hybrid working
Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme
Cycle to Work scheme
Welfare and Wellbeing services
Staff Engagement Groups
Access to a Medical Intervention Scheme which can support staff to access private medical assessments and treatments
Access to Blue Light card with offers online and high street discounts
Use of the multi-gym, sports hall, restaurant, free parking, and beautiful open surroundings at our Headquarters in Portishead
Please note - as this post is based at our Headquarters which we share with Avon & Somerset Police, the successful applicant will be required to undergo a security clearance check & DBS check.
Further Information
If you would like to have an informal conversation with the hiring manager for this role please contact recruitment@avonfire.gov.uk to request this.
How to apply: The full job description can be found on our careers pages: Head of ICT | Yes You Can! The Avon Fire & Rescue Service Job . Once you have read the job description please submit a tailored CV demonstrating how your skills and experience match the requirements of the role.
Late applications will not be accepted. Please quote job reference number 1023 [JD number] on any communications. Thank you.
Avon Fire & Rescue Service is committed to securing equality of opportunity. W e welcome applications from all members of our community who are currently under-represented at Avon Fire & Rescue Service, particularly women, Disabled people and members of ethnic minority communities.
Dec 20, 2023
Full time
Role Summary
Be at the forefront of ICT improvements and transformation within the Fire & Rescue Service (AF&RS). We are seeking a visionary leader to shape our future ICT and digital strategy, make further improvements to our infrastructure and ensure our ICT systems are resilient, reliable, and accessible to all staff 24/7.
This is a new role leading the development of an integrated ICT strategy and technology roadmap and overseeing the delivery of technology initiatives. This business-critical position will require you to work effectively with key stakeholders to create and implement an ICT strategy which aligns with our organisational goals and ambitions, ensures the integration and enhancement of our systems and improved user experience.
This role will require an ambitious, forward-thinking individual who has the technical knowledge, drive and passion to make a big difference. You will have a unique opportunity to make the role your own and bring your experience, ideas, influencing skills and technical expertise to our organisation. With challenging budgets, a creative and innovative approach is key, as is the exploration of potential funding sources.
Some of the things you’ll be doing
Strategic Leadership : Drive continuous improvement, culture change, and effective performance management. Act as the advocate for AF&RS’s digital vision, engaging leadership and representing AF&RS in local and national digital forums.
Expert Consultation : Offer expert guidance on ICT matters to senior stakeholders and the Fire Authority, enabling discussions on modern ICT and digital technology.
System Management : Ensure the efficiency, reliability, security, and cost-effectiveness of ICT systems and technology. Oversee external IT helpdesk providers and business continuity plans.
Infrastructure Enhancement : Drive continual improvements to the ICT infrastructure to ensure a solid foundation and enhanced user experience. Collaborate with stakeholders to define and implement improvements, presenting robust business cases for investment.
Digital Horizon-Scanning : Stay updated on digital developments and evaluate new technologies potential benefits, risks, and affordability aligned with the ICT strategy.
Strategy Development : Lead the creation and implementation of AF&RS’s cohesive ICT and Digital Strategy, fostering innovative and integrated improvements.
Project Oversight : Oversee the successful delivery of all ICT, digital, and systems projects. Establish governance structures, aligning with the ICT strategy and legal compliance.
Change Management : Implement efficient change processes, improving service quality and business continuity while minimising disruption.
Risk Management: Proactively assess and monitor ICT-related risks across AF&RS, implementing effective controls and mitigations.
Resource Optimisation : Develop an appropriate ICT organisational structure, optimising internal and external resources to ensure delivery and an integrated approach.
Team Leadership : Provide training and mentoring to internal ICT staff, fostering a responsive and agile cross-functional team.
Stakeholder Engagement: Liaise with stakeholders across AF&RS, building strong internal networks to maximise technology benefits.
Policy Implementation : Develop and implement up-to-date ICT policies ensuring robust controls across AF&RS. Liaise with internal data protection teams, ensuring ICT developments are compliant with relevant information legislation. Act as the Deputy Senior Risk Owner ensuring high-quality governance standards and compliance.
Training Alignment : Identify and evaluate ICT training aligned with the ICT strategy and budget requirements.
Budget Management : Manage ICT budgets aligned with the ICT strategy, forecasting and reviewing budgetary arrangements and exploring potential funding opportunities.
What we’ll need from you:
Essential:
Proven experience in senior ICT leadership role, driving digital transformation and strategy (ideally within the emergency services or public sector – but not essential).
Demonstrable experience in design, sourcing, transition, delivery and implementation of new technology and data capabilities.
Excellent up-to-date technical knowledge of ICT and the technology landscape.
Extensive knowledge of digital, data and technology regulations and best practice methodologies (e.g. ITIL, ISO) and performance benchmarking. You will also maintain up-to-date technical knowledge of ICT and the technology landscape.
Significant experience of leading and managing high performing teams (via direct or matrix management).
Proven experience of strategic service planning, business processes, developing, leading, and implementing IT/ICT strategies and change programs.
Experience of successfully managing high quality business-as-usual (BAU) ICT, while also inspiring, leading, and driving innovative solutions.
Proven experience of proactively managing business continuity and cyber security arrangements.
Significant experience of dealing with vendors and third parties including experience of procuring, negotiating, and robustly managing business-critical service contractors.
Degree level education, or equivalent, in business, computer science or a related field of study, or proven relevant business experience.
Professional ICT qualifications (such as ITIL or accredited status such as Chartered IT Professional CITP), or equivalent through a combination of proven relevant training, experience and evidenced continuing professional development.
Highly effective communication and influencing skills across the full breadth of written, verbal, presentation, and digital media. You will be able to engage, advise and explain technical matters in a non-technical way.
Adaptable, inclusive, and values-based leadership and people management skills.
Relationship building and collaboration skills with the ability to influence strategic thinking and approaches to complex service issues.
Strong analytical, research, numerical and decision-making skills, to deal with complex service delivery.
Ability to manage and prioritise high workloads, with pressing and conflicting deadlines.
Desirable:
Comprehensive budget-creation and budget-management experience including identifying and evaluating opportunities, negotiation, and delivering efficiencies.
Experience of working in a climate of transformation and/or continuous improvement and supporting others in uncertain times.
Experience of working for an emergency service or local authority.
Experience of Information and Data Governance and/or of being a Senior Risk Information Officer (SIRO) or Deputy SIRO.
Experience of portfolio and project management methodologies and tailoring these for significant ICT projects and organisational context.
Proven ICT risk management experience.
High level of political awareness and acuity to interact with senior stakeholders and elected Members.
Foundation or Practitioner level qualification in programme or project management.
What you can expect in return
27 days annual holiday (plus public holidays) rising to 31 days after 5 years, and 32 after 10 years of service
Local Government Pension - Defined Benefit Scheme
Flexible and hybrid working
Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme
Cycle to Work scheme
Welfare and Wellbeing services
Staff Engagement Groups
Access to a Medical Intervention Scheme which can support staff to access private medical assessments and treatments
Access to Blue Light card with offers online and high street discounts
Use of the multi-gym, sports hall, restaurant, free parking, and beautiful open surroundings at our Headquarters in Portishead
Please note - as this post is based at our Headquarters which we share with Avon & Somerset Police, the successful applicant will be required to undergo a security clearance check & DBS check.
Further Information
If you would like to have an informal conversation with the hiring manager for this role please contact recruitment@avonfire.gov.uk to request this.
How to apply: The full job description can be found on our careers pages: Head of ICT | Yes You Can! The Avon Fire & Rescue Service Job . Once you have read the job description please submit a tailored CV demonstrating how your skills and experience match the requirements of the role.
Late applications will not be accepted. Please quote job reference number 1023 [JD number] on any communications. Thank you.
Avon Fire & Rescue Service is committed to securing equality of opportunity. W e welcome applications from all members of our community who are currently under-represented at Avon Fire & Rescue Service, particularly women, Disabled people and members of ethnic minority communities.
About us:
Gower College Swansea is one of the largest colleges in Wales with a strong reputation for high quality teaching and learning. We have six campuses across the city with over 4,500 full time learners and 10,000 part time learners. We currently have a turnover of over £50 million making us a major employer in the region with approximately 1,000 staff.
At Gower College Swansea we are passionate about investing in our staff and looking after their wellbeing to ensure they feel supported in work and also at home.
The role:
You will be responsible for the delivery of high-quality Data Analytics apprenticeship training and assessment on our work-based learning contract.
37 hours per week
Permanent
£31,498 - £36,642 per annum
Jubilee Court, Swansea, SA5
Key Responsibilities:
Plan and deliver training and assessments across a range of courses ensuring schemes/records of work, assignment schedules, are appropriate to the syllabus content and awarding body standards
Work with customers in industry to maintain and build relationships and to secure contracts with existing and new organisations
Meet regularly with learners as determined by the programme delivery to establish and maintain monitoring and review arrangements for students undertaking training.
About you:
Level 4 qualification or equivalent in Data Analytics
Commercial knowledge, experience and understanding of industry, including training needs
Creative, innovative and enthusiastic
Benefits for you:
28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, and the college is closed for two weeks over the Christmas period
Free Parking
A Local Government Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 21% (2023)
Free annual subscription to the Headspace Mindfulness app
Discounted study opportunities on College programmes
Hybrid Working
View more benefits here: https://www.gcs.ac.uk/recruitment/benefits-and-wellbeing
We welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our organisation.
If you wish to continue your application journey using Welsh Language, please visit our Cymraeg site. We encourage Welsh Language applications as we recognise the importance of delivering services in Welsh, and the need to grow our bilingual workforce.
Gower College Swansea is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and require registration with the Education Workforce Council for Wales.
Appointments will normally be made to the bottom of the salary scale with annual increments on 1st August each year (subject to a start date before 1st February).
May 15, 2023
Full time
About us:
Gower College Swansea is one of the largest colleges in Wales with a strong reputation for high quality teaching and learning. We have six campuses across the city with over 4,500 full time learners and 10,000 part time learners. We currently have a turnover of over £50 million making us a major employer in the region with approximately 1,000 staff.
At Gower College Swansea we are passionate about investing in our staff and looking after their wellbeing to ensure they feel supported in work and also at home.
The role:
You will be responsible for the delivery of high-quality Data Analytics apprenticeship training and assessment on our work-based learning contract.
37 hours per week
Permanent
£31,498 - £36,642 per annum
Jubilee Court, Swansea, SA5
Key Responsibilities:
Plan and deliver training and assessments across a range of courses ensuring schemes/records of work, assignment schedules, are appropriate to the syllabus content and awarding body standards
Work with customers in industry to maintain and build relationships and to secure contracts with existing and new organisations
Meet regularly with learners as determined by the programme delivery to establish and maintain monitoring and review arrangements for students undertaking training.
About you:
Level 4 qualification or equivalent in Data Analytics
Commercial knowledge, experience and understanding of industry, including training needs
Creative, innovative and enthusiastic
Benefits for you:
28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, and the college is closed for two weeks over the Christmas period
Free Parking
A Local Government Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 21% (2023)
Free annual subscription to the Headspace Mindfulness app
Discounted study opportunities on College programmes
Hybrid Working
View more benefits here: https://www.gcs.ac.uk/recruitment/benefits-and-wellbeing
We welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our organisation.
If you wish to continue your application journey using Welsh Language, please visit our Cymraeg site. We encourage Welsh Language applications as we recognise the importance of delivering services in Welsh, and the need to grow our bilingual workforce.
Gower College Swansea is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and require registration with the Education Workforce Council for Wales.
Appointments will normally be made to the bottom of the salary scale with annual increments on 1st August each year (subject to a start date before 1st February).
Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service
Ripley, Derbyshire DE5 3RS, UK
3rd Line ICT Systems Support Specialist (Software Deployment, Server Infrastructure)
£44,539 - *£51,387** per annum *Career Progression Criteria applies **The salary includes a market supplement
Based at Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service Headquarters, Butterley Hall, Ripley, Derbyshire
Agile working arrangements can be discussed with the successful candidate.
Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service is looking to recruit a 3rd Line ICT Systems Support Specialist (Software Deployment, Server Infrastructure). Underlying responsibilities of the role are ensuring the IT infrastructure is fit for purpose, systems are secure, and you will contribute to the continual improvement of our ICT provision.
As a 3rd Line ICT Systems Support Specialist, you will be responsible for desktop software deployment, management of endpoints, providing support to system administrators and troubleshooting within the areas of responsibility.
Known for your customer-focused approach, you will support the Service’s users, assisting in diagnosing issues across the ICT infrastructure, including end-point devices and some servers, in physical, virtual and cloud environments.
You will assist the ICT Service Delivery Manager in providing excellent support to business-critical applications, requiring you to possess excellent time management skills, communications skills, alongside a broad technical knowledge.
You will be able to demonstrate:
Excellent ICT Problem solving in a mission critical environment
A strong understanding of Microsoft Windows operating system technologies
A strong understanding of virtualised server and desktop provision
A strong understanding of cloud-based infrastructure
An excellent all-round ICT support understanding working as part of a busy team
Can we count on you to deliver a customer-focused service that is consistent, reliable and focused on excellence?
To apply and find out more please visit: https://www.jobtrain.co.uk/derbyshirefire/Job/JobDetail?JobId=696
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Brett Clements, ICT Service Delivery Manager on 01773 305344.
The closing date for completed applications is midnight Sunday 23rd April 2023 .
Interviews will be held week commencing 1st May 2023 .
There may be a requirement for some travel for which a pool car will be provided.
The normal working week is 37 hours however you may occasionally need to work beyond normal office hours. The postholder will also be required to provide rota cover on the Recall to Duty Scheme.
In return we offer;
Flexible working hours
Family friendly policies
Free car parking
Health & wellbeing services, including free access to gyms at Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service locations
Employee discount scheme
Employee support networks
Ongoing training and development opportunities
Eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme
We are committed to equality and fairness at work. Applications are encouraged from all diverse communities.
Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service’s recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Adults, Children and Young People. All staff are expected to share this commitment.
Police security vetting procedures at the appropriate level will be requested for the successful applicant. Please note that, due to the nature of security checks undertaken, applicants must have 3 years continuous residency in the UK up to the date of the application and Home Office approval for indefinite leave to remain within the UK.
If you have a disability and need assistance completing the application form, please contact the Service Centre on 01773 305441.
Mar 28, 2023
Full time
3rd Line ICT Systems Support Specialist (Software Deployment, Server Infrastructure)
£44,539 - *£51,387** per annum *Career Progression Criteria applies **The salary includes a market supplement
Based at Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service Headquarters, Butterley Hall, Ripley, Derbyshire
Agile working arrangements can be discussed with the successful candidate.
Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service is looking to recruit a 3rd Line ICT Systems Support Specialist (Software Deployment, Server Infrastructure). Underlying responsibilities of the role are ensuring the IT infrastructure is fit for purpose, systems are secure, and you will contribute to the continual improvement of our ICT provision.
As a 3rd Line ICT Systems Support Specialist, you will be responsible for desktop software deployment, management of endpoints, providing support to system administrators and troubleshooting within the areas of responsibility.
Known for your customer-focused approach, you will support the Service’s users, assisting in diagnosing issues across the ICT infrastructure, including end-point devices and some servers, in physical, virtual and cloud environments.
You will assist the ICT Service Delivery Manager in providing excellent support to business-critical applications, requiring you to possess excellent time management skills, communications skills, alongside a broad technical knowledge.
You will be able to demonstrate:
Excellent ICT Problem solving in a mission critical environment
A strong understanding of Microsoft Windows operating system technologies
A strong understanding of virtualised server and desktop provision
A strong understanding of cloud-based infrastructure
An excellent all-round ICT support understanding working as part of a busy team
Can we count on you to deliver a customer-focused service that is consistent, reliable and focused on excellence?
To apply and find out more please visit: https://www.jobtrain.co.uk/derbyshirefire/Job/JobDetail?JobId=696
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Brett Clements, ICT Service Delivery Manager on 01773 305344.
The closing date for completed applications is midnight Sunday 23rd April 2023 .
Interviews will be held week commencing 1st May 2023 .
There may be a requirement for some travel for which a pool car will be provided.
The normal working week is 37 hours however you may occasionally need to work beyond normal office hours. The postholder will also be required to provide rota cover on the Recall to Duty Scheme.
In return we offer;
Flexible working hours
Family friendly policies
Free car parking
Health & wellbeing services, including free access to gyms at Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service locations
Employee discount scheme
Employee support networks
Ongoing training and development opportunities
Eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme
We are committed to equality and fairness at work. Applications are encouraged from all diverse communities.
Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service’s recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Adults, Children and Young People. All staff are expected to share this commitment.
Police security vetting procedures at the appropriate level will be requested for the successful applicant. Please note that, due to the nature of security checks undertaken, applicants must have 3 years continuous residency in the UK up to the date of the application and Home Office approval for indefinite leave to remain within the UK.
If you have a disability and need assistance completing the application form, please contact the Service Centre on 01773 305441.
Ready to maximise your potential?
C&C Group supplies software solutions and services to almost every energy and water company throughout Great Britain.
