Because of the nature of the work associated with this post it is subject to special nationality rules, and this is post is restricted to individuals who are UK British Nationals. For this role, due to government security requirements, the term ‘UK Nationals’ must exclude anyone who is a dual national or naturalised British (i.e. originally a foreign national).
SeeByte, the global market leader in the development of smart software for uncrewed maritime systems, are looking to recruit an IT Service Lead to join our expanding team in central Edinburgh.
You will have a unique opportunity to play a significant role in a dynamic and world-respected technology company within the exciting field of robotics, with clear development, training and career progression opportunities provided. This is a fantastic opportunity to work for an innovative and forward-thinking company with an international client base.
Due to the nature of this role, daily office attendance is required and it is not eligible for remote or hybrid working. SeeByte operates a satellite office in Bristol and occasional, reimbursed travel will be required.
Benefits
We are proud to have and promote a healthy work-life balance in a casual working environment. Some of the benefits include:
Competitive salary and shared employee / employer contributory pension scheme
Generous holiday entitlement and option to buy additional holidays after 1 year of service.
Travel compensation scheme
Clear development, training and career progression opportunities
External, online training courses and in-house training
Offices in the centre of Edinburgh and in Bristol, two great cities to live and work
Free access to a gymnasium
Free, on-site parking
Enhanced family friendly policies
Showers, lockers, swipe access internal bike store
Travel season ticket loan
Annual company day out
Save money on your commute as SeeByte participates in the Cycle to Work Scheme and Travel season ticket loan. SeeByte also supports an Electric Vehicle leasing scheme.
Main Purpose of the Role
The IT Service Lead will own the end-to-end user experience and provide expert technical support for SeeByte, ensuring the smooth operation of IT service delivery within the organisation. This role involves leading IT service delivery, collaborating closely with colleagues, daily troubleshooting, system maintenance, asset management, and requires a candidate who can quickly integrate with the team and provide excellent support.
Key Responsibilities of the Role
Run the Service Desk: you will be responsible for the health of the service queue, triaging issues, setting and upholding SLAs, following up on issues and managing the backlog. You will collate and report metrics to the IT Manager.
Technical Support & Troubleshooting: you will act as a first point of contact for end-users, resolving hardware, software, and network issues via in-person, email, chat and phone support.
Onboarding and Offboarding: you will assist with the IT aspects of onboarding and offboarding of new employees, ensuring they have the necessary equipment, access and induction training.
Hardware & Software: you will Install, configure, and maintain computer hardware, peripherals, operating systems, and applications to defined security baselines. This includes supporting software like Microsoft Office 365, and hardware such as laptops, videoconferencing equipment and printers.
User Account & Access Management : you will set up, manage, and maintain user accounts, permissions, and access controls across various systems.
Asset Management : you will maintain accurate inventory records for IT equipment and assist in the deployment of new hardware and software, working with vendors and suppliers to keep licensing in good order.
Maintaining Documentation: you will create and maintain technical documentation, including user guides and a knowledge base for common issues.
Key Skills, Experience and Qualifications
Proven experience in a senior IT service delivery position and proficient working with an IT Service Management Platform.
A relevant IT qualification, such as ITIL 4, Microsoft Certifications (e.g. MD-102, MS-102) or Cisco CCNA.
Strong customer service and communication skills, with the ability to explain technical information to both technical and non-technical users.
Strong experience supporting and maintaining enterprise Windows desktop systems. Ubuntu LTS (22.04 & 24.04) support experience would be advantageous.
Experienced with Microsoft 365 administration including Entra ID, Intune and Teams.
Comfortable with automation tools such as PowerShell and Ansible.
Solid understanding of IT security principles, data protection, change management, vulnerability and patch management.
Behaviours that make you brilliant for this role
Leadership & Team Player: you take ownership of your domain and can define strategic plans and road maps and take colleagues with you on the journey to organisational success. You excel at collaborating with colleagues, sharing knowledge, and contributing to a supportive team environment. You focus on the end-user experience, including follow-up, resulting in successful outcomes.
Clear Communicator : your ability to translate complex technical information into simple, understandable terms for a non-technical audience is paramount. You build trust with stakeholders and manage expectations. You resolve conflicts diplomatically and maintain relationships and service integrity.
Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking : you approach issues methodically, analyse symptoms, identify root causes, and develop effective, innovative, comprehensive solutions that align with the business goals. You anticipate problems early, identify and manage risks and implement appropriate mitigations.
Reliability and Professionalism: you deliver on commitments and meet deadlines. You maintain composure under pressure and demonstrate ethical judgement. You adapt to change and embrace new technologies, processes and organizational priorities.
Apply
To apply please send a recent copy of your CV and a cover letter to hr@seebyte.com .
As an inclusive employer, SeeByte aims to build diverse teams by encouraging applications from a wide range of individuals.
Because of the nature of the work associated with this post it is subject to special nationality rules, and this is post is restricted to individuals who are UK British Nationals. For this role, due to government security requirements, the term ‘UK Nationals’ must exclude anyone who is a dual national or naturalised British (i.e. originally a foreign national).
All offers of employment will be conditional to a Baseline Personal Security Standard (BPSS) process and will require a Security Check (SC) clearance once employed. To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years’ residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks. Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance - United Kingdom Security Vetting - GOV.UK - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/sc-guidance-pack-for-applicants
As part of this process, SeeByte collects Personal Data as defined under UK GDPR including proof of identity, nationality and immigration status, right to work in the UK, employment and/or academic references and Basic Disclosure information for unspent criminal convictions. Please see details pertaining to your personal data in our Privacy Notice which can be found at https://www.seebyte.com/privacy-policy
NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES
13/11/2025
Full time
Because of the nature of the work associated with this post it is subject to special nationality rules, and this is post is restricted to individuals who are UK British Nationals. For this role, due to government security requirements, the term ‘UK Nationals’ must exclude anyone who is a dual national or naturalised British (i.e. originally a foreign national).
SeeByte, the global market leader in the development of smart software for uncrewed maritime systems, are looking to recruit an IT Service Lead to join our expanding team in central Edinburgh.
You will have a unique opportunity to play a significant role in a dynamic and world-respected technology company within the exciting field of robotics, with clear development, training and career progression opportunities provided. This is a fantastic opportunity to work for an innovative and forward-thinking company with an international client base.
Due to the nature of this role, daily office attendance is required and it is not eligible for remote or hybrid working. SeeByte operates a satellite office in Bristol and occasional, reimbursed travel will be required.
Benefits
We are proud to have and promote a healthy work-life balance in a casual working environment. Some of the benefits include:
Competitive salary and shared employee / employer contributory pension scheme
Generous holiday entitlement and option to buy additional holidays after 1 year of service.
Travel compensation scheme
Clear development, training and career progression opportunities
External, online training courses and in-house training
Offices in the centre of Edinburgh and in Bristol, two great cities to live and work
Free access to a gymnasium
Free, on-site parking
Enhanced family friendly policies
Showers, lockers, swipe access internal bike store
Travel season ticket loan
Annual company day out
Save money on your commute as SeeByte participates in the Cycle to Work Scheme and Travel season ticket loan. SeeByte also supports an Electric Vehicle leasing scheme.
Main Purpose of the Role
The IT Service Lead will own the end-to-end user experience and provide expert technical support for SeeByte, ensuring the smooth operation of IT service delivery within the organisation. This role involves leading IT service delivery, collaborating closely with colleagues, daily troubleshooting, system maintenance, asset management, and requires a candidate who can quickly integrate with the team and provide excellent support.
Key Responsibilities of the Role
Run the Service Desk: you will be responsible for the health of the service queue, triaging issues, setting and upholding SLAs, following up on issues and managing the backlog. You will collate and report metrics to the IT Manager.
Technical Support & Troubleshooting: you will act as a first point of contact for end-users, resolving hardware, software, and network issues via in-person, email, chat and phone support.
Onboarding and Offboarding: you will assist with the IT aspects of onboarding and offboarding of new employees, ensuring they have the necessary equipment, access and induction training.
Hardware & Software: you will Install, configure, and maintain computer hardware, peripherals, operating systems, and applications to defined security baselines. This includes supporting software like Microsoft Office 365, and hardware such as laptops, videoconferencing equipment and printers.
User Account & Access Management : you will set up, manage, and maintain user accounts, permissions, and access controls across various systems.
Asset Management : you will maintain accurate inventory records for IT equipment and assist in the deployment of new hardware and software, working with vendors and suppliers to keep licensing in good order.
Maintaining Documentation: you will create and maintain technical documentation, including user guides and a knowledge base for common issues.
Key Skills, Experience and Qualifications
Proven experience in a senior IT service delivery position and proficient working with an IT Service Management Platform.
A relevant IT qualification, such as ITIL 4, Microsoft Certifications (e.g. MD-102, MS-102) or Cisco CCNA.
Strong customer service and communication skills, with the ability to explain technical information to both technical and non-technical users.
Strong experience supporting and maintaining enterprise Windows desktop systems. Ubuntu LTS (22.04 & 24.04) support experience would be advantageous.
Experienced with Microsoft 365 administration including Entra ID, Intune and Teams.
Comfortable with automation tools such as PowerShell and Ansible.
Solid understanding of IT security principles, data protection, change management, vulnerability and patch management.
Behaviours that make you brilliant for this role
Leadership & Team Player: you take ownership of your domain and can define strategic plans and road maps and take colleagues with you on the journey to organisational success. You excel at collaborating with colleagues, sharing knowledge, and contributing to a supportive team environment. You focus on the end-user experience, including follow-up, resulting in successful outcomes.
Clear Communicator : your ability to translate complex technical information into simple, understandable terms for a non-technical audience is paramount. You build trust with stakeholders and manage expectations. You resolve conflicts diplomatically and maintain relationships and service integrity.
Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking : you approach issues methodically, analyse symptoms, identify root causes, and develop effective, innovative, comprehensive solutions that align with the business goals. You anticipate problems early, identify and manage risks and implement appropriate mitigations.
Reliability and Professionalism: you deliver on commitments and meet deadlines. You maintain composure under pressure and demonstrate ethical judgement. You adapt to change and embrace new technologies, processes and organizational priorities.
Apply
To apply please send a recent copy of your CV and a cover letter to hr@seebyte.com .
As an inclusive employer, SeeByte aims to build diverse teams by encouraging applications from a wide range of individuals.
Because of the nature of the work associated with this post it is subject to special nationality rules, and this is post is restricted to individuals who are UK British Nationals. For this role, due to government security requirements, the term ‘UK Nationals’ must exclude anyone who is a dual national or naturalised British (i.e. originally a foreign national).
All offers of employment will be conditional to a Baseline Personal Security Standard (BPSS) process and will require a Security Check (SC) clearance once employed. To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years’ residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks. Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance - United Kingdom Security Vetting - GOV.UK - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/sc-guidance-pack-for-applicants
As part of this process, SeeByte collects Personal Data as defined under UK GDPR including proof of identity, nationality and immigration status, right to work in the UK, employment and/or academic references and Basic Disclosure information for unspent criminal convictions. Please see details pertaining to your personal data in our Privacy Notice which can be found at https://www.seebyte.com/privacy-policy
NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES
About Us
Evolve is a trusted Managed Service Provider (MSP) supporting a diverse customer base across the UK and internationally. Our clients span Renewable Energy, Property, Professional Services, Finance, and Charity.
Our core values — Security, Service, Integrity — guide everything we do. We deliver robust IT services and cybersecurity solutions , keeping our clients’ systems safe in an evolving digital landscape.
We’re a growing business with a clear plan to expand our capabilities and strengthen our presence in the IT industry. We invest in our people, offering professional development and a culture that values both technical excellence and customer care.
Why Join Us?
This is an exciting opportunity to step into a key Account Management role where you’ll be the trusted advisor to our clients, ensuring their success while identifying opportunities for growth. You’ll work with supportive technical teams, develop your expertise in cybersecurity, and help shape long-term customer relationships.
The Role
As an IT Account Manager, you’ll:
Build and maintain exceptional client relationships.
Conduct regular customer meetings and strategic reviews.
Translate technical concepts (especially cyber protection) into business value.
Manage customer roadmaps and ensure smooth onboarding.
Proactively identify upsell and project opportunities.
Advocate for clients internally, ensuring their needs are met.
What We’re Looking For
Proven Account Management experience in IT (MSP experience highly desirable).
Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365, Office, Windows, and Windows Server.
Good understanding of cybersecurity fundamentals (firewalls, endpoint protection, phishing, compliance frameworks).
Familiarity with PSA and monitoring tools (Autotask, N-able).
Consultative sales mindset with ability to spot opportunities.
Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
Highly organised, proactive, and detail-focused.
What We Offer
Competitive salary + performance bonus/commission.
Training and career development (including cyber certifications).
Hybrid/flexible working options.
Supportive, values-led culture.
Opportunity to grow with a forward-thinking MSP.
If you’re passionate about customer success, account management, and IT services , we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and help our clients succeed securely and sustainably.
18/09/2025
Full time
About Us
Evolve is a trusted Managed Service Provider (MSP) supporting a diverse customer base across the UK and internationally. Our clients span Renewable Energy, Property, Professional Services, Finance, and Charity.
Our core values — Security, Service, Integrity — guide everything we do. We deliver robust IT services and cybersecurity solutions , keeping our clients’ systems safe in an evolving digital landscape.
We’re a growing business with a clear plan to expand our capabilities and strengthen our presence in the IT industry. We invest in our people, offering professional development and a culture that values both technical excellence and customer care.
Why Join Us?
This is an exciting opportunity to step into a key Account Management role where you’ll be the trusted advisor to our clients, ensuring their success while identifying opportunities for growth. You’ll work with supportive technical teams, develop your expertise in cybersecurity, and help shape long-term customer relationships.
The Role
As an IT Account Manager, you’ll:
Build and maintain exceptional client relationships.
Conduct regular customer meetings and strategic reviews.
Translate technical concepts (especially cyber protection) into business value.
Manage customer roadmaps and ensure smooth onboarding.
Proactively identify upsell and project opportunities.
Advocate for clients internally, ensuring their needs are met.
What We’re Looking For
Proven Account Management experience in IT (MSP experience highly desirable).
Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365, Office, Windows, and Windows Server.
Good understanding of cybersecurity fundamentals (firewalls, endpoint protection, phishing, compliance frameworks).
Familiarity with PSA and monitoring tools (Autotask, N-able).
Consultative sales mindset with ability to spot opportunities.
Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
Highly organised, proactive, and detail-focused.
What We Offer
Competitive salary + performance bonus/commission.
Training and career development (including cyber certifications).
Hybrid/flexible working options.
