Senior Software Engineering Manager, Cancer Research
£80-85k
More information about location
1-2 days a week in office (Redman Place, London)
Cancer prevention, awareness and research charity
Job no longer available
Cancer prevention, awareness and research charity
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
£80-85k
More information about location
1-2 days a week in office (Redman Place, London)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To prevent, control and cure cancer through ground-breaking research.
Role
Who you are
- Experienced engineering leader who has recruited, developed, and engaged software engineering teams in large, complex organisations
- Excellent knowledge of the fast-moving technology landscape with a particular focus on cloud engineering and knowledge of:
- Current best practices (e.g. BDD, CI/CD)
- Architectural approaches and their future direction (e.g. modern front-end development/single-page applications, serverless services, infrastructure-as-code)
- Full-stack JavaScript (React/Node JS) utilising AWS serverless services (e.g. Amplify, Lambda, Aurora)
- A comprehensive understanding of the software delivery lifecycle and different approaches (including DevOps and Agile)
- Has matured software engineering practices by retaining ambition and agility while establishing robust approaches fit for business-critical applications
- Strong communication skills with the ability to translate highly technical subjects for non-technical audiences
- A technical expert and a motivational leader with mature stakeholder management skills
What the job involves
- Reports to: Head of Engineering
- Department: Chief Operating Office
- Hours: Full time 35 hours per week
- Our in-house software solutions include a Content Management platform supporting multiple websites, Event and Activity Management web applications, Online Fundraising platform, Payments platform, Ecommerce and mobile apps
- These are business critical systems under continual agile development, operating at scale for millions of users such as: cancer patients looking for information, supporters and volunteers helping with fundraising, c.600+ stores, c.4,000+ office staff, and researchers working towards curing cancer
- We are searching for a Senior Software Engineering Manager to lead our highly skilled, cross-disciplined, and diverse Software Engineering capability (c.25-30 staff including Front-End, Back-End, and Integration) which supports the charity’s product development whilst establishing an agile, secure, and smooth-running digital workplace
- The purpose of your role will be to deliver our software engineering strategy while providing technical leadership that develops the teams’ skills and careers and encourages innovation by setting up small multi-skilled product teams empowered to make decisions and prioritise their work
- If you are an Engineering leader who has led and developed software engineering teams in large organisations, we would love for you to join our mission
- Leading Cancer Research UK’s Software Engineering capability (c.25 to 30 staff) by:
- Evolving and delivering the Software Engineering Strategy
- Developing platforms and products that are reliable, secure, performant, and flexible
- Recruiting and supporting software engineers’ career development
- Providing expert technical guidance and motivational leadership
- Line managing, leading and developing an inclusive and high-functioning team by:
- Creating a positive culture which recognises success, develops and drives high performance and rewards results to retain talent within the team and wider function
- Further developing the Software Engineering capability by collaborating with Lead Engineers to develop standards and reusable assets and encourage knowledge sharing (the current capabilities include Front-End, Back-End, and Integration)
- Partnering with internal and external stakeholders ensuring a mature approach to architecting new solutions, giving estimates and commitments; and delivering on agreed commitments while optimising the efficiency of the team
- Fostering collaborative relationships with the others in the Engineering first-line team and across the Technology directorate to ensure appropriate levels of governance, platform reliability, efficiency and quality of delivery
- Embodying Cancer Research UK’s leadership behaviours by:
- Driving for impact by aiming high, creating clarity, and acting decisively
- Embracing our mission as a collective effort
- Creating an environment where our Software Engineering team can do impactful work by enabling ownership and building an inclusive workplace
- Fostering conditions where ideas and fresh approaches thrive by being curious and valuing challenges and ideas
Application process
- Recruitment process: Two competency-based interviews
- Interview date: From the week commencing 02 December 2024
- Closing date: 02 December 2024 23:55
- This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications is received or once a suitable candidate is found, therefore we strongly recommend that you apply early to avoid disappointment
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The world’s largest independent cancer research charity, Cancer Research UK (CRUK) was founded from a merger between the Cancer Research Campaign and the Cancer Research Fund in 2002. CRC and ICRF had been long-standing pinnacles of the British medical institution, their work dating back to 1902 and 1923 respectively, and the merger signalled a strong step forward for UK medical institutes’ global influence.
A multi-armed charity, CRUK uses both grant-funded researchers and its own employed staff to research the treatments and causes of cancer, whilst its striking advertising and marketing campaigns are responsible for influencing public policy on the causes, prevention, and treatment of the disease. An example of a significant public campaign was Stoptober, which appeared to have triggered a third of a million smokers at the time to try quit tobacco throughout the month of October.
Alongside its pharmaceutical efforts, in 2023 CRUK funded clinical trials for the first-ever proton beam therapy for breast cancer, indicating a focus on technological innovations in the fight against cancer. On this subject, CRUK has also taken part in a billion-pound investment in the Francis Crick Institute, a biomedical research institute that is aiming to make England an international leader in the industry.
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Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Stratford, London, UK
Leadership
Michelle is a Trustee at the Francis Crick Institute and an Advisory Council Member at The King's FUnd. Previously, she served as a Non-Executive Director at NHS England and as CEO at the MS Society.
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