We are at the dawn of an exciting new era with Smart Grids, as well as Market-wide Half Hourly Settlement (MHHS), which will be one of the biggest changes to the electricity industry to date. This means we are on the lookout for exceptional talent to join our team, as we expand our reach as well as our goals.
Technology is the essence of what we do, but our people make us who we are.
What will I get to do?
We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Project Manager, who will be responsible for delivering multiple, concurrent, software development projects of varying size and complexity.
Drawing on project delivery and managerial experience, you will work with various stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered on time, in scope, and within budget to meet an expanding change portfolio and new customer requirements.
You can be a part of this very exciting and crucial time for C&C Group and work to ensure we continue to deliver excellence!
What will my day look like?
You will bring your enthusiasm and motivation, alongside your project management skills to:
Lead projects on behalf of C&C Group, liaising directly with both internal and external customers
Manage projects varying in size, from small and medium sized change requests to existing software products, through to larger changes and implementation of new software products.
Manage the delivery of multiple projects running concurrently to multiple customers, adopting best practice project management techniques to achieve project deliverables.
Maintaining communication between project team members and stakeholders via meetings and reporting.
Work directly with our internal Development, Test, Infrastructure, and Security Teams, as well as external parties to develop and revise detailed project plans based on requirements and changing needs.
Work with other Project Managers overseeing and co-ordinating cross-functional initiatives to ensure that time, cost, and quality parameters are monitored and managed.
Monitor project performance to ensure timely delivery, and perform ongoing reviews of project statuses, identify potential project risks, and recommend and implement risk mitigation solutions as approved and as appropriate.
Ensure that all project deliveries are consistent with C&C Group’s ISMS Policies and Procedures.
Report to the Head of Project Management.
More about you
You must have:
Relevant Project Management qualification.
Demonstrable experience of project delivery, ideally covering all aspects of the software development lifecycle, and managing the delivery of complex business and IT change.
Be able to utilise proven project management techniques.
Be able to provide evidence of project planning of medium to large software projects and be proficient in the use of formal scheduling tools.
Demonstrable experience of managing a diverse change portfolio with concurrent initiatives.
Be creative and correctly use the range of resources available in an efficient, engaging, and successful way.
Excellent communication skills with experience of engaging and managing third parties and can assimilate information quickly and accurately.
Experience of producing compelling presentation material at pace, adjusting communication styles to suit different audiences.
Experience of working in a matrix management environment.
Good team player.
Must be able to travel between C&C Group offices and to customer locations, when required.
Nice to have:
Experience in the utilities sector would be beneficial.
Remote Working?
We want our employees to perform at their best, so we offer a flexible working model which means you decide where you want to work.
Want to work from home to meet your deadline in peace? You can do that.
Want to bounce ideas off your colleagues or go for a team lunch? We have comfortable and relaxed offices with fruit, snacks, and hot and cold drinks available; to keep you fuelled for working.
The expectation is to be in the office for 2 days a week to ensure you get up to speed and collaborate with colleagues.
A Company to be proud of
Be more than just a number. As a small to medium sized company, we make it our mission to ensure every employee feels valued and knows that their contribution makes a difference. We want everyone to work in a place where they can thrive, and feel empowered to be themselves, which is why we encourage a diverse, fair, and open workforce.
We offer flexible working to help employees work to their full potential. We also understand that flexibility goes beyond the place of work, and we are here to support our employees in any way we can, including having Mental Health First Aiders on hand to help with more challenging times.
We strive for continuous improvement in how we work, our products and services, our working environments and culture, and our impact on the environment, and we actively encourage our employees to tell us how.
Benefits and Rewards include:
Comprehensive private healthcare for you and your family, including optical and dental, as well as extra cancer care cover and access to mental health support
Employee Assistance Programme
25-27 days holiday, plus public holidays of course
Payroll Giving Scheme – We will match donations made to your chosen charity!
A generous monthly team social budget
Fruit, snacks, and drinks when working in our offices
Electric Vehicle Scheme
Ride to Work Scheme
Extra days annual leave for your wedding/civil partnership
Free on-site car parking
How do I join the C&C Group team?
If this advert sparks excitement as well as matches your aspirations and skills, then apply today!
If this isn’t the right role for you but you would love to work for C&C Group, then please get in touch. We are always looking for clever, smart, innovative, and motivated talent.
Jan 31, 2023
Full time
Ready to maximise your potential?
C&C Group supplies software solutions and services to almost every energy and water company throughout Great Britain.
We are at the dawn of an exciting new era with Smart Grids, as well as Market-wide Half Hourly Settlement (MHHS), which will be one of the biggest changes to the electricity industry to date. This means we are on the lookout for exceptional talent to join our team, as we expand our reach as well as our goals.
Technology is the essence of what we do, but our people make us who we are.
What will I get to do?
We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Project Manager, who will be responsible for delivering multiple, concurrent, software development projects of varying size and complexity.
Drawing on project delivery and managerial experience, you will work with various stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered on time, in scope, and within budget to meet an expanding change portfolio and new customer requirements.
You can be a part of this very exciting and crucial time for C&C Group and work to ensure we continue to deliver excellence!
What will my day look like?
You will bring your enthusiasm and motivation, alongside your project management skills to:
Lead projects on behalf of C&C Group, liaising directly with both internal and external customers
Manage projects varying in size, from small and medium sized change requests to existing software products, through to larger changes and implementation of new software products.
Manage the delivery of multiple projects running concurrently to multiple customers, adopting best practice project management techniques to achieve project deliverables.
Maintaining communication between project team members and stakeholders via meetings and reporting.
Work directly with our internal Development, Test, Infrastructure, and Security Teams, as well as external parties to develop and revise detailed project plans based on requirements and changing needs.
Work with other Project Managers overseeing and co-ordinating cross-functional initiatives to ensure that time, cost, and quality parameters are monitored and managed.
Monitor project performance to ensure timely delivery, and perform ongoing reviews of project statuses, identify potential project risks, and recommend and implement risk mitigation solutions as approved and as appropriate.
Ensure that all project deliveries are consistent with C&C Group’s ISMS Policies and Procedures.
Report to the Head of Project Management.
More about you
You must have:
Relevant Project Management qualification.
Demonstrable experience of project delivery, ideally covering all aspects of the software development lifecycle, and managing the delivery of complex business and IT change.
Be able to utilise proven project management techniques.
Be able to provide evidence of project planning of medium to large software projects and be proficient in the use of formal scheduling tools.
Demonstrable experience of managing a diverse change portfolio with concurrent initiatives.
Be creative and correctly use the range of resources available in an efficient, engaging, and successful way.
Excellent communication skills with experience of engaging and managing third parties and can assimilate information quickly and accurately.
Experience of producing compelling presentation material at pace, adjusting communication styles to suit different audiences.
Experience of working in a matrix management environment.
Good team player.
Must be able to travel between C&C Group offices and to customer locations, when required.
Nice to have:
Experience in the utilities sector would be beneficial.
Remote Working?
We want our employees to perform at their best, so we offer a flexible working model which means you decide where you want to work.
Want to work from home to meet your deadline in peace? You can do that.
Want to bounce ideas off your colleagues or go for a team lunch? We have comfortable and relaxed offices with fruit, snacks, and hot and cold drinks available; to keep you fuelled for working.
The expectation is to be in the office for 2 days a week to ensure you get up to speed and collaborate with colleagues.
A Company to be proud of
Be more than just a number. As a small to medium sized company, we make it our mission to ensure every employee feels valued and knows that their contribution makes a difference. We want everyone to work in a place where they can thrive, and feel empowered to be themselves, which is why we encourage a diverse, fair, and open workforce.
We offer flexible working to help employees work to their full potential. We also understand that flexibility goes beyond the place of work, and we are here to support our employees in any way we can, including having Mental Health First Aiders on hand to help with more challenging times.
We strive for continuous improvement in how we work, our products and services, our working environments and culture, and our impact on the environment, and we actively encourage our employees to tell us how.
Benefits and Rewards include:
Comprehensive private healthcare for you and your family, including optical and dental, as well as extra cancer care cover and access to mental health support
Employee Assistance Programme
25-27 days holiday, plus public holidays of course
Payroll Giving Scheme – We will match donations made to your chosen charity!
A generous monthly team social budget
Fruit, snacks, and drinks when working in our offices
Electric Vehicle Scheme
Ride to Work Scheme
Extra days annual leave for your wedding/civil partnership
Free on-site car parking
How do I join the C&C Group team?
If this advert sparks excitement as well as matches your aspirations and skills, then apply today!
If this isn’t the right role for you but you would love to work for C&C Group, then please get in touch. We are always looking for clever, smart, innovative, and motivated talent.
University of Oxford, Mathematical Institute
Oxford, UK
About the role
We are seeking to appoint to an exciting new Full-Stack Development Lead role on a permanent, full time basis. This is a pivotal post within our established and highly impactful IT Team, which has been designed to ensure that our IT and software development operations run smoothly.
As a senior member of the IT team, you will support service delivery by leading, driving and delivering longer-term technical projects to meet deadlines and by maintaining agreed service levels. This new role builds our IT team’s resilience at a senior technical level; you will report to the Head of IT who, amongst other management duties, acts as the overall IT architect and also leads, drives, and delivers various technical projects. As a senior leader, you will also act as a mentor to more junior team members to assist them in developing existing skills and gaining new ones.
This post presents a great opportunity to take ownership of various projects previously overseen by the Head of IT, which could include: maintenance and further development of the departmental website; redesigning and reimplementing the examinations database; and developing various helper and automation scripts for the maintenance and automation of our IT systems. You can find a full list of potential projects outlined in the job description document.
Although you will be primarily based in central Oxford, the department are open to a hybrid working arrangement at typically two days per week from home.
About you
We are looking for candidates who are able to demonstrate a thorough understanding of the principles and technical processes of full-stack web application development, including substantial development experience with an expert level in at least one of Python, PHP or Ruby on Rails, and substantial frontend development experience (e.g. using JavaScript, CSS, HTML).
You will have an honours degree or equivalent experience, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, in particular the ability to work very closely with a variety of end users including senior academic and professional services staff, students, visitors and collaborators, and to communicate deeply technical concepts to non-technical audiences. You will be highly self-motivated and enjoy working both independently and as an effective member of a small team, with a light management touch.
We proudly hold a departmental Athena SWAN Silver Award and an institutional Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, which guide our progress towards advancing racial and gender equality. As part of our strategic aim to improve staff equality and diversity, we would particularly welcome applications from BAME candidates, who are currently under-represented in positions of this type within the department.
Application Process
If you wish to speak to someone informally about this post, please contact Dr Waldemar Schlackow (Head of IT) [ mailto:waldemar.schlackow@maths.ox.ac.uk ] or Dr Keith Gillow (Director of IT and Physical Resources) [ mailto:keith.gillow@maths.ox.ac.uk ]. Informal enquiries regarding the application process should be directed to the Recruitment Coordinator (email: vacancies@maths.ox.ac.uk ), quoting vacancy reference 161377.
Applicants should read the job description document before writing their application. You will be required to upload a supporting statement, setting out how you meet the selection criteria, a curriculum vitae and the names and contact details of two referees as part of your online application.
If no suitable applicants are identified at Grade 9, an appointment at Grade 8 (£43,414 - £51,805 per annum) with an appropriate adjustment to the duties may be considered.
Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. To apply for this post and for further details, including the job description and selection criteria, please click on the link below:
https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_details_form.jobspec?p_id=161377
Only applications received before 12:00 noon UK time on Wednesday 16th November 2022 can be considered.
Oct 31, 2022
Full time
About the role
We are seeking to appoint to an exciting new Full-Stack Development Lead role on a permanent, full time basis. This is a pivotal post within our established and highly impactful IT Team, which has been designed to ensure that our IT and software development operations run smoothly.
As a senior member of the IT team, you will support service delivery by leading, driving and delivering longer-term technical projects to meet deadlines and by maintaining agreed service levels. This new role builds our IT team’s resilience at a senior technical level; you will report to the Head of IT who, amongst other management duties, acts as the overall IT architect and also leads, drives, and delivers various technical projects. As a senior leader, you will also act as a mentor to more junior team members to assist them in developing existing skills and gaining new ones.
This post presents a great opportunity to take ownership of various projects previously overseen by the Head of IT, which could include: maintenance and further development of the departmental website; redesigning and reimplementing the examinations database; and developing various helper and automation scripts for the maintenance and automation of our IT systems. You can find a full list of potential projects outlined in the job description document.
Although you will be primarily based in central Oxford, the department are open to a hybrid working arrangement at typically two days per week from home.
About you
We are looking for candidates who are able to demonstrate a thorough understanding of the principles and technical processes of full-stack web application development, including substantial development experience with an expert level in at least one of Python, PHP or Ruby on Rails, and substantial frontend development experience (e.g. using JavaScript, CSS, HTML).
You will have an honours degree or equivalent experience, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, in particular the ability to work very closely with a variety of end users including senior academic and professional services staff, students, visitors and collaborators, and to communicate deeply technical concepts to non-technical audiences. You will be highly self-motivated and enjoy working both independently and as an effective member of a small team, with a light management touch.
We proudly hold a departmental Athena SWAN Silver Award and an institutional Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, which guide our progress towards advancing racial and gender equality. As part of our strategic aim to improve staff equality and diversity, we would particularly welcome applications from BAME candidates, who are currently under-represented in positions of this type within the department.
Application Process
If you wish to speak to someone informally about this post, please contact Dr Waldemar Schlackow (Head of IT) [ mailto:waldemar.schlackow@maths.ox.ac.uk ] or Dr Keith Gillow (Director of IT and Physical Resources) [ mailto:keith.gillow@maths.ox.ac.uk ]. Informal enquiries regarding the application process should be directed to the Recruitment Coordinator (email: vacancies@maths.ox.ac.uk ), quoting vacancy reference 161377.
Applicants should read the job description document before writing their application. You will be required to upload a supporting statement, setting out how you meet the selection criteria, a curriculum vitae and the names and contact details of two referees as part of your online application.
If no suitable applicants are identified at Grade 9, an appointment at Grade 8 (£43,414 - £51,805 per annum) with an appropriate adjustment to the duties may be considered.
Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. To apply for this post and for further details, including the job description and selection criteria, please click on the link below:
https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_details_form.jobspec?p_id=161377
Only applications received before 12:00 noon UK time on Wednesday 16th November 2022 can be considered.
Job Description for Business Analyst:
There’s never been a more exciting time to be part of the nuclear sector. New opportunities are being created all the time. At NNL, you’ll be in the ideal place to capitalise on this momentum, face new challenges and develop a long, successful and meaningful career.
We’re an organisation that’s here to experiment and push the limits of what’s possible. So, if you’re keen to excel in your chosen field, this is the place to do it. Because at NNL, anything is possible.
The Technical Business Analysts (TBA) will act as an intermediary between the business and technical delivery teams. Working with Business Engagement Partners, IT project teams and business clients, the TBA will collect, clarify, and translate requirements into requirements definition and conceptual design (using appropriate tools and techniques) from which applications and solutions are developed.
The TBA may also provide project management for small technical projects and work packages.
Main Responsibilities for Business Analyst:
Develop a thorough understanding of the current IT solutions and work with key stakeholders in the business to identify new requirements or opportunities for improvement.
Produce requirements for complex software development, architecture, infrastructure and integration projects in a highly secure environment.
Elicit, document and manage requirements using appropriate tools and techniques, interviews, workshops, surveys, site visits, business process mapping, through full project lifecycle.
Work with IT Business Engagement Partners and key stakeholders to develop business cases to support proposed solutions.
Analyse project proposals alongside solution architects and project managers to determine time frame, budget, risk and the appropriate process for accomplishing projects.
Support the creation, and maintenance, of standard project artefacts, such as project initiation documentation, project plans, and risk and stakeholder’s matrices.
Support the production and delivery of Invitation to Tenders on projects, including the evaluation criteria, scoring and subsequent assessment.
Analyse, document and test (as required) program development, logic, process flows and specifications.
Coordinate and conduct user acceptance testing.
Document user guides to describe application installation and operating procedures.
Assist in the coordination of project resources, when necessary, to ensure that projects are delivered to time, cost and quality.
Essential Criteria for Business Analyst:
Develop a thorough understanding of the current IT solutions and work with key stakeholders in the business to identify new requirements or opportunities for improvement.
Produce requirements for complex software development, architecture, infrastructure and integration projects in a highly secure environment.
Elicit, document and manage requirements using appropriate tools and techniques, interviews, workshops, surveys, site visits, business process mapping, through full project lifecycle.
Work with IT Business Engagement Partners and key stakeholders to develop business cases to support proposed solutions.
Analyse project proposals alongside solution architects and project managers to determine time frame, budget, risk and the appropriate process for accomplishing projects.
Support the creation, and maintenance, of standard project artefacts, such as project initiation documentation, project plans, and risk and stakeholder’s matrices.
Support the production and delivery of Invitation to Tenders on projects, including the evaluation criteria, scoring and subsequent assessment.
Analyse, document and test (as required) program development, logic, process flows and specifications.
Coordinate and conduct user acceptance testing.
Document user guides to describe application installation and operating procedures.