Supportive, values-led culture.
Opportunity to grow with a forward-thinking MSP.
If you’re passionate about customer success, account management, and IT services , we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and help our clients succeed securely and sustainably.
Acorn Insurance and Financial Services Limited
Liverpool
We are looking for an innovative, broadly experienced all round developer with demonstrable business acumen and team leadership skills, to act as the main technical point to drive forward technical solutions as required for our Private Lines division (Private Car and Commercial Vehicle). Much of this will be web based and / or mobile solutions.
The Technical Lead requires direct working relationships with key business owners, their proxies and project managers responsible for driving forward a particular business division
A successful candidate may be more highly front end or more back end experienced – which is OK, but you must have actively contributed to complex product development solutions with full engagement across multiple areas of technical specialism so is able to fully understand the roles, relationships and dependencies that each of each of these disciplines characterise.
Job Title: Technical Business Lead
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Location: Liverpool City Centre, Hybrid working available
Salary: £70,000-£85,000 DOE
What you will be doing:
Developing new and enhancing existing user-facing solutions
Providing technical guidance, decision making and leadership of a delivery team comprising product owners, BA’s, PM’s, front end devs, back end dev, database developers, digital analysts, QA technicians
Ensuring DevOps Epics, pbi’s, tasks, feature flagging, Assurance criteria and all testing strategies align with company standards
Ensuring system are well documented and tested for resilience / failover / auto scaling as specified
Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
Ensuring high quality software product delivery to timescales with reliable estimates and actual effort recorded
Work with multiple internal stakeholders to ensure common understanding of technical approaches to architecture and implementation
Collaborating with all other technical teams proactively and with consideration of priorities and workloads, working collaboratively in a multi disciplinary team to reach team goals
Ensure mandated ‘core systems’ upgrades are appropriately managed
Liaise with 3rd parties as appropriate depending on product requirements
Provide BAU bug handling, hot fix deployment as and when required
Putting security and performance at the heart of all products and processes
What we are looking for:
Capable of advising on modern, secure, technical solutions to achieve product owner goals
Highly proficient in either front end or back end modern technology tooling and coding standards, especially react, react Native, Next JS, C# dot Net, Event driven systems, Azure Devops, SOLID and clean architecture patterns
Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
Backed C#, dotNET, VS Core development
Thorough understanding of front end typescript frameworks and core principles
Solid understanding of modern specifications when developing components.
Experience with the React Material UI Framework and an eye for design and understanding UI/UX practices
Experience working with REST APIs and webhooks
Knowledge of Docker and Docker Compose
Strong development experience in microservice based enterprise architecture, SOLID principles, clean architecture, Azure service Bus, RabbitMQ, Mass transit, MediatR
Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token, OAuth etc
Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
Understanding of popular front-end development tools such as Yarn, Webpack, Vitjs, StoryBook, Jest, Eslint, Prettier, Husky, etc.
Good awareness of logging and alerting strategies and tooling (e.g. loki/Grafana)
Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Git
Good understanding of Google Adwords, GLCID’s, Tag Manager for tracking conversion
Solid experience of CI/CD pipelines in DevOps
About Acorn Insurance With over 40 years of experience, Acorn Insurance is a specialist provider dedicated to helping individuals secure motor insurance across the UK. We proudly serve more than 50,000 customers, ensuring they find policies that meet their needs and provide the peace of mind that comes with high-quality cover.
At Acorn Insurance, we offer comprehensive training and continuous in-house coaching. You'll receive in-depth, FCA-regulated industry knowledge and all the tools necessary to grow your career with us.
We celebrate diversity and are committed to fostering a culture where everyone feels respected and valued. As a Disability Confident Level 1 and Level 2 employer, we ensure our workplace is accessible and inclusive, encouraging our people to bring their best selves to work every day.
The Acorn Group has been recognised as a Great Place to Work for 2024/5. A record number of employees participated in our survey, overwhelmingly highlighting our welcoming and supportive atmosphere as an excellent place to build a career. We are committed to continuous improvement and have ambitious plans for 2025.
Why Acorn Insurance? Acorn Insurance want to give you more than a job, we want to give you a purpose and a career. So, what can we offer you as an employer? Some of the "your tomorrow" benefits you will receive include: Wellbeing:
Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement starting at 31 days and potentially increasing to 35 days per year depending on grade & length of service (including bank holidays)
Enhanced paternity pay and 16 weeks full maternity pay.
Colleague Assistance programme offers a suite of wellbeing services such as:
6 Free Counselling sessions per year
Unlimited access to a telephone councillor 24/7
Access to a free 4-week programme of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with a trained therapist mentor.
Network of internal qualified mental health first aiders are available to provide support to colleagues.
Financial:
A core level of life assurance with the option to increase cover via salary sacrifice and add your spouse/partner
Ability to access your earnings before payday via Dayforce Wallet.
Company pension scheme
Refer a friend scheme with a £250 bonus for every colleague recommended on passing their probation period.
Access to a flexible benefits platform including an annual flex pot allowance to spend on over 15 benefits of your choice.
Ability to give back. You can opt into donating money to charity to climate positive organisations directly from your salary.
Reward, Recognition and Culture :
Long Service Award paid on 5,10- and 15-years’ service
A reward and recognition hub to celebrate and reward colleagues and peers.
Consistent and engaging company events including company awards, competitions and charity fundraisers.
Budgets for department leaders to use for social and engagement events. Please visit out website to view more of our excellent work benefits!
All roles are subject to DBS and Financial checks, any offer made will be conditional until checks are completed to a satisfactory standard. Unfortunately, due to the length of training and complexity of the role, we can only accept applications from candidates who have at least one year remaining on their (Graduate/ Post study work) visa. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide visa sponsorships. At Acorn, we are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive work environment. We recognise that candidates may have specific needs and are happy to consider reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process and working environment to accommodate individual requirements. Whether it’s modifying equipment, adjusting working hours, or providing additional support, we aim to ensure all employees can perform at their best. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please let us know during the application or interview process, and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.
25/04/2025
Full time
We are looking for an innovative, broadly experienced all round developer with demonstrable business acumen and team leadership skills, to act as the main technical point to drive forward technical solutions as required for our Private Lines division (Private Car and Commercial Vehicle). Much of this will be web based and / or mobile solutions.
The Technical Lead requires direct working relationships with key business owners, their proxies and project managers responsible for driving forward a particular business division
A successful candidate may be more highly front end or more back end experienced – which is OK, but you must have actively contributed to complex product development solutions with full engagement across multiple areas of technical specialism so is able to fully understand the roles, relationships and dependencies that each of each of these disciplines characterise.
Job Title: Technical Business Lead
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Location: Liverpool City Centre, Hybrid working available
Salary: £70,000-£85,000 DOE
What you will be doing:
Developing new and enhancing existing user-facing solutions
Providing technical guidance, decision making and leadership of a delivery team comprising product owners, BA’s, PM’s, front end devs, back end dev, database developers, digital analysts, QA technicians
Ensuring DevOps Epics, pbi’s, tasks, feature flagging, Assurance criteria and all testing strategies align with company standards
Ensuring system are well documented and tested for resilience / failover / auto scaling as specified
Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
Ensuring high quality software product delivery to timescales with reliable estimates and actual effort recorded
Work with multiple internal stakeholders to ensure common understanding of technical approaches to architecture and implementation
Collaborating with all other technical teams proactively and with consideration of priorities and workloads, working collaboratively in a multi disciplinary team to reach team goals
Ensure mandated ‘core systems’ upgrades are appropriately managed
Liaise with 3rd parties as appropriate depending on product requirements
Provide BAU bug handling, hot fix deployment as and when required
Putting security and performance at the heart of all products and processes
What we are looking for:
Capable of advising on modern, secure, technical solutions to achieve product owner goals
Highly proficient in either front end or back end modern technology tooling and coding standards, especially react, react Native, Next JS, C# dot Net, Event driven systems, Azure Devops, SOLID and clean architecture patterns
Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
Backed C#, dotNET, VS Core development
Thorough understanding of front end typescript frameworks and core principles
Solid understanding of modern specifications when developing components.
Experience with the React Material UI Framework and an eye for design and understanding UI/UX practices
Experience working with REST APIs and webhooks
Knowledge of Docker and Docker Compose
Strong development experience in microservice based enterprise architecture, SOLID principles, clean architecture, Azure service Bus, RabbitMQ, Mass transit, MediatR
Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token, OAuth etc
Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
Understanding of popular front-end development tools such as Yarn, Webpack, Vitjs, StoryBook, Jest, Eslint, Prettier, Husky, etc.
Good awareness of logging and alerting strategies and tooling (e.g. loki/Grafana)
Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Git
Good understanding of Google Adwords, GLCID’s, Tag Manager for tracking conversion
Solid experience of CI/CD pipelines in DevOps
About Acorn Insurance With over 40 years of experience, Acorn Insurance is a specialist provider dedicated to helping individuals secure motor insurance across the UK. We proudly serve more than 50,000 customers, ensuring they find policies that meet their needs and provide the peace of mind that comes with high-quality cover.
At Acorn Insurance, we offer comprehensive training and continuous in-house coaching. You'll receive in-depth, FCA-regulated industry knowledge and all the tools necessary to grow your career with us.
We celebrate diversity and are committed to fostering a culture where everyone feels respected and valued. As a Disability Confident Level 1 and Level 2 employer, we ensure our workplace is accessible and inclusive, encouraging our people to bring their best selves to work every day.
The Acorn Group has been recognised as a Great Place to Work for 2024/5. A record number of employees participated in our survey, overwhelmingly highlighting our welcoming and supportive atmosphere as an excellent place to build a career. We are committed to continuous improvement and have ambitious plans for 2025.
Why Acorn Insurance? Acorn Insurance want to give you more than a job, we want to give you a purpose and a career. So, what can we offer you as an employer? Some of the "your tomorrow" benefits you will receive include: Wellbeing:
Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement starting at 31 days and potentially increasing to 35 days per year depending on grade & length of service (including bank holidays)
Enhanced paternity pay and 16 weeks full maternity pay.
Colleague Assistance programme offers a suite of wellbeing services such as:
6 Free Counselling sessions per year
Unlimited access to a telephone councillor 24/7
Access to a free 4-week programme of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with a trained therapist mentor.
Network of internal qualified mental health first aiders are available to provide support to colleagues.
Financial:
A core level of life assurance with the option to increase cover via salary sacrifice and add your spouse/partner
Ability to access your earnings before payday via Dayforce Wallet.
Company pension scheme
Refer a friend scheme with a £250 bonus for every colleague recommended on passing their probation period.
Access to a flexible benefits platform including an annual flex pot allowance to spend on over 15 benefits of your choice.
Ability to give back. You can opt into donating money to charity to climate positive organisations directly from your salary.
Reward, Recognition and Culture :
Long Service Award paid on 5,10- and 15-years’ service
A reward and recognition hub to celebrate and reward colleagues and peers.
Consistent and engaging company events including company awards, competitions and charity fundraisers.
Budgets for department leaders to use for social and engagement events. Please visit out website to view more of our excellent work benefits!
All roles are subject to DBS and Financial checks, any offer made will be conditional until checks are completed to a satisfactory standard. Unfortunately, due to the length of training and complexity of the role, we can only accept applications from candidates who have at least one year remaining on their (Graduate/ Post study work) visa. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide visa sponsorships. At Acorn, we are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive work environment. We recognise that candidates may have specific needs and are happy to consider reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process and working environment to accommodate individual requirements. Whether it’s modifying equipment, adjusting working hours, or providing additional support, we aim to ensure all employees can perform at their best. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please let us know during the application or interview process, and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.
College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences
School of Psychology & Neuroscience
IT Infrastructure Manager
Vacancy Ref: 158172
Salary: Grade 8 £49,320 - £56,921 per annum
This post is full time and open ended (permanent). Relocation assistance will be provided where appropriate.
The University of Glasgow is seeking to appoint a talented and highly motivated IT Infrastructure Manager.
Reporting to the Computing Support Manager, the post holder will take a leading role in managing and maintaining the school’s IT Infrastructure, which is essential for the research, teaching and professional services of Psychology and Neuroscience. Your primary responsibility will be to collaborate with the Computing Support Manager, to manage and maintain the specialised core IT infrastructure, as well as provide user support and system development.
The post holder will work closely with the Computing Support Manager to ensure that infrastructure investments align with departmental needs and strategic priorities, optimizing resource allocation and financial planning. In addition, the successful candidate will be required to oversee the management and development of support staff, fostering a culture of excellence through the implementation of best practices, strategic talent development initiatives, and the execution of annual performance reviews.
For more information about the infrastructure and the scope of the job or for informal enquiries, please contact Raymond Elma, Raymond.Elma@glasgow.ac.uk
Job Purpose
Reporting to the Computing Support Manager, you will take a leading role in managing and maintaining the school’s IT Infrastructure, which is essential for the research, teaching and professional services of Psychology and Neuroscience. Your primary responsibility will be to collaborate with the Computing Support Manager, to manage and maintain the specialised core IT infrastructure, as well as provide user support and system development.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Lead in evaluating and enhancing the effectiveness of the School’s IT Infrastructure, maximising service quality, efficiency and continuity.
Lead the management of infrastructure, data centres and server hardware across the product lifecycle.
Provide and manage core Linux and Microsoft Windows systems to ensure vital DNS, directory, desktop, and storage services remain available, secure and patched.
Lead the management of web services and Content Management Systems running Apache, PHP, Tomcat, MySQL/MariaDB, Python.
"Investigate new and emerging technologies through innovative design of complex systems and usage of specialist IT equipment for use in Psychology and Neuroscience teaching and research, to deliver strategic and operational benefits. Manage the allocated portion of the IT budget, ensuring an effective split between end-user and infrastructure management, and regularly present findings and budget impacts at the board level to align with organizational strategy and support informed decision-making."
Represent Psychology and Neuroscience at Campus and College IT forums, liaising with staff in Computing Service, and providing specialist advice in areas such as security, data storage and governance to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of IT provision in the University.
"Manage the allocated portion of the IT budget, ensuring an effective split between end-user and infrastructure management. Collaborate with the Computing Support Manager to contribute to the Computing Support Department's budget from an infrastructure perspective, including costing for upgrades, maintenance, and other related expenses. Work closely to ensure that infrastructure investments align with departmental needs and strategic priorities, optimizing resource allocation and financial planning."
Oversee the management and development of support staff, fostering a culture of excellence through the implementation of best practices, strategic talent development initiatives, and the execution of annual performance reviews.
