Director of Software Development and Engineering

CACI Limited; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy is seeking a Director of Software Development and Engineering in London to spearhead innovation and deliver high-quality software products. This pivotal role will manage product strategy and establish best practices across software development, ensuring alignment with business goals and enhancing collaboration within cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in senior software development roles.
• Strong leadership and management skills.
• Extensive knowledge of software development methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage software development teams.
• Establish best practices for software development.
• Oversee entire software development lifecycle.

Skills

Leadership

Software Development

Agile Methodologies

Problem Solving

Collaboration

Attention to Detail

Tools

AWS

Job description

Director of Software Development and Engineering

London W14 8TS, UK Req #964

13 February 2025

Company Overview:

CACI Ltd is an international data and technology consultancy with £200m turnover and 1400 employees in the UK. Our business purpose is to ‘do amazing things with data and technology’ to drive value and make a difference on behalf of our diverse customer base. We are passionate, progressive, and innovative and serve more than 1000 commercial and government organisations; we specialise in four key areas of capability:

• Consumer & Market Intelligence: providing unrivalled insight into consumers and market across the globe, using data and AI
• Operations & Logistics: Software systems to support complex business operations and logistics planning
• Digital Strategy and Transformation – Shaping and implementing customer experience across all digital channels
• Complex cloud IT platforms – building systems and networks that are characterized by large volumes of data and high levels of systems integration.

Headquartered in London, CACI Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of CACI International Inc., a publicly listed company on the NYSE - generating $8.0 bn revenue and employing approximately 24,000 people worldwide.

Role Overview:

The Director of Software Development is a new senior role with responsibility for overseeing all aspects of product development across CACI. You will work with Business Units to shape and deliver their product strategy. This will include leading software development teams, managing the development lifecycle, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality software products that meet the needs of our clients.

This is a role that is pivotal in leading and driving change in how we work today. CACI is embarking on a new journey and a critical aspect of this role is establishing a “CACI way” of software development. Our products are at the start of an evolution, ready for migration to the cloud, or advancement beyond MVP status. To succeed we need to increase the maturity of our software development practices, including delivery, architecture, release and management. We’ve adopted a start-up mentality to software development that has served us well, but will not be suitable going forward. Until now, software development has been devolved across Business Units within CACI; now we want to leverage the skills across CACI to accelerate and improve development. This will include defining how we work as teams, formulating the roles of feature teams, DevOps, platform engineering and our off-shore team in India.

You’ll be integral to establishing and monitoring delivery best practice, ensuring effective team performance. You will ensure that the business and commercial needs are firmly represented with software and product development. You will help to ensure that software development and architectural requirements align with the business strategy and to our commercial and budgetary constraints. You will work closely with the product owners and specialists within the Business Units to validate their requirements and ensure that they are met.

A key success factor will be ensuring that our development plans and commercial goals are considered, both within and across business units. There could be significant value to be realised by greater product integration or leveraging existing capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Overall strategic architectural lead for our software products.
• Define the overall technology vision and strategy for how we approach software development across all Business Units.
• Lead and manage the cross functional teams, including the software development teams to deliver innovative and high-quality software products. Look for opportunities to harmonise products and leverage existing capabilities.
• Collaborate with Business Units to ensure alignment of product development with business goals.
• Work closely with other departments such as product owners, marketing, sales, and customer support to ensure the software products meet market needs and customer expectations.

Software Development Leadership

• Oversee the entire software development lifecycle, from initial concept through to delivery and maintenance.
• Establish a best-fit structure for the delivery and management of our software products, factoring in feature teams, front end development, DevOps and platform engineering etc.
• Implement best practices for software development, including agile methodologies, continuous integration, and automated testing.
• Establish CACI patterns, standards and architectural best practice.
• Ensure that all software products are developed in compliance with industry standards and regulations.
• Drive the adoption of new technologies and methodologies to improve efficiency and product quality.
• Establish cross-business unit collaboration and create a “one-CACI” way of working for Product Development.
• Expand our off-shore development team and manage on an ongoing basis as part of the overall Product Development capability.

Measurement and Monitoring

• Manage the budget and resources for the software development department. Working with Finance to report on performance against approved timelines and budget.
• Establish processes for tracking and managing team utilisation and velocity, to ensure that the team is working effectively.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, encouraging teams to learn from past projects and enhance their processes.

Skills and Experience:

• Proven experience in a senior software development role, with a track record of delivering successful software products across the end-to-end software delivery lifecycle
• Ability to review commercial business plans with Business Units, challenging as appropriate and turning them into software development programmes.
• Strong leadership and management skills, with the ability to communicate with technical and commercial stakeholders and to inspire and motivate teams.
• Extensive knowledge of software development methodologies, tools, and best practices.
• Experience with agile development, continuous integration, and automated testing.
• Experience of overseeing and tracking team performance and the commercials as they relate to product development.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent planning skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• A technology background is preferred and we would value experience and knowledge in all or some of:
• AWS architecture and a broad range of components