Assist in the coordination of project resources, when necessary, to ensure that projects are delivered to time, cost and quality.
Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years’ worth of UK residency).
Desirable Criteria for Business Analyst:
Experience of working with both business and IT projects within a secure environment.
Willingness to travel to other UK locations and a full UK Driving license.
Comfortable in managing small projects, if required.
About The Company
Grounded in robust science and decades of experience, National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) is the authoritative voice in the UK and beyond for technological development within the nuclear power sector.
Our unparalleled understanding of the science, challenges and opportunities makes us an unrivalled authority and partner in the field, providing experts, technologies, and access to cutting-edge facilities to organisations around the world.
Harnessing potential technologies and translating them into to industry-ready solutions means our pioneering approach spearheads international improvement and technological progress.
We work on projects as small as drilling a hole to analyse underground wastes with our integrated micro drilling technology, or as large as developing state-of-the-art power systems for spacecraft, based on radioactive materials
NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging.
Recruitment Agency Notice
We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned.
Aug 19, 2022
Full time
Job Description for Business Analyst:
There’s never been a more exciting time to be part of the nuclear sector. New opportunities are being created all the time. At NNL, you’ll be in the ideal place to capitalise on this momentum, face new challenges and develop a long, successful and meaningful career.
We’re an organisation that’s here to experiment and push the limits of what’s possible. So, if you’re keen to excel in your chosen field, this is the place to do it. Because at NNL, anything is possible.
The Technical Business Analysts (TBA) will act as an intermediary between the business and technical delivery teams. Working with Business Engagement Partners, IT project teams and business clients, the TBA will collect, clarify, and translate requirements into requirements definition and conceptual design (using appropriate tools and techniques) from which applications and solutions are developed.
The TBA may also provide project management for small technical projects and work packages.
Main Responsibilities for Business Analyst:
Develop a thorough understanding of the current IT solutions and work with key stakeholders in the business to identify new requirements or opportunities for improvement.
Produce requirements for complex software development, architecture, infrastructure and integration projects in a highly secure environment.
Elicit, document and manage requirements using appropriate tools and techniques, interviews, workshops, surveys, site visits, business process mapping, through full project lifecycle.
Work with IT Business Engagement Partners and key stakeholders to develop business cases to support proposed solutions.
Analyse project proposals alongside solution architects and project managers to determine time frame, budget, risk and the appropriate process for accomplishing projects.
Support the creation, and maintenance, of standard project artefacts, such as project initiation documentation, project plans, and risk and stakeholder’s matrices.
Support the production and delivery of Invitation to Tenders on projects, including the evaluation criteria, scoring and subsequent assessment.
Analyse, document and test (as required) program development, logic, process flows and specifications.
Coordinate and conduct user acceptance testing.
Document user guides to describe application installation and operating procedures.
Assist in the coordination of project resources, when necessary, to ensure that projects are delivered to time, cost and quality.
Essential Criteria for Business Analyst:
Develop a thorough understanding of the current IT solutions and work with key stakeholders in the business to identify new requirements or opportunities for improvement.
Produce requirements for complex software development, architecture, infrastructure and integration projects in a highly secure environment.
Elicit, document and manage requirements using appropriate tools and techniques, interviews, workshops, surveys, site visits, business process mapping, through full project lifecycle.
Work with IT Business Engagement Partners and key stakeholders to develop business cases to support proposed solutions.
Analyse project proposals alongside solution architects and project managers to determine time frame, budget, risk and the appropriate process for accomplishing projects.
Support the creation, and maintenance, of standard project artefacts, such as project initiation documentation, project plans, and risk and stakeholder’s matrices.
Support the production and delivery of Invitation to Tenders on projects, including the evaluation criteria, scoring and subsequent assessment.
Analyse, document and test (as required) program development, logic, process flows and specifications.
Coordinate and conduct user acceptance testing.
Document user guides to describe application installation and operating procedures.
Assist in the coordination of project resources, when necessary, to ensure that projects are delivered to time, cost and quality.
Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years’ worth of UK residency).
Desirable Criteria for Business Analyst:
Experience of working with both business and IT projects within a secure environment.
Willingness to travel to other UK locations and a full UK Driving license.
Comfortable in managing small projects, if required.
About The Company
Grounded in robust science and decades of experience, National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) is the authoritative voice in the UK and beyond for technological development within the nuclear power sector.
Our unparalleled understanding of the science, challenges and opportunities makes us an unrivalled authority and partner in the field, providing experts, technologies, and access to cutting-edge facilities to organisations around the world.
Harnessing potential technologies and translating them into to industry-ready solutions means our pioneering approach spearheads international improvement and technological progress.
We work on projects as small as drilling a hole to analyse underground wastes with our integrated micro drilling technology, or as large as developing state-of-the-art power systems for spacecraft, based on radioactive materials
NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging.
Recruitment Agency Notice
We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned.
Senior Software Engineer ( Hybrid - Manchester )
Security Clearance: BPSS Pay Rate to Umbrella: £550 Umb CV Deadline: 21/04 AT 3pm Interview Process: MS Team Headcount: 1 Digital/Non Digital: Digital Contract Length: 4 Months Location: Hybrid – 2 days a week in Manchester office IR35: Inside Minimum Requirement: • Previous experience of working for a government department. • Familiarity with native Android application development • Familiar with WorkspaceONE/AirWatch • Familiar with Certificate Based Authentication • Familiar with integration with ADFS for SAML IdP. • Must be able to develop native iOS mobile applications using Swift • Must be able to develop REST APIs using NodeJS • Must be able to develop using test driven development • Must be able to develop against an API first architecture • Use strict content security policies and guard against common OWASP attacks. • Must be able to use Git • Able to lead and mentor both front-end and back-end developers • Must be familiar with developing native iOS applications • Familiar with using XCode 13.0 • Familiar with Swift 5.5 to support the development of iOS application or iOS 15+ • Familiar with setting up and configuring a CI/CD pipeline such as GitLab • Familiar with consuming REST APIs • Experience with consuming AppConfig (Managed Application Configuration) • Familiar with the packaging and delivery of applications using the Apple Custom App store • Familiar with tools such as Fast Lane and Test Flight to deliver apps
Apr 21, 2022
Contractor
Senior Software Engineer ( Hybrid - Manchester )
Security Clearance: BPSS Pay Rate to Umbrella: £550 Umb CV Deadline: 21/04 AT 3pm Interview Process: MS Team Headcount: 1 Digital/Non Digital: Digital Contract Length: 4 Months Location: Hybrid – 2 days a week in Manchester office IR35: Inside Minimum Requirement: • Previous experience of working for a government department. • Familiarity with native Android application development • Familiar with WorkspaceONE/AirWatch • Familiar with Certificate Based Authentication • Familiar with integration with ADFS for SAML IdP. • Must be able to develop native iOS mobile applications using Swift • Must be able to develop REST APIs using NodeJS • Must be able to develop using test driven development • Must be able to develop against an API first architecture • Use strict content security policies and guard against common OWASP attacks. • Must be able to use Git • Able to lead and mentor both front-end and back-end developers • Must be familiar with developing native iOS applications • Familiar with using XCode 13.0 • Familiar with Swift 5.5 to support the development of iOS application or iOS 15+ • Familiar with setting up and configuring a CI/CD pipeline such as GitLab • Familiar with consuming REST APIs • Experience with consuming AppConfig (Managed Application Configuration) • Familiar with the packaging and delivery of applications using the Apple Custom App store • Familiar with tools such as Fast Lane and Test Flight to deliver apps
Enterprise Architect (Retail), London Salary, 10-20% bonus + great benefits, Hybrid working/London Would you like to be at the heart of a major business transformation to SAP S4 Hana, for a prestigious retail group as the Enterprise Architect heading up an Architecture team? Working for a global retail company as the Enterprise Architect you will lead the architecture function. You will manage the architecture function, be the enterprise architect and manage a team of solutions architects, continue to strengthen the 5-year Roadmap, and drive the key programme of the enterprise level transformation to SAP S/4 Hana. You'll bring experience of developing & owning an IT strategy and IT architecture re in line with business strategy, developing a future state architecture alongside the Programme teams, enable solution delivery and build established architecture frameworks, tools, and governance. There is a team of 5 solution architects covering infrastructure, data, SAP, and retail domains which you will head up. You'll need to comfortable deriving the definition and implementation of strategies, principles and standards for enterprise architecture and innovation. There is more than just the SAP project, with other digital and technology transformations and projects, but the key programme currently is the move to SAP S4 Hana, so understanding the SAP landscape would be crucial to drive the transition. If you have good Enterprise Architecture experience, enjoy leading and managing a team of architects and have SAP S4 experience please apply. Experience within a consumer, B2C, FMCG or Retail background would be advantageous. There is a great benefits package (which most employees the discounts heavily), a 10-20% company bonus scheme and corporate benefits including private medical. The nature of this role, team and stakeholders would require you on site in London 2-3 days per week. Salary is what you would expect of a London based Enterprise Architect or Head of Architecture role heading up a large transformation and managing a team of Solutions architects, along with a package.
May 17, 2024
Full time
Enterprise Architect (Retail), London Salary, 10-20% bonus + great benefits, Hybrid working/London Would you like to be at the heart of a major business transformation to SAP S4 Hana, for a prestigious retail group as the Enterprise Architect heading up an Architecture team? Working for a global retail company as the Enterprise Architect you will lead the architecture function. You will manage the architecture function, be the enterprise architect and manage a team of solutions architects, continue to strengthen the 5-year Roadmap, and drive the key programme of the enterprise level transformation to SAP S/4 Hana. You'll bring experience of developing & owning an IT strategy and IT architecture re in line with business strategy, developing a future state architecture alongside the Programme teams, enable solution delivery and build established architecture frameworks, tools, and governance. There is a team of 5 solution architects covering infrastructure, data, SAP, and retail domains which you will head up. You'll need to comfortable deriving the definition and implementation of strategies, principles and standards for enterprise architecture and innovation. There is more than just the SAP project, with other digital and technology transformations and projects, but the key programme currently is the move to SAP S4 Hana, so understanding the SAP landscape would be crucial to drive the transition. If you have good Enterprise Architecture experience, enjoy leading and managing a team of architects and have SAP S4 experience please apply. Experience within a consumer, B2C, FMCG or Retail background would be advantageous. There is a great benefits package (which most employees the discounts heavily), a 10-20% company bonus scheme and corporate benefits including private medical. The nature of this role, team and stakeholders would require you on site in London 2-3 days per week. Salary is what you would expect of a London based Enterprise Architect or Head of Architecture role heading up a large transformation and managing a team of Solutions architects, along with a package.
I am working with a well-known software consultancy in Edinburgh who are looking to recruit a Digital Transformation Consultant for their Edinburgh or Bristol office . The company: They are a thriving software company, focused on Digital Transformation and cloud consultancy. Their head office is in Edinburgh, and they have a wide-ranging list of clients from private, to government to public sector. They focus on designing and building software cloud solutions and digital transformation across some huge organisations and this is a pivotal role for them. They are hiring due to an internal restructure and this role will be reporting directly into the company's Managing Director. In relation to where you will work, this will be a combination of home based (majority) and some office working. Ideally, you could get into the Edinburgh office at the Gyle roughly twice a week, as you will be a senior figure and your presence will be of great benefit to the team. However, this role is working with a client down in Bristol, so you will likely visit them once a month. The role could also be based near Bristol, working remotely and close to the client. The role: In this role, you will lead the delivery of complex clients and programmes and will be a key member of the business. You will lead large-scale delivery with a focus on achieving client outcomes, developing senior client relationships (at the C-suite level) and doing this through effective delivery leadership. Your key responsibilities will include but are not limited to: * Leading a multi-disciplined team to drive highest levels of customer satisfaction * Leading on the implementation of the company strategy across one main client * Representing the business across the organisation, in front of clients and prospective clients * Maximising the return on sales and identifying opportunities * Lead on the development of the capability across Project Management, Architecture, Cloud and Software Development This is a client-facing role which combines strong leadership attributes working across all dimensions of the consultancy life cycle, including pre-sales, commercial, relationships, technology, delivery and people. Your background: * Previous experience working in a software/technology consultancy or large end-user * Background in a Senior Software Delivery role, working with large-scale clients and organisations * Strong appreciation of modern software engineering and associated development technologies and the full software development life cycle * Background in leading the delivery of large-scale, complex technology projects for clients, or lead a portfolio of client engagements * Ability to develop and maintain senior client/partner relationships * Contribute to the development of innovative propositions, ways of working and other thought leadership collateral This is an opportunity to work with a thriving and employee-first organisation. You will get to work with some huge organisations whilst leading and working alongside some very bright minds. If you are interested, please apply or call Hamish at Cathcart Technology for a chat.
May 17, 2024
Full time
I am working with a well-known software consultancy in Edinburgh who are looking to recruit a Digital Transformation Consultant for their Edinburgh or Bristol office . The company: They are a thriving software company, focused on Digital Transformation and cloud consultancy. Their head office is in Edinburgh, and they have a wide-ranging list of clients from private, to government to public sector. They focus on designing and building software cloud solutions and digital transformation across some huge organisations and this is a pivotal role for them. They are hiring due to an internal restructure and this role will be reporting directly into the company's Managing Director. In relation to where you will work, this will be a combination of home based (majority) and some office working. Ideally, you could get into the Edinburgh office at the Gyle roughly twice a week, as you will be a senior figure and your presence will be of great benefit to the team. However, this role is working with a client down in Bristol, so you will likely visit them once a month. The role could also be based near Bristol, working remotely and close to the client. The role: In this role, you will lead the delivery of complex clients and programmes and will be a key member of the business. You will lead large-scale delivery with a focus on achieving client outcomes, developing senior client relationships (at the C-suite level) and doing this through effective delivery leadership. Your key responsibilities will include but are not limited to: * Leading a multi-disciplined team to drive highest levels of customer satisfaction * Leading on the implementation of the company strategy across one main client * Representing the business across the organisation, in front of clients and prospective clients * Maximising the return on sales and identifying opportunities * Lead on the development of the capability across Project Management, Architecture, Cloud and Software Development This is a client-facing role which combines strong leadership attributes working across all dimensions of the consultancy life cycle, including pre-sales, commercial, relationships, technology, delivery and people. Your background: * Previous experience working in a software/technology consultancy or large end-user * Background in a Senior Software Delivery role, working with large-scale clients and organisations * Strong appreciation of modern software engineering and associated development technologies and the full software development life cycle * Background in leading the delivery of large-scale, complex technology projects for clients, or lead a portfolio of client engagements * Ability to develop and maintain senior client/partner relationships * Contribute to the development of innovative propositions, ways of working and other thought leadership collateral This is an opportunity to work with a thriving and employee-first organisation. You will get to work with some huge organisations whilst leading and working alongside some very bright minds. If you are interested, please apply or call Hamish at Cathcart Technology for a chat.
To support your working life balance, this role offers hybrid working options - Home working 80%, office-based 20% Join a well-established team that prides itself on its excellent reputation Opportunity to be involved in change management projects throughout the IT Division About the role We are seeking a dynamic individual to join our team as an IT Workstream Lead. In this role, you'll take charge of planning and executing IT work stream-activities, ensuring adherence to standards, policies, and agreements, and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to achieve successful project delivery. Reporting to the IT Applications Delivery Manager, you'll lead, plan, track, and report on IT projects and work-stream activities, following IT best practices, Delivery Governance, and the Secure Software Development Life Cycle Framework ensuring stakeholders, dependencies, cost, quality, and time are managed within agreed parameters. As an IT Workstream lead, you'll agree, measure, and implement IT project milestones, engaging with IT Service Owners, Change Managers and Project Managers to ensure project deliverables meet agreed IT Service Delivery Standards. You'll also be responsible for anticipating, monitoring, managing, and reporting on IT issues and risks in line with NFU Mutual Risk Policy and our IT Delivery Processes. You'll keep risks visible and resolve or mitigate them to protect project deliverables and maintain agreed quality standards. You'll lead and motivate IT project and delivery teams in conjunction with Project Managers and IT Service Owners, evaluating and providing feedback on the performance of IT work-stream teams and individuals to promote employee development and maximize their contribution to business objectives. With the guidance of the Group IT Service Owner, Group Procurement, Group IT, and Legal departments, you'll assist and coordinate the sourcing, selection, procurement, and management of third-party suppliers and services. About you The ideal candidate will have: Experience of working within change/project management within an IT Division Stakeholder management skills, including influencing and the ability to work collaboratively with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders Excellent organisation skills and able to adapt to changing priorities Strong problem-solving skill, with the ability to analyse complex issues and develop effective solutions At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees. We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background. Benefits and Rewards When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including: £45,000 - £55,000 annual salary Annual bonus (up to 17.5% of salary) Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership - subject to T&Cs Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance and dental insurance Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies. Working at NFU Mutual We're one of the UK's leading general insurance and financial services companies. For over 110 years we've put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us. We pride ourselves on being a great place to work and are one of only 57 companies across the globe, and one of only two organisations with headquarters in the UK, to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2023 award. We were also named in the LinkedIn Top 25 Companies List 2021, the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK List 2023 and 2024, and were recognised as a certified UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023 and 2024. We offer a supportive culture where we empower and inspire our people to perform, offer them opportunities to grow, and recognise and reward their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable, so we are successful now and in the future.