Lead end-to-end project management with a high degree of autonomy, ensuring successful project delivery from inception to completion. Oversee the creation of comprehensive documentation and provide training to colleagues as needed to support project objectives and knowledge transfer
Partner with the University Central IT to design and implement advanced IT security policies, ensuring alignment with institutional standards and enhancing the overall cybersecurity framework
Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills, and Experience Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential:
A1 Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework Level 9 (Ordinary Degree, Scottish Vocational Qualification level 4), or equivalent experience of personal development in a similar role or related role. A2 Ability to undertake the duties associated with this level of post A3 Comprehensive, expert current knowledge of IT standards, systems, and provision to support delivery of research and teaching.
Desirable:
B1 Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate certification is highly desirable, with a strong emphasis on proficiency in managing local Active Directory environments.
B2 Proficiency in macOS management with JAMF certification is highly desirable.
B3 Experience of working in a Higher Education environment.
Skills Essential:
C1 Skills in LAMP platforms (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP).
C2Extensive experience in Linux/Unix administration, including user management (NIS Domain), monitoring, optimizing system performance, system updates, backups (ZFS) and network storage (NFS).
C2 Skill in managing and maintaining networking services (DNS, DHCP), which includes diagnosing and troubleshooting network problems.
C3 Expertise in Microsoft on prem Active Directory and Window Server 2019 and above.
C4 Ability to take a problem/project from conception to completion, interpreting and integrating technical and user needs appropriately.
C5 Ability to develop innovative solutions and to influence others to adopt them.
C6 Excellent interpersonal and communication (oral and written) skills.
C7 Demonstrable people/time/budget/project management skills of an appropriate level.
C8 Ability to work effectively with a high level of independence but also within a team.
C9 Strong analytical and innovative problem-solving skills.
C10 Ability to multitask successfully in a busy role with competing demands
C11 Ability to work flexibly and adapt to changing environments.
C12 Ability to collaborate with teams within our ogranisation (e.g Information Services Security Team and Network Infrastructure Team)
Desirable:
D1 Understanding of cybersecurity principles to protect data and computational resources. D2 Compliance with data privacy regulations and institutional IT policies. D3 Ability to implement and maintain secure access protocols. D4 Support for software installations, updates, and troubleshooting. D5 Ability to provide technical support to faculty and students. D6 Conducting training sessions on best practices for using the computing grid.
D7 Expertise in managing and maintaining high-performance computing (HPC) systems, Rocks Clusters or similar.
D8 Skills in Enterprise server software and storage technologies such as, Isilon, iDrac, Microsoft failover clusters and VMware VCenter.
F9 Proficiency in virtualisation and containerisation technologies (e.g., Docker, singularity).
Experience
Essential:
E1 Experience in leading a highly specialised infrastructure team.
E2 Substantial experience in server management and systems administration in a heterogeneous environment with a mix of Linux, Unix and MS Windows server technologies providing general services, such as backup, mail, DNS, DHCP, printing and user accounts.
E4 Installation and administration of enterprise level server hardware and software. Including, server management, virtualisation, and storage management.
E5 Significant experience of a higher-level programming or scripting language such as Shell Script, Python or PowerShell.
E6 Experience managing projects in a complex multidisciplinary organisation.
E7 Experience of taking responsibility for actions that can have considerable impact on the user community.
E8 Experience of negotiating with colleagues.
Desirable:
F1 Supporting Research in an academic environment.
F2 Supporting MySQL/MariaDB relational database servers.
F3 Security with network penetration testing, diagnosis, and patching.
F4 Experience of GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), Caldecott and the processing of personal and medical data.
E5 Knowledge of libraries needed for GPU clusters and distributed computing frameworks
25/11/2024
Full time
College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences
School of Psychology & Neuroscience
IT Infrastructure Manager
Vacancy Ref: 158172
Salary: Grade 8 £49,320 - £56,921 per annum
This post is full time and open ended (permanent). Relocation assistance will be provided where appropriate.
The University of Glasgow is seeking to appoint a talented and highly motivated IT Infrastructure Manager.
Reporting to the Computing Support Manager, the post holder will take a leading role in managing and maintaining the school’s IT Infrastructure, which is essential for the research, teaching and professional services of Psychology and Neuroscience. Your primary responsibility will be to collaborate with the Computing Support Manager, to manage and maintain the specialised core IT infrastructure, as well as provide user support and system development.
The post holder will work closely with the Computing Support Manager to ensure that infrastructure investments align with departmental needs and strategic priorities, optimizing resource allocation and financial planning. In addition, the successful candidate will be required to oversee the management and development of support staff, fostering a culture of excellence through the implementation of best practices, strategic talent development initiatives, and the execution of annual performance reviews.
For more information about the infrastructure and the scope of the job or for informal enquiries, please contact Raymond Elma, Raymond.Elma@glasgow.ac.uk
Job Purpose
Reporting to the Computing Support Manager, you will take a leading role in managing and maintaining the school’s IT Infrastructure, which is essential for the research, teaching and professional services of Psychology and Neuroscience. Your primary responsibility will be to collaborate with the Computing Support Manager, to manage and maintain the specialised core IT infrastructure, as well as provide user support and system development.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Lead in evaluating and enhancing the effectiveness of the School’s IT Infrastructure, maximising service quality, efficiency and continuity.
Lead the management of infrastructure, data centres and server hardware across the product lifecycle.
Provide and manage core Linux and Microsoft Windows systems to ensure vital DNS, directory, desktop, and storage services remain available, secure and patched.
Lead the management of web services and Content Management Systems running Apache, PHP, Tomcat, MySQL/MariaDB, Python.
"Investigate new and emerging technologies through innovative design of complex systems and usage of specialist IT equipment for use in Psychology and Neuroscience teaching and research, to deliver strategic and operational benefits. Manage the allocated portion of the IT budget, ensuring an effective split between end-user and infrastructure management, and regularly present findings and budget impacts at the board level to align with organizational strategy and support informed decision-making."
Represent Psychology and Neuroscience at Campus and College IT forums, liaising with staff in Computing Service, and providing specialist advice in areas such as security, data storage and governance to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of IT provision in the University.
"Manage the allocated portion of the IT budget, ensuring an effective split between end-user and infrastructure management. Collaborate with the Computing Support Manager to contribute to the Computing Support Department's budget from an infrastructure perspective, including costing for upgrades, maintenance, and other related expenses. Work closely to ensure that infrastructure investments align with departmental needs and strategic priorities, optimizing resource allocation and financial planning."
Oversee the management and development of support staff, fostering a culture of excellence through the implementation of best practices, strategic talent development initiatives, and the execution of annual performance reviews.
Lead end-to-end project management with a high degree of autonomy, ensuring successful project delivery from inception to completion. Oversee the creation of comprehensive documentation and provide training to colleagues as needed to support project objectives and knowledge transfer
Partner with the University Central IT to design and implement advanced IT security policies, ensuring alignment with institutional standards and enhancing the overall cybersecurity framework
Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills, and Experience Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential:
A1 Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework Level 9 (Ordinary Degree, Scottish Vocational Qualification level 4), or equivalent experience of personal development in a similar role or related role. A2 Ability to undertake the duties associated with this level of post A3 Comprehensive, expert current knowledge of IT standards, systems, and provision to support delivery of research and teaching.
Desirable:
B1 Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate certification is highly desirable, with a strong emphasis on proficiency in managing local Active Directory environments.
B2 Proficiency in macOS management with JAMF certification is highly desirable.
B3 Experience of working in a Higher Education environment.
Skills Essential:
C1 Skills in LAMP platforms (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP).
C2Extensive experience in Linux/Unix administration, including user management (NIS Domain), monitoring, optimizing system performance, system updates, backups (ZFS) and network storage (NFS).
C2 Skill in managing and maintaining networking services (DNS, DHCP), which includes diagnosing and troubleshooting network problems.
C3 Expertise in Microsoft on prem Active Directory and Window Server 2019 and above.
C4 Ability to take a problem/project from conception to completion, interpreting and integrating technical and user needs appropriately.
C5 Ability to develop innovative solutions and to influence others to adopt them.
C6 Excellent interpersonal and communication (oral and written) skills.
C7 Demonstrable people/time/budget/project management skills of an appropriate level.
C8 Ability to work effectively with a high level of independence but also within a team.
C9 Strong analytical and innovative problem-solving skills.
C10 Ability to multitask successfully in a busy role with competing demands
C11 Ability to work flexibly and adapt to changing environments.
C12 Ability to collaborate with teams within our ogranisation (e.g Information Services Security Team and Network Infrastructure Team)
Desirable:
D1 Understanding of cybersecurity principles to protect data and computational resources. D2 Compliance with data privacy regulations and institutional IT policies. D3 Ability to implement and maintain secure access protocols. D4 Support for software installations, updates, and troubleshooting. D5 Ability to provide technical support to faculty and students. D6 Conducting training sessions on best practices for using the computing grid.
D7 Expertise in managing and maintaining high-performance computing (HPC) systems, Rocks Clusters or similar.
D8 Skills in Enterprise server software and storage technologies such as, Isilon, iDrac, Microsoft failover clusters and VMware VCenter.
F9 Proficiency in virtualisation and containerisation technologies (e.g., Docker, singularity).
Experience
Essential:
E1 Experience in leading a highly specialised infrastructure team.
E2 Substantial experience in server management and systems administration in a heterogeneous environment with a mix of Linux, Unix and MS Windows server technologies providing general services, such as backup, mail, DNS, DHCP, printing and user accounts.
E4 Installation and administration of enterprise level server hardware and software. Including, server management, virtualisation, and storage management.
E5 Significant experience of a higher-level programming or scripting language such as Shell Script, Python or PowerShell.
E6 Experience managing projects in a complex multidisciplinary organisation.
E7 Experience of taking responsibility for actions that can have considerable impact on the user community.
E8 Experience of negotiating with colleagues.
Desirable:
F1 Supporting Research in an academic environment.
F2 Supporting MySQL/MariaDB relational database servers.
F3 Security with network penetration testing, diagnosis, and patching.
F4 Experience of GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), Caldecott and the processing of personal and medical data.
E5 Knowledge of libraries needed for GPU clusters and distributed computing frameworks
To oversee and Retrofit Design on all Retrofit measures in compliance with PAS20:35 standards and Building regulations across all national contracts /locations, to review technical surveys, proposed works, products and installation methods to ensure proposed design is suitable and compliant. To manage volumes and workflows and internal reporting. Benefits for Working at CCS Pension Scheme (Auto-enrolment after completion of probation). Buying/Selling of annual leave after a successful probation period in the allocated window. Professional growth opportunities. Parking available in office locations. Refer-a-friend bonus scheme. Work-related training (in-house and external where appropriate). 24/7 Employee Assistance Program. Key Responsibilities Management of design to ensure contract compliance with all work specifications and PAS2035/2030 standards. To review and stay up to date with all existing building regulations relevant to the design works To build and develop a robust top class internal design service across all engagements and all work streams within CCS. To support all department managers & report to Head of Department. To ensure continuous improvement and application of CCS business/quality processes in all aspects of our service. To manage, improve and maintain first class processes and end to end management of works and company processes. To partake in client meetings and briefings, specifically with internal work force and external contractors To work with the Retrofit Coordinator and PAS Compliance Manager to ensure first class complaint delivery. To continue to build positive relationships and collaboration between Design, Surveying and Operational teams To provide constructive feedback to surveying team on quality, improvements required and liaise closely with the surveying manager. Ensure CPD is kept up to date and relevant regular product training. To provide weekly reports to the Head of Department and PAS Compliance manager. To ensure timely and effective business process via Protean/management systems to aid accurate data on jobs and workflow. Skills/Qualifications Experience and proven track record of at least 2 years at senior management level. Proven experience in the management of similar discipline/managers of a technical nature. Proven background in social housing programs preferred. Relevant degree in construction & built environment. Minimum of 2 years experience within design environment preferred Experience of working across all work streams installation, retrofit projects, Proven experience in top class customer service Willing to gain further qualifications in built environment. IT competence with CRM systems & Digital awareness Understanding of design and technical refurbishment (Fabric and Renewable Tech) Understanding of compliance requirements and process management in social housing sector. About UsPersonal Attributes You pride yourself on truth and share knowledge for the greater good. You are committed to improvement and are an active team participant. You accept responsibility for your role and promote ownership in others. You have a desire to be successful and achieve goals, whether small or large. You are flexible to meet business needs and actively work towards expanding your knowledge and skills. We are an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applicants no matter what their ethnicity, gender, sexuality, beliefs or nationality. Apply Now and Shape the Future with CCS! JBRP1_UKTJ
08/12/2025
Full time
To oversee and Retrofit Design on all Retrofit measures in compliance with PAS20:35 standards and Building regulations across all national contracts /locations, to review technical surveys, proposed works, products and installation methods to ensure proposed design is suitable and compliant. To manage volumes and workflows and internal reporting. Benefits for Working at CCS Pension Scheme (Auto-enrolment after completion of probation). Buying/Selling of annual leave after a successful probation period in the allocated window. Professional growth opportunities. Parking available in office locations. Refer-a-friend bonus scheme. Work-related training (in-house and external where appropriate). 24/7 Employee Assistance Program. Key Responsibilities Management of design to ensure contract compliance with all work specifications and PAS2035/2030 standards. To review and stay up to date with all existing building regulations relevant to the design works To build and develop a robust top class internal design service across all engagements and all work streams within CCS. To support all department managers & report to Head of Department. To ensure continuous improvement and application of CCS business/quality processes in all aspects of our service. To manage, improve and maintain first class processes and end to end management of works and company processes. To partake in client meetings and briefings, specifically with internal work force and external contractors To work with the Retrofit Coordinator and PAS Compliance Manager to ensure first class complaint delivery. To continue to build positive relationships and collaboration between Design, Surveying and Operational teams To provide constructive feedback to surveying team on quality, improvements required and liaise closely with the surveying manager. Ensure CPD is kept up to date and relevant regular product training. To provide weekly reports to the Head of Department and PAS Compliance manager. To ensure timely and effective business process via Protean/management systems to aid accurate data on jobs and workflow. Skills/Qualifications Experience and proven track record of at least 2 years at senior management level. Proven experience in the management of similar discipline/managers of a technical nature. Proven background in social housing programs preferred. Relevant degree in construction & built environment. Minimum of 2 years experience within design environment preferred Experience of working across all work streams installation, retrofit projects, Proven experience in top class customer service Willing to gain further qualifications in built environment. IT competence with CRM systems & Digital awareness Understanding of design and technical refurbishment (Fabric and Renewable Tech) Understanding of compliance requirements and process management in social housing sector. About UsPersonal Attributes You pride yourself on truth and share knowledge for the greater good. You are committed to improvement and are an active team participant. You accept responsibility for your role and promote ownership in others. You have a desire to be successful and achieve goals, whether small or large. You are flexible to meet business needs and actively work towards expanding your knowledge and skills. We are an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applicants no matter what their ethnicity, gender, sexuality, beliefs or nationality. Apply Now and Shape the Future with CCS! JBRP1_UKTJ
