• Accountable for ensuring the technical delivery from the development and test teams, is in line with the project schedule;
      o Review progress of the development and test teams;
      o Report to the Delivery Manager on progress;
      o Liaise with the customer or account manager to discuss issues;

• Responsible for ensuring the development and test teams understand the customer requirements and how those requirements will be met by the proposed technical solution;

• Creation and agreement of project schedule for the phases and activities under your control;

• Accountable for ensuring the technical delivery from the development and test teams, is in line with the project schedule;

• Responsible for ensuring the technical delivery meets expected company standards (e.g. technical development standards and documentation standards);

• Working with the offshore delivery team

• Liaison between the project Solution Architect, technical teams and any third-party vendors;

• Review technical specifications and clarify/address queries from the team

What we're looking for:

• Strong organisational, interpersonal and time management skills.

• Objective decision-making ability based on strategic objectives priority, business performance analysis and resource availability.

• Hands on experience managing the software development elements of an overall IT implementation project

• Project manager/ Software Development Manager with a Java Development background. Someone that understands and can read code. This is a hands on role.

• Demonstrable technical architecture/infrastructure knowledge of significant technology or business processes

• Strong problem solving skills and ability to suggest technical solutions to problems where required

• Interviewing skills/technique

• Proven presentation skills

• Good listening and communication skills (oral and written)

• Estimation skills covering costs and timelines for new development requests.

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive basic salary

• 23 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave

• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice

• Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks…and plenty more

• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology

• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform

• Home based role.

You’ll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita. You’ll be joining a network of 63,000 experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.

What we hope you’ll do next:

Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

All interviews, assessments and background checks will continue to take place online, to completely remove the need for face-to-face contact. All Capita colleagues who can work from home should do so; and where it is not possible for colleagues to work remotely, we have taken important steps to protect those working from Capita’s offices. Social distancing, enhanced hygiene and safety measures are already in place at all Capita locations that are open to protect our colleagues and manage the risk of COVID-19. The welfare of our people is of paramount importance to us, and we’re doing everything we can to keep our colleagues and customers safe during this time.