May 17, 2024
Full time
To support your working life balance, this role offers hybrid working options - Home working 80%, office-based 20% Join a well-established team that prides itself on its excellent reputation Opportunity to be involved in change management projects throughout the IT Division About the role We are seeking a dynamic individual to join our team as an IT Workstream Lead. In this role, you'll take charge of planning and executing IT work stream-activities, ensuring adherence to standards, policies, and agreements, and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to achieve successful project delivery. Reporting to the IT Applications Delivery Manager, you'll lead, plan, track, and report on IT projects and work-stream activities, following IT best practices, Delivery Governance, and the Secure Software Development Life Cycle Framework ensuring stakeholders, dependencies, cost, quality, and time are managed within agreed parameters. As an IT Workstream lead, you'll agree, measure, and implement IT project milestones, engaging with IT Service Owners, Change Managers and Project Managers to ensure project deliverables meet agreed IT Service Delivery Standards. You'll also be responsible for anticipating, monitoring, managing, and reporting on IT issues and risks in line with NFU Mutual Risk Policy and our IT Delivery Processes. You'll keep risks visible and resolve or mitigate them to protect project deliverables and maintain agreed quality standards. You'll lead and motivate IT project and delivery teams in conjunction with Project Managers and IT Service Owners, evaluating and providing feedback on the performance of IT work-stream teams and individuals to promote employee development and maximize their contribution to business objectives. With the guidance of the Group IT Service Owner, Group Procurement, Group IT, and Legal departments, you'll assist and coordinate the sourcing, selection, procurement, and management of third-party suppliers and services. About you The ideal candidate will have: Experience of working within change/project management within an IT Division Stakeholder management skills, including influencing and the ability to work collaboratively with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders Excellent organisation skills and able to adapt to changing priorities Strong problem-solving skill, with the ability to analyse complex issues and develop effective solutions At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees. We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background. Benefits and Rewards When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including: £45,000 - £55,000 annual salary Annual bonus (up to 17.5% of salary) Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership - subject to T&Cs Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance and dental insurance Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies. Working at NFU Mutual We're one of the UK's leading general insurance and financial services companies. For over 110 years we've put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us. We pride ourselves on being a great place to work and are one of only 57 companies across the globe, and one of only two organisations with headquarters in the UK, to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2023 award. We were also named in the LinkedIn Top 25 Companies List 2021, the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK List 2023 and 2024, and were recognised as a certified UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023 and 2024. We offer a supportive culture where we empower and inspire our people to perform, offer them opportunities to grow, and recognise and reward their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable, so we are successful now and in the future.
Business Unit: Chief Operating Office Salary range: £68,000 - £92,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits Location: Remote - work from anywhere within the UK Contract Type: Permanent Live to inspire change. Live a life more Virgin. Our Team The BizApps Centre of Excellence (COE) is a key enabling function within the bank, promoting, accelerating, and governing the adoption and delivery of the Microsoft Business Applications platform. We are at the heart of our digital strategy, working with the latest technology offerings and with our COE services highly in demand, it makes this an incredibly exciting time to join the team. We are looking for an experienced Power Platform Technical Lead to spearhead our COE service capabilities, guiding on platform enablement and adoption strategy, shaping our platform roadmap, and evaluating and implementing new service component capabilities to create the foundational services upon which projects/squads can develop their solutions. You will work closely with our Microsoft fast-track advisors, 3rd party partners and our platform service teams to safeguard service effectiveness and coordinate evergreen strategy and the introduction of new Power Platform service components and capabilities in line with our wider Microsoft ecosystem controls. Your work will be varied and high pace, but more importantly, interesting and fun! Sound good? Then read on and apply What you'll be doing • As custodian of our Power Platform component register and technical service capabilities, you will be responsible for safeguarding platform adoption, maintaining our governance controls and enforcing standards and best practice across our pro-dev and citizen-dev communities. • Working collaboratively with COE leadership to develop and implement a platform enablement and adoption strategy for the Power Platform, incorporating evergreen requirements as well as COE approved design patterns. • Working with our COE SMEs to build foundational service components to support new service design patterns and evergreen capabilities to enable projects/squads to develop on these. • Working collaboratively with SMEs from Microsoft, our 3rd party partners and from within the business to assess evergreen change for the Power Platform, identifying and impact assessing changes to key service components in-use and where applicable, forming an implementation plan to test these ahead of general release. This includes the Microsoft Wave Releases and product specific updates. • Providing technical oversight of our platform operations, including capacity management, service management, environment management, user and licensing management and security controls. • Acting as a gatekeeper and safety-net for our Power Platform service, supporting COE leadership by proactively identifying risks and issues and intervening to prevent problems before they happen. • Working with the COE team to document standards and best practices for adoption and implementation of Power Platform components and services, ensuring all documentation is accurate, consistent and up-to-date and in line with latest features and best-practice guidance from Microsoft. • Leading and mentoring COE colleagues to support their development and to advance collective skills and capabilities within the COE. We need you to have • Extensive experience (5+ years) in designing, developing, and deploying solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform, including Dynamics 365 (Customer Service, Sales and Customer Insights), Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents and Power BI, preferably in a Technical Lead or Solution Architect role. • Extensive knowledge and experience in applying best practices and standards for developing and maintaining secure, scalable, and performant solutions on the Microsoft Power Platform, with a deep understanding of its capabilities and limitations and how to leverage them to meet business requirements. • Knowledge and experience in designing, implementing and managing complex Power Platform environment strategies to support coexistence and effective route-to-live, preferably using automated pipeline deployment via Azure DevOps. • Knowledge and experience implementing the many integration options and methods for connecting the Microsoft Power Platform with other Microsoft and 3rd party services and data sources, including Microsoft 365 and Azure services. • Knowledge of the licensing and governance models for the Microsoft Power Platform and how to optimize the usage and cost of the platform. • Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, demonstrate the value proposition of the Microsoft Power Platform and provide guidance and support for adoption and change management. It's a bonus if you have but not essential • Experience performing in a Centre Of Excellence role, ideally in a Microsoft Power Platform capacity. • Knowledge and experience of Azure Power Platform integrations and services such as Azure Application Insights, Azure Service Bus, Functions, Logic Apps and Synapse link. It would also be beneficial to have experience in Microsoft Digital Contact Center Platform and Open AI. • Microsoft certification: PL-600 (Power Platform Solution Architect), AZ-900 (Azure Fundamentals) Red Hot Rewards • Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more • Up to five extra paid well-being days per year • 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt • Market-leading pension • Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance • Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness • Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows) And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out. We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin , so happy to talk flexible working with you. Say hello to Virgin Money We're making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK's best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, 'Making You Happier About Money', underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. Be yourself at Virgin Money Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard. As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team Now the legal bit Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks - we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.
May 17, 2024
Full time
Business Unit: Chief Operating Office Salary range: £68,000 - £92,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits Location: Remote - work from anywhere within the UK Contract Type: Permanent Live to inspire change. Live a life more Virgin. Our Team The BizApps Centre of Excellence (COE) is a key enabling function within the bank, promoting, accelerating, and governing the adoption and delivery of the Microsoft Business Applications platform. We are at the heart of our digital strategy, working with the latest technology offerings and with our COE services highly in demand, it makes this an incredibly exciting time to join the team. We are looking for an experienced Power Platform Technical Lead to spearhead our COE service capabilities, guiding on platform enablement and adoption strategy, shaping our platform roadmap, and evaluating and implementing new service component capabilities to create the foundational services upon which projects/squads can develop their solutions. You will work closely with our Microsoft fast-track advisors, 3rd party partners and our platform service teams to safeguard service effectiveness and coordinate evergreen strategy and the introduction of new Power Platform service components and capabilities in line with our wider Microsoft ecosystem controls. Your work will be varied and high pace, but more importantly, interesting and fun! Sound good? Then read on and apply What you'll be doing • As custodian of our Power Platform component register and technical service capabilities, you will be responsible for safeguarding platform adoption, maintaining our governance controls and enforcing standards and best practice across our pro-dev and citizen-dev communities. • Working collaboratively with COE leadership to develop and implement a platform enablement and adoption strategy for the Power Platform, incorporating evergreen requirements as well as COE approved design patterns. • Working with our COE SMEs to build foundational service components to support new service design patterns and evergreen capabilities to enable projects/squads to develop on these. • Working collaboratively with SMEs from Microsoft, our 3rd party partners and from within the business to assess evergreen change for the Power Platform, identifying and impact assessing changes to key service components in-use and where applicable, forming an implementation plan to test these ahead of general release. This includes the Microsoft Wave Releases and product specific updates. • Providing technical oversight of our platform operations, including capacity management, service management, environment management, user and licensing management and security controls. • Acting as a gatekeeper and safety-net for our Power Platform service, supporting COE leadership by proactively identifying risks and issues and intervening to prevent problems before they happen. • Working with the COE team to document standards and best practices for adoption and implementation of Power Platform components and services, ensuring all documentation is accurate, consistent and up-to-date and in line with latest features and best-practice guidance from Microsoft. • Leading and mentoring COE colleagues to support their development and to advance collective skills and capabilities within the COE. We need you to have • Extensive experience (5+ years) in designing, developing, and deploying solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform, including Dynamics 365 (Customer Service, Sales and Customer Insights), Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents and Power BI, preferably in a Technical Lead or Solution Architect role. • Extensive knowledge and experience in applying best practices and standards for developing and maintaining secure, scalable, and performant solutions on the Microsoft Power Platform, with a deep understanding of its capabilities and limitations and how to leverage them to meet business requirements. • Knowledge and experience in designing, implementing and managing complex Power Platform environment strategies to support coexistence and effective route-to-live, preferably using automated pipeline deployment via Azure DevOps. • Knowledge and experience implementing the many integration options and methods for connecting the Microsoft Power Platform with other Microsoft and 3rd party services and data sources, including Microsoft 365 and Azure services. • Knowledge of the licensing and governance models for the Microsoft Power Platform and how to optimize the usage and cost of the platform. • Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, demonstrate the value proposition of the Microsoft Power Platform and provide guidance and support for adoption and change management. It's a bonus if you have but not essential • Experience performing in a Centre Of Excellence role, ideally in a Microsoft Power Platform capacity. • Knowledge and experience of Azure Power Platform integrations and services such as Azure Application Insights, Azure Service Bus, Functions, Logic Apps and Synapse link. It would also be beneficial to have experience in Microsoft Digital Contact Center Platform and Open AI. • Microsoft certification: PL-600 (Power Platform Solution Architect), AZ-900 (Azure Fundamentals) Red Hot Rewards • Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more • Up to five extra paid well-being days per year • 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt • Market-leading pension • Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance • Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness • Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows) And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out. We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin , so happy to talk flexible working with you. Say hello to Virgin Money We're making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK's best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, 'Making You Happier About Money', underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. Be yourself at Virgin Money Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard. As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team Now the legal bit Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks - we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.
Business Unit: Chief Operating Office Salary range: £68,000 - £92,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits Location: Remote - work from anywhere within the UK Contract Type: Permanent Live to inspire change. Live a life more Virgin. Our Team The BizApps Centre of Excellence (COE) is a key enabling function within the bank, promoting, accelerating, and governing the adoption and delivery of the Microsoft Business Applications platform. We are at the heart of our digital strategy, working with the latest technology offerings and with our COE services highly in demand, it makes this an incredibly exciting time to join the team. We are looking for an experienced Power Platform Technical Lead to spearhead our COE service capabilities, guiding on platform enablement and adoption strategy, shaping our platform roadmap, and evaluating and implementing new service component capabilities to create the foundational services upon which projects/squads can develop their solutions. You will work closely with our Microsoft fast-track advisors, 3rd party partners and our platform service teams to safeguard service effectiveness and coordinate evergreen strategy and the introduction of new Power Platform service components and capabilities in line with our wider Microsoft ecosystem controls. Your work will be varied and high pace, but more importantly, interesting and fun! Sound good? Then read on and apply What you'll be doing • As custodian of our Power Platform component register and technical service capabilities, you will be responsible for safeguarding platform adoption, maintaining our governance controls and enforcing standards and best practice across our pro-dev and citizen-dev communities. • Working collaboratively with COE leadership to develop and implement a platform enablement and adoption strategy for the Power Platform, incorporating evergreen requirements as well as COE approved design patterns. • Working with our COE SMEs to build foundational service components to support new service design patterns and evergreen capabilities to enable projects/squads to develop on these. • Working collaboratively with SMEs from Microsoft, our 3rd party partners and from within the business to assess evergreen change for the Power Platform, identifying and impact assessing changes to key service components in-use and where applicable, forming an implementation plan to test these ahead of general release. This includes the Microsoft Wave Releases and product specific updates. • Providing technical oversight of our platform operations, including capacity management, service management, environment management, user and licensing management and security controls. • Acting as a gatekeeper and safety-net for our Power Platform service, supporting COE leadership by proactively identifying risks and issues and intervening to prevent problems before they happen. • Working with the COE team to document standards and best practices for adoption and implementation of Power Platform components and services, ensuring all documentation is accurate, consistent and up-to-date and in line with latest features and best-practice guidance from Microsoft. • Leading and mentoring COE colleagues to support their development and to advance collective skills and capabilities within the COE. We need you to have • Extensive experience (5+ years) in designing, developing, and deploying solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform, including Dynamics 365 (Customer Service, Sales and Customer Insights), Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents and Power BI, preferably in a Technical Lead or Solution Architect role. • Extensive knowledge and experience in applying best practices and standards for developing and maintaining secure, scalable, and performant solutions on the Microsoft Power Platform, with a deep understanding of its capabilities and limitations and how to leverage them to meet business requirements. • Knowledge and experience in designing, implementing and managing complex Power Platform environment strategies to support coexistence and effective route-to-live, preferably using automated pipeline deployment via Azure DevOps. • Knowledge and experience implementing the many integration options and methods for connecting the Microsoft Power Platform with other Microsoft and 3rd party services and data sources, including Microsoft 365 and Azure services. • Knowledge of the licensing and governance models for the Microsoft Power Platform and how to optimize the usage and cost of the platform. • Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, demonstrate the value proposition of the Microsoft Power Platform and provide guidance and support for adoption and change management. It's a bonus if you have but not essential • Experience performing in a Centre Of Excellence role, ideally in a Microsoft Power Platform capacity. • Knowledge and experience of Azure Power Platform integrations and services such as Azure Application Insights, Azure Service Bus, Functions, Logic Apps and Synapse link. It would also be beneficial to have experience in Microsoft Digital Contact Center Platform and Open AI. • Microsoft certification: PL-600 (Power Platform Solution Architect), AZ-900 (Azure Fundamentals) Red Hot Rewards • Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more • Up to five extra paid well-being days per year • 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt • Market-leading pension • Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance • Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness • Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows) And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out. We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin , so happy to talk flexible working with you. Say hello to Virgin Money We're making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK's best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, 'Making You Happier About Money', underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. Be yourself at Virgin Money Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard. As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team Now the legal bit Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks - we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.
