Software Group Leader

Software Group Leader

An exciting opportunity with our leading Defence organisation who are voted in the top 25 companies to work for according to The Sunday Times. They are looking for a Software Group Leader and in return offering an excellent salary, benefits package and exceptional career progression opportunities.

Location: Bristol

Salary: Circa £65,000

* Bonus - for past 11 years hit (up to 21% for level 5)
* Flexible working hours
* Core hours - Mon-Thurs 9.30am-4pm and Friday 9.30-12.30pm
* Fantastic site facilities including subsidised restaurant
* Comprehensive pension scheme (4+6% or 6+8%)
* Share Scheme
* Superb learning and development opportunities
* Excellent training and career progression

The Role
The role is based at our Bristol development facility and you will be providing leadership and direction to a software team primarily operating in the Mission Planning and Control domain.
This is a people management role in which you will have responsibility for ensuring that software development teams support both from a project perspective and a software function perspective.
In particular the role will require responsibility for the following:
Project focus:

Provide oversight for technical support and fix responses to technical issues.
Working with the Software Project Leader monitor cost at completion / budgets on each project.
Manage and analyse risk(s) and opportunities to ensure group domain delivers its project(s) accountabilities.
Build proposals in response to requests for work packages (technical/cost/risks).
Work with the Software Project Leader to drive projects forward and improve project performance where required.

Function focus:

Support the Head of Mission Planning & Control Software in developing relevant skills and capabilities for the function.
Support software function initiatives within the assigned software group.
Perform annual appraisals and reviews including the setting of objectives for the software group.
What are we looking for?
*You will have excellent leadership and communication skills.
*You will ideally have a degree in an engineering, science or maths discipline combined with significant experience in the development of product software.
*You will favour a collaborative, open approach to development and have the ability to inspire others in order to reach, or exceed common goals and objectives. The software that you develop will be used across multiple products and sites, so strong communication skills and the ability to motivate and -influence others is essential.
*Ideally, you will have extensive experience delivering software developments successfully and demonstrate a high level of technical competency in the field of software engineering.
*We invite applications from people who have experience gained from working in defence, automotive, aerospace or consumer electronics sectors. Similarly, applications are invited from those currently working in small/medium-sized enterprises where there is a strong culture of consistency applied in a lightweight manner.
*It is desirable that you are able to achieve DV level security clearance.


As a Software Group Leader you will earn a competitive salary (Up to £65K), and a comprehensive benefits package with exceptional career progression opportunities.

Send your CV or call today for more information on this Software Group Leader opportunity.


** You will need to hold or be eligible to obtain security clearance**

** Only applications from people eligible to work in the UK will be considered. Unfortunately for this role we cannot offer sponsorship. **