Head of Marketplaces Location: Stockton on Tees, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Manchester. Hybrid (3 days in office, 2 remote however, for the right person, we'd consider alternative arrangements) Contract Type: Permanent Hours: Full time Salary: Competitive Build a Leading Marketplace Service and Drive Explosive Growth Visualsoft is a leading digital agency renowned for delivering exceptional results in e-commerce and digital marketing. We're seeking a dynamic and experienced Head of Marketplaces to spearhead the creation and growth of our marketplaces department. This is a unique opportunity and a high-impact role where you'll have the opportunity to shape the strategy, build and mentor your own team of marketplace specialists, and drive significant revenue growth and profitability on platforms like Amazon, eBay, and hundreds of others for our clients. A key aspect of this role will be collaborating closely with our sales team, providing marketplace expertise during pitches, and ensuring seamless onboarding of new clients through to the retention and delight of clients. Your Role: As the Head of Marketplaces, you will be the strategic and commercial leader responsible for the growth and performance of our client-facing marketplace division. You will lead and develop a team of marketplace professionals, providing them with the guidance and support they need to excel. Your focus will be on driving client growth and satisfaction through the development and execution of effective marketplace strategies, maximising efficiency, and establishing Visualsoft's reputation as a leader in delivering exceptional marketplace services through the talent and success of your team. Key Responsibilities: Commercial Leadership: Drive revenue growth and profitability through effective marketplace strategies and ownership of commercial targets. Team Leadership: Build, mentor, and inspire a high-performing marketplace team, fostering collaboration and innovation. Client Strategy: Develop tailored marketplace strategies, maintain strong client relationships, and act as a trusted advisor. Amazon & Marketplace Expertise: Optimize performance across Amazon and other marketplaces, including SEO, PPC, promotions, content, and selling strategy. Marketplace Expansion: Identify new marketplace opportunities and manage integration of new channels. Sales Collaboration: Support sales teams with marketplace expertise, pitches, and client handovers. Technology & Automation: Implement and optimize marketplace tools to streamline processes and improve efficiency. Data & Insights: Use data analysis to monitor KPIs, identify trends, and optimize campaign performance. Innovation: Stay ahead of marketplace trends, applying best practices and innovative strategies. Requirements: Experience: Proven success in marketplace leadership, scaling strategies, managing teams, and driving revenue growth. Leadership & Management: Strong ability to mentor, inspire, and develop teams while fostering accountability. Strategic & Commercial Acumen: Skilled in strategic thinking, problem-solving, and understanding commercial drivers. Communication: Excellent interpersonal, presentation, and negotiation skills for clients, partners, and teams. Industry Knowledge: Deep understanding of marketplaces, technologies, and best practices. Data-Driven: Strong analytical skills to interpret data and generate actionable insights. Business Development: Experience identifying opportunities, supporting sales, and driving partnerships. Tech-Savvy: Awareness of emerging technologies, including AI, to improve efficiency and results. Results-Oriented & Resilient: Focused on achieving goals, thriving in fast-paced, evolving environments, and embracing change. Benefits Competitive basic salary with great progression options Unlimited paid holidays - yes, that's not a typo! Hybrid working Medicash Cash Plan covering everything from medical support, massages, optical, dental, a discounts platform, and extras like SkinVision and digital physiotherapy. Cash back up to £995 per year, completely paid for by us! Employee Assistance Programme access to Vivup for mental health support, financial guidance, and wellbeing resources Great working environments; our Stockton on Tees and Manchester workspaces are also dog-friendly A high-performance MacBook VS Perks, have a monthly treat on us; from Amazon vouchers, PlayStation credits, ASOS, H&M to Just Eat, there's something for everyone! Free breakfast, fruit, hot and cold drinks and protein shakes Friday afternoon drinks to wind down for the weekend Pension scheme to help you save for the future Cycle to work scheme Discounts across our brands Regular team social events Training & development So if you think youve got what it takes to join one of the UKs leading eCommerce agencies, wed love to hear from you. A little formality by applying, you implicitly consent to us processing your personal data for review for this vacancy only. Visualsoft does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits. You may also have experience in the following: Head of Marketplaces, Marketplace Manager, Marketplace Director, E-commerce Marketplace Lead, Amazon Marketplace Manager, Amazon Account Director, Marketplace Growth Manager, E-commerce Director, Head of E-commerce, Marketplace Operations Manager, Marketplace Strategy Manager, Digital Commerce Manager, Head of Digital Marketplaces, Marketplace Performance Manager, Marketplace Commercial Manager REF- JBRP1_UKTJ
08/12/2025
Full time
Head of Marketplaces Location: Stockton on Tees, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Manchester. Hybrid (3 days in office, 2 remote however, for the right person, we'd consider alternative arrangements) Contract Type: Permanent Hours: Full time Salary: Competitive Build a Leading Marketplace Service and Drive Explosive Growth Visualsoft is a leading digital agency renowned for delivering exceptional results in e-commerce and digital marketing. We're seeking a dynamic and experienced Head of Marketplaces to spearhead the creation and growth of our marketplaces department. This is a unique opportunity and a high-impact role where you'll have the opportunity to shape the strategy, build and mentor your own team of marketplace specialists, and drive significant revenue growth and profitability on platforms like Amazon, eBay, and hundreds of others for our clients. A key aspect of this role will be collaborating closely with our sales team, providing marketplace expertise during pitches, and ensuring seamless onboarding of new clients through to the retention and delight of clients. Your Role: As the Head of Marketplaces, you will be the strategic and commercial leader responsible for the growth and performance of our client-facing marketplace division. You will lead and develop a team of marketplace professionals, providing them with the guidance and support they need to excel. Your focus will be on driving client growth and satisfaction through the development and execution of effective marketplace strategies, maximising efficiency, and establishing Visualsoft's reputation as a leader in delivering exceptional marketplace services through the talent and success of your team. Key Responsibilities: Commercial Leadership: Drive revenue growth and profitability through effective marketplace strategies and ownership of commercial targets. Team Leadership: Build, mentor, and inspire a high-performing marketplace team, fostering collaboration and innovation. Client Strategy: Develop tailored marketplace strategies, maintain strong client relationships, and act as a trusted advisor. Amazon & Marketplace Expertise: Optimize performance across Amazon and other marketplaces, including SEO, PPC, promotions, content, and selling strategy. Marketplace Expansion: Identify new marketplace opportunities and manage integration of new channels. Sales Collaboration: Support sales teams with marketplace expertise, pitches, and client handovers. Technology & Automation: Implement and optimize marketplace tools to streamline processes and improve efficiency. Data & Insights: Use data analysis to monitor KPIs, identify trends, and optimize campaign performance. Innovation: Stay ahead of marketplace trends, applying best practices and innovative strategies. Requirements: Experience: Proven success in marketplace leadership, scaling strategies, managing teams, and driving revenue growth. Leadership & Management: Strong ability to mentor, inspire, and develop teams while fostering accountability. Strategic & Commercial Acumen: Skilled in strategic thinking, problem-solving, and understanding commercial drivers. Communication: Excellent interpersonal, presentation, and negotiation skills for clients, partners, and teams. Industry Knowledge: Deep understanding of marketplaces, technologies, and best practices. Data-Driven: Strong analytical skills to interpret data and generate actionable insights. Business Development: Experience identifying opportunities, supporting sales, and driving partnerships. Tech-Savvy: Awareness of emerging technologies, including AI, to improve efficiency and results. Results-Oriented & Resilient: Focused on achieving goals, thriving in fast-paced, evolving environments, and embracing change. Benefits Competitive basic salary with great progression options Unlimited paid holidays - yes, that's not a typo! Hybrid working Medicash Cash Plan covering everything from medical support, massages, optical, dental, a discounts platform, and extras like SkinVision and digital physiotherapy. Cash back up to £995 per year, completely paid for by us! Employee Assistance Programme access to Vivup for mental health support, financial guidance, and wellbeing resources Great working environments; our Stockton on Tees and Manchester workspaces are also dog-friendly A high-performance MacBook VS Perks, have a monthly treat on us; from Amazon vouchers, PlayStation credits, ASOS, H&M to Just Eat, there's something for everyone! Free breakfast, fruit, hot and cold drinks and protein shakes Friday afternoon drinks to wind down for the weekend Pension scheme to help you save for the future Cycle to work scheme Discounts across our brands Regular team social events Training & development So if you think youve got what it takes to join one of the UKs leading eCommerce agencies, wed love to hear from you. A little formality by applying, you implicitly consent to us processing your personal data for review for this vacancy only. Visualsoft does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits. You may also have experience in the following: Head of Marketplaces, Marketplace Manager, Marketplace Director, E-commerce Marketplace Lead, Amazon Marketplace Manager, Amazon Account Director, Marketplace Growth Manager, E-commerce Director, Head of E-commerce, Marketplace Operations Manager, Marketplace Strategy Manager, Digital Commerce Manager, Head of Digital Marketplaces, Marketplace Performance Manager, Marketplace Commercial Manager REF- JBRP1_UKTJ
Please note this role is working on a remote basis in England or Wales Role Overview: HMA Tax are the UK's leading Capital Allowances consultancy, due to huge growth recently we are now seeking 2 dynamic and results-oriented BDMs to join our office. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a proven track record in selling tax consultancy services to businesses. HMA Tax is part of the K3 Capital Group of companies, owned by Sun Capital Partners. If you are a proactive and motivated individual looking to make a significant impact in a leading consultancy firm, we would love to hear from you. Would you like to work for a forward thinking company, with a competitive package and the luxury of having several appointments made for you each week as well booking your own appointments and developing relationships with clients? If your answer is yes then please apply with your CV and a cover letter outlining your relevant experience and why you are interested in joining HMA Tax. Key Responsibilities: Develop and maintain relationships with business clients to promote Capital Allowances services. Identify and pursue new business opportunities within target markets. Collaborate with internal teams to ensure a seamless client experience. Provide expert advice on Capital Allowances and other related tax consultancy services. Maintain accurate records of client interactions and sales activities. Ideal Candidate: Proven experience in selling tax consultancy services, particularly in a business-to-business context. Understanding of Capital Allowances or Research & Development Tax. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to work independently and as part of a team. Results-oriented with a track record of achieving sales targets and driving revenue growth. Full UK driving licence and access to a car. What We Offer: Up to £45K basic, £80K OTE + Uncapped commission with top performers earning £100K+ Remote role with visits to our head office in Worcester once each quarter Comprehensive benefits package, including pension and private healthcare. Ongoing training and development opportunities. A supportive and collaborative working environment. Great working environment with regular team activities including our annual Summer Polo event! JBRP1_UKTJ
08/12/2025
Full time
Please note this role is working on a remote basis in England or Wales Role Overview: HMA Tax are the UK's leading Capital Allowances consultancy, due to huge growth recently we are now seeking 2 dynamic and results-oriented BDMs to join our office. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a proven track record in selling tax consultancy services to businesses. HMA Tax is part of the K3 Capital Group of companies, owned by Sun Capital Partners. If you are a proactive and motivated individual looking to make a significant impact in a leading consultancy firm, we would love to hear from you. Would you like to work for a forward thinking company, with a competitive package and the luxury of having several appointments made for you each week as well booking your own appointments and developing relationships with clients? If your answer is yes then please apply with your CV and a cover letter outlining your relevant experience and why you are interested in joining HMA Tax. Key Responsibilities: Develop and maintain relationships with business clients to promote Capital Allowances services. Identify and pursue new business opportunities within target markets. Collaborate with internal teams to ensure a seamless client experience. Provide expert advice on Capital Allowances and other related tax consultancy services. Maintain accurate records of client interactions and sales activities. Ideal Candidate: Proven experience in selling tax consultancy services, particularly in a business-to-business context. Understanding of Capital Allowances or Research & Development Tax. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to work independently and as part of a team. Results-oriented with a track record of achieving sales targets and driving revenue growth. Full UK driving licence and access to a car. What We Offer: Up to £45K basic, £80K OTE + Uncapped commission with top performers earning £100K+ Remote role with visits to our head office in Worcester once each quarter Comprehensive benefits package, including pension and private healthcare. Ongoing training and development opportunities. A supportive and collaborative working environment. Great working environment with regular team activities including our annual Summer Polo event! JBRP1_UKTJ
Ideas People Trust We're BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today's changing world. We work with the companies that are Britain's economic engine - ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them. We'll broaden your horizons To ensure our services and applications are fit for the modern market, our IT team collaborates with every department. They develop, they explore and they implement the new ideas helping us to change the future of accounting, tax and business consulting. But, just as importantly, they maintain the tech that keeps us advancing. By testing and adopting the future of financial technical solutions, they find new and exciting ways to drive us forward. And you could too. In an IT role at BDO, you'll become part of a team that act as the backbone for our business. No matter who you are or what your skillset is, we'll give you the training and support you need to achieve whatever you put your mind to. We'll help you succeed Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships. You'll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO's partners to help businesses effectively. You'll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with. Reporting into the I T Architecture team , the purpose of this role is to lead in designing, planning , and delivering solutions in collaboration with our Innovation & Digi tal Office and the business streams . Some of these solutions will be derived from innovation ideas that are being generated with in the business. You'll w ork closely with other A rchitects , and Innovation Managers to ensure new solutions address a business problem whil st adhering to our architectural design and enterprise strategy . In order to accelerate time to market, you will utilise approaches such as buy before build and a rapid agile delivery . Using both minimum viable product and iterative principals the role is responsible in delivering solutions at speed into the business, utilising a 'cloud first' strategy. You must be both technically proficient and solution focussed, motivated by finding coherent and strategic solutions to complex business. You will have a track record of innovation and be able to demonstrate examples of using creativity and technical knowledge to achieve successful business outcomes through an engaging and consultative approach. In this role you'll : Be responsible for leading the design, and technical delivery of prototypes and digital products within an agile squad . Participate in the discovery of new opportunities, turning problems statements into business outcome dri ven technical proposals. Solve problems using creative approaches and emerging technologies. Be comfortable learning, and becoming a subject matter expert within, an assigned business domain. Collaborate with Enterprise Architects, Integration Architects and Cloud Architects to build coherent systems within our IT environments. Work alongside Business Analysts and UX Designers supporting the gathering and validating of requirements, user journeys and user experience . Contribute to the growth of the IT Architecture function and its practices , ensuring that Architecture is, and is recognised as, a valuable asset to BDO. Contribute and adhere to technical , delivery , and service governance standards whilst designing solutions. Adhere to change processes and produce high quality technical documentation . You'll be someone with: Exceptional verbal and written communication, including presentation skills. Able to communicate to stakeholders at all levels of the organisation and 3rd parties . Experience working with the following technologies: JavaScript, React, C# . NET , Python, SQL, APIs , Azure, Power Platform, SaaS , PaaS , IaC . Exposure to and understanding of emerging technologies e.g. AI, LLMs, Machine Learning, NLP , MCP etc . Experience in architecture and software development methodologies , and design techniques e.g. Agile, C4, UML , TOGAF , Microsoft Well-Architected Framework , design patterns . Experience using modern tools in support of delivery: e.g. Azure DevOps, LeanIX , Lucidchart , Figma, Balsamiq, M365. Excellent understanding of public cloud hosted infrastructure and application integrations. Experience in building Minimal Viable Products (MVP) and working with product teams. Experience evaluating and working with SaaS products. You'll be able to be yourself; we'll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We're committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand. At BDO, we'll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development. We're in it together Mutual support and respect is one of BDO's core values and we're proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we'll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you'll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work. We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we've invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO's people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we'll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you'll never stop learning at BDO. We're looking forward to the future At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we're always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions We've got a clear purpose, and we're confident in our future, because we're adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.
