Software Engineer

Technical Product Manager with 10+ years of strong experience in Java/J2EE with Spring boot microservices with GCP

Take ownership and responsibility for the Product Team Backlog alignment and delivery commitments while working alongside key individuals: Product Manager, Portfolio/Solution Architects Digital Platform Engineering and Business Customers to deliver working, tested software

- Technical Program Management of the FCE Renewals Team

- Coordinate and lead the delivery of application features using industry best-practises and technologies that have been designed and developed by a team of software engineers

- Take ownership and responsibility for the Product Team Backlog alignment and delivery commitments while working alongside key individuals: Product Manager, Portfolio/Solution Architects Digital Platform Engineering and Business Customers to deliver working, tested software

- Own Senior Backlog Management and lead portfolio level best Practices

- Own and progress the FCE Renewals landscape and strategy

- Ownership of Backlog Readiness and data Accuracy (Rally currently but migrating to Jira by end of 2025)

- Lead by example: Backlog refinement, refactoring, sizing, and prioritisation of the Product Backlog

- Lead effective execution of key Product Team Ceremonies: Daily Stand-up, Iteration Planning, Retrospectives, Demos, Portfolio Updates as described by Product Org best practices

- Lead Release Planning in alignment with the portfolio roadmap for the FCE Renewals product team

- Ensure appropriate controls and technical documentation is created and maintained

- Co-ordinate production support incidents, manage prioritisation and regularly update key stakeholders impacted

Essential:

- 6+ years experience as TPM or managing projects

- 3+ years Software Engineering experience with current industry tooling.

- Strong command of Product Org Backlog management with associated tooling and best practises (Rally / Jira)

- Strong focus around Product Org Customer Loyalty and Customer Centric practices

- Strong leadership skills: Evidence of ability to manage & lead an Engineering Team in a Product Organisation setting.

- Proven experience managing or developing software applications.

- Experience of working on a core strategic workstream to deliver organisation modernisation / transformation objectives

- Strong evidence of self-motivation to continuously develop own engineering skills and those of the team

- Proven record of working autonomously in areas of high ambiguity, without day to day supervisory support

- Skilled in day to day usage of Agile and Product Org practises, ideally at scale (across multiple teams) over medium-long term duration

- Strong command of troubleshooting, networking and collaboration with peers

- Evidence of a proactive mindset to problem solving and willingness to take the initiative

- Proven record of meeting delivery and quality commitments within product teams

- Strong prioritisation, co-ordination, organisational and communication skills, and a proven ability to balance workload and competing demands to meet deadlines.

- Effective communication and ability to work in a large diverse team

- Minimum 2.2 degree or international equivalent (for current employees, where supported, an exception may be applied)