Global IT Software Engineer Manager

Boston Consulting Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Greater London seeks an experienced IT Transformation Leader to drive technology initiatives. You will collaborate with stakeholders to understand business challenges, implement Agile practices, and lead software development across varied technology stacks. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience in IT transformation and a solid understanding of cloud infrastructures. This position offers a dynamic work environment with opportunities for innovation.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience in delivering IT Transformation initiatives.
• Experience in agile development environments with all aspects of SDLC.
• Ability to lead/perform software development and make architectural recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with stakeholders and peer developers.
• Work with key stakeholders to understand business challenges.
• Apply Agile methodologies to streamline development processes.

Skills

Technical governance

Analytical thinking

Clear communication

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer or information sciences

Tools

.Net Framework

Angular

React

Oracle

MS SQL Server

MongoDB

DynamoDB

Azure

AWS

Job description

Who We Are

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation—inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact. To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

What You\'ll Do

Designing Software: Collaborate closely with stakeholders, architects, product owners, analysts and peer developers to build front-end and back-end application layers. Problem Solving: Work with key stakeholders to understand business challenges and propose innovative technology solutions, including experimenting with new and emerging technologies. Agile Practices: Apply Agile methodologies—such as work estimation, TDD, and BDD—to streamline development processes. Architecture & Standards: Implement technical architecture, tooling, platforms, and systems in coordination with Enterprise Architecture to maintain compliance with established standards. Data & Integrations: Understand the data and integration landscape and collaborate with expert teams to support application-level integration, reporting, and analytics. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with enterprise teams on UX design, security best practices, cloud strategies, and platform engineering. Technical Analysis: Lead technical analysis and estimation efforts for custom-built applications. Best Practices: Drive the adoption of release management and automation best practices. Incident Management: Ensure thorough root cause analysis and prompt remediation during any incidents or outages.

Capabilities

• You bring solid development and program leadership experience to drive technical governance, innovation, integrations, and cloud strategies using emerging technologies like Gen AI. You thrive in environments that demand independent problem-solving, analytical thinking, and clear communication. In this role, you will:
• Demonstrate thought leadership in technology innovation and transformation.
• Communicate complex technical concepts in a clear and relatable manner to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate effectively with business and technology leaders, influencing decisions through your insights.
• Exhibit initiative, self-motivation, and a collaborative spirit while working both independently and as part of a team.
• Dive into technical details when needed, balancing hands-on problem solving with an end-to-end perspective.
• Build strong relationships and maintain a respectful, team-focused approach.
• Adapt to a fast-paced, multicultural, and service-oriented work environment.
• Uphold organisational values and guidelines while flexibly interpreting them to drive business improvements.
• Take ownership and be accountable for your work and the team\'s performance.
• Be detail-oriented, well-organised, and decisive when setting priorities.
• Stay curious and committed to continuously upskilling as technology evolves.
• Be available for occasional international calls outside regular business hours as required.

What You\'ll Bring

• Bachelor\'s or Master\'s degree in computer or information sciences or a similar field
• 10+ years of relevant experience in delivering IT Transformation initiatives, preferably in large international organisations
• Hands-on technology development and implementation experience
• Experience in agile development environments with all aspects of SDLC with globally distributed teams
• Ability to lead/perform software development, as well as make architectural recommendations pertinent to business needs and related dependencies
• Good understanding of security best practices from a development and deployment perspective
• Strong technical competence, with the ability to rapidly learn new tools and technologies
• Flexibility and entrepreneurial spirit to adapt easily to changing requirements and priorities
• Experience leading and developing solutions across a varied technology stack, including:
  • Object-Oriented design, SOLID principles, and modern design patterns
  • Development experience in Microsoft .Net Framework and experience in Front-end JavaScript frameworks like Angular & React
  • Traditional Relational Database technologies like Oracle, MS SQL Server and NoSQL Databases like MongoDB or DynamoDB
  • SOA & Microservices architecture implementation using REST APIs, queue-based messaging patterns, exposure to Mulesoft/Kong is a plus
  • On-premise/cloud-based infrastructures, SDLC pipelines, and deployments/configurations and definition/evangelism of best practices/standards
  • Software delivery, including CI/CD and related DevSecOps practices, working with cloud-based platforms such as Azure or AWS (preferred)
  • Experience working on AI/Gen AI implementations and underlying architecture, and models
  • Application testing, automation and performance testing tools
  • Working knowledge of Agile Scrum

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws. BC G is an E - Verify Employer. Click here for more information on E-Verify.