Competitive
Bristol, England
Permanent, Variable

Software Engineering Manager - Data Platform

Posted by Hargreaves Lansdown plc.

Excited to grow your career?

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

We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don't tick every box. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. We'd love to hear from you!

About the Role

As data is a key asset for HL as a business we need to have the platform that will allow BI, Analytics, ML and Data Products to drive business insights and new opportunities.

We have delivered the initial use case to support this for our Active Savings platform, although this is just the first step.

This role is to understand the key business value drivers from data and drive the platform direction and capabilities to allow HL to scale its opportunities through data.

What you'll be doing

  • Playing a pivotal role in a major HL wide transformation
  • Partnering closely with technical and business leaders and teams to understand business processes and data flows/challenges/opportunities and design solutions to deliver better outcomes for our clients and colleagues
  • Setting the data platform technical vision, strategy and governance
  • Working alongside other technical and business teams to understand opportunities to simplify ways of working with data
  • Recruiting and shaping an existing team to be a high performing set of talented and experienced integration professionals with the ability to flex with partners
  • Driving technical delivery, continuous improvement and innovation
  • Establish a culture that is driven by purpose and excellence and a team that is motivated to make a difference

About you

  • Strong technology leadership experience within complex organisations
  • Led transformative change across large organisations
  • Acted as a strong partner to multiple business areas in order to deliver on key priorities with a one team mindset
  • Significant experience across complex technology estates with defining and delivering data capabilities to enable colleagues to work with data in an easily consumable way to support the HL business initiatives as well as BAU
  • Able to work under pressure with many competing priorities, manage ambiguity and drive for clarity and results

Interview process

This is a 3 stage interview process which compromises of an informal 30 minute discussion with the hiring manager, and two structured competency and technical focused interviews which will last between an hour to an hour and a half each.

Working Schedule

37.5 hours flexible based upon meeting business demands with occasional onsite visits at the Bristol office

Why Us?

Here at HL, we're the UK's number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we've helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.

To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.

What's on Offer?

  • Discretionary annual bonus* & annual pay review
  • 25 days* holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure time
  • Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday per year at annual enrolment
  • Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
  • Enhanced parental leave
  • Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
  • Sharesave scheme - have a real stake in HL's future
  • Income Protection & Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
  • Private medical insurance*
  • Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and out patientcare
  • Help@hand and an Employee Assistance Programme
  • Gympass - gym memberships and wellbeing apps available
  • Variety of travel to work schemes with free bike storage and shower facilities
  • An inhouse barista serving subsidised coffee and snacks
  • Join HL's sports, I&D networks and volunteering groups (two paid volunteering days per year)
  • LifeWorks Discounts on services, restaurants and retailers
  • dependant on role level

Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis - please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.

Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.

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