Technical Lead

Royal London; Alderley Edge; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Employer pension up to 14%

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Royal London is seeking a hands-on Technical Lead to guide development and quality engineers in designing, building and running high-quality protection applications in our UK platforms. You’ll combine hands-on expertise with the ability to coach teams, foster strong stakeholder collaboration and ensure resilient, scalable delivery.

You will apply deep knowledge of .NET or Java, lead technical decisions, and oversee production support, upgrades and vendor coordination to meet key performance

Qualifications

• Broad knowledge of IT and application development techniques
• Expert in design and development best practices in one or more languages (preferably .NET or Java)
• Experience leading technical teams, both work and line management
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• ITIL knowledge preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead development and quality engineers to deliver high quality solutions
• Provide production support and incident resolution for the platform
• Build trusting relationships with stakeholders and vendors
• Provide expertise on methods and tools to deliver changes
• Schedule technical upgrades and maintenance with 3rd party vendors
• Manage team performance against deliverables and quality benchmarks
• Contribute to financial planning and portfolio shaping; lead recruitment
• Promote operational resilience and security across systems

Skills

Technical leadership

Team leadership

.NET / Java development

Stakeholder communication

Tools

ITIL

Job description

“It feels good to have a career with real purpose.”

Job Summary

We are looking for a hands-on Technical Lead to join Royal London and help shape the future of our Protection applications. You will lead developers and testers to design, build and run high-quality technology solutions that support our customers and colleagues.

This role is ideal for someone with proven experience in both technical and people leadership, combining hands-on expertise in .NET and other technologies with the ability to guide engineering decisions, coach teams and deliver scalable, resilient solutions.

About the role

• You will lead a team of development and quality engineers to deliver high quality solutions
• 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 and 3rd party vendor(s).
• Provides expertise to their team on the methods and tools needed to deliver change through the 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.
• Inputs to financial planning and portfolio shaping activities across the Group. Will lead with recruitment of permanent and flexible resource.
• Promote operational resilience and security to guarantee that both our internal systems and those managed by third parties consistently meet required standards and intended purposes.

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 in one or more development languages, preferably .net or java
• 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 teams, both work and line management
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• ITIL methodology knowledge preferred

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.

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.

Only candidates who have the legal right to work in the UK or Ireland can undertake this role.
Unfortunately, Royal London is unable to provide visa or work permit sponsorship.