May 17, 2024
Full time
Business Unit: Chief Operating Office Salary range: £68,000 - £92,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits Location: Remote - work from anywhere within the UK Contract Type: Permanent Live to inspire change. Live a life more Virgin. Our Team The BizApps Centre of Excellence (COE) is a key enabling function within the bank, promoting, accelerating, and governing the adoption and delivery of the Microsoft Business Applications platform. We are at the heart of our digital strategy, working with the latest technology offerings and with our COE services highly in demand, it makes this an incredibly exciting time to join the team. We are looking for an experienced Power Platform Technical Lead to spearhead our COE service capabilities, guiding on platform enablement and adoption strategy, shaping our platform roadmap, and evaluating and implementing new service component capabilities to create the foundational services upon which projects/squads can develop their solutions. You will work closely with our Microsoft fast-track advisors, 3rd party partners and our platform service teams to safeguard service effectiveness and coordinate evergreen strategy and the introduction of new Power Platform service components and capabilities in line with our wider Microsoft ecosystem controls. Your work will be varied and high pace, but more importantly, interesting and fun! Sound good? Then read on and apply What you'll be doing • As custodian of our Power Platform component register and technical service capabilities, you will be responsible for safeguarding platform adoption, maintaining our governance controls and enforcing standards and best practice across our pro-dev and citizen-dev communities. • Working collaboratively with COE leadership to develop and implement a platform enablement and adoption strategy for the Power Platform, incorporating evergreen requirements as well as COE approved design patterns. • Working with our COE SMEs to build foundational service components to support new service design patterns and evergreen capabilities to enable projects/squads to develop on these. • Working collaboratively with SMEs from Microsoft, our 3rd party partners and from within the business to assess evergreen change for the Power Platform, identifying and impact assessing changes to key service components in-use and where applicable, forming an implementation plan to test these ahead of general release. This includes the Microsoft Wave Releases and product specific updates. • Providing technical oversight of our platform operations, including capacity management, service management, environment management, user and licensing management and security controls. • Acting as a gatekeeper and safety-net for our Power Platform service, supporting COE leadership by proactively identifying risks and issues and intervening to prevent problems before they happen. • Working with the COE team to document standards and best practices for adoption and implementation of Power Platform components and services, ensuring all documentation is accurate, consistent and up-to-date and in line with latest features and best-practice guidance from Microsoft. • Leading and mentoring COE colleagues to support their development and to advance collective skills and capabilities within the COE. We need you to have • Extensive experience (5+ years) in designing, developing, and deploying solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform, including Dynamics 365 (Customer Service, Sales and Customer Insights), Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents and Power BI, preferably in a Technical Lead or Solution Architect role. • Extensive knowledge and experience in applying best practices and standards for developing and maintaining secure, scalable, and performant solutions on the Microsoft Power Platform, with a deep understanding of its capabilities and limitations and how to leverage them to meet business requirements. • Knowledge and experience in designing, implementing and managing complex Power Platform environment strategies to support coexistence and effective route-to-live, preferably using automated pipeline deployment via Azure DevOps. • Knowledge and experience implementing the many integration options and methods for connecting the Microsoft Power Platform with other Microsoft and 3rd party services and data sources, including Microsoft 365 and Azure services. • Knowledge of the licensing and governance models for the Microsoft Power Platform and how to optimize the usage and cost of the platform. • Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, demonstrate the value proposition of the Microsoft Power Platform and provide guidance and support for adoption and change management. It's a bonus if you have but not essential • Experience performing in a Centre Of Excellence role, ideally in a Microsoft Power Platform capacity. • Knowledge and experience of Azure Power Platform integrations and services such as Azure Application Insights, Azure Service Bus, Functions, Logic Apps and Synapse link. It would also be beneficial to have experience in Microsoft Digital Contact Center Platform and Open AI. • Microsoft certification: PL-600 (Power Platform Solution Architect), AZ-900 (Azure Fundamentals) Red Hot Rewards • Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more • Up to five extra paid well-being days per year • 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt • Market-leading pension • Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance • Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness • Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows) And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out. We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin , so happy to talk flexible working with you. Say hello to Virgin Money We're making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK's best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, 'Making You Happier About Money', underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. Be yourself at Virgin Money Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard. As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team Now the legal bit Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks - we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.
Business Unit: Chief Operating Office Salary range: £68,000 - £92,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits Location: Remote - work from anywhere within the UK Contract Type: Permanent Live to inspire change. Live a life more Virgin. Our Team The BizApps Centre of Excellence (COE) is a key enabling function within the bank, promoting, accelerating, and governing the adoption and delivery of the Microsoft Business Applications platform. We are at the heart of our digital strategy, working with the latest technology offerings and with our COE services highly in demand, it makes this an incredibly exciting time to join the team. We are looking for an experienced Power Platform Technical Lead to spearhead our COE service capabilities, guiding on platform enablement and adoption strategy, shaping our platform roadmap, and evaluating and implementing new service component capabilities to create the foundational services upon which projects/squads can develop their solutions. You will work closely with our Microsoft fast-track advisors, 3rd party partners and our platform service teams to safeguard service effectiveness and coordinate evergreen strategy and the introduction of new Power Platform service components and capabilities in line with our wider Microsoft ecosystem controls. Your work will be varied and high pace, but more importantly, interesting and fun! Sound good? Then read on and apply What you'll be doing • As custodian of our Power Platform component register and technical service capabilities, you will be responsible for safeguarding platform adoption, maintaining our governance controls and enforcing standards and best practice across our pro-dev and citizen-dev communities. • Working collaboratively with COE leadership to develop and implement a platform enablement and adoption strategy for the Power Platform, incorporating evergreen requirements as well as COE approved design patterns. • Working with our COE SMEs to build foundational service components to support new service design patterns and evergreen capabilities to enable projects/squads to develop on these. • Working collaboratively with SMEs from Microsoft, our 3rd party partners and from within the business to assess evergreen change for the Power Platform, identifying and impact assessing changes to key service components in-use and where applicable, forming an implementation plan to test these ahead of general release. This includes the Microsoft Wave Releases and product specific updates. • Providing technical oversight of our platform operations, including capacity management, service management, environment management, user and licensing management and security controls. • Acting as a gatekeeper and safety-net for our Power Platform service, supporting COE leadership by proactively identifying risks and issues and intervening to prevent problems before they happen. • Working with the COE team to document standards and best practices for adoption and implementation of Power Platform components and services, ensuring all documentation is accurate, consistent and up-to-date and in line with latest features and best-practice guidance from Microsoft. • Leading and mentoring COE colleagues to support their development and to advance collective skills and capabilities within the COE. We need you to have • Extensive experience (5+ years) in designing, developing, and deploying solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform, including Dynamics 365 (Customer Service, Sales and Customer Insights), Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents and Power BI, preferably in a Technical Lead or Solution Architect role. • Extensive knowledge and experience in applying best practices and standards for developing and maintaining secure, scalable, and performant solutions on the Microsoft Power Platform, with a deep understanding of its capabilities and limitations and how to leverage them to meet business requirements. • Knowledge and experience in designing, implementing and managing complex Power Platform environment strategies to support coexistence and effective route-to-live, preferably using automated pipeline deployment via Azure DevOps. • Knowledge and experience implementing the many integration options and methods for connecting the Microsoft Power Platform with other Microsoft and 3rd party services and data sources, including Microsoft 365 and Azure services. • Knowledge of the licensing and governance models for the Microsoft Power Platform and how to optimize the usage and cost of the platform. • Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, demonstrate the value proposition of the Microsoft Power Platform and provide guidance and support for adoption and change management. It's a bonus if you have but not essential • Experience performing in a Centre Of Excellence role, ideally in a Microsoft Power Platform capacity. • Knowledge and experience of Azure Power Platform integrations and services such as Azure Application Insights, Azure Service Bus, Functions, Logic Apps and Synapse link. It would also be beneficial to have experience in Microsoft Digital Contact Center Platform and Open AI. • Microsoft certification: PL-600 (Power Platform Solution Architect), AZ-900 (Azure Fundamentals) Red Hot Rewards • Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more • Up to five extra paid well-being days per year • 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt • Market-leading pension • Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance • Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness • Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows) And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out. We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin , so happy to talk flexible working with you. Say hello to Virgin Money We're making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK's best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, 'Making You Happier About Money', underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. Be yourself at Virgin Money Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard. As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team Now the legal bit Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks - we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.
May 17, 2024
Full time
Business Unit: Chief Operating Office Salary range: £68,000 - £92,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits Location: Remote - work from anywhere within the UK Contract Type: Permanent Live to inspire change. Live a life more Virgin. Our Team The BizApps Centre of Excellence (COE) is a key enabling function within the bank, promoting, accelerating, and governing the adoption and delivery of the Microsoft Business Applications platform. We are at the heart of our digital strategy, working with the latest technology offerings and with our COE services highly in demand, it makes this an incredibly exciting time to join the team. We are looking for an experienced Power Platform Technical Lead to spearhead our COE service capabilities, guiding on platform enablement and adoption strategy, shaping our platform roadmap, and evaluating and implementing new service component capabilities to create the foundational services upon which projects/squads can develop their solutions. You will work closely with our Microsoft fast-track advisors, 3rd party partners and our platform service teams to safeguard service effectiveness and coordinate evergreen strategy and the introduction of new Power Platform service components and capabilities in line with our wider Microsoft ecosystem controls. Your work will be varied and high pace, but more importantly, interesting and fun! Sound good? Then read on and apply What you'll be doing • As custodian of our Power Platform component register and technical service capabilities, you will be responsible for safeguarding platform adoption, maintaining our governance controls and enforcing standards and best practice across our pro-dev and citizen-dev communities. • Working collaboratively with COE leadership to develop and implement a platform enablement and adoption strategy for the Power Platform, incorporating evergreen requirements as well as COE approved design patterns. • Working with our COE SMEs to build foundational service components to support new service design patterns and evergreen capabilities to enable projects/squads to develop on these. • Working collaboratively with SMEs from Microsoft, our 3rd party partners and from within the business to assess evergreen change for the Power Platform, identifying and impact assessing changes to key service components in-use and where applicable, forming an implementation plan to test these ahead of general release. This includes the Microsoft Wave Releases and product specific updates. • Providing technical oversight of our platform operations, including capacity management, service management, environment management, user and licensing management and security controls. • Acting as a gatekeeper and safety-net for our Power Platform service, supporting COE leadership by proactively identifying risks and issues and intervening to prevent problems before they happen. • Working with the COE team to document standards and best practices for adoption and implementation of Power Platform components and services, ensuring all documentation is accurate, consistent and up-to-date and in line with latest features and best-practice guidance from Microsoft. • Leading and mentoring COE colleagues to support their development and to advance collective skills and capabilities within the COE. We need you to have • Extensive experience (5+ years) in designing, developing, and deploying solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform, including Dynamics 365 (Customer Service, Sales and Customer Insights), Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents and Power BI, preferably in a Technical Lead or Solution Architect role. • Extensive knowledge and experience in applying best practices and standards for developing and maintaining secure, scalable, and performant solutions on the Microsoft Power Platform, with a deep understanding of its capabilities and limitations and how to leverage them to meet business requirements. • Knowledge and experience in designing, implementing and managing complex Power Platform environment strategies to support coexistence and effective route-to-live, preferably using automated pipeline deployment via Azure DevOps. • Knowledge and experience implementing the many integration options and methods for connecting the Microsoft Power Platform with other Microsoft and 3rd party services and data sources, including Microsoft 365 and Azure services. • Knowledge of the licensing and governance models for the Microsoft Power Platform and how to optimize the usage and cost of the platform. • Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, demonstrate the value proposition of the Microsoft Power Platform and provide guidance and support for adoption and change management. It's a bonus if you have but not essential • Experience performing in a Centre Of Excellence role, ideally in a Microsoft Power Platform capacity. • Knowledge and experience of Azure Power Platform integrations and services such as Azure Application Insights, Azure Service Bus, Functions, Logic Apps and Synapse link. It would also be beneficial to have experience in Microsoft Digital Contact Center Platform and Open AI. • Microsoft certification: PL-600 (Power Platform Solution Architect), AZ-900 (Azure Fundamentals) Red Hot Rewards • Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more • Up to five extra paid well-being days per year • 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt • Market-leading pension • Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance • Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness • Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows) And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out. We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin , so happy to talk flexible working with you. Say hello to Virgin Money We're making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK's best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, 'Making You Happier About Money', underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. Be yourself at Virgin Money Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard. As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team Now the legal bit Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks - we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.
Business Unit: Chief Operating Office Salary range: £68,000 - £92,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits Location: Remote - work from anywhere within the UK Contract Type: Permanent Live to inspire change. Live a life more Virgin. Our Team The BizApps Centre of Excellence (COE) is a key enabling function within the bank, promoting, accelerating, and governing the adoption and delivery of the Microsoft Business Applications platform. We are at the heart of our digital strategy, working with the latest technology offerings and with our COE services highly in demand, it makes this an incredibly exciting time to join the team. We are looking for an experienced Power Platform Technical Lead to spearhead our COE service capabilities, guiding on platform enablement and adoption strategy, shaping our platform roadmap, and evaluating and implementing new service component capabilities to create the foundational services upon which projects/squads can develop their solutions. You will work closely with our Microsoft fast-track advisors, 3rd party partners and our platform service teams to safeguard service effectiveness and coordinate evergreen strategy and the introduction of new Power Platform service components and capabilities in line with our wider Microsoft ecosystem controls. Your work will be varied and high pace, but more importantly, interesting and fun! Sound good? Then read on and apply What you'll be doing • As custodian of our Power Platform component register and technical service capabilities, you will be responsible for safeguarding platform adoption, maintaining our governance controls and enforcing standards and best practice across our pro-dev and citizen-dev communities. • Working collaboratively with COE leadership to develop and implement a platform enablement and adoption strategy for the Power Platform, incorporating evergreen requirements as well as COE approved design patterns. • Working with our COE SMEs to build foundational service components to support new service design patterns and evergreen capabilities to enable projects/squads to develop on these. • Working collaboratively with SMEs from Microsoft, our 3rd party partners and from within the business to assess evergreen change for the Power Platform, identifying and impact assessing changes to key service components in-use and where applicable, forming an implementation plan to test these ahead of general release. This includes the Microsoft Wave Releases and product specific updates. • Providing technical oversight of our platform operations, including capacity management, service management, environment management, user and licensing management and security controls. • Acting as a gatekeeper and safety-net for our Power Platform service, supporting COE leadership by proactively identifying risks and issues and intervening to prevent problems before they happen. • Working with the COE team to document standards and best practices for adoption and implementation of Power Platform components and services, ensuring all documentation is accurate, consistent and up-to-date and in line with latest features and best-practice guidance from Microsoft. • Leading and mentoring COE colleagues to support their development and to advance collective skills and capabilities within the COE. We need you to have • Extensive experience (5+ years) in designing, developing, and deploying solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform, including Dynamics 365 (Customer Service, Sales and Customer Insights), Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents and Power BI, preferably in a Technical Lead or Solution Architect role. • Extensive knowledge and experience in applying best practices and standards for developing and maintaining secure, scalable, and performant solutions on the Microsoft Power Platform, with a deep understanding of its capabilities and limitations and how to leverage them to meet business requirements. • Knowledge and experience in designing, implementing and managing complex Power Platform environment strategies to support coexistence and effective route-to-live, preferably using automated pipeline deployment via Azure DevOps. • Knowledge and experience implementing the many integration options and methods for connecting the Microsoft Power Platform with other Microsoft and 3rd party services and data sources, including Microsoft 365 and Azure services. • Knowledge of the licensing and governance models for the Microsoft Power Platform and how to optimize the usage and cost of the platform. • Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, demonstrate the value proposition of the Microsoft Power Platform and provide guidance and support for adoption and change management. It's a bonus if you have but not essential • Experience performing in a Centre Of Excellence role, ideally in a Microsoft Power Platform capacity. • Knowledge and experience of Azure Power Platform integrations and services such as Azure Application Insights, Azure Service Bus, Functions, Logic Apps and Synapse link. It would also be beneficial to have experience in Microsoft Digital Contact Center Platform and Open AI. • Microsoft certification: PL-600 (Power Platform Solution Architect), AZ-900 (Azure Fundamentals) Red Hot Rewards • Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more • Up to five extra paid well-being days per year • 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt • Market-leading pension • Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance • Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness • Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows) And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out. We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin , so happy to talk flexible working with you. Say hello to Virgin Money We're making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK's best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, 'Making You Happier About Money', underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. Be yourself at Virgin Money Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard. As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team Now the legal bit Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks - we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.
May 17, 2024
Full time
Business Unit: Chief Operating Office Salary range: £68,000 - £92,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits Location: Remote - work from anywhere within the UK Contract Type: Permanent Live to inspire change. Live a life more Virgin. Our Team The BizApps Centre of Excellence (COE) is a key enabling function within the bank, promoting, accelerating, and governing the adoption and delivery of the Microsoft Business Applications platform. We are at the heart of our digital strategy, working with the latest technology offerings and with our COE services highly in demand, it makes this an incredibly exciting time to join the team. We are looking for an experienced Power Platform Technical Lead to spearhead our COE service capabilities, guiding on platform enablement and adoption strategy, shaping our platform roadmap, and evaluating and implementing new service component capabilities to create the foundational services upon which projects/squads can develop their solutions. You will work closely with our Microsoft fast-track advisors, 3rd party partners and our platform service teams to safeguard service effectiveness and coordinate evergreen strategy and the introduction of new Power Platform service components and capabilities in line with our wider Microsoft ecosystem controls. Your work will be varied and high pace, but more importantly, interesting and fun! Sound good? Then read on and apply What you'll be doing • As custodian of our Power Platform component register and technical service capabilities, you will be responsible for safeguarding platform adoption, maintaining our governance controls and enforcing standards and best practice across our pro-dev and citizen-dev communities. • Working collaboratively with COE leadership to develop and implement a platform enablement and adoption strategy for the Power Platform, incorporating evergreen requirements as well as COE approved design patterns. • Working with our COE SMEs to build foundational service components to support new service design patterns and evergreen capabilities to enable projects/squads to develop on these. • Working collaboratively with SMEs from Microsoft, our 3rd party partners and from within the business to assess evergreen change for the Power Platform, identifying and impact assessing changes to key service components in-use and where applicable, forming an implementation plan to test these ahead of general release. This includes the Microsoft Wave Releases and product specific updates. • Providing technical oversight of our platform operations, including capacity management, service management, environment management, user and licensing management and security controls. • Acting as a gatekeeper and safety-net for our Power Platform service, supporting COE leadership by proactively identifying risks and issues and intervening to prevent problems before they happen. • Working with the COE team to document standards and best practices for adoption and implementation of Power Platform components and services, ensuring all documentation is accurate, consistent and up-to-date and in line with latest features and best-practice guidance from Microsoft. • Leading and mentoring COE colleagues to support their development and to advance collective skills and capabilities within the COE. We need you to have • Extensive experience (5+ years) in designing, developing, and deploying solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform, including Dynamics 365 (Customer Service, Sales and Customer Insights), Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents and Power BI, preferably in a Technical Lead or Solution Architect role. • Extensive knowledge and experience in applying best practices and standards for developing and maintaining secure, scalable, and performant solutions on the Microsoft Power Platform, with a deep understanding of its capabilities and limitations and how to leverage them to meet business requirements. • Knowledge and experience in designing, implementing and managing complex Power Platform environment strategies to support coexistence and effective route-to-live, preferably using automated pipeline deployment via Azure DevOps. • Knowledge and experience implementing the many integration options and methods for connecting the Microsoft Power Platform with other Microsoft and 3rd party services and data sources, including Microsoft 365 and Azure services. • Knowledge of the licensing and governance models for the Microsoft Power Platform and how to optimize the usage and cost of the platform. • Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, demonstrate the value proposition of the Microsoft Power Platform and provide guidance and support for adoption and change management. It's a bonus if you have but not essential • Experience performing in a Centre Of Excellence role, ideally in a Microsoft Power Platform capacity. • Knowledge and experience of Azure Power Platform integrations and services such as Azure Application Insights, Azure Service Bus, Functions, Logic Apps and Synapse link. It would also be beneficial to have experience in Microsoft Digital Contact Center Platform and Open AI. • Microsoft certification: PL-600 (Power Platform Solution Architect), AZ-900 (Azure Fundamentals) Red Hot Rewards • Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more • Up to five extra paid well-being days per year • 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt • Market-leading pension • Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance • Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness • Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows) And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out. We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin , so happy to talk flexible working with you. Say hello to Virgin Money We're making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK's best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, 'Making You Happier About Money', underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. Be yourself at Virgin Money Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard. As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team Now the legal bit Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks - we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.
