Software Engineer

Lloyds Banking Group; Leeds; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services organization in Leeds is seeking a leadership-level professional responsible for delivering budget outcomes and enhancing IT security processes. The role requires strong interpersonal skills and a passion for coaching within a collaborative environment. Candidates should be eager to develop their capabilities while directly impacting the organization’s operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Takes responsibility for delivering a prescribed budget for own area.
• Personally meets customer needs related to standard products.
• Grows own capabilities by pursuing personal development opportunities.
• Identifies shortcomings and suggests improvements to existing processes.
• Highlights shortcomings in current IT Security processes.
• Delivers prescribed outcomes by managing others within established systems.
• Sets short term objectives and manages performance of direct reports.
• Explores issues to establish potential causes and related barriers.
• Defines and adapts specialized products/services to meet customer needs.
• Delivers prescribed outcomes using risk management systems.
• Improves supplier management plan for designated area.
• Analyses specified problems to find the best technical solutions.
• Develops product specifications and testing procedures.

Job description

Overview

Aims to deliver the highest quality customer driven software whilst continually challenging, motivating, mentoring and supporting their engineering teams. They will work in cross-disciplinary teams delivering exciting customer driven solutions and high quality software and showcase excellent interpersonal and communication skill whilst efficiently working across the project life cycle to ensure software operates as intended. This is a leadership level role and will blend both deep domain and technical expertise within a feature team and great passion for coaching and developing people in a "player-coach" model.

Responsibilities

• Takes responsibility for delivering a prescribed budget for own area of the organisation and/or conducts complex analyses on budget progress in other areas while working within established systems.
• Personally meets customer needs related to standard products and services and/or supervises a team of customer advisors.
• Grows own capabilities by pursuing and investing in personal development opportunities and develops the capabilities of direct reports by working within existing development framework; provides specialised training or coaching in area of expertise to others throughout the organisation.
• Identifies shortcomings and suggests improvements to existing processes, systems and procedures, then delivers a plan for a small element of a change management programme with guidance from a project/programme manager.
• Highlights shortcomings and suggests improvements in current IT Security processes, systems and procedures within assigned unit and/or discipline.
• Delivers prescribed outcomes for area of responsibility by working within established knowledge management systems.
• Delivers outcomes by managing others and working within established systems.
• Sets short term objectives and helps manage the performance of direct reports by working within performance management systems.
• Explores issues and/or needs to establish potential causes, related issues and barriers.
• Defines, delivers, and adapts specialized products/services to meet customer needs by selecting the best possible approaches available within established systems.
• Delivers prescribed outcomes for a designated area, using risk management systems to ensure the organisation is not exposed to undue risks.
• Delivers prescribed outcomes for area of responsibility by improving and/or working within an established supplier management plan.
• Analyses specified problems and issues to find the best technical and/or professional solutions.
• Develops product specifications while designing testing procedures and standards.
• Delivers prescribed outcomes for area of responsibility by working within established strategic planning systems.

Company information

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we're building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.