Head of Development Europe

Role Description

As part of an internal promotion of the current Head of Engineering Europe, we are looking for a new Head of Development Europe in the solution centres.

Specific Role Responsibilities  

•  Act as a direct line manager for a group of Development Leads and/or Senior Analyst Developers. Take responsibility for the overall performance of all reports under your organisational structure.

• Promote a culture of excellence in the development team through monitoring and analysis of key metrics and KPIs. Maintain an accurate and balanced narrative that explains project and individual metrics. Set goals and manage the development team to improve.

• Set and maintain a technical roadmap for the solution centre that ensures constant improvement to codebase health, developer tooling and process.

• Be a key contact person and point of escalation for technical issues in the solution centre. Be involved in discussions that influence planning and technical direction.

• Assist the wider solution centre leadership team by having active involvement in recruitment of new team members through assessment centres, interviews and other recruitment and market engagement events from time to time.

• Represent the solution centre in client engagements from time to time.

• Have input into project resourcing based on your knowledge of the skill set of each developer in the department.

• Implement personalised performance improvement plans where required, both within the department, and in conjunction with HR.

• Identify opportunities for developer training. Use the wide range of tools and media at our disposal to implement training programmes to improve the skills of the team.

• Look for and implement improvements to the development process, including measuring and improving build, code check-in, CI, release, and deployment processes.

• Work closely with Development Leads in the solution centre to provide them with coaching and mentorship.

• Work within the wider solution centre management team to ensure staff work-life balance is maintained at an overall healthy level. This includes tracking excessive amounts of overtime and high leave balances.

• Ensure seamless and efficient onboarding of new starters. Ensure new starters complete required training programme(s) within expected timeframes. Define and enhance processes and help facilitate internships and any graduate programme related activities as required. 

• Ensure that developers have the best hardware, software and tooling they can have to do their jobs well. Identify areas for improvement and propose change.

• Hold every member of the development team to a high standard of adherence to coding standards and best practice. Define new standards and practices and drive improvements to existing ones.

Functional Area Responsibilities

• Development team process and compliance.

• Career progression.

• Team performance.

Experience required

Industry Knowledge

• First class bachelor's degree or higher and/or equivalent experience.

• Experience of working on large scale technology delivery projects and successfully delivering technology change as part of these projects.

• Confident, and able to take a lead role in a delivery-focused environment.

• Experience of working with different levels of stakeholders within a project environment.

• Expert in the FNZ platform, technologies and delivery methodologies

• Experience with line management in large scale technology organisations, with a passion for helping people reach their career aspirations and achieve their goals.

• Independent, self-directing working style.

• Ability to learn quickly in a dynamic fast-paced industry.

• Enjoy working as part of a high-performance team.

• Hard-working, innovative and takes pride in their work.

• Passionate about creating innovative solutions for customers.

Required Knowledge & Skills

• Expert in Microsoft .NET development products, including .NET, C# and SQL Server.

• Expert in web development, including ASP.NET, JavaScript and ReactJS.

• Experience with the following legacy development products would be beneficial: ASP.NET MVC, VB.NET, legacy .NET Framework versions.

• Understanding of financial products and markets.

• Understanding of web services.

• Familiar with code analysis or automated testing tools.

About FNZ Culture  

Our culture is what drives us. It's at the heart of who we are and everything we do. It's what inspires, excites and moves us forward. Our ambition is to create a culture for growth, one that opens up limitless opportunities for our employees, customers and the wider world. At FNZ we know that great impact is only possible with great teamwork. 

That’s why we value the strength and diversity of thought in our global team. 

The FNZ Way is the cornerstone of what we do. It is comprised of four values that set the standard for how everyone at FNZ interacts with each other, with our customers, and with all our diverse stakeholders around the world.

1-Customer obsessed for the long-term

2-Think big and make an impact 

3-Act now and own it all the way

4- Challenge, commit and win together

Read more about The FNZ Way and our values: www.fnz.com/culture

Opportunities

• Right from day one, you will work alongside exceptional, multicultural teams - experts in their respective fields - who will inspire and challenge you to make your greatest impact. 

• Be part of a highly successful, rapidly growing, global business that is leading the delivery of financial services via cloud computing and partners with some of the world’s largest companies;

• Working in a flexible and agile way that meets the needs of the business and personal circumstances; 

• Remuneration, significant financial rewards and career advancement is based on individual contribution and business impact rather than tenure or seniority;

• We provide global career opportunities for our best employees at any of our offices in the UK, EU, US, Canada, South Africa and APAC.

Commitment to Equal Opportunities  

At FNZ, we recognise that diversity, equity and inclusion are important factors contributing to our success. We embrace the unique perspective and capabilities of our current and future employees, which will help us continue to drive innovation and achieve our business goals. Recruitment decisions at FNZ are made in a non-discriminatory manner without regard to gender, ethnicity/race, faith, age, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, socio-economic background, disability or military veteran status where all applicants and employees are valued and respected. 

About FNZ

FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone, everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry, but complexity holds firms back. 

We created wealth’s growth platform to help. We provide a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution. 

We partner with over 650 financial institutions and 12,000 wealth managers, with US$1.5 trillion in assets under administration (AUA).

Together with our customers, we help over 20 million people from all wealth segments to invest in their future.