VACANCIES
HEAD OF SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
This role involves but is not limited to:
- Software development management in the context of customisation and configuration of legal practice management systems including case management, document management and financial systems.
- End to end software delivery spanning requirements analysis, development, testing, release and support, which meet project specifications.
- Maintain and update existing systems to ensure optimal functionality and performance.
- Establish, review and constantly improve internal development processes and methodologies adopting agile where appropriate.
- Ensure coding standards are met by the team to ensure stability, performance, readability and maintainability.
- Ensure appropriate governance, structure and integrity of data, implementing best practice.
- Identify opportunities for gaining advantage through intelligent use and application of data.
- Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to drive continuous improvement.
- Lead and deliver software projects and programmes of various sizes.
- Collaborate with, support and challenge cross-functional teams to formulate realistic, beneficial and achievable requirements in order to facilitate optimal outcomes.
- Produce meaningful progress reporting and manage stakeholder expectations.
- Document system processes and configurations for future reference and training purposes.
Requirements:
- Expertise implementing and managing case management, document management and financial systems in a legal practice. Experience with Mattersphere and 3E would be beneficial.
- Solid understanding of database management systems, SQL, report writing and data modelling.
- Experience leading programmes to migrate systems from traditional on-premise to private and public cloud solutions.
- Experience implementing agile development methodologies.
- Management of and interaction with third parties for software delivery.
- Team leadership, coaching and development of software developers and analysts.
- Expert in software delivery who comes across as credible and with good stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent understanding of legal business processes and the application of technology to them
Company Core Values:
Aspire: Challenge convention, be entrepreneurial with energy for change. Be the best we can be.
Innovate: Creatively evolve our working practices, use our revenue and resources in a virtuous cycle of improving our people, systems and growth.
Integrate: Bring together people and systems into a cohesive force.
Commitment: Work with integrity and invest in long term relationships, creating a strong market position and delivering sustained commercial advantage.
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