Manager Software Engineering

LexisNexis Risk Solutions; Southampton; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Country specific benefits

Job summary

Cirium in Southampton, United Kingdom, is seeking a Manager of Software Engineering to lead and grow a high-performing team delivering aviation analytics platform capabilities. You will provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and partner with product and project teams to ensure successful delivery.

Ideal candidates will have extensive software engineering leadership experience, strong communication, and the ability to drive process improvements while aligning with business goals.

Qualifications

• Experience leading software engineering teams in product or platform delivery.
• Proven ability to manage staff resourcing and teams including offshore models.
• Strong organizational skills with ability to handle multiple priorities and analyze data.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a software engineering team delivering high-quality products and platform capabilities.
• Collaborate with product, project, and engineering partners to drive technical leadership.

Skills

Staff resourcing

Team leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Database design

Job description

Are you passionate about leading high-performing engineering teams and delivering innovative technology solutions that make a real impact?

Do you enjoy mentoring engineers, driving technical excellence, and collaborating across teams to build products that help transform an industry?

About The Business

At Cirium, our goal is to keep the world connected. We are the industry leader in aviation analytics; helping our customers understand the past, present, and predicting what will happen tomorrow. Our mission is to transform the aviation industry by enabling airlines, airports, travel companies, tech giants, aircraft manufacturers, financial institutions, and many more accelerate their own digital transformation. You can learn more about Cirium at https://www.cirium.com/ 1

About The Role

As a Manager of Software Engineering, you will lead and develop a team of software engineers responsible for delivering high-quality products and platform capabilities. Working closely with product, project, and engineering partners, you will provide technical leadership, support the successful delivery of software solutions, and foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing team environment.

Responsibilities

• Working closely with cross functionals teams, to deliver new capabilities and improve upon existing capabilities
• Managing your team, including interviewing, hiring, planning, assigning, directing work, appraising performance, and giving appropriate feedback
• Monitoring and reporting on technical progress against plans
• Acting as an acknowledged go-to person on coding and technical issues
• Driving and implementing process improvements
• Monitoring and reporting on technical progress against plans

Requirements

• Have experience in a software engineering role as part of a product or platform delivery team
• Have substantial Software Engineering experience
• Have experience in staff resourcing and management, including partnering and offshoring resourcing models
• Be able to demonstrate excellent organizational skills when dealing with multiple priorities, able to think analytically
• Have experience of managing Software Engineering Teams
• Be a natural problem-solver and able to take a lead in collaborating to resolve issues
• Have excellent communication skills and the ability to convey information clearly to a wide audience
• Be very proficient in database technology, design and manipulation, optimization, and best practice

We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits.