Software Development & Operations Director, Top UK IT Employer, Oxford
- Location:
- Oxfordshire jobs
- Salary:
- Up to £140,000 Package
- Company:
- RM Plc
- Job type:
- Permanent jobs
- Date posted:
- 22/11/2009 16:13
- Job id:
- 45507374
- Contact:
- Recruitment Team
- Ref:
- Totaljobs/2696RM
RM is a market leader in delivering world class ICT solutions to the education sector and the UK’s Top IT Employer. This is an opportunity for a talented Software Development & Operations Director to join us at a time of rapid expansion in a high-profile role. You’ll be working within a strategically important area of the business which creates, develops and supports highly innovative 24x7 enterprise solutions within a high stakes and extremely customer focused environment. The role will offer significant scope to really make your mark, in line with strategic plans to double the size of the business over the next 3 years. Reporting to the Managing Director, the jobholder will form a key part of the Senior Management Team. They will have specific responsibility for maximising the market potential of all products, managing development, enhancing software development processes, testing and operational support teams of 85+ staff based in the UK and in RM’s wholly owned subsidiary in India. The job holder will play a key role as part of the SMT in shaping future strategic business direction and development of the business. This represents a unique chance to take on a high profile, senior position within a highly successful company at a pivotal time of progressive change and growth.
The role:
- Develop and deliver a long term technical vision to support future growth.
- Take ultimate responsibility for delivering large, complex programmes of development, working within strict timescales, budgets and quality standards.
- Managing the expanding development team, developing our culture of high-performers and supporting personal growth.
- Strong commercial management seeking to continually drive down costs and improve efficiency.
- Building effective relationships at all levels during the bid process to understand customer requirements and managing the development and customisation of solutions to meet these.
- The opportunity to shape the future of development within the business, proactively identifying improvements and championing their implementation.
The individual:
- Of graduate calibre, with extremely strong people management skills and strong track record of building highly motivated teams and managing talent to deliver full potential.
- Highly customer focused, with significant personal credibility with senior peers and strategic customers.
- Strong commercial management skills, management and proposal / cost model development.
- Experience of managing complex development programmes within a high-stakes environment.
- Exceptional influencing and negotiation skills.
- Thrives in a high-profile and mission-critical environment, demonstrating strong leadership under pressure.
- Highly personable with considerable drive, energy, entrepreneurial spirit, a sense of humour and a willingness to get involved as required in a fast-paced and rapidly expanding environment.
Why you should consider this role:
- Opportunity to make a highly visible impact in a business which is of key strategic importance to the future of the business and with the backing of the RM Board
- Strong growth potential – the division has a varied and resilient customer base and an impressive track record in winning new and repeat business across the UK and internationally.
- RM is the leading provider of innovative solutions to the education sector with over 2200 staff globally and revenues exceeding £270m.
- The RM team are genuinely passionate about the business and share a strong focus on high standards and customer success.
- Working within the fast-changing education ICT sector is exciting, challenging, technically innovative and above all, richly rewarding
- Strong career progression opportunities within both the UK and overseas across the growing group of technology oriented companies that make up the RM Group