Business Unit: Chief Operating Office Salary range: £68,000 - £92,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits Location: Remote - work from anywhere within the UK Contract Type: Permanent Live to inspire change. Live a life more Virgin. Our Team The BizApps Centre of Excellence (COE) is a key enabling function within the bank, promoting, accelerating, and governing the adoption and delivery of the Microsoft Business Applications platform. We are at the heart of our digital strategy, working with the latest technology offerings and with our COE services highly in demand, it makes this an incredibly exciting time to join the team. We are looking for an experienced Power Platform Technical Lead to spearhead our COE service capabilities, guiding on platform enablement and adoption strategy, shaping our platform roadmap, and evaluating and implementing new service component capabilities to create the foundational services upon which projects/squads can develop their solutions. You will work closely with our Microsoft fast-track advisors, 3rd party partners and our platform service teams to safeguard service effectiveness and coordinate evergreen strategy and the introduction of new Power Platform service components and capabilities in line with our wider Microsoft ecosystem controls. Your work will be varied and high pace, but more importantly, interesting and fun! Sound good? Then read on and apply What you'll be doing • As custodian of our Power Platform component register and technical service capabilities, you will be responsible for safeguarding platform adoption, maintaining our governance controls and enforcing standards and best practice across our pro-dev and citizen-dev communities. • Working collaboratively with COE leadership to develop and implement a platform enablement and adoption strategy for the Power Platform, incorporating evergreen requirements as well as COE approved design patterns. • Working with our COE SMEs to build foundational service components to support new service design patterns and evergreen capabilities to enable projects/squads to develop on these. • Working collaboratively with SMEs from Microsoft, our 3rd party partners and from within the business to assess evergreen change for the Power Platform, identifying and impact assessing changes to key service components in-use and where applicable, forming an implementation plan to test these ahead of general release. This includes the Microsoft Wave Releases and product specific updates. • Providing technical oversight of our platform operations, including capacity management, service management, environment management, user and licensing management and security controls. • Acting as a gatekeeper and safety-net for our Power Platform service, supporting COE leadership by proactively identifying risks and issues and intervening to prevent problems before they happen. • Working with the COE team to document standards and best practices for adoption and implementation of Power Platform components and services, ensuring all documentation is accurate, consistent and up-to-date and in line with latest features and best-practice guidance from Microsoft. • Leading and mentoring COE colleagues to support their development and to advance collective skills and capabilities within the COE. We need you to have • Extensive experience (5+ years) in designing, developing, and deploying solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform, including Dynamics 365 (Customer Service, Sales and Customer Insights), Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents and Power BI, preferably in a Technical Lead or Solution Architect role. • Extensive knowledge and experience in applying best practices and standards for developing and maintaining secure, scalable, and performant solutions on the Microsoft Power Platform, with a deep understanding of its capabilities and limitations and how to leverage them to meet business requirements. • Knowledge and experience in designing, implementing and managing complex Power Platform environment strategies to support coexistence and effective route-to-live, preferably using automated pipeline deployment via Azure DevOps. • Knowledge and experience implementing the many integration options and methods for connecting the Microsoft Power Platform with other Microsoft and 3rd party services and data sources, including Microsoft 365 and Azure services. • Knowledge of the licensing and governance models for the Microsoft Power Platform and how to optimize the usage and cost of the platform. • Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, demonstrate the value proposition of the Microsoft Power Platform and provide guidance and support for adoption and change management. It's a bonus if you have but not essential • Experience performing in a Centre Of Excellence role, ideally in a Microsoft Power Platform capacity. • Knowledge and experience of Azure Power Platform integrations and services such as Azure Application Insights, Azure Service Bus, Functions, Logic Apps and Synapse link. It would also be beneficial to have experience in Microsoft Digital Contact Center Platform and Open AI. • Microsoft certification: PL-600 (Power Platform Solution Architect), AZ-900 (Azure Fundamentals) Red Hot Rewards • Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more • Up to five extra paid well-being days per year • 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt • Market-leading pension • Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance • Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness • Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows) And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out. We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin , so happy to talk flexible working with you. Say hello to Virgin Money We're making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK's best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, 'Making You Happier About Money', underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. Be yourself at Virgin Money Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard. As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team Now the legal bit Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks - we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.
May 17, 2024
Full time
Business Unit: Chief Operating Office Salary range: £68,000 - £92,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits Location: Remote - work from anywhere within the UK Contract Type: Permanent Live to inspire change. Live a life more Virgin. Our Team The BizApps Centre of Excellence (COE) is a key enabling function within the bank, promoting, accelerating, and governing the adoption and delivery of the Microsoft Business Applications platform. We are at the heart of our digital strategy, working with the latest technology offerings and with our COE services highly in demand, it makes this an incredibly exciting time to join the team. We are looking for an experienced Power Platform Technical Lead to spearhead our COE service capabilities, guiding on platform enablement and adoption strategy, shaping our platform roadmap, and evaluating and implementing new service component capabilities to create the foundational services upon which projects/squads can develop their solutions. You will work closely with our Microsoft fast-track advisors, 3rd party partners and our platform service teams to safeguard service effectiveness and coordinate evergreen strategy and the introduction of new Power Platform service components and capabilities in line with our wider Microsoft ecosystem controls. Your work will be varied and high pace, but more importantly, interesting and fun! Sound good? Then read on and apply What you'll be doing • As custodian of our Power Platform component register and technical service capabilities, you will be responsible for safeguarding platform adoption, maintaining our governance controls and enforcing standards and best practice across our pro-dev and citizen-dev communities. • Working collaboratively with COE leadership to develop and implement a platform enablement and adoption strategy for the Power Platform, incorporating evergreen requirements as well as COE approved design patterns. • Working with our COE SMEs to build foundational service components to support new service design patterns and evergreen capabilities to enable projects/squads to develop on these. • Working collaboratively with SMEs from Microsoft, our 3rd party partners and from within the business to assess evergreen change for the Power Platform, identifying and impact assessing changes to key service components in-use and where applicable, forming an implementation plan to test these ahead of general release. This includes the Microsoft Wave Releases and product specific updates. • Providing technical oversight of our platform operations, including capacity management, service management, environment management, user and licensing management and security controls. • Acting as a gatekeeper and safety-net for our Power Platform service, supporting COE leadership by proactively identifying risks and issues and intervening to prevent problems before they happen. • Working with the COE team to document standards and best practices for adoption and implementation of Power Platform components and services, ensuring all documentation is accurate, consistent and up-to-date and in line with latest features and best-practice guidance from Microsoft. • Leading and mentoring COE colleagues to support their development and to advance collective skills and capabilities within the COE. We need you to have • Extensive experience (5+ years) in designing, developing, and deploying solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform, including Dynamics 365 (Customer Service, Sales and Customer Insights), Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents and Power BI, preferably in a Technical Lead or Solution Architect role. • Extensive knowledge and experience in applying best practices and standards for developing and maintaining secure, scalable, and performant solutions on the Microsoft Power Platform, with a deep understanding of its capabilities and limitations and how to leverage them to meet business requirements. • Knowledge and experience in designing, implementing and managing complex Power Platform environment strategies to support coexistence and effective route-to-live, preferably using automated pipeline deployment via Azure DevOps. • Knowledge and experience implementing the many integration options and methods for connecting the Microsoft Power Platform with other Microsoft and 3rd party services and data sources, including Microsoft 365 and Azure services. • Knowledge of the licensing and governance models for the Microsoft Power Platform and how to optimize the usage and cost of the platform. • Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, demonstrate the value proposition of the Microsoft Power Platform and provide guidance and support for adoption and change management. It's a bonus if you have but not essential • Experience performing in a Centre Of Excellence role, ideally in a Microsoft Power Platform capacity. • Knowledge and experience of Azure Power Platform integrations and services such as Azure Application Insights, Azure Service Bus, Functions, Logic Apps and Synapse link. It would also be beneficial to have experience in Microsoft Digital Contact Center Platform and Open AI. • Microsoft certification: PL-600 (Power Platform Solution Architect), AZ-900 (Azure Fundamentals) Red Hot Rewards • Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more • Up to five extra paid well-being days per year • 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt • Market-leading pension • Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance • Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness • Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows) And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out. We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin , so happy to talk flexible working with you. Say hello to Virgin Money We're making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK's best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, 'Making You Happier About Money', underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. Be yourself at Virgin Money Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard. As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team Now the legal bit Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks - we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.
Business Unit: Chief Operating Office Salary range: £68,000 - £92,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits Location: Remote - work from anywhere within the UK Contract Type: Permanent Live to inspire change. Live a life more Virgin. Our Team The BizApps Centre of Excellence (COE) is a key enabling function within the bank, promoting, accelerating, and governing the adoption and delivery of the Microsoft Business Applications platform. We are at the heart of our digital strategy, working with the latest technology offerings and with our COE services highly in demand, it makes this an incredibly exciting time to join the team. We are looking for an experienced Power Platform Technical Lead to spearhead our COE service capabilities, guiding on platform enablement and adoption strategy, shaping our platform roadmap, and evaluating and implementing new service component capabilities to create the foundational services upon which projects/squads can develop their solutions. You will work closely with our Microsoft fast-track advisors, 3rd party partners and our platform service teams to safeguard service effectiveness and coordinate evergreen strategy and the introduction of new Power Platform service components and capabilities in line with our wider Microsoft ecosystem controls. Your work will be varied and high pace, but more importantly, interesting and fun! Sound good? Then read on and apply What you'll be doing • As custodian of our Power Platform component register and technical service capabilities, you will be responsible for safeguarding platform adoption, maintaining our governance controls and enforcing standards and best practice across our pro-dev and citizen-dev communities. • Working collaboratively with COE leadership to develop and implement a platform enablement and adoption strategy for the Power Platform, incorporating evergreen requirements as well as COE approved design patterns. • Working with our COE SMEs to build foundational service components to support new service design patterns and evergreen capabilities to enable projects/squads to develop on these. • Working collaboratively with SMEs from Microsoft, our 3rd party partners and from within the business to assess evergreen change for the Power Platform, identifying and impact assessing changes to key service components in-use and where applicable, forming an implementation plan to test these ahead of general release. This includes the Microsoft Wave Releases and product specific updates. • Providing technical oversight of our platform operations, including capacity management, service management, environment management, user and licensing management and security controls. • Acting as a gatekeeper and safety-net for our Power Platform service, supporting COE leadership by proactively identifying risks and issues and intervening to prevent problems before they happen. • Working with the COE team to document standards and best practices for adoption and implementation of Power Platform components and services, ensuring all documentation is accurate, consistent and up-to-date and in line with latest features and best-practice guidance from Microsoft. • Leading and mentoring COE colleagues to support their development and to advance collective skills and capabilities within the COE. We need you to have • Extensive experience (5+ years) in designing, developing, and deploying solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform, including Dynamics 365 (Customer Service, Sales and Customer Insights), Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents and Power BI, preferably in a Technical Lead or Solution Architect role. • Extensive knowledge and experience in applying best practices and standards for developing and maintaining secure, scalable, and performant solutions on the Microsoft Power Platform, with a deep understanding of its capabilities and limitations and how to leverage them to meet business requirements. • Knowledge and experience in designing, implementing and managing complex Power Platform environment strategies to support coexistence and effective route-to-live, preferably using automated pipeline deployment via Azure DevOps. • Knowledge and experience implementing the many integration options and methods for connecting the Microsoft Power Platform with other Microsoft and 3rd party services and data sources, including Microsoft 365 and Azure services. • Knowledge of the licensing and governance models for the Microsoft Power Platform and how to optimize the usage and cost of the platform. • Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, demonstrate the value proposition of the Microsoft Power Platform and provide guidance and support for adoption and change management. It's a bonus if you have but not essential • Experience performing in a Centre Of Excellence role, ideally in a Microsoft Power Platform capacity. • Knowledge and experience of Azure Power Platform integrations and services such as Azure Application Insights, Azure Service Bus, Functions, Logic Apps and Synapse link. It would also be beneficial to have experience in Microsoft Digital Contact Center Platform and Open AI. • Microsoft certification: PL-600 (Power Platform Solution Architect), AZ-900 (Azure Fundamentals) Red Hot Rewards • Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more • Up to five extra paid well-being days per year • 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt • Market-leading pension • Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance • Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness • Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows) And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out. We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin , so happy to talk flexible working with you. Say hello to Virgin Money We're making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK's best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, 'Making You Happier About Money', underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. Be yourself at Virgin Money Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard. As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team Now the legal bit Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks - we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.
May 17, 2024
Full time
Business Unit: Chief Operating Office Salary range: £68,000 - £92,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits Location: Remote - work from anywhere within the UK Contract Type: Permanent Live to inspire change. Live a life more Virgin. Our Team The BizApps Centre of Excellence (COE) is a key enabling function within the bank, promoting, accelerating, and governing the adoption and delivery of the Microsoft Business Applications platform. We are at the heart of our digital strategy, working with the latest technology offerings and with our COE services highly in demand, it makes this an incredibly exciting time to join the team. We are looking for an experienced Power Platform Technical Lead to spearhead our COE service capabilities, guiding on platform enablement and adoption strategy, shaping our platform roadmap, and evaluating and implementing new service component capabilities to create the foundational services upon which projects/squads can develop their solutions. You will work closely with our Microsoft fast-track advisors, 3rd party partners and our platform service teams to safeguard service effectiveness and coordinate evergreen strategy and the introduction of new Power Platform service components and capabilities in line with our wider Microsoft ecosystem controls. Your work will be varied and high pace, but more importantly, interesting and fun! Sound good? Then read on and apply What you'll be doing • As custodian of our Power Platform component register and technical service capabilities, you will be responsible for safeguarding platform adoption, maintaining our governance controls and enforcing standards and best practice across our pro-dev and citizen-dev communities. • Working collaboratively with COE leadership to develop and implement a platform enablement and adoption strategy for the Power Platform, incorporating evergreen requirements as well as COE approved design patterns. • Working with our COE SMEs to build foundational service components to support new service design patterns and evergreen capabilities to enable projects/squads to develop on these. • Working collaboratively with SMEs from Microsoft, our 3rd party partners and from within the business to assess evergreen change for the Power Platform, identifying and impact assessing changes to key service components in-use and where applicable, forming an implementation plan to test these ahead of general release. This includes the Microsoft Wave Releases and product specific updates. • Providing technical oversight of our platform operations, including capacity management, service management, environment management, user and licensing management and security controls. • Acting as a gatekeeper and safety-net for our Power Platform service, supporting COE leadership by proactively identifying risks and issues and intervening to prevent problems before they happen. • Working with the COE team to document standards and best practices for adoption and implementation of Power Platform components and services, ensuring all documentation is accurate, consistent and up-to-date and in line with latest features and best-practice guidance from Microsoft. • Leading and mentoring COE colleagues to support their development and to advance collective skills and capabilities within the COE. We need you to have • Extensive experience (5+ years) in designing, developing, and deploying solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform, including Dynamics 365 (Customer Service, Sales and Customer Insights), Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents and Power BI, preferably in a Technical Lead or Solution Architect role. • Extensive knowledge and experience in applying best practices and standards for developing and maintaining secure, scalable, and performant solutions on the Microsoft Power Platform, with a deep understanding of its capabilities and limitations and how to leverage them to meet business requirements. • Knowledge and experience in designing, implementing and managing complex Power Platform environment strategies to support coexistence and effective route-to-live, preferably using automated pipeline deployment via Azure DevOps. • Knowledge and experience implementing the many integration options and methods for connecting the Microsoft Power Platform with other Microsoft and 3rd party services and data sources, including Microsoft 365 and Azure services. • Knowledge of the licensing and governance models for the Microsoft Power Platform and how to optimize the usage and cost of the platform. • Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, demonstrate the value proposition of the Microsoft Power Platform and provide guidance and support for adoption and change management. It's a bonus if you have but not essential • Experience performing in a Centre Of Excellence role, ideally in a Microsoft Power Platform capacity. • Knowledge and experience of Azure Power Platform integrations and services such as Azure Application Insights, Azure Service Bus, Functions, Logic Apps and Synapse link. It would also be beneficial to have experience in Microsoft Digital Contact Center Platform and Open AI. • Microsoft certification: PL-600 (Power Platform Solution Architect), AZ-900 (Azure Fundamentals) Red Hot Rewards • Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more • Up to five extra paid well-being days per year • 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt • Market-leading pension • Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance • Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness • Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows) And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out. We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin , so happy to talk flexible working with you. Say hello to Virgin Money We're making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK's best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, 'Making You Happier About Money', underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. Be yourself at Virgin Money Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard. As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team Now the legal bit Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks - we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.
