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Exciting New Opportunity***

We have partnered with an innovative, fast growing, technology-first company to recruit for a forward thinking Head of Development to lead their team on a permanent basis through a period of change and improvement. The perfect candidate will thrive in a transformative environment as this role will include defining TOM, team structure, technology change and methodology improvements.

The successful Head of Development will be a strategic thinker, an inspirational leader and driver of innovation.

This is a hybrid role, workload dependant.

Key Responsibilities for the Head of Development:
- Manage a team of 18 developers comprising front end, back end and full stack resources.
- Leading the team who are responsible for developing bespoke inhouse applications and configuring off the shelf applications such as Salesforce and MuleSoft
- Proactively assess the current team capacity and capability and work with the CTO to strategically restructure for team efficiency and upskilling
- Move the team towards product & agile management
- Lead on the migration of on-prem to cloud strategy
- Supporting team members with training needs and support with prioritisation across the portfolio as required

Key Skills for the Head of Development:
- Strong people management skills, ability to spot gaps in skillsets to upskills
- Understanding of Agile & DevOps methodologies
- Passionate about introducing and recommending new technology tends as they emerge
- Experience with both bespoke inhouse applications and of the shelf applications
- Previous experience with 'real-time data' focused application development
- Must come from a software development background and have a breadth of knowledge with a variety of languages

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