Software Technical Lead - .Net/Angular

Royal London; Alderley Edge; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Technical Lead, where you will manage the design and development of innovative applications. This role offers a unique opportunity to work with cloud infrastructure and lead a talented team, ensuring the smooth operation of pension applications. You will foster relationships with stakeholders, drive continuous improvement, and contribute to the company’s mission of providing sustainable technology solutions. With a commitment to inclusion and employee well-being, this role promises a fulfilling work environment with excellent benefits, including generous leave and a strong pension scheme.

Benefits

28 days annual leave

14% employer matching pension scheme

private medical insurance

Qualifications

• Expert in application development techniques and methods.
• In-depth knowledge of application design and development best practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage design, development, testing, and operation of applications.
• Provide problem management and incident resolution capability.

Skills

Application Development Techniques

Cloud Infrastructure

Problem Solving

Organisational Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Job description

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Software Technical Lead - .Net/Angular

Date: 25 Apr 2025

Company: Royal London Group

Job Title: Technical Lead

Contract Type: Permanent

Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based

We are currently seeking a highly skilled and motivated Technical Lead, to join our team at Royal London. As a Technical Lead, you will play a crucial role in managing the design, development, testing and smooth operation of our applications.

You will deliver development and test services to our business. You will be responsible for tool selection, vendor management and the technical roadmap for one or more pensions applications ensuring continuous improvement in availability, currency, and commerciality. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with a strong technical background and a passion for problem-solving to contribute to the growth and success of our organisation.

This is a progressive role, joining the pensions applications teams, delivering scalable solutions to both our customers and employees. You will have the opportunity to work on a variety of initiatives, across pensions, working with stakeholders across the group.

This role contributes to our values of strengthening our customers mutual choice, by providing sustainable technology solutions to our customers.

About the role

• You will provide problem management and incident resolution capability (production support) for the platform they are responsible for.
• Build trusting relationships with key stakeholders and internal customers.
• Provides expertise to their team on the methods and tools needed to deliver change through the specialist platform.
• Ensure required technical upgrades and maintenance are scheduled, working closely with relevant 3rd party vendor(s).
• You will manage the team’s performance against key deliverables and measures quality against agreed internal benchmarks.
• Responsible for managing the performance of 3rd party vendor(s) against contractual obligations and SLAs. As well as identifying opportunities to leverage new capabilities within the platform to add value to the business and our customers.
• Builds trusting relationships with key stakeholders and internal customers.
• Inputs to financial planning and portfolio shaping activities across the Group. Will lead with recruitment of permanent and flexible resource.

About you

• Will have sound, broad knowledge of IT.
• Be an expert in application development techniques and methods. In-depth knowledge of application design and development best practices.
• Knowledge and experience of working with cloud infrastructure.
• Ability to apply specialist knowledge to solve complex problems.
• Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise and multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience of successfully leading technical evaluations.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

About Royal London

We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.

Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.

We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits

Inclusion, diversity and belonging

We’re an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.