08/12/2025
Full time
Ideas People Trust We're BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today's changing world. We work with the companies that are Britain's economic engine - ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them. We'll broaden your horizons To ensure our services and applications are fit for the modern market, our IT team collaborates with every department. They develop, they explore and they implement the new ideas helping us to change the future of accounting, tax and business consulting. But, just as importantly, they maintain the tech that keeps us advancing. By testing and adopting the future of financial technical solutions, they find new and exciting ways to drive us forward. And you could too. In an IT role at BDO, you'll become part of a team that act as the backbone for our business. No matter who you are or what your skillset is, we'll give you the training and support you need to achieve whatever you put your mind to. We'll help you succeed Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships. You'll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO's partners to help businesses effectively. You'll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with. Reporting into the I T Architecture team , the purpose of this role is to lead in designing, planning , and delivering solutions in collaboration with our Innovation & Digi tal Office and the business streams . Some of these solutions will be derived from innovation ideas that are being generated with in the business. You'll w ork closely with other A rchitects , and Innovation Managers to ensure new solutions address a business problem whil st adhering to our architectural design and enterprise strategy . In order to accelerate time to market, you will utilise approaches such as buy before build and a rapid agile delivery . Using both minimum viable product and iterative principals the role is responsible in delivering solutions at speed into the business, utilising a 'cloud first' strategy. You must be both technically proficient and solution focussed, motivated by finding coherent and strategic solutions to complex business. You will have a track record of innovation and be able to demonstrate examples of using creativity and technical knowledge to achieve successful business outcomes through an engaging and consultative approach. In this role you'll : Be responsible for leading the design, and technical delivery of prototypes and digital products within an agile squad . Participate in the discovery of new opportunities, turning problems statements into business outcome dri ven technical proposals. Solve problems using creative approaches and emerging technologies. Be comfortable learning, and becoming a subject matter expert within, an assigned business domain. Collaborate with Enterprise Architects, Integration Architects and Cloud Architects to build coherent systems within our IT environments. Work alongside Business Analysts and UX Designers supporting the gathering and validating of requirements, user journeys and user experience . Contribute to the growth of the IT Architecture function and its practices , ensuring that Architecture is, and is recognised as, a valuable asset to BDO. Contribute and adhere to technical , delivery , and service governance standards whilst designing solutions. Adhere to change processes and produce high quality technical documentation . You'll be someone with: Exceptional verbal and written communication, including presentation skills. Able to communicate to stakeholders at all levels of the organisation and 3rd parties . Experience working with the following technologies: JavaScript, React, C# . NET , Python, SQL, APIs , Azure, Power Platform, SaaS , PaaS , IaC . Exposure to and understanding of emerging technologies e.g. AI, LLMs, Machine Learning, NLP , MCP etc . Experience in architecture and software development methodologies , and design techniques e.g. Agile, C4, UML , TOGAF , Microsoft Well-Architected Framework , design patterns . Experience using modern tools in support of delivery: e.g. Azure DevOps, LeanIX , Lucidchart , Figma, Balsamiq, M365. Excellent understanding of public cloud hosted infrastructure and application integrations. Experience in building Minimal Viable Products (MVP) and working with product teams. Experience evaluating and working with SaaS products. You'll be able to be yourself; we'll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We're committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand. At BDO, we'll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development. We're in it together Mutual support and respect is one of BDO's core values and we're proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we'll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you'll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work. We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we've invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO's people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we'll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you'll never stop learning at BDO. We're looking forward to the future At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we're always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions We've got a clear purpose, and we're confident in our future, because we're adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.
Join Us as an AVP AI Platform Engineer - Shape the Future of AI at Barclays. We're excited to launch a groundbreaking initiative at Barclays - building a next-generation platform that empowers front-office developers (Quants and Strats) to create high-performance, AI-driven applications. As an AVP AI Platform Engineer, you'll be involved in designing, building, and scaling robust platform components that enable advanced AI/ML workloads across both on-premises and cloud environments. This is a hands-on engineering role where your expertise will directly influence how we deliver secure, scalable, and innovative solutions. You'll collaborate with diverse teams, solve complex challenges, and help shape the technical direction of a platform that will transform how AI is leveraged in financial services. To be successful as an AVP AI Platform Engineer at this level, you should have experience with: Proven experience in Python engineering, with a focus on backend and infrastructure tooling. Deep knowledge of AWS services (IAM, KMS, CloudFormation, API Gateway, S3, Lambda, ECS, Glue, Step Functions, MSK, EKS, Bedrock). Experience scaling platforms for AI/ML workloads and integrating generative AI tooling. Understanding of secure software development, cloud cost optimization, and platform observability. Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences. Demonstrated capability to guide engineering teams and influence technical strategy. Some other highly valued skills may include: Experience with MLOps platforms such as Databricks or SageMaker, and familiarity with hybrid cloud strategies (Azure, on-prem Kubernetes). Strong understanding of AI infrastructure for scalable model serving, distributed training, and GPU orchestration. Expertise in Large Language Models (LLMs) and Small Language Models (SLMs), including fine-tuning and deployment for enterprise use cases. Hands-on experience with Hugging Face libraries and tools for model training, evaluation, and deployment. Knowledge of agentic frameworks (e.g., LangChain, AutoGen) and Model Context Protocol (MCP) for building autonomous AI workflows and interoperability. Awareness of emerging trends in GenAI platforms, open-source MLOps, and cloud-native AI solutions You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. This role can be based out of our Glasgow or Canary Wharf office. Purpose of the role To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues. Accountabilities Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance. Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives. Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing. Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth. Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions. Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability. Assistant Vice President Expectations To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others. OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues. Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done. Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy. Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively. Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience. Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes. All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.
08/12/2025
Full time
Join Us as an AVP AI Platform Engineer - Shape the Future of AI at Barclays. We're excited to launch a groundbreaking initiative at Barclays - building a next-generation platform that empowers front-office developers (Quants and Strats) to create high-performance, AI-driven applications. As an AVP AI Platform Engineer, you'll be involved in designing, building, and scaling robust platform components that enable advanced AI/ML workloads across both on-premises and cloud environments. This is a hands-on engineering role where your expertise will directly influence how we deliver secure, scalable, and innovative solutions. You'll collaborate with diverse teams, solve complex challenges, and help shape the technical direction of a platform that will transform how AI is leveraged in financial services. To be successful as an AVP AI Platform Engineer at this level, you should have experience with: Proven experience in Python engineering, with a focus on backend and infrastructure tooling. Deep knowledge of AWS services (IAM, KMS, CloudFormation, API Gateway, S3, Lambda, ECS, Glue, Step Functions, MSK, EKS, Bedrock). Experience scaling platforms for AI/ML workloads and integrating generative AI tooling. Understanding of secure software development, cloud cost optimization, and platform observability. Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences. Demonstrated capability to guide engineering teams and influence technical strategy. Some other highly valued skills may include: Experience with MLOps platforms such as Databricks or SageMaker, and familiarity with hybrid cloud strategies (Azure, on-prem Kubernetes). Strong understanding of AI infrastructure for scalable model serving, distributed training, and GPU orchestration. Expertise in Large Language Models (LLMs) and Small Language Models (SLMs), including fine-tuning and deployment for enterprise use cases. Hands-on experience with Hugging Face libraries and tools for model training, evaluation, and deployment. Knowledge of agentic frameworks (e.g., LangChain, AutoGen) and Model Context Protocol (MCP) for building autonomous AI workflows and interoperability. Awareness of emerging trends in GenAI platforms, open-source MLOps, and cloud-native AI solutions You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. This role can be based out of our Glasgow or Canary Wharf office. Purpose of the role To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues. Accountabilities Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance. Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives. Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing. Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth. Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions. Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability. Assistant Vice President Expectations To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others. OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues. Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done. Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy. Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively. Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience. Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes. All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.
Ideas People Trust We're BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today's changing world. We work with the companies that are Britain's economic engine - ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them. We'll broaden your horizons To ensure our services and applications are fit for the modern market, our IT team collaborates with every department. They develop, they explore and they implement the new ideas helping us to change the future of accounting, tax and business consulting. But, just as importantly, they maintain the tech that keeps us advancing. By testing and adopting the future of financial technical solutions, they find new and exciting ways to drive us forward. And you could too. In an IT role at BDO, you'll become part of a team that act as the backbone for our business. No matter who you are or what your skillset is, we'll give you the training and support you need to achieve whatever you put your mind to. We'll help you succeed Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships. You'll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO's partners to help businesses effectively. You'll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with. BDO has ideas at the heart of what it does - "Ideas, People, Trust" is our tagline. This position will help transform those ideas into tangible and demonstrable innovation and change within the company and with our clients, often through digital services and products. You will be helping build the BDO of the Future. Basically, turning ideas into reality. In this busy and rewarding role you'll also: Help drive innovation - both mindset and practical delivery - throughout BDO's 8,000 employees and at all levels. Help the business areas create and define new opportunities, innovations and assess whether digital products can help deliver benefits for these areas. Help the business define the benefits of the change, short and long term, tangible and intangible and assess priority. Help to administer the internal innovation platform for all users, including helping people set innovation challenges and managing the ideas generated. Assist the Product Owner where required in our Agile/SCRUM development process, and interface into our internal and external development teams. Ensure the product is complete - i.e. the business strategy, the product specification, the business case and the technical requirements match the delivered solution, both commercially and technically. Liaise with the Business Relationship Managers to help manage the pipeline of incoming products, PoCs/prototypes and technology requests. Support them with captivating content to extend the reach of innovation within business units. Help manage the firm's innovation community to communicate our product roadmap, and help develop new ideas and possible products. Help arrange and deliver learning and training across a range of skills and levels, in order to increase uptake of delivered innovation, and to improve our Digital Mindset and client experience. You'll be someone with: A passion for innovation and product development, from concept to delivery to ownership, with a demonstrable track record of successful products or projects. Confidence building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders at both a junior and senior level. The ability to champion ideas, innovation, digital, mobile and AI in a professional services environment. The ability to contribute to all aspects of digital product development, incl. business planning, costs/revenue projections, marketing/comms, operational planning, product requirements (including writing epics/features/stories and managing the product backlog), liaising with development teams and solution architects, change control, project timescales and costs, UX/UI and digital design, customer feedback and co-creation. Excellent knowledge of digital and mobile product creation, with attention to detail and the desire for products to look fantastic and delight customers. The ability to work with both internal delivery teams and external suppliers (including scouting, selection, managing commercial terms as well as actual delivery). The ability to manage challenging ideas full lifecycle, i.e. from idea to product. You'll be able to be yourself; we'll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We're committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand. At BDO, we'll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development. We're in it together Mutual support and respect is one of BDO's core values and we're proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we'll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you'll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work. We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we've invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO's people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we'll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you'll never stop learning at BDO. We're looking forward to the future At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we're always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions We've got a clear purpose, and we're confident in our future, because we're adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.
08/12/2025
Full time
Ideas People Trust We're BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today's changing world. We work with the companies that are Britain's economic engine - ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them. We'll broaden your horizons To ensure our services and applications are fit for the modern market, our IT team collaborates with every department. They develop, they explore and they implement the new ideas helping us to change the future of accounting, tax and business consulting. But, just as importantly, they maintain the tech that keeps us advancing. By testing and adopting the future of financial technical solutions, they find new and exciting ways to drive us forward. And you could too. In an IT role at BDO, you'll become part of a team that act as the backbone for our business. No matter who you are or what your skillset is, we'll give you the training and support you need to achieve whatever you put your mind to. We'll help you succeed Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships. You'll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO's partners to help businesses effectively. You'll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with. BDO has ideas at the heart of what it does - "Ideas, People, Trust" is our tagline. This position will help transform those ideas into tangible and demonstrable innovation and change within the company and with our clients, often through digital services and products. You will be helping build the BDO of the Future. Basically, turning ideas into reality. In this busy and rewarding role you'll also: Help drive innovation - both mindset and practical delivery - throughout BDO's 8,000 employees and at all levels. Help the business areas create and define new opportunities, innovations and assess whether digital products can help deliver benefits for these areas. Help the business define the benefits of the change, short and long term, tangible and intangible and assess priority. Help to administer the internal innovation platform for all users, including helping people set innovation challenges and managing the ideas generated. Assist the Product Owner where required in our Agile/SCRUM development process, and interface into our internal and external development teams. Ensure the product is complete - i.e. the business strategy, the product specification, the business case and the technical requirements match the delivered solution, both commercially and technically. Liaise with the Business Relationship Managers to help manage the pipeline of incoming products, PoCs/prototypes and technology requests. Support them with captivating content to extend the reach of innovation within business units. Help manage the firm's innovation community to communicate our product roadmap, and help develop new ideas and possible products. Help arrange and deliver learning and training across a range of skills and levels, in order to increase uptake of delivered innovation, and to improve our Digital Mindset and client experience. You'll be someone with: A passion for innovation and product development, from concept to delivery to ownership, with a demonstrable track record of successful products or projects. Confidence building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders at both a junior and senior level. The ability to champion ideas, innovation, digital, mobile and AI in a professional services environment. The ability to contribute to all aspects of digital product development, incl. business planning, costs/revenue projections, marketing/comms, operational planning, product requirements (including writing epics/features/stories and managing the product backlog), liaising with development teams and solution architects, change control, project timescales and costs, UX/UI and digital design, customer feedback and co-creation. Excellent knowledge of digital and mobile product creation, with attention to detail and the desire for products to look fantastic and delight customers. The ability to work with both internal delivery teams and external suppliers (including scouting, selection, managing commercial terms as well as actual delivery). The ability to manage challenging ideas full lifecycle, i.e. from idea to product. You'll be able to be yourself; we'll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We're committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand. At BDO, we'll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development. We're in it together Mutual support and respect is one of BDO's core values and we're proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we'll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you'll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work. We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we've invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO's people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we'll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you'll never stop learning at BDO. We're looking forward to the future At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we're always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions We've got a clear purpose, and we're confident in our future, because we're adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.
