Head of Software Engineering, Account & Identity
Permanent - Full Time
Location: GB
Job Closing Date: 23:59, Sunday 2nd February 2025
THE ROLE
The BBC’s Product Engineering function is looking to appoint a Head of Engineering for Account & Identity to play a key role in the engineering of the BBC’s audience-facing digital products and a best-in-class engineering culture.
Main Responsibilities
As Head of Software Engineering you will have responsibility for a large team of software engineers, data engineers and test engineers across multiple locations, leading change and improvement across the board and working closely with peers in Engineering & Architecture to shape the technical vision for your space and our overall digital estate.
Your key day-to-day responsibilities will include:
* Defining a technical vision and strategy for Account & Identity, collaborating with your peers across Engineering & Architecture.
* Leading large software engineering teams in the design and development of high-volume, high-performance, high-availability systems.
* Aligning the development approach with the overall BBC Engineering strategy and ensuring engineering excellence.
* Driving improvements in our continuous delivery/integration practices and cloud practices.
* Effective people leadership including performance management, resource planning, recruitment and talent development.
* Being a proactive member of the Engineering leadership team and leadership community.
* Ensuring our products are operationally excellent and always available to the audience.
* Ensuring software engineering best practices are adhered to across teams.
* Managing offshore and vendor suppliers and deliverables.
* Supporting the Director, Product Engineering – Platform by delivering technical initiatives within the Engineering group.
Are You The Right Candidate?
The ideal candidate will evidence the following skills and experience:
* Demonstrable experience leading an engineering team at scale across multiple locations.
* Experience building horizontal capabilities across a digital portfolio of products.
* Experience of operational ownership of digital offerings in production.
* A digital leader with the ability to inspire and motivate a large engineering team.
* Ability to present to and influence C-Level colleagues.
* A team player who can coach, develop and mentor the engineering community.
* Experience of agile software delivery at scale.
* Knowledge of cloud computing and micro-service architectures.
* Behavioural role model for the BBC’s values.
Package Description
Band: F
Contract type: 1 x continuing (permanent) role
Location: Flexible/Hybrid
Career Path Framework job pay range: up to £148,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
About the BBC
We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application.
* Excellent career progression opportunities.
* Unrivalled training and development opportunities.
* Benefits including a competitive salary package, flexible working week, and additional leave options.
Diversity matters at the BBC. We value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive.
We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of background.
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, incorporating the skills, knowledge and experience required for satisfactory performance.
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