Business Unit: Chief Operating Office Salary range: £68,000 - £92,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits Location: Remote - work from anywhere within the UK Contract Type: Permanent Live to inspire change. Live a life more Virgin. Our Team The BizApps Centre of Excellence (COE) is a key enabling function within the bank, promoting, accelerating, and governing the adoption and delivery of the Microsoft Business Applications platform. We are at the heart of our digital strategy, working with the latest technology offerings and with our COE services highly in demand, it makes this an incredibly exciting time to join the team. We are looking for an experienced Power Platform Technical Lead to spearhead our COE service capabilities, guiding on platform enablement and adoption strategy, shaping our platform roadmap, and evaluating and implementing new service component capabilities to create the foundational services upon which projects/squads can develop their solutions. You will work closely with our Microsoft fast-track advisors, 3rd party partners and our platform service teams to safeguard service effectiveness and coordinate evergreen strategy and the introduction of new Power Platform service components and capabilities in line with our wider Microsoft ecosystem controls. Your work will be varied and high pace, but more importantly, interesting and fun! Sound good? Then read on and apply What you'll be doing • As custodian of our Power Platform component register and technical service capabilities, you will be responsible for safeguarding platform adoption, maintaining our governance controls and enforcing standards and best practice across our pro-dev and citizen-dev communities. • Working collaboratively with COE leadership to develop and implement a platform enablement and adoption strategy for the Power Platform, incorporating evergreen requirements as well as COE approved design patterns. • Working with our COE SMEs to build foundational service components to support new service design patterns and evergreen capabilities to enable projects/squads to develop on these. • Working collaboratively with SMEs from Microsoft, our 3rd party partners and from within the business to assess evergreen change for the Power Platform, identifying and impact assessing changes to key service components in-use and where applicable, forming an implementation plan to test these ahead of general release. This includes the Microsoft Wave Releases and product specific updates. • Providing technical oversight of our platform operations, including capacity management, service management, environment management, user and licensing management and security controls. • Acting as a gatekeeper and safety-net for our Power Platform service, supporting COE leadership by proactively identifying risks and issues and intervening to prevent problems before they happen. • Working with the COE team to document standards and best practices for adoption and implementation of Power Platform components and services, ensuring all documentation is accurate, consistent and up-to-date and in line with latest features and best-practice guidance from Microsoft. • Leading and mentoring COE colleagues to support their development and to advance collective skills and capabilities within the COE. We need you to have • Extensive experience (5+ years) in designing, developing, and deploying solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform, including Dynamics 365 (Customer Service, Sales and Customer Insights), Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents and Power BI, preferably in a Technical Lead or Solution Architect role. • Extensive knowledge and experience in applying best practices and standards for developing and maintaining secure, scalable, and performant solutions on the Microsoft Power Platform, with a deep understanding of its capabilities and limitations and how to leverage them to meet business requirements. • Knowledge and experience in designing, implementing and managing complex Power Platform environment strategies to support coexistence and effective route-to-live, preferably using automated pipeline deployment via Azure DevOps. • Knowledge and experience implementing the many integration options and methods for connecting the Microsoft Power Platform with other Microsoft and 3rd party services and data sources, including Microsoft 365 and Azure services. • Knowledge of the licensing and governance models for the Microsoft Power Platform and how to optimize the usage and cost of the platform. • Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, demonstrate the value proposition of the Microsoft Power Platform and provide guidance and support for adoption and change management. It's a bonus if you have but not essential • Experience performing in a Centre Of Excellence role, ideally in a Microsoft Power Platform capacity. • Knowledge and experience of Azure Power Platform integrations and services such as Azure Application Insights, Azure Service Bus, Functions, Logic Apps and Synapse link. It would also be beneficial to have experience in Microsoft Digital Contact Center Platform and Open AI. • Microsoft certification: PL-600 (Power Platform Solution Architect), AZ-900 (Azure Fundamentals) Red Hot Rewards • Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more • Up to five extra paid well-being days per year • 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt • Market-leading pension • Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance • Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness • Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows) And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out. We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin , so happy to talk flexible working with you. Say hello to Virgin Money We're making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK's best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, 'Making You Happier About Money', underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. Be yourself at Virgin Money Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard. As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team Now the legal bit Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks - we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.
May 17, 2024
Full time
Business Unit: Chief Operating Office Salary range: £68,000 - £92,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits Location: Remote - work from anywhere within the UK Contract Type: Permanent Live to inspire change. Live a life more Virgin. Our Team The BizApps Centre of Excellence (COE) is a key enabling function within the bank, promoting, accelerating, and governing the adoption and delivery of the Microsoft Business Applications platform. We are at the heart of our digital strategy, working with the latest technology offerings and with our COE services highly in demand, it makes this an incredibly exciting time to join the team. We are looking for an experienced Power Platform Technical Lead to spearhead our COE service capabilities, guiding on platform enablement and adoption strategy, shaping our platform roadmap, and evaluating and implementing new service component capabilities to create the foundational services upon which projects/squads can develop their solutions. You will work closely with our Microsoft fast-track advisors, 3rd party partners and our platform service teams to safeguard service effectiveness and coordinate evergreen strategy and the introduction of new Power Platform service components and capabilities in line with our wider Microsoft ecosystem controls. Your work will be varied and high pace, but more importantly, interesting and fun! Sound good? Then read on and apply What you'll be doing • As custodian of our Power Platform component register and technical service capabilities, you will be responsible for safeguarding platform adoption, maintaining our governance controls and enforcing standards and best practice across our pro-dev and citizen-dev communities. • Working collaboratively with COE leadership to develop and implement a platform enablement and adoption strategy for the Power Platform, incorporating evergreen requirements as well as COE approved design patterns. • Working with our COE SMEs to build foundational service components to support new service design patterns and evergreen capabilities to enable projects/squads to develop on these. • Working collaboratively with SMEs from Microsoft, our 3rd party partners and from within the business to assess evergreen change for the Power Platform, identifying and impact assessing changes to key service components in-use and where applicable, forming an implementation plan to test these ahead of general release. This includes the Microsoft Wave Releases and product specific updates. • Providing technical oversight of our platform operations, including capacity management, service management, environment management, user and licensing management and security controls. • Acting as a gatekeeper and safety-net for our Power Platform service, supporting COE leadership by proactively identifying risks and issues and intervening to prevent problems before they happen. • Working with the COE team to document standards and best practices for adoption and implementation of Power Platform components and services, ensuring all documentation is accurate, consistent and up-to-date and in line with latest features and best-practice guidance from Microsoft. • Leading and mentoring COE colleagues to support their development and to advance collective skills and capabilities within the COE. We need you to have • Extensive experience (5+ years) in designing, developing, and deploying solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform, including Dynamics 365 (Customer Service, Sales and Customer Insights), Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents and Power BI, preferably in a Technical Lead or Solution Architect role. • Extensive knowledge and experience in applying best practices and standards for developing and maintaining secure, scalable, and performant solutions on the Microsoft Power Platform, with a deep understanding of its capabilities and limitations and how to leverage them to meet business requirements. • Knowledge and experience in designing, implementing and managing complex Power Platform environment strategies to support coexistence and effective route-to-live, preferably using automated pipeline deployment via Azure DevOps. • Knowledge and experience implementing the many integration options and methods for connecting the Microsoft Power Platform with other Microsoft and 3rd party services and data sources, including Microsoft 365 and Azure services. • Knowledge of the licensing and governance models for the Microsoft Power Platform and how to optimize the usage and cost of the platform. • Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, demonstrate the value proposition of the Microsoft Power Platform and provide guidance and support for adoption and change management. It's a bonus if you have but not essential • Experience performing in a Centre Of Excellence role, ideally in a Microsoft Power Platform capacity. • Knowledge and experience of Azure Power Platform integrations and services such as Azure Application Insights, Azure Service Bus, Functions, Logic Apps and Synapse link. It would also be beneficial to have experience in Microsoft Digital Contact Center Platform and Open AI. • Microsoft certification: PL-600 (Power Platform Solution Architect), AZ-900 (Azure Fundamentals) Red Hot Rewards • Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more • Up to five extra paid well-being days per year • 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt • Market-leading pension • Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance • Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness • Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows) And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out. We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin , so happy to talk flexible working with you. Say hello to Virgin Money We're making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK's best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, 'Making You Happier About Money', underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. Be yourself at Virgin Money Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard. As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team Now the legal bit Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks - we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.
Business Unit: Chief Operating Office Salary range: £68,000 - £92,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits Location: Remote - work from anywhere within the UK Contract Type: Permanent Live to inspire change. Live a life more Virgin. Our Team The BizApps Centre of Excellence (COE) is a key enabling function within the bank, promoting, accelerating, and governing the adoption and delivery of the Microsoft Business Applications platform. We are at the heart of our digital strategy, working with the latest technology offerings and with our COE services highly in demand, it makes this an incredibly exciting time to join the team. We are looking for an experienced Power Platform Technical Lead to spearhead our COE service capabilities, guiding on platform enablement and adoption strategy, shaping our platform roadmap, and evaluating and implementing new service component capabilities to create the foundational services upon which projects/squads can develop their solutions. You will work closely with our Microsoft fast-track advisors, 3rd party partners and our platform service teams to safeguard service effectiveness and coordinate evergreen strategy and the introduction of new Power Platform service components and capabilities in line with our wider Microsoft ecosystem controls. Your work will be varied and high pace, but more importantly, interesting and fun! Sound good? Then read on and apply What you'll be doing • As custodian of our Power Platform component register and technical service capabilities, you will be responsible for safeguarding platform adoption, maintaining our governance controls and enforcing standards and best practice across our pro-dev and citizen-dev communities. • Working collaboratively with COE leadership to develop and implement a platform enablement and adoption strategy for the Power Platform, incorporating evergreen requirements as well as COE approved design patterns. • Working with our COE SMEs to build foundational service components to support new service design patterns and evergreen capabilities to enable projects/squads to develop on these. • Working collaboratively with SMEs from Microsoft, our 3rd party partners and from within the business to assess evergreen change for the Power Platform, identifying and impact assessing changes to key service components in-use and where applicable, forming an implementation plan to test these ahead of general release. This includes the Microsoft Wave Releases and product specific updates. • Providing technical oversight of our platform operations, including capacity management, service management, environment management, user and licensing management and security controls. • Acting as a gatekeeper and safety-net for our Power Platform service, supporting COE leadership by proactively identifying risks and issues and intervening to prevent problems before they happen. • Working with the COE team to document standards and best practices for adoption and implementation of Power Platform components and services, ensuring all documentation is accurate, consistent and up-to-date and in line with latest features and best-practice guidance from Microsoft. • Leading and mentoring COE colleagues to support their development and to advance collective skills and capabilities within the COE. We need you to have • Extensive experience (5+ years) in designing, developing, and deploying solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform, including Dynamics 365 (Customer Service, Sales and Customer Insights), Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents and Power BI, preferably in a Technical Lead or Solution Architect role. • Extensive knowledge and experience in applying best practices and standards for developing and maintaining secure, scalable, and performant solutions on the Microsoft Power Platform, with a deep understanding of its capabilities and limitations and how to leverage them to meet business requirements. • Knowledge and experience in designing, implementing and managing complex Power Platform environment strategies to support coexistence and effective route-to-live, preferably using automated pipeline deployment via Azure DevOps. • Knowledge and experience implementing the many integration options and methods for connecting the Microsoft Power Platform with other Microsoft and 3rd party services and data sources, including Microsoft 365 and Azure services. • Knowledge of the licensing and governance models for the Microsoft Power Platform and how to optimize the usage and cost of the platform. • Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, demonstrate the value proposition of the Microsoft Power Platform and provide guidance and support for adoption and change management. It's a bonus if you have but not essential • Experience performing in a Centre Of Excellence role, ideally in a Microsoft Power Platform capacity. • Knowledge and experience of Azure Power Platform integrations and services such as Azure Application Insights, Azure Service Bus, Functions, Logic Apps and Synapse link. It would also be beneficial to have experience in Microsoft Digital Contact Center Platform and Open AI. • Microsoft certification: PL-600 (Power Platform Solution Architect), AZ-900 (Azure Fundamentals) Red Hot Rewards • Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more • Up to five extra paid well-being days per year • 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt • Market-leading pension • Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance • Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness • Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows) And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out. We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin , so happy to talk flexible working with you. Say hello to Virgin Money We're making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK's best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, 'Making You Happier About Money', underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. Be yourself at Virgin Money Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard. As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team Now the legal bit Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks - we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.
May 17, 2024
Full time
Business Unit: Chief Operating Office Salary range: £68,000 - £92,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits Location: Remote - work from anywhere within the UK Contract Type: Permanent Live to inspire change. Live a life more Virgin. Our Team The BizApps Centre of Excellence (COE) is a key enabling function within the bank, promoting, accelerating, and governing the adoption and delivery of the Microsoft Business Applications platform. We are at the heart of our digital strategy, working with the latest technology offerings and with our COE services highly in demand, it makes this an incredibly exciting time to join the team. We are looking for an experienced Power Platform Technical Lead to spearhead our COE service capabilities, guiding on platform enablement and adoption strategy, shaping our platform roadmap, and evaluating and implementing new service component capabilities to create the foundational services upon which projects/squads can develop their solutions. You will work closely with our Microsoft fast-track advisors, 3rd party partners and our platform service teams to safeguard service effectiveness and coordinate evergreen strategy and the introduction of new Power Platform service components and capabilities in line with our wider Microsoft ecosystem controls. Your work will be varied and high pace, but more importantly, interesting and fun! Sound good? Then read on and apply What you'll be doing • As custodian of our Power Platform component register and technical service capabilities, you will be responsible for safeguarding platform adoption, maintaining our governance controls and enforcing standards and best practice across our pro-dev and citizen-dev communities. • Working collaboratively with COE leadership to develop and implement a platform enablement and adoption strategy for the Power Platform, incorporating evergreen requirements as well as COE approved design patterns. • Working with our COE SMEs to build foundational service components to support new service design patterns and evergreen capabilities to enable projects/squads to develop on these. • Working collaboratively with SMEs from Microsoft, our 3rd party partners and from within the business to assess evergreen change for the Power Platform, identifying and impact assessing changes to key service components in-use and where applicable, forming an implementation plan to test these ahead of general release. This includes the Microsoft Wave Releases and product specific updates. • Providing technical oversight of our platform operations, including capacity management, service management, environment management, user and licensing management and security controls. • Acting as a gatekeeper and safety-net for our Power Platform service, supporting COE leadership by proactively identifying risks and issues and intervening to prevent problems before they happen. • Working with the COE team to document standards and best practices for adoption and implementation of Power Platform components and services, ensuring all documentation is accurate, consistent and up-to-date and in line with latest features and best-practice guidance from Microsoft. • Leading and mentoring COE colleagues to support their development and to advance collective skills and capabilities within the COE. We need you to have • Extensive experience (5+ years) in designing, developing, and deploying solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform, including Dynamics 365 (Customer Service, Sales and Customer Insights), Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents and Power BI, preferably in a Technical Lead or Solution Architect role. • Extensive knowledge and experience in applying best practices and standards for developing and maintaining secure, scalable, and performant solutions on the Microsoft Power Platform, with a deep understanding of its capabilities and limitations and how to leverage them to meet business requirements. • Knowledge and experience in designing, implementing and managing complex Power Platform environment strategies to support coexistence and effective route-to-live, preferably using automated pipeline deployment via Azure DevOps. • Knowledge and experience implementing the many integration options and methods for connecting the Microsoft Power Platform with other Microsoft and 3rd party services and data sources, including Microsoft 365 and Azure services. • Knowledge of the licensing and governance models for the Microsoft Power Platform and how to optimize the usage and cost of the platform. • Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, demonstrate the value proposition of the Microsoft Power Platform and provide guidance and support for adoption and change management. It's a bonus if you have but not essential • Experience performing in a Centre Of Excellence role, ideally in a Microsoft Power Platform capacity. • Knowledge and experience of Azure Power Platform integrations and services such as Azure Application Insights, Azure Service Bus, Functions, Logic Apps and Synapse link. It would also be beneficial to have experience in Microsoft Digital Contact Center Platform and Open AI. • Microsoft certification: PL-600 (Power Platform Solution Architect), AZ-900 (Azure Fundamentals) Red Hot Rewards • Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more • Up to five extra paid well-being days per year • 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt • Market-leading pension • Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance • Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness • Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows) And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out. We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin , so happy to talk flexible working with you. Say hello to Virgin Money We're making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK's best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, 'Making You Happier About Money', underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. Be yourself at Virgin Money Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard. As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team Now the legal bit Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks - we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.