Join Us as an AVP AI Platform Engineer - Shape the Future of AI at Barclays. We're excited to launch a groundbreaking initiative at Barclays - building a next-generation platform that empowers front-office developers (Quants and Strats) to create high-performance, AI-driven applications. As an AVP AI Platform Engineer, you'll be involved in designing, building, and scaling robust platform components that enable advanced AI/ML workloads across both on-premises and cloud environments. This is a hands-on engineering role where your expertise will directly influence how we deliver secure, scalable, and innovative solutions. You'll collaborate with diverse teams, solve complex challenges, and help shape the technical direction of a platform that will transform how AI is leveraged in financial services. To be successful as an AVP AI Platform Engineer at this level, you should have experience with: Proven experience in Python engineering, with a focus on backend and infrastructure tooling. Deep knowledge of AWS services (IAM, KMS, CloudFormation, API Gateway, S3, Lambda, ECS, Glue, Step Functions, MSK, EKS, Bedrock). Experience scaling platforms for AI/ML workloads and integrating generative AI tooling. Understanding of secure software development, cloud cost optimization, and platform observability. Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences. Demonstrated capability to guide engineering teams and influence technical strategy. Some other highly valued skills may include: Experience with MLOps platforms such as Databricks or SageMaker, and familiarity with hybrid cloud strategies (Azure, on-prem Kubernetes). Strong understanding of AI infrastructure for scalable model serving, distributed training, and GPU orchestration. Expertise in Large Language Models (LLMs) and Small Language Models (SLMs), including fine-tuning and deployment for enterprise use cases. Hands-on experience with Hugging Face libraries and tools for model training, evaluation, and deployment. Knowledge of agentic frameworks (e.g., LangChain, AutoGen) and Model Context Protocol (MCP) for building autonomous AI workflows and interoperability. Awareness of emerging trends in GenAI platforms, open-source MLOps, and cloud-native AI solutions You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. This role can be based out of our Glasgow or Canary Wharf office. Purpose of the role To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues. Accountabilities Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance. Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives. Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing. Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth. Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions. Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability. Assistant Vice President Expectations To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others. OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues. Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done. Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy. Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively. Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience. Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes. All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.
08/12/2025
Full time
Join Us as an AVP AI Platform Engineer - Shape the Future of AI at Barclays. We're excited to launch a groundbreaking initiative at Barclays - building a next-generation platform that empowers front-office developers (Quants and Strats) to create high-performance, AI-driven applications. As an AVP AI Platform Engineer, you'll be involved in designing, building, and scaling robust platform components that enable advanced AI/ML workloads across both on-premises and cloud environments. This is a hands-on engineering role where your expertise will directly influence how we deliver secure, scalable, and innovative solutions. You'll collaborate with diverse teams, solve complex challenges, and help shape the technical direction of a platform that will transform how AI is leveraged in financial services. To be successful as an AVP AI Platform Engineer at this level, you should have experience with: Proven experience in Python engineering, with a focus on backend and infrastructure tooling. Deep knowledge of AWS services (IAM, KMS, CloudFormation, API Gateway, S3, Lambda, ECS, Glue, Step Functions, MSK, EKS, Bedrock). Experience scaling platforms for AI/ML workloads and integrating generative AI tooling. Understanding of secure software development, cloud cost optimization, and platform observability. Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences. Demonstrated capability to guide engineering teams and influence technical strategy. Some other highly valued skills may include: Experience with MLOps platforms such as Databricks or SageMaker, and familiarity with hybrid cloud strategies (Azure, on-prem Kubernetes). Strong understanding of AI infrastructure for scalable model serving, distributed training, and GPU orchestration. Expertise in Large Language Models (LLMs) and Small Language Models (SLMs), including fine-tuning and deployment for enterprise use cases. Hands-on experience with Hugging Face libraries and tools for model training, evaluation, and deployment. Knowledge of agentic frameworks (e.g., LangChain, AutoGen) and Model Context Protocol (MCP) for building autonomous AI workflows and interoperability. Awareness of emerging trends in GenAI platforms, open-source MLOps, and cloud-native AI solutions You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. This role can be based out of our Glasgow or Canary Wharf office. Purpose of the role To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues. Accountabilities Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance. Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives. Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing. Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth. Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions. Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability. Assistant Vice President Expectations To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others. OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues. Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done. Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy. Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively. Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience. Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes. All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.
Join Us in Shaping the Future of AI at Barclays. We're launching an exciting new initiative at Barclays to design, build, and scale next-generation platform components that empower developers - including Quants and Strats - to create high-performance, AI-driven applications. As an AI/MLOps Platform Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in this transformation, working hands-on to develop the infrastructure and tooling that supports the full lifecycle of machine learning and generative AI workloads. This is more than an engineering role-it's an opportunity to influence technical direction, collaborate across diverse teams, and help define how AI and GenAI are delivered at scale. To be successful as an AI/MLOps Platform Engineer at this level, you should have experience with: Proficiency in Python engineering skills, especially in backend systems and infrastructure. Deep AWS expertise, including services like SageMaker, Lambda, ECS, Step Functions, S3, IAM, KMS, CloudFormation, and Bedrock. Proven experience building and scaling MLOps platforms and supporting GenAI workloads in production. Strong understanding of secure software development, cloud cost optimization, and platform observability. Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. Demonstrated leadership in setting technical direction while remaining hands-on. Some other highly valued skills may include: Experience with MLOps platforms such as Databricks or SageMaker, and familiarity with hybrid cloud strategies (Azure, on-prem Kubernetes). Strong understanding of AI infrastructure for scalable model serving, distributed training, and GPU orchestration. Expertise in Large Language Models (LLMs) and Small Language Models (SLMs), including fine-tuning and deployment for enterprise use cases. Hands-on experience with Hugging Face libraries and tools for model training, evaluation, and deployment. Knowledge of agentic frameworks (e.g., LangChain, AutoGen) and Model Context Protocol (MCP) for building autonomous AI workflows and interoperability. Awareness of emerging trends in GenAI platforms, open-source MLOps, and cloud-native AI solutions You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. This role can be based out of our Glasgow or Canary Wharf office. Purpose of the role To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues. Accountabilities Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance. Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives. Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing. Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth. Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions. Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability. Assistant Vice President Expectations To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others. OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues. Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done. Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy. Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively. Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience. Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes. All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.
08/12/2025
Full time
Join Us in Shaping the Future of AI at Barclays. We're launching an exciting new initiative at Barclays to design, build, and scale next-generation platform components that empower developers - including Quants and Strats - to create high-performance, AI-driven applications. As an AI/MLOps Platform Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in this transformation, working hands-on to develop the infrastructure and tooling that supports the full lifecycle of machine learning and generative AI workloads. This is more than an engineering role-it's an opportunity to influence technical direction, collaborate across diverse teams, and help define how AI and GenAI are delivered at scale. To be successful as an AI/MLOps Platform Engineer at this level, you should have experience with: Proficiency in Python engineering skills, especially in backend systems and infrastructure. Deep AWS expertise, including services like SageMaker, Lambda, ECS, Step Functions, S3, IAM, KMS, CloudFormation, and Bedrock. Proven experience building and scaling MLOps platforms and supporting GenAI workloads in production. Strong understanding of secure software development, cloud cost optimization, and platform observability. Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. Demonstrated leadership in setting technical direction while remaining hands-on. Some other highly valued skills may include: Experience with MLOps platforms such as Databricks or SageMaker, and familiarity with hybrid cloud strategies (Azure, on-prem Kubernetes). Strong understanding of AI infrastructure for scalable model serving, distributed training, and GPU orchestration. Expertise in Large Language Models (LLMs) and Small Language Models (SLMs), including fine-tuning and deployment for enterprise use cases. Hands-on experience with Hugging Face libraries and tools for model training, evaluation, and deployment. Knowledge of agentic frameworks (e.g., LangChain, AutoGen) and Model Context Protocol (MCP) for building autonomous AI workflows and interoperability. Awareness of emerging trends in GenAI platforms, open-source MLOps, and cloud-native AI solutions You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. This role can be based out of our Glasgow or Canary Wharf office. Purpose of the role To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues. Accountabilities Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance. Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives. Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing. Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth. Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions. Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability. Assistant Vice President Expectations To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others. OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues. Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done. Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy. Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively. Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience. Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes. All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.
Join Us in Shaping the Future of AI at Barclays. We're launching an exciting new initiative at Barclays to design, build, and scale next-generation platform components that empower developers - including Quants and Strats - to create high-performance, AI-driven applications. As an AI/MLOps Platform Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in this transformation, working hands-on to develop the infrastructure and tooling that supports the full lifecycle of machine learning and generative AI workloads. This is more than an engineering role-it's an opportunity to influence technical direction, collaborate across diverse teams, and help define how AI and GenAI are delivered at scale. To be successful as an AI/MLOps Platform Engineer at this level, you should have experience with: Proficiency in Python engineering skills, especially in backend systems and infrastructure. Deep AWS expertise, including services like SageMaker, Lambda, ECS, Step Functions, S3, IAM, KMS, CloudFormation, and Bedrock. Proven experience building and scaling MLOps platforms and supporting GenAI workloads in production. Strong understanding of secure software development, cloud cost optimization, and platform observability. Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. Demonstrated leadership in setting technical direction while remaining hands-on. Some other highly valued skills may include: Experience with MLOps platforms such as Databricks or SageMaker, and familiarity with hybrid cloud strategies (Azure, on-prem Kubernetes). Strong understanding of AI infrastructure for scalable model serving, distributed training, and GPU orchestration. Expertise in Large Language Models (LLMs) and Small Language Models (SLMs), including fine-tuning and deployment for enterprise use cases. Hands-on experience with Hugging Face libraries and tools for model training, evaluation, and deployment. Knowledge of agentic frameworks (e.g., LangChain, AutoGen) and Model Context Protocol (MCP) for building autonomous AI workflows and interoperability. Awareness of emerging trends in GenAI platforms, open-source MLOps, and cloud-native AI solutions You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. This role can be based out of our Glasgow or Canary Wharf office. Purpose of the role To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues. Accountabilities Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance. Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives. Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing. Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth. Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions. Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability. Assistant Vice President Expectations To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others. OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues. Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done. Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy. Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively. Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience. Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes. All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.
08/12/2025
Full time
Join Us in Shaping the Future of AI at Barclays. We're launching an exciting new initiative at Barclays to design, build, and scale next-generation platform components that empower developers - including Quants and Strats - to create high-performance, AI-driven applications. As an AI/MLOps Platform Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in this transformation, working hands-on to develop the infrastructure and tooling that supports the full lifecycle of machine learning and generative AI workloads. This is more than an engineering role-it's an opportunity to influence technical direction, collaborate across diverse teams, and help define how AI and GenAI are delivered at scale. To be successful as an AI/MLOps Platform Engineer at this level, you should have experience with: Proficiency in Python engineering skills, especially in backend systems and infrastructure. Deep AWS expertise, including services like SageMaker, Lambda, ECS, Step Functions, S3, IAM, KMS, CloudFormation, and Bedrock. Proven experience building and scaling MLOps platforms and supporting GenAI workloads in production. Strong understanding of secure software development, cloud cost optimization, and platform observability. Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. Demonstrated leadership in setting technical direction while remaining hands-on. Some other highly valued skills may include: Experience with MLOps platforms such as Databricks or SageMaker, and familiarity with hybrid cloud strategies (Azure, on-prem Kubernetes). Strong understanding of AI infrastructure for scalable model serving, distributed training, and GPU orchestration. Expertise in Large Language Models (LLMs) and Small Language Models (SLMs), including fine-tuning and deployment for enterprise use cases. Hands-on experience with Hugging Face libraries and tools for model training, evaluation, and deployment. Knowledge of agentic frameworks (e.g., LangChain, AutoGen) and Model Context Protocol (MCP) for building autonomous AI workflows and interoperability. Awareness of emerging trends in GenAI platforms, open-source MLOps, and cloud-native AI solutions You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. This role can be based out of our Glasgow or Canary Wharf office. Purpose of the role To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues. Accountabilities Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance. Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives. Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing. Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth. Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions. Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability. Assistant Vice President Expectations To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others. OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues. Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done. Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy. Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively. Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience. Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes. All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.
Ideas People Trust We're BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today's changing world. We work with the companies that are Britain's economic engine - ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them. We'll broaden your horizons To ensure our services and applications are fit for the modern market, our IT team collaborates with every department. They develop, they explore and they implement the new ideas helping us to change the future of accounting, tax and business consulting. But, just as importantly, they maintain the tech that keeps us advancing. By testing and adopting the future of financial technical solutions, they find new and exciting ways to drive us forward. And you could too. In an IT role at BDO, you'll become part of a team that act as the backbone for our business. No matter who you are or what your skillset is, we'll give you the training and support you need to achieve whatever you put your mind to. We'll help you succeed Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships. You'll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO's partners to help businesses effectively. You'll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with. BDO has ideas at the heart of what it does - "Ideas, People, Trust" is our tagline. This position will help transform those ideas into tangible and demonstrable innovation and change within the company and with our clients, often through digital services and products. You will be helping build the BDO of the Future. Basically, turning ideas into reality. In this busy and rewarding role you'll also: Help drive innovation - both mindset and practical delivery - throughout BDO's 8,000 employees and at all levels. Help the business areas create and define new opportunities, innovations and assess whether digital products can help deliver benefits for these areas. Help the business define the benefits of the change, short and long term, tangible and intangible and assess priority. Help to administer the internal innovation platform for all users, including helping people set innovation challenges and managing the ideas generated. Assist the Product Owner where required in our Agile/SCRUM development process, and interface into our internal and external development teams. Ensure the product is complete - i.e. the business strategy, the product specification, the business case and the technical requirements match the delivered solution, both commercially and technically. Liaise with the Business Relationship Managers to help manage the pipeline of incoming products, PoCs/prototypes and technology requests. Support them with captivating content to extend the reach of innovation within business units. Help manage the firm's innovation community to communicate our product roadmap, and help develop new ideas and possible products. Help arrange and deliver learning and training across a range of skills and levels, in order to increase uptake of delivered innovation, and to improve our Digital Mindset and client experience. You'll be someone with: A passion for innovation and product development, from concept to delivery to ownership, with a demonstrable track record of successful products or projects. Confidence building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders at both a junior and senior level. The ability to champion ideas, innovation, digital, mobile and AI in a professional services environment. The ability to contribute to all aspects of digital product development, incl. business planning, costs/revenue projections, marketing/comms, operational planning, product requirements (including writing epics/features/stories and managing the product backlog), liaising with development teams and solution architects, change control, project timescales and costs, UX/UI and digital design, customer feedback and co-creation. Excellent knowledge of digital and mobile product creation, with attention to detail and the desire for products to look fantastic and delight customers. The ability to work with both internal delivery teams and external suppliers (including scouting, selection, managing commercial terms as well as actual delivery). The ability to manage challenging ideas full lifecycle, i.e. from idea to product. You'll be able to be yourself; we'll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We're committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand. At BDO, we'll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development. We're in it together Mutual support and respect is one of BDO's core values and we're proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we'll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you'll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work. We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we've invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO's people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we'll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you'll never stop learning at BDO. We're looking forward to the future At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we're always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions We've got a clear purpose, and we're confident in our future, because we're adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.
