Head of Engineering - Retirement Platform

at  Lloyds Banking Group

End Date
Thursday 07 November 2024
Salary Range
£121,023 - £142,380
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Flexible Working Options
Hybrid Working
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Job Description
JOB TITLE: Head of Engineering (Retirement Platform)

SALARY: £121,023 - £142,380

LOCATION: Edinburgh
HOURS: Full time
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, on site.
About this opportunity:
Are you looking for a technology focused leadership role which will enable you to drive tech collaboration; input and advise the strategic vision and direction for the lab whilst inspiring our engineering teams to be creative, innovative, and empowered to reach their full potential and deliver on our transformation vision?
We have a great opportunity for a Head of Engineering in the Retirement Platform which operates within the Insurance, Pensions and Investment Division.
As a purpose driven platform we strive to support the Group’s growth ambitions through brilliant engineering and delivery of industry-leading retirement products and services.
The Retirement Platform exists to help customers live their retirement to the full. If we get this right, each year we’ll help tens of thousands of retirees navigate the complex financial choices they need to make. We can’t think of many better ways to help Britain prosper.

Collaboration is critical to the success of this role! As the Head of Engineering for Retirements you’ll work collaboratively with the Product Owners, other platforms, technical teams, as well as other engineering leads across the group. You’ll work hand-in-hand leading the platform technology teams with the Technology Platform Lead and Business Platform Lead and Product Owners to:

• Jointly assume the ownership, development, and accountability of Lab strategic and quarterly OKRs, and are incentivised against a balanced set of business and technology outcomes.
• Optimise, evolve, and deliver an efficient operating model.
• Support shaping of the backlog and prioritising outcomes which are essential to keep the solution / product in good health.
• Create an organisation that is truly data driven and providing the best value propositions to our customers.
• Define the What and Why the team deliver, and how through a combination of engineering solutions and changes to our ways of working i.e. agile and instrumentation.

About us
Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…

What you’ll need:

• To be a visionary leader and an advocate for digital transformation
• A passion for team development; allowing colleagues to develop in different/new technologies and mature in ways of working, resulting in a successful team.
• Extensive experience and technical engineering knowledge and implementation of a broad range of platforms, including cloud.
• Are technology agnostic and willing to adapt your approach in pursuit of the best solution; enables via an excellent knowledge and understanding of multiple engineering & software design solutions.
• Experienced in providing Software Engineering oversight, technical and people leadership across multiple teams
• Successful in building high performing mission driven cultures
• You will inspire delivery whilst encouraging simplicity and developing confidence & trust

About working for us:
Our focus is to ensure we’re inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.
We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.
We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.
And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.
We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.
At Lloyds Banking Group, we’re driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you’ll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you’ll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
We keep your data safe. So, we’ll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We’ll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.
We’re focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference

• Jointly assume the ownership, development, and accountability of Lab strategic and quarterly OKRs, and are incentivised against a balanced set of business and technology outcomes.
• Optimise, evolve, and deliver an efficient operating model.
• Support shaping of the backlog and prioritising outcomes which are essential to keep the solution / product in good health.
• Create an organisation that is truly data driven and providing the best value propositions to our customers.
• Define the What and Why the team deliver, and how through a combination of engineering solutions and changes to our ways of working i.e. agile and instrumentation