Thought Machine's mission is bold – to properly and permanently rid the world's banks of legacy technology.

Technical Programme Managers at Thought Machine are responsible for the delivery of complex technical programmes within the engineering division.

Duties

Manage technical programmes: planning, setting milestones and success criteria and coordination of complex multi-team, multi-month engineering programmes.
Communicate schedules, priorities and updates to all levels in the company.
Support engineering departments to identify alignment gaps and reduce overhead.
Have a good understanding of the product and the technical skills to be able to dive into details to drive programmes forward.
Be outcome focussed and ensure everything we do supports the intended programme objectives.
Collaborate with large cross-functional teams.
Be engaged and energetic, helping to drive continuous improvement across the engineering organisation in a very fast paced and dynamic environment.
Develop tools and optimise processes to improve productivity and efficiency.

Essential

Proven track record managing cross-functional technical initiatives within a top tier technology company.
Timely delivery is not your only objective: you obsess over quality, reliability and product value.
Understand a modern microservice-based technology stack (Kubernetes, Kafka, AWS/GCP) built on a CI/CD pipeline.
Good understanding of the full software development lifecycle (product management, engineering, testing, operations).
Inquisitive mind and is motivated by solving problems.
Self-starter, able to operate autonomously to lead large multi-disciplinary efforts.
Excellent organisational, written, and presentation skills building strong relationships with stakeholders.

Desirable

Knowledge or experience in the retail banking industry.
Experience as a software engineer, an infrastructure engineer or some other technical role.

Benefits

Highly competitive salary
Pension plan (match up to 5%)
Life insurance - three times annual salary
Competitive maternity (six months fully paid) and paternity leave (four weeks fully paid)
Shared parental leave (matched to our maternity leave for the same point in time)
25 days holiday and bank holidays
Flexible working hours
Cycle-to-work scheme
Electric car scheme
Season ticket loan
Access to outstanding learning materials and courses
Sports and hobby clubs, subsidised by Thought Machine
All the latest tech you need
Start the day properly with fresh fruit and cereals
Huge range of healthy (and not-so-healthy) snacks, smoothies and drinks
A talented and experienced team as your colleagues
An environment where we encourage learning and progress
Two charity days a year
Weekly food pop-up

Technical Programme Manager

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