08/12/2025
Full time
Ideas People Trust We're BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today's changing world. We work with the companies that are Britain's economic engine - ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them. We'll broaden your horizons To ensure our services and applications are fit for the modern market, our IT team collaborates with every department. They develop, they explore and they implement the new ideas helping us to change the future of accounting, tax and business consulting. But, just as importantly, they maintain the tech that keeps us advancing. By testing and adopting the future of financial technical solutions, they find new and exciting ways to drive us forward. And you could too. In an IT role at BDO, you'll become part of a team that act as the backbone for our business. No matter who you are or what your skillset is, we'll give you the training and support you need to achieve whatever you put your mind to. We'll help you succeed Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships. You'll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO's partners to help businesses effectively. You'll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with. BDO has ideas at the heart of what it does - "Ideas, People, Trust" is our tagline. This position will help transform those ideas into tangible and demonstrable innovation and change within the company and with our clients, often through digital services and products. You will be helping build the BDO of the Future. Basically, turning ideas into reality. In this busy and rewarding role you'll also: Help drive innovation - both mindset and practical delivery - throughout BDO's 8,000 employees and at all levels. Help the business areas create and define new opportunities, innovations and assess whether digital products can help deliver benefits for these areas. Help the business define the benefits of the change, short and long term, tangible and intangible and assess priority. Help to administer the internal innovation platform for all users, including helping people set innovation challenges and managing the ideas generated. Assist the Product Owner where required in our Agile/SCRUM development process, and interface into our internal and external development teams. Ensure the product is complete - i.e. the business strategy, the product specification, the business case and the technical requirements match the delivered solution, both commercially and technically. Liaise with the Business Relationship Managers to help manage the pipeline of incoming products, PoCs/prototypes and technology requests. Support them with captivating content to extend the reach of innovation within business units. Help manage the firm's innovation community to communicate our product roadmap, and help develop new ideas and possible products. Help arrange and deliver learning and training across a range of skills and levels, in order to increase uptake of delivered innovation, and to improve our Digital Mindset and client experience. You'll be someone with: A passion for innovation and product development, from concept to delivery to ownership, with a demonstrable track record of successful products or projects. Confidence building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders at both a junior and senior level. The ability to champion ideas, innovation, digital, mobile and AI in a professional services environment. The ability to contribute to all aspects of digital product development, incl. business planning, costs/revenue projections, marketing/comms, operational planning, product requirements (including writing epics/features/stories and managing the product backlog), liaising with development teams and solution architects, change control, project timescales and costs, UX/UI and digital design, customer feedback and co-creation. Excellent knowledge of digital and mobile product creation, with attention to detail and the desire for products to look fantastic and delight customers. The ability to work with both internal delivery teams and external suppliers (including scouting, selection, managing commercial terms as well as actual delivery). The ability to manage challenging ideas full lifecycle, i.e. from idea to product. You'll be able to be yourself; we'll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We're committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand. At BDO, we'll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development. We're in it together Mutual support and respect is one of BDO's core values and we're proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we'll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you'll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work. We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we've invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO's people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we'll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you'll never stop learning at BDO. We're looking forward to the future At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we're always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions We've got a clear purpose, and we're confident in our future, because we're adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.
Ideas People Trust We're BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today's changing world. We work with the companies that are Britain's economic engine - ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them. We'll broaden your horizons To ensure our services and applications are fit for the modern market, our IT team collaborates with every department. They develop, they explore and they implement the new ideas helping us to change the future of accounting, tax and business consulting. But, just as importantly, they maintain the tech that keeps us advancing. By testing and adopting the future of financial technical solutions, they find new and exciting ways to drive us forward. And you could too. In an IT role at BDO, you'll become part of a team that act as the backbone for our business. No matter who you are or what your skillset is, we'll give you the training and support you need to achieve whatever you put your mind to. We'll help you succeed Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships. You'll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO's partners to help businesses effectively. You'll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with. Reporting into the I T Architecture team , the purpose of this role is to lead in designing, planning , and delivering solutions in collaboration with our Innovation & Digi tal Office and the business streams . Some of these solutions will be derived from innovation ideas that are being generated with in the business. You'll w ork closely with other A rchitects , and Innovation Managers to ensure new solutions address a business problem whil st adhering to our architectural design and enterprise strategy . In order to accelerate time to market, you will utilise approaches such as buy before build and a rapid agile delivery . Using both minimum viable product and iterative principals the role is responsible in delivering solutions at speed into the business, utilising a 'cloud first' strategy. You must be both technically proficient and solution focussed, motivated by finding coherent and strategic solutions to complex business. You will have a track record of innovation and be able to demonstrate examples of using creativity and technical knowledge to achieve successful business outcomes through an engaging and consultative approach. In this role you'll : Be responsible for leading the design, and technical delivery of prototypes and digital products within an agile squad . Participate in the discovery of new opportunities, turning problems statements into business outcome dri ven technical proposals. Solve problems using creative approaches and emerging technologies. Be comfortable learning, and becoming a subject matter expert within, an assigned business domain. Collaborate with Enterprise Architects, Integration Architects and Cloud Architects to build coherent systems within our IT environments. Work alongside Business Analysts and UX Designers supporting the gathering and validating of requirements, user journeys and user experience . Contribute to the growth of the IT Architecture function and its practices , ensuring that Architecture is, and is recognised as, a valuable asset to BDO. Contribute and adhere to technical , delivery , and service governance standards whilst designing solutions. Adhere to change processes and produce high quality technical documentation . You'll be someone with: Exceptional verbal and written communication, including presentation skills. Able to communicate to stakeholders at all levels of the organisation and 3rd parties . Experience working with the following technologies: JavaScript, React, C# . NET , Python, SQL, APIs , Azure, Power Platform, SaaS , PaaS , IaC . Exposure to and understanding of emerging technologies e.g. AI, LLMs, Machine Learning, NLP , MCP etc . Experience in architecture and software development methodologies , and design techniques e.g. Agile, C4, UML , TOGAF , Microsoft Well-Architected Framework , design patterns . Experience using modern tools in support of delivery: e.g. Azure DevOps, LeanIX , Lucidchart , Figma, Balsamiq, M365. Excellent understanding of public cloud hosted infrastructure and application integrations. Experience in building Minimal Viable Products (MVP) and working with product teams. Experience evaluating and working with SaaS products. You'll be able to be yourself; we'll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We're committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand. At BDO, we'll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development. We're in it together Mutual support and respect is one of BDO's core values and we're proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we'll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you'll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work. We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we've invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO's people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we'll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you'll never stop learning at BDO. We're looking forward to the future At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we're always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions We've got a clear purpose, and we're confident in our future, because we're adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.
08/12/2025
Full time
Ideas People Trust We're BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today's changing world. We work with the companies that are Britain's economic engine - ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them. We'll broaden your horizons To ensure our services and applications are fit for the modern market, our IT team collaborates with every department. They develop, they explore and they implement the new ideas helping us to change the future of accounting, tax and business consulting. But, just as importantly, they maintain the tech that keeps us advancing. By testing and adopting the future of financial technical solutions, they find new and exciting ways to drive us forward. And you could too. In an IT role at BDO, you'll become part of a team that act as the backbone for our business. No matter who you are or what your skillset is, we'll give you the training and support you need to achieve whatever you put your mind to. We'll help you succeed Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships. You'll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO's partners to help businesses effectively. You'll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with. Reporting into the I T Architecture team , the purpose of this role is to lead in designing, planning , and delivering solutions in collaboration with our Innovation & Digi tal Office and the business streams . Some of these solutions will be derived from innovation ideas that are being generated with in the business. You'll w ork closely with other A rchitects , and Innovation Managers to ensure new solutions address a business problem whil st adhering to our architectural design and enterprise strategy . In order to accelerate time to market, you will utilise approaches such as buy before build and a rapid agile delivery . Using both minimum viable product and iterative principals the role is responsible in delivering solutions at speed into the business, utilising a 'cloud first' strategy. You must be both technically proficient and solution focussed, motivated by finding coherent and strategic solutions to complex business. You will have a track record of innovation and be able to demonstrate examples of using creativity and technical knowledge to achieve successful business outcomes through an engaging and consultative approach. In this role you'll : Be responsible for leading the design, and technical delivery of prototypes and digital products within an agile squad . Participate in the discovery of new opportunities, turning problems statements into business outcome dri ven technical proposals. Solve problems using creative approaches and emerging technologies. Be comfortable learning, and becoming a subject matter expert within, an assigned business domain. Collaborate with Enterprise Architects, Integration Architects and Cloud Architects to build coherent systems within our IT environments. Work alongside Business Analysts and UX Designers supporting the gathering and validating of requirements, user journeys and user experience . Contribute to the growth of the IT Architecture function and its practices , ensuring that Architecture is, and is recognised as, a valuable asset to BDO. Contribute and adhere to technical , delivery , and service governance standards whilst designing solutions. Adhere to change processes and produce high quality technical documentation . You'll be someone with: Exceptional verbal and written communication, including presentation skills. Able to communicate to stakeholders at all levels of the organisation and 3rd parties . Experience working with the following technologies: JavaScript, React, C# . NET , Python, SQL, APIs , Azure, Power Platform, SaaS , PaaS , IaC . Exposure to and understanding of emerging technologies e.g. AI, LLMs, Machine Learning, NLP , MCP etc . Experience in architecture and software development methodologies , and design techniques e.g. Agile, C4, UML , TOGAF , Microsoft Well-Architected Framework , design patterns . Experience using modern tools in support of delivery: e.g. Azure DevOps, LeanIX , Lucidchart , Figma, Balsamiq, M365. Excellent understanding of public cloud hosted infrastructure and application integrations. Experience in building Minimal Viable Products (MVP) and working with product teams. Experience evaluating and working with SaaS products. You'll be able to be yourself; we'll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We're committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand. At BDO, we'll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development. We're in it together Mutual support and respect is one of BDO's core values and we're proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we'll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you'll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work. We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we've invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO's people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we'll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you'll never stop learning at BDO. We're looking forward to the future At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we're always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions We've got a clear purpose, and we're confident in our future, because we're adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.
