Are you a Digital Senior Leader who has previously led a technical function to modernise and deliver a best-in-class digital experience?
If so, you could be the Head of Software Engineering we’re looking for!

ABOUT US

We value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.

ABOUT THE ROLE

British Heart Foundation (BHF) has embarked on an extensive and ambitious transformation of its overarching digital experience, to modernise our estate, improve customer experience, and drive additional support and income.
As our Head of Software Engineering, you’ll lead our software engineering function and play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering our multi-year roadmap, with overall responsibility for all software development, digital platforms, DevOps and QA across the organisation.
Accountable for developing strategies, roadmaps and standards which clearly define the best use of our existing and future platforms and execute on delivering these capabilities to the business, you’ll have direct responsibility for managing our website, intranet and PowerPlatform services. You’ll also work with stakeholders across technology to deploy new features and services that deliver business value, guiding and supporting development of our organisational digital capabilities.
As Chapter Lead for our Software Engineering function, you’ll provide technical leadership and direction to a team of c.35, including a mix of onshore and offshore resource. You’ll be responsible for developing and coaching the team, setting the vision and standards, and delivering capability into all parts of Technology.

To be successful in this role you’ll will have the following skills and experience:

• Excellent leadership skills, with solid recruitment techniques, having previous success of building a functional team
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• First-class technical mind, effective at simplifying complex problems into component parts for delivery and articulating to technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong commercial acumen to assess ROI and TCO of technology decisions
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to liaise and work with non-technical people in a clear manner
• Excellent relationship building skills with the ability to influence at all levels, including board and executive leadershi