| Employment Type | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Location | Cambridgeshire, Cambridge |
| Industry Sector | IT |
| Start Date | N/A |
| Salary/Rate | £excellent package |
| Reference | J4965 |
| Date Advertised | 15-05-2008 - 13:35 |
Key Responsibilities:
Staff oversight, including training and development
Controlling salary, grading and rating of staff within the company guidelines
Providing overall technical direction to the group, normally in conjunction with either a consultant or technical lead(s) within the group ................
Group Leader, Software
The Group Leader has 3 main areas of responsibility within the group. These cover staff welfare, technical direction and the day to day working within the group. It is expected that the group leader will delegate and involve group members in some of these activities, however the group leader has ultimate responsibility within the group. The Group Lead will also have responsibility for the day to day management of small to medium sized software projects run within the software department. This will involve planning, tracking, resource allocation and general issue resolution of a software project. These projects will typically have about 10 software engineers working across multiple discipline areas and/or software groups within R&D. This will also include liaison with other project managers and programme management within the company and reporting progress to line management and programme management.
Key Responsibilities:
Staff oversight, including training and development
Controlling salary, grading and rating of staff within the company guidelines
Providing overall technical direction to the group, normally in conjunction with either a consultant or technical lead(s) within the group
Ensuring the development processes used within the group are suitable for the development being undertaken and are followed
Assigning work packages and coordinating effort within the group
Providing the main contact point for the group
Tracking progress and reporting it to the programme and line managers
Planning, tracking and coordinating software projects across groups
The successful candidate will have the following skills:
Essential:
Man management skills
Wide ranging software development experience
Detailed knowledge of software project management
Previous experience successfully managing and delivering software developments to schedule and budget
Previous team lead and/or line management experience
Some domain specific knowledge - API control, host transport knowledge, Bluetooth stack overall knowledge
Desired:
Domain environment knowledge - real-time software development techniques
Knowledge of alternate software development practices - waterfall, iterative, agile etc
Mylen Recruitment Ltd is a recruitment agency specialising in Mechanical, Electronic, Production, IT, Software, Automotive and Aviation Engineering.
| Recruiter: |
|---|
| Mylen Recruitment Ltd |
| Contact Name: |
| Alf Mills |
| Telephone: |
| 01480 830590 |