Job Description Team Lead, Service Desk (Europe) Hybrid - Ashford, Kent. Sysco are recruiting for a Service Desk Team Lead to join the Service Desk function within the Information Technology team on a full-time, permanent basis. Reporting to the Service Desk Manager, this role provides leadership to a team of Level 0/1 Service Desk Associates. You will oversee daily operations, performance adherence, training, metric reporting, and serve as a liaison for special projects and escalations. This position is critical to delivering excellent customer support and continual service improvement. Key Responsibilities Lead daily operations of the Service Desk team, ensuring schedule adherence, service metrics, and individual performance are maintained Analyse team performance to identify areas for coaching, improvement, and training Mentor team members on career development plans, diversity and inclusion, and annual goal attainment Conduct call audits and ticket reviews to maintain quality standards Act as a customer liaison to resolve escalated issues Participate in and lead training sessions for new hires and existing team members Collaborate with other functional leads on process development and knowledge management Act as escalation point for unresolved incidents and interdepartmental conflicts Lead post-incident critiques to drive continuous improvement Work closely with Business Technology teams to identify L1-resolvable issues and enhance support readiness Assist with special projects as assigned Skills and Experience Extensive experience in a Service Desk or similar support environment Proven leadership, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills Exceptional customer support and interpersonal skills Excellent verbal and written communication; superior phone etiquette Strong initiative, attention to detail, and judgment Ability to multi-task and participate in flexible schedules/on-call rotations Deep knowledge of enterprise hardware/software, Microsoft Office, Active Directory, JIRA, and network tools Advanced troubleshooting skills and professional team collaboration Education and Certifications Degree or equivalent experience preferred IT Service Management (ITSMv3) certification preferred Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) certification is a plus JBRP1_UKTJ
07/12/2025
Full time
Job Description Team Lead, Service Desk (Europe) Hybrid - Ashford, Kent. Sysco are recruiting for a Service Desk Team Lead to join the Service Desk function within the Information Technology team on a full-time, permanent basis. Reporting to the Service Desk Manager, this role provides leadership to a team of Level 0/1 Service Desk Associates. You will oversee daily operations, performance adherence, training, metric reporting, and serve as a liaison for special projects and escalations. This position is critical to delivering excellent customer support and continual service improvement. Key Responsibilities Lead daily operations of the Service Desk team, ensuring schedule adherence, service metrics, and individual performance are maintained Analyse team performance to identify areas for coaching, improvement, and training Mentor team members on career development plans, diversity and inclusion, and annual goal attainment Conduct call audits and ticket reviews to maintain quality standards Act as a customer liaison to resolve escalated issues Participate in and lead training sessions for new hires and existing team members Collaborate with other functional leads on process development and knowledge management Act as escalation point for unresolved incidents and interdepartmental conflicts Lead post-incident critiques to drive continuous improvement Work closely with Business Technology teams to identify L1-resolvable issues and enhance support readiness Assist with special projects as assigned Skills and Experience Extensive experience in a Service Desk or similar support environment Proven leadership, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills Exceptional customer support and interpersonal skills Excellent verbal and written communication; superior phone etiquette Strong initiative, attention to detail, and judgment Ability to multi-task and participate in flexible schedules/on-call rotations Deep knowledge of enterprise hardware/software, Microsoft Office, Active Directory, JIRA, and network tools Advanced troubleshooting skills and professional team collaboration Education and Certifications Degree or equivalent experience preferred IT Service Management (ITSMv3) certification preferred Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) certification is a plus JBRP1_UKTJ
Job Description Business Development Manager - Home/Field-based - Croydon/ Bromley £36,0000 - £40,000 depending on experience + uncapped bonus potential, car allowance or option for company car & home-based contract Here at Brakes, weve got ambitious growth plans so if you want to be a part shaping the future of our independent business, joining a team at the cutting edge of foodservice trends then we have a fantastic opportunity for a Business Development Manager to join our Independent Sales Team. What youll be doing: Scope out, hunt, and seal the deal with fresh, independent new business opportunities whilst keeping that pipeline flowing Cultivate killer connections with independent players in the local food market using your innate curiosity for all things foodie Craft bespoke culinary propositions to help our customers save precious time and money Serve up some tasty growth, hitting those profit targets and being rewarded accordingly Welcome aboard new clients with style and finesse, making sure they feel right at home with your Area Sales Manager buddy Keep an eye on the competition and independent market trends, so you can dish out the hottest solutions and insights from the world's biggest food wholesaler Crush those market goals like a seasoned foodie conquering a buffet! What we are looking for; Ideally, youll come from a similar background to Field Sales, however this isnt essential. We are looking for people who have a commercial mindset, who have the drive and ambition to make a difference to the business by delivering against targets. The customer will be at heart of everything you do, so being confident being out on the field is essential. We have a great induction programme where we will teach you everything you need to know about our products and the business, so although food service experience/ hospitality would be advantageous, youll get the training you need to succeed. Were not just looking for a good fit, we want people who help to make us even better. Were passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates and values diversity. We dont want you to fit our culture, we want you to define it. Bring your whole self to work. . JBRP1_UKTJ
07/12/2025
Full time
Job Description Business Development Manager - Home/Field-based - Croydon/ Bromley £36,0000 - £40,000 depending on experience + uncapped bonus potential, car allowance or option for company car & home-based contract Here at Brakes, weve got ambitious growth plans so if you want to be a part shaping the future of our independent business, joining a team at the cutting edge of foodservice trends then we have a fantastic opportunity for a Business Development Manager to join our Independent Sales Team. What youll be doing: Scope out, hunt, and seal the deal with fresh, independent new business opportunities whilst keeping that pipeline flowing Cultivate killer connections with independent players in the local food market using your innate curiosity for all things foodie Craft bespoke culinary propositions to help our customers save precious time and money Serve up some tasty growth, hitting those profit targets and being rewarded accordingly Welcome aboard new clients with style and finesse, making sure they feel right at home with your Area Sales Manager buddy Keep an eye on the competition and independent market trends, so you can dish out the hottest solutions and insights from the world's biggest food wholesaler Crush those market goals like a seasoned foodie conquering a buffet! What we are looking for; Ideally, youll come from a similar background to Field Sales, however this isnt essential. We are looking for people who have a commercial mindset, who have the drive and ambition to make a difference to the business by delivering against targets. The customer will be at heart of everything you do, so being confident being out on the field is essential. We have a great induction programme where we will teach you everything you need to know about our products and the business, so although food service experience/ hospitality would be advantageous, youll get the training you need to succeed. Were not just looking for a good fit, we want people who help to make us even better. Were passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates and values diversity. We dont want you to fit our culture, we want you to define it. Bring your whole self to work. . JBRP1_UKTJ
Our Purpose Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, were helping build asustainableeconomy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactionssecure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential. Title and Summary Product Performance & Insights ManagerOverview The Cross-border Services Global Product Team is looking for a Performance & Reporting Manager to drive our product management function towards a more data-oriented direction. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, highly motivated, analytical, and is comfortable around data-intensive projects. Role In this position, you will: Performance reporting: Lead analytical reviews of product and initiative performance (P&L, GDV, volume, yield, and margin) versus approved business cases. Surface insights on variance drivers, growth levers, and optimization opportunities. Pricing analytics: Design and maintain pricing and cost-efficiency models to evaluate corridor, partner, and channel performance. Recommend actions that enhance commercial enablement and competitiveness. Data-driven insights: Execute deep-dive analyses on trends, customer behavior, and performance metrics to support strategic decisions and portfolio management. Product reporting: Build and manage recurring reports and dashboards to track key product and business KPIs. Partner with global and regional teams to ensure automation, accuracy, and consistency across data sources. Tool and dashboard management: Maintain and enhance internal analytics tools and dashboards (e.g., CRM systems, pricing platforms, and performance trackers) to ensure data integrity, usability, and adoption across teams. Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with Finance, Treasury and Technical Teams to align data definitions, improve analytical infrastructure, and strengthen the products measurement framework. All About You Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Experience Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with experience interpreting complex datasets to generate actionable business insights. Experience in payments, financial services, or product management with exposure to performance tracking and/or pricing analytics. Proficiency in data visualization and reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Looker) and advanced Excel modeling. Solid understanding of financial modeling concepts (P&L, GDV, transaction yield, margin analysis). Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to present findings to technical and non-technical audiences. Desirable / Additional Capabilities Intrinsic motivation for accuracy, curiosity, and continuous improvement in data-driven decision-making. Comfort operating in global, cross-functional environments with evolving priorities. Familiarity with CRM or pricing platforms (e.g., Salesforce, proprietary pricing tools) and data governance practices. Working knowledge of SQL and/or Python for data extraction, transformation, and analysis. Corporate Security Responsibility All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must: Abide by Mastercards security policies and practices; Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed; Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercards guidelines. JBRP1_UKTJ
07/12/2025
Full time
Our Purpose Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, were helping build asustainableeconomy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactionssecure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential. Title and Summary Product Performance & Insights ManagerOverview The Cross-border Services Global Product Team is looking for a Performance & Reporting Manager to drive our product management function towards a more data-oriented direction. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, highly motivated, analytical, and is comfortable around data-intensive projects. Role In this position, you will: Performance reporting: Lead analytical reviews of product and initiative performance (P&L, GDV, volume, yield, and margin) versus approved business cases. Surface insights on variance drivers, growth levers, and optimization opportunities. Pricing analytics: Design and maintain pricing and cost-efficiency models to evaluate corridor, partner, and channel performance. Recommend actions that enhance commercial enablement and competitiveness. Data-driven insights: Execute deep-dive analyses on trends, customer behavior, and performance metrics to support strategic decisions and portfolio management. Product reporting: Build and manage recurring reports and dashboards to track key product and business KPIs. Partner with global and regional teams to ensure automation, accuracy, and consistency across data sources. Tool and dashboard management: Maintain and enhance internal analytics tools and dashboards (e.g., CRM systems, pricing platforms, and performance trackers) to ensure data integrity, usability, and adoption across teams. Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with Finance, Treasury and Technical Teams to align data definitions, improve analytical infrastructure, and strengthen the products measurement framework. All About You Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Experience Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with experience interpreting complex datasets to generate actionable business insights. Experience in payments, financial services, or product management with exposure to performance tracking and/or pricing analytics. Proficiency in data visualization and reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Looker) and advanced Excel modeling. Solid understanding of financial modeling concepts (P&L, GDV, transaction yield, margin analysis). Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to present findings to technical and non-technical audiences. Desirable / Additional Capabilities Intrinsic motivation for accuracy, curiosity, and continuous improvement in data-driven decision-making. Comfort operating in global, cross-functional environments with evolving priorities. Familiarity with CRM or pricing platforms (e.g., Salesforce, proprietary pricing tools) and data governance practices. Working knowledge of SQL and/or Python for data extraction, transformation, and analysis. Corporate Security Responsibility All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must: Abide by Mastercards security policies and practices; Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed; Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercards guidelines. JBRP1_UKTJ
Job Description Team Lead, Service Desk (Europe) Hybrid - Ashford, Kent. Sysco are recruiting for a Service Desk Team Lead to join the Service Desk function within the Information Technology team on a full-time, permanent basis. Reporting to the Service Desk Manager, this role provides leadership to a team of Level 0/1 Service Desk Associates. You will oversee daily operations, performance adherence, training, metric reporting, and serve as a liaison for special projects and escalations. This position is critical to delivering excellent customer support and continual service improvement. Key Responsibilities Lead daily operations of the Service Desk team, ensuring schedule adherence, service metrics, and individual performance are maintained Analyse team performance to identify areas for coaching, improvement, and training Mentor team members on career development plans, diversity and inclusion, and annual goal attainment Conduct call audits and ticket reviews to maintain quality standards Act as a customer liaison to resolve escalated issues Participate in and lead training sessions for new hires and existing team members Collaborate with other functional leads on process development and knowledge management Act as escalation point for unresolved incidents and interdepartmental conflicts Lead post-incident critiques to drive continuous improvement Work closely with Business Technology teams to identify L1-resolvable issues and enhance support readiness Assist with special projects as assigned Skills and Experience Extensive experience in a Service Desk or similar support environment Proven leadership, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills Exceptional customer support and interpersonal skills Excellent verbal and written communication; superior phone etiquette Strong initiative, attention to detail, and judgment Ability to multi-task and participate in flexible schedules/on-call rotations Deep knowledge of enterprise hardware/software, Microsoft Office, Active Directory, JIRA, and network tools Advanced troubleshooting skills and professional team collaboration Education and Certifications Degree or equivalent experience preferred IT Service Management (ITSMv3) certification preferred Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) certification is a plus
07/12/2025
Full time
Job Description Team Lead, Service Desk (Europe) Hybrid - Ashford, Kent. Sysco are recruiting for a Service Desk Team Lead to join the Service Desk function within the Information Technology team on a full-time, permanent basis. Reporting to the Service Desk Manager, this role provides leadership to a team of Level 0/1 Service Desk Associates. You will oversee daily operations, performance adherence, training, metric reporting, and serve as a liaison for special projects and escalations. This position is critical to delivering excellent customer support and continual service improvement. Key Responsibilities Lead daily operations of the Service Desk team, ensuring schedule adherence, service metrics, and individual performance are maintained Analyse team performance to identify areas for coaching, improvement, and training Mentor team members on career development plans, diversity and inclusion, and annual goal attainment Conduct call audits and ticket reviews to maintain quality standards Act as a customer liaison to resolve escalated issues Participate in and lead training sessions for new hires and existing team members Collaborate with other functional leads on process development and knowledge management Act as escalation point for unresolved incidents and interdepartmental conflicts Lead post-incident critiques to drive continuous improvement Work closely with Business Technology teams to identify L1-resolvable issues and enhance support readiness Assist with special projects as assigned Skills and Experience Extensive experience in a Service Desk or similar support environment Proven leadership, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills Exceptional customer support and interpersonal skills Excellent verbal and written communication; superior phone etiquette Strong initiative, attention to detail, and judgment Ability to multi-task and participate in flexible schedules/on-call rotations Deep knowledge of enterprise hardware/software, Microsoft Office, Active Directory, JIRA, and network tools Advanced troubleshooting skills and professional team collaboration Education and Certifications Degree or equivalent experience preferred IT Service Management (ITSMv3) certification preferred Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) certification is a plus
Join the RMG family and join one of the largest and most respected property management companies with a portfolio spanning over 144,000 households across the UK. We offer a range of job opportunities, from property management, finance, customer services, and everything in between, which makes us a great place to work.? And it doesn't stop there. Every one of our employees has the opportunity to learn, develop and grow in their chosen career pathway and reach their potential. More about the Team We are looking to recruit 2 Service Desk Engineers on a permanent basis. Reporting to the Service Desk Manager, this is a great career opportunity to join a large, organically growing, market leading managing agent. You will also analyse and resolve security breaches and vulnerability issues in a timely and accurate manner This role is based out of our Northwich office 5 days a week. More about your role As an IT service desk engineer you are essential in delivering a high-quality front-of-house IT service that continuously improves our customers' experience. The IT Service Desk will proactively develop and maintain strong, positive working relationships with customers and IT colleagues. More about you The ideal candidate will have experience in a similar role. Knowledge of MS Technologies such as Azure, Citrix and Service Now is desired. The successful candidate will: Have an MSP Background, Have worked in aService Desk role, Befamiliar with MS technologies The benefits We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.? We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:? Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly Pensionwith matched contributions up to 7% Excellent holiday package up to 35 days annual leavewith the option to buy or sell leave Cashback plan for healthcare costs up to £500 saving per year A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2% Training anddevelopment Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much?more? What's next? If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then click apply. You will be redirected to our careers site where you can discover more about the role, read a full job description and apply directly to us. As part of ourcommitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application. We are dedicated to creating a supportive and accessible recruitment process for all. We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We're happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best. If you are a Places for People customer and you're looking for support with your application, please contact our skills and employment team on . If you are a recruitment agency please note we operate a PSL and do not take cold calls Safeguarding At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment. By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities JBRP1_UKTJ
07/12/2025
Full time
Join the RMG family and join one of the largest and most respected property management companies with a portfolio spanning over 144,000 households across the UK. We offer a range of job opportunities, from property management, finance, customer services, and everything in between, which makes us a great place to work.? And it doesn't stop there. Every one of our employees has the opportunity to learn, develop and grow in their chosen career pathway and reach their potential. More about the Team We are looking to recruit 2 Service Desk Engineers on a permanent basis. Reporting to the Service Desk Manager, this is a great career opportunity to join a large, organically growing, market leading managing agent. You will also analyse and resolve security breaches and vulnerability issues in a timely and accurate manner This role is based out of our Northwich office 5 days a week. More about your role As an IT service desk engineer you are essential in delivering a high-quality front-of-house IT service that continuously improves our customers' experience. The IT Service Desk will proactively develop and maintain strong, positive working relationships with customers and IT colleagues. More about you The ideal candidate will have experience in a similar role. Knowledge of MS Technologies such as Azure, Citrix and Service Now is desired. The successful candidate will: Have an MSP Background, Have worked in aService Desk role, Befamiliar with MS technologies The benefits We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.? We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:? Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly Pensionwith matched contributions up to 7% Excellent holiday package up to 35 days annual leavewith the option to buy or sell leave Cashback plan for healthcare costs up to £500 saving per year A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2% Training anddevelopment Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much?more? What's next? If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then click apply. You will be redirected to our careers site where you can discover more about the role, read a full job description and apply directly to us. As part of ourcommitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application. We are dedicated to creating a supportive and accessible recruitment process for all. We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We're happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best. If you are a Places for People customer and you're looking for support with your application, please contact our skills and employment team on . If you are a recruitment agency please note we operate a PSL and do not take cold calls Safeguarding At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment. By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities JBRP1_UKTJ
