Software Engineering Manager

Our mission is to 'help people to save and invest with confidence'. We are looking for great people to come and join us, so come and invest in YOUR future at HL.

Role Accountabilities 

• Strategic Direction: Conduct strategy sessions and document actionable plans with clear OKRs for solution delivery.
• Project Efficiency: Implement frequent review processes to evaluate squad performance, using tools like productivity metrics and feedback surveys. Cultivate strong relationships and track engagement through feedback scores.
• Mentorship: Schedule mentoring sessions with junior squad members and track improvements in performance through frequent assessments.
• Team Composition: Assess squad composition frequent to ensure alignment with business needs, aiming for skill diversity.
• Documentation: Facilitate code, schedule design review meetings and process documentation. Conduct frequent audits to ensure compliance. 
• Squad Performance Development: Responsible for overseeing the development and advancement of direct reports using the skill progression framework, ensuring frequent one-on-one meetings and monitoring development plans.
• Communication: Host frequent squad meeting with documented agendas, schedule 1:1’s with squad members and ensure productivity within the squad.
• Recruitment & Onboarding: Take part in frequent review processes to identify and escalate resource needs, ensure SLAs are met, run interviews and own & iterate the Squad onboarding documentation.

Skills:

• Delivers squad objectives on time, to quality and often beyond expectation.
• Drives continuous improvement throughout the development life cycle and is always looking at opportunities to improve our processes.
• Focuses on achieving business results for others, with a focus on maximising the success of their squad.
• Nurtures high performing culture within their squad.
• Able to introduce new skills to their squad through personal experience, external networks or hiring top talent.