Head of Development Job in Cambridgeshire , Anglia UK

Job Title: HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT
Location: Cambridge
Salary: £70,000 - £75,000 + 30% Bonus

Cooper Lomaz are exclusively recruiting for a Head of Development for one of our lucrative Cambridge-based clients, who are the market leader in their industry. This really is a unique opportunity in which you will play a leading and imperative role in a dynamic Financial Software House which is currently experiencing, and forecasting, impressive growth through a number of recent and planned acquisitions.

The successful applicant will be responsible for the management of the team that develops and maintains their flagship product, whilst pro-actively identifying new products and technologies to increase their market share further.

Key Duties:
- Managing a team of 30+ Developers
- Working to continuously improve organisational and development processes
- Managing and allocating budgets
- Work as part of the Senior Management Team, with an input to the future direction of the company and it’s products
- Managing conflicting priorities, scheduling and forecasting to ensure timely delivery
- Working with clients to promote products, and identify new opportunities

Key Skills and Experience:
- Previous experience in a Head of Development / Head of Software Development / Head of Software Engineering position
- Experience of managing large development teams (30+)
- Previous responsibility for a software production team including developers, testers and QA
- Experience within Agile/SCRUM environments (advantageous)
- Client-facing and Stakeholder Management
- A proven track record of delivering successful software products
- Excellent communicational skills and a strong desire to succeed
- Background to include Management experience within a Software House / SaaS
- Project management experience
- Strong Academic background
- Technical background highly desirable

My client has allocated interview slots for next week so if you are interested in applying for this please get your CV sent across promptly and I will be in touch.

I specialise in the recruitment of Software Development in Cambridgeshire. We have a wide-range of vacancies in Cambridge, and are therefore always interested in hearing from highly-skilled candidates looking for work locally.

Key Skills: Head of Development / Manager / Head of Software Development / Software Development Director / Head of Software Engineering / Software House / Saas