Business Unit: Chief Operating Office Salary range: £68,000 - £92,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits Location: Remote - work from anywhere within the UK Contract Type: Permanent Live to inspire change. Live a life more Virgin. Our Team The BizApps Centre of Excellence (COE) is a key enabling function within the bank, promoting, accelerating, and governing the adoption and delivery of the Microsoft Business Applications platform. We are at the heart of our digital strategy, working with the latest technology offerings and with our COE services highly in demand, it makes this an incredibly exciting time to join the team. We are looking for an experienced Power Platform Technical Lead to spearhead our COE service capabilities, guiding on platform enablement and adoption strategy, shaping our platform roadmap, and evaluating and implementing new service component capabilities to create the foundational services upon which projects/squads can develop their solutions. You will work closely with our Microsoft fast-track advisors, 3rd party partners and our platform service teams to safeguard service effectiveness and coordinate evergreen strategy and the introduction of new Power Platform service components and capabilities in line with our wider Microsoft ecosystem controls. Your work will be varied and high pace, but more importantly, interesting and fun! Sound good? Then read on and apply What you'll be doing • As custodian of our Power Platform component register and technical service capabilities, you will be responsible for safeguarding platform adoption, maintaining our governance controls and enforcing standards and best practice across our pro-dev and citizen-dev communities. • Working collaboratively with COE leadership to develop and implement a platform enablement and adoption strategy for the Power Platform, incorporating evergreen requirements as well as COE approved design patterns. • Working with our COE SMEs to build foundational service components to support new service design patterns and evergreen capabilities to enable projects/squads to develop on these. • Working collaboratively with SMEs from Microsoft, our 3rd party partners and from within the business to assess evergreen change for the Power Platform, identifying and impact assessing changes to key service components in-use and where applicable, forming an implementation plan to test these ahead of general release. This includes the Microsoft Wave Releases and product specific updates. • Providing technical oversight of our platform operations, including capacity management, service management, environment management, user and licensing management and security controls. • Acting as a gatekeeper and safety-net for our Power Platform service, supporting COE leadership by proactively identifying risks and issues and intervening to prevent problems before they happen. • Working with the COE team to document standards and best practices for adoption and implementation of Power Platform components and services, ensuring all documentation is accurate, consistent and up-to-date and in line with latest features and best-practice guidance from Microsoft. • Leading and mentoring COE colleagues to support their development and to advance collective skills and capabilities within the COE. We need you to have • Extensive experience (5+ years) in designing, developing, and deploying solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform, including Dynamics 365 (Customer Service, Sales and Customer Insights), Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents and Power BI, preferably in a Technical Lead or Solution Architect role. • Extensive knowledge and experience in applying best practices and standards for developing and maintaining secure, scalable, and performant solutions on the Microsoft Power Platform, with a deep understanding of its capabilities and limitations and how to leverage them to meet business requirements. • Knowledge and experience in designing, implementing and managing complex Power Platform environment strategies to support coexistence and effective route-to-live, preferably using automated pipeline deployment via Azure DevOps. • Knowledge and experience implementing the many integration options and methods for connecting the Microsoft Power Platform with other Microsoft and 3rd party services and data sources, including Microsoft 365 and Azure services. • Knowledge of the licensing and governance models for the Microsoft Power Platform and how to optimize the usage and cost of the platform. • Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, demonstrate the value proposition of the Microsoft Power Platform and provide guidance and support for adoption and change management. It's a bonus if you have but not essential • Experience performing in a Centre Of Excellence role, ideally in a Microsoft Power Platform capacity. • Knowledge and experience of Azure Power Platform integrations and services such as Azure Application Insights, Azure Service Bus, Functions, Logic Apps and Synapse link. It would also be beneficial to have experience in Microsoft Digital Contact Center Platform and Open AI. • Microsoft certification: PL-600 (Power Platform Solution Architect), AZ-900 (Azure Fundamentals) Red Hot Rewards • Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more • Up to five extra paid well-being days per year • 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt • Market-leading pension • Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance • Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness • Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows) And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out. We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin , so happy to talk flexible working with you. Say hello to Virgin Money We're making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK's best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, 'Making You Happier About Money', underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. Be yourself at Virgin Money Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard. As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team Now the legal bit Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks - we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.
May 17, 2024
Full time
Business Unit: Chief Operating Office Salary range: £68,000 - £92,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits Location: Remote - work from anywhere within the UK Contract Type: Permanent Live to inspire change. Live a life more Virgin. Our Team The BizApps Centre of Excellence (COE) is a key enabling function within the bank, promoting, accelerating, and governing the adoption and delivery of the Microsoft Business Applications platform. We are at the heart of our digital strategy, working with the latest technology offerings and with our COE services highly in demand, it makes this an incredibly exciting time to join the team. We are looking for an experienced Power Platform Technical Lead to spearhead our COE service capabilities, guiding on platform enablement and adoption strategy, shaping our platform roadmap, and evaluating and implementing new service component capabilities to create the foundational services upon which projects/squads can develop their solutions. You will work closely with our Microsoft fast-track advisors, 3rd party partners and our platform service teams to safeguard service effectiveness and coordinate evergreen strategy and the introduction of new Power Platform service components and capabilities in line with our wider Microsoft ecosystem controls. Your work will be varied and high pace, but more importantly, interesting and fun! Sound good? Then read on and apply What you'll be doing • As custodian of our Power Platform component register and technical service capabilities, you will be responsible for safeguarding platform adoption, maintaining our governance controls and enforcing standards and best practice across our pro-dev and citizen-dev communities. • Working collaboratively with COE leadership to develop and implement a platform enablement and adoption strategy for the Power Platform, incorporating evergreen requirements as well as COE approved design patterns. • Working with our COE SMEs to build foundational service components to support new service design patterns and evergreen capabilities to enable projects/squads to develop on these. • Working collaboratively with SMEs from Microsoft, our 3rd party partners and from within the business to assess evergreen change for the Power Platform, identifying and impact assessing changes to key service components in-use and where applicable, forming an implementation plan to test these ahead of general release. This includes the Microsoft Wave Releases and product specific updates. • Providing technical oversight of our platform operations, including capacity management, service management, environment management, user and licensing management and security controls. • Acting as a gatekeeper and safety-net for our Power Platform service, supporting COE leadership by proactively identifying risks and issues and intervening to prevent problems before they happen. • Working with the COE team to document standards and best practices for adoption and implementation of Power Platform components and services, ensuring all documentation is accurate, consistent and up-to-date and in line with latest features and best-practice guidance from Microsoft. • Leading and mentoring COE colleagues to support their development and to advance collective skills and capabilities within the COE. We need you to have • Extensive experience (5+ years) in designing, developing, and deploying solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform, including Dynamics 365 (Customer Service, Sales and Customer Insights), Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents and Power BI, preferably in a Technical Lead or Solution Architect role. • Extensive knowledge and experience in applying best practices and standards for developing and maintaining secure, scalable, and performant solutions on the Microsoft Power Platform, with a deep understanding of its capabilities and limitations and how to leverage them to meet business requirements. • Knowledge and experience in designing, implementing and managing complex Power Platform environment strategies to support coexistence and effective route-to-live, preferably using automated pipeline deployment via Azure DevOps. • Knowledge and experience implementing the many integration options and methods for connecting the Microsoft Power Platform with other Microsoft and 3rd party services and data sources, including Microsoft 365 and Azure services. • Knowledge of the licensing and governance models for the Microsoft Power Platform and how to optimize the usage and cost of the platform. • Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, demonstrate the value proposition of the Microsoft Power Platform and provide guidance and support for adoption and change management. It's a bonus if you have but not essential • Experience performing in a Centre Of Excellence role, ideally in a Microsoft Power Platform capacity. • Knowledge and experience of Azure Power Platform integrations and services such as Azure Application Insights, Azure Service Bus, Functions, Logic Apps and Synapse link. It would also be beneficial to have experience in Microsoft Digital Contact Center Platform and Open AI. • Microsoft certification: PL-600 (Power Platform Solution Architect), AZ-900 (Azure Fundamentals) Red Hot Rewards • Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more • Up to five extra paid well-being days per year • 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt • Market-leading pension • Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance • Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness • Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows) And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out. We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin , so happy to talk flexible working with you. Say hello to Virgin Money We're making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK's best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, 'Making You Happier About Money', underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. Be yourself at Virgin Money Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard. As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team Now the legal bit Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks - we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.
Business Unit: Chief Operating Office Salary range: £68,000 - £92,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits Location: Remote - work from anywhere within the UK Contract Type: Permanent Live to inspire change. Live a life more Virgin. Our Team The BizApps Centre of Excellence (COE) is a key enabling function within the bank, promoting, accelerating, and governing the adoption and delivery of the Microsoft Business Applications platform. We are at the heart of our digital strategy, working with the latest technology offerings and with our COE services highly in demand, it makes this an incredibly exciting time to join the team. We are looking for an experienced Power Platform Technical Lead to spearhead our COE service capabilities, guiding on platform enablement and adoption strategy, shaping our platform roadmap, and evaluating and implementing new service component capabilities to create the foundational services upon which projects/squads can develop their solutions. You will work closely with our Microsoft fast-track advisors, 3rd party partners and our platform service teams to safeguard service effectiveness and coordinate evergreen strategy and the introduction of new Power Platform service components and capabilities in line with our wider Microsoft ecosystem controls. Your work will be varied and high pace, but more importantly, interesting and fun! Sound good? Then read on and apply What you'll be doing • As custodian of our Power Platform component register and technical service capabilities, you will be responsible for safeguarding platform adoption, maintaining our governance controls and enforcing standards and best practice across our pro-dev and citizen-dev communities. • Working collaboratively with COE leadership to develop and implement a platform enablement and adoption strategy for the Power Platform, incorporating evergreen requirements as well as COE approved design patterns. • Working with our COE SMEs to build foundational service components to support new service design patterns and evergreen capabilities to enable projects/squads to develop on these. • Working collaboratively with SMEs from Microsoft, our 3rd party partners and from within the business to assess evergreen change for the Power Platform, identifying and impact assessing changes to key service components in-use and where applicable, forming an implementation plan to test these ahead of general release. This includes the Microsoft Wave Releases and product specific updates. • Providing technical oversight of our platform operations, including capacity management, service management, environment management, user and licensing management and security controls. • Acting as a gatekeeper and safety-net for our Power Platform service, supporting COE leadership by proactively identifying risks and issues and intervening to prevent problems before they happen. • Working with the COE team to document standards and best practices for adoption and implementation of Power Platform components and services, ensuring all documentation is accurate, consistent and up-to-date and in line with latest features and best-practice guidance from Microsoft. • Leading and mentoring COE colleagues to support their development and to advance collective skills and capabilities within the COE. We need you to have • Extensive experience (5+ years) in designing, developing, and deploying solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform, including Dynamics 365 (Customer Service, Sales and Customer Insights), Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents and Power BI, preferably in a Technical Lead or Solution Architect role. • Extensive knowledge and experience in applying best practices and standards for developing and maintaining secure, scalable, and performant solutions on the Microsoft Power Platform, with a deep understanding of its capabilities and limitations and how to leverage them to meet business requirements. • Knowledge and experience in designing, implementing and managing complex Power Platform environment strategies to support coexistence and effective route-to-live, preferably using automated pipeline deployment via Azure DevOps. • Knowledge and experience implementing the many integration options and methods for connecting the Microsoft Power Platform with other Microsoft and 3rd party services and data sources, including Microsoft 365 and Azure services. • Knowledge of the licensing and governance models for the Microsoft Power Platform and how to optimize the usage and cost of the platform. • Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, demonstrate the value proposition of the Microsoft Power Platform and provide guidance and support for adoption and change management. It's a bonus if you have but not essential • Experience performing in a Centre Of Excellence role, ideally in a Microsoft Power Platform capacity. • Knowledge and experience of Azure Power Platform integrations and services such as Azure Application Insights, Azure Service Bus, Functions, Logic Apps and Synapse link. It would also be beneficial to have experience in Microsoft Digital Contact Center Platform and Open AI. • Microsoft certification: PL-600 (Power Platform Solution Architect), AZ-900 (Azure Fundamentals) Red Hot Rewards • Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more • Up to five extra paid well-being days per year • 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt • Market-leading pension • Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance • Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness • Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows) And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out. We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin , so happy to talk flexible working with you. Say hello to Virgin Money We're making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK's best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, 'Making You Happier About Money', underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. Be yourself at Virgin Money Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard. As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team Now the legal bit Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks - we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.
May 17, 2024
Full time
Business Unit: Chief Operating Office Salary range: £68,000 - £92,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits Location: Remote - work from anywhere within the UK Contract Type: Permanent Live to inspire change. Live a life more Virgin. Our Team The BizApps Centre of Excellence (COE) is a key enabling function within the bank, promoting, accelerating, and governing the adoption and delivery of the Microsoft Business Applications platform. We are at the heart of our digital strategy, working with the latest technology offerings and with our COE services highly in demand, it makes this an incredibly exciting time to join the team. We are looking for an experienced Power Platform Technical Lead to spearhead our COE service capabilities, guiding on platform enablement and adoption strategy, shaping our platform roadmap, and evaluating and implementing new service component capabilities to create the foundational services upon which projects/squads can develop their solutions. You will work closely with our Microsoft fast-track advisors, 3rd party partners and our platform service teams to safeguard service effectiveness and coordinate evergreen strategy and the introduction of new Power Platform service components and capabilities in line with our wider Microsoft ecosystem controls. Your work will be varied and high pace, but more importantly, interesting and fun! Sound good? Then read on and apply What you'll be doing • As custodian of our Power Platform component register and technical service capabilities, you will be responsible for safeguarding platform adoption, maintaining our governance controls and enforcing standards and best practice across our pro-dev and citizen-dev communities. • Working collaboratively with COE leadership to develop and implement a platform enablement and adoption strategy for the Power Platform, incorporating evergreen requirements as well as COE approved design patterns. • Working with our COE SMEs to build foundational service components to support new service design patterns and evergreen capabilities to enable projects/squads to develop on these. • Working collaboratively with SMEs from Microsoft, our 3rd party partners and from within the business to assess evergreen change for the Power Platform, identifying and impact assessing changes to key service components in-use and where applicable, forming an implementation plan to test these ahead of general release. This includes the Microsoft Wave Releases and product specific updates. • Providing technical oversight of our platform operations, including capacity management, service management, environment management, user and licensing management and security controls. • Acting as a gatekeeper and safety-net for our Power Platform service, supporting COE leadership by proactively identifying risks and issues and intervening to prevent problems before they happen. • Working with the COE team to document standards and best practices for adoption and implementation of Power Platform components and services, ensuring all documentation is accurate, consistent and up-to-date and in line with latest features and best-practice guidance from Microsoft. • Leading and mentoring COE colleagues to support their development and to advance collective skills and capabilities within the COE. We need you to have • Extensive experience (5+ years) in designing, developing, and deploying solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform, including Dynamics 365 (Customer Service, Sales and Customer Insights), Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents and Power BI, preferably in a Technical Lead or Solution Architect role. • Extensive knowledge and experience in applying best practices and standards for developing and maintaining secure, scalable, and performant solutions on the Microsoft Power Platform, with a deep understanding of its capabilities and limitations and how to leverage them to meet business requirements. • Knowledge and experience in designing, implementing and managing complex Power Platform environment strategies to support coexistence and effective route-to-live, preferably using automated pipeline deployment via Azure DevOps. • Knowledge and experience implementing the many integration options and methods for connecting the Microsoft Power Platform with other Microsoft and 3rd party services and data sources, including Microsoft 365 and Azure services. • Knowledge of the licensing and governance models for the Microsoft Power Platform and how to optimize the usage and cost of the platform. • Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, demonstrate the value proposition of the Microsoft Power Platform and provide guidance and support for adoption and change management. It's a bonus if you have but not essential • Experience performing in a Centre Of Excellence role, ideally in a Microsoft Power Platform capacity. • Knowledge and experience of Azure Power Platform integrations and services such as Azure Application Insights, Azure Service Bus, Functions, Logic Apps and Synapse link. It would also be beneficial to have experience in Microsoft Digital Contact Center Platform and Open AI. • Microsoft certification: PL-600 (Power Platform Solution Architect), AZ-900 (Azure Fundamentals) Red Hot Rewards • Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more • Up to five extra paid well-being days per year • 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt • Market-leading pension • Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance • Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness • Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows) And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. 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