Senior Technical Lead

Manchester Digital; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 78,000 - 93,000; Full time

Job summary

A public service technology provider is seeking a Tech Lead to drive fraud prevention and detection efforts across digital services. This role focuses on coordinating technical teams, developing product roadmaps, and providing strategic technical input. Ideal candidates will possess strong expertise in cloud technologies and system architecture, along with experience in leading design and problem-solving efforts. The position offers a competitive salary of up to £92,522, generous pension contributions, and a hybrid working model.

Benefits

28.97% employer pension contributions

Flexible working hours

Generous leave package

Qualifications

• Experience of leading design and reviewing complex solutions.
• Responsible for providing expert knowledge to project teams.
• Gathering information from varied sources for decision making.
• Reviewing services and trends to identify improvement areas.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for coordinating technical teams and product lifecycles.
• Develop technical product roadmaps aligned with objectives.
• Provide technical input and advice to senior business discussions.
• Use knowledge of integration and solution architecture for service improvements.

Skills

Leading design and reviewing solutions

Expert domain knowledge

Gathering information from different stakeholders

Reviewing existing services and industry trends

Tools

Cloud technologies

Desktop and network environments

Job description

Pay up to £92,522, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, andgreat worklife balance.

We're looking for a Tech Lead to join DWP Fraud & Error. You lead our technical team in the prevention and detection of fraud and error in public services.

You'll be working at the forefront of technology used to prevent and detect fraud and error across digital products and services used by millions of people. And you'll be communicating a technical vision across a range of experts and areas.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

• Experience of leading design and reviewing solutions to complex problems with system architectures by defining and challenging patterns and principles. Creates precedents and sets direction.
• Responsible for providing expert domain knowledge and advise to project teams when dealing with complex projects or issues.
• Gathering a range of information from different sources and stakeholders to ensure effective decision making, clearly demonstrating a balanced approach to conclusions and recommendations.
• Reviewing existing services and external industry trends to identify areas of improvement and formulating plans to deliver enhancements to enable the management of a quality service.

You and your role

As our Senior Technical Lead you will be accountable for coordinating technical teams to design, build, and maintain products and services.

You'll use your expertise across multiple domains to develop technical product roadmaps and manage lifecycles, ensuring alignment with DWP's strategic objectives.

Technical expertise is essential, including cloud technologies, hosting, and a strong understanding of desktop and network environments.

As an important and influential member of the Fraud and Error leadership team you'll provide technical input and advice into business discussions, helping to steer wider strategy at the most senior level.

You'll use your deep knowledge of areas such as package implementation, configuration, customisation, integration, and solution architecture to find ways to improve and enhance service quality, configuration and management.

Location

You'lljoin us inone ofour brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you.

Hybrid Working

Weworka hybrid model -you'llspend some time working at home andsome timecollaborating face to face in a hub.

Pay

We offer competitive pay of up to £92,552.

Pension

You'llgeta brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%.

Holidays

A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time.

You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month onflexi-time. You'llalso get all the usual public holidays.

Process

We know your time isvaluable so our application and selection process is just two stages:

• Apply:completeyour application on Civil Service Jobs.There'llbe full instructions when you click through.
• Interview:a single stage interview online.

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