Job Ref: 213169929

Date: 2021-02-11 14:40:18

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Open GI is a leading software development company and a trusted partner to the general insurance industry. Based across the UK and Europe, our support and development services make us a truly diverse organisation that offers a range of IT solutions to insurance brokers, insurers and managing general agents.
Position
The main purpose of this position is to lead the timely and accurate delivery of end-to-end client outcomes in an efficient and effective manner while striving to continually improve.
Key responsibilities
* Deliver products and services using Agile methodologies, resolving impediments and iterating frequently. Act as a scrum master coordinating stand ups and sprint planning.
* Lead the delivery of client outcomes. Responsible for ensuring the delivery teams maintain the agreed standards for quality, scalability, security and robustness.
* Manage resource to execute client deliverables.
* Review deliverables and manage improvements in the delivery of outcomes.
* Evolve the product, service offering to create value for clients and for Open Gi.
* Proactively build relationships and collaborate with Development, Delivery Teams, Sales and other functions to ensure a positive delivery process for Customers.
* Continually plan and lead the delivery of change, ensuring that technology solutions achieve the right outcome for the customer and business.
* Take account of risk, impact and business factors such as cost and skills in the implementation of the delivery strategy.
* Agile & Lean Principles: guide and champion lean and agile principles for achieving quality, adaptability, speed & alignment. This includes the practices, techniques and tools that support those principles, and an understanding of when things may or may not be applicable in a situation or context.
* Build High Performing Teams: enable a group of people who share a common vision, goals, metrics and who collaborate, challenge and hold each other accountable, to achieve outstanding results.
* Continuous Delivery Planning: create a realistic, achievable plan showing how and when goals will be met along with the required milestones, mitigations, activities and resources required.
Experience
* Extensive industry application of an agile methodology (ideally Scrum)
* Background in hands-on software development, delivery, business analysis, or testing within cross-functional teams
* Extensive experience of delivery and release processes to a highly available commercial environment
* Experience leading software development teams in an agile environment to deliver business outcomes.
* Proven experience managing multiple work streams with quick turnarounds and moving perimeters.
* Experience of key methodologies, approaches and market trends in the industry
Mission and Values
Our mission is to be both the Technology Partner and Employer of choice for the UK General Insurance Market. Our values are central to this vision, as they represent how we collaborate how we work together in synergy and continually deliver for our customers:
* Accountability: We take personal pride in finding solutions and achieving results
* Innovation: We lead the market by being proactive, product-led and forward thinking
* Teamwork: We work collaboratively, recognising and celebrating success
* Trust: We build trust on integrity, transparency and respect
We are looking for an individual who embraces our values in their actions, decisions, communications and processes to inspire positivity and, ultimately, exceptional performance.
Benefits package
* Salary of £40,000 – £50,000 per annum depending on skills and experience
* Company pension, life assurance and critical illness cover
* Perkbox – an exclusive benefits platform offering a wide range of discounts and benefits
* Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum, increasing to 26 days per annum after three years of service & a holiday purchase scheme
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