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Software Development Manager

Salary Competitive
Location Glasgow, Edinburgh
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This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

What will your role look like?

As a Digital Development Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping how we design, build and deliver digital services that make a genuine difference for our clients. You’ll lead highly capable, multi‑disciplinary teams and create an environment where people can do their best work—balancing technical excellence with clear client outcomes.

Working closely with colleagues across the firm, you’ll help ensure our digital strategy moves from ambition to reality. You’ll combine strong leadership with a deep understanding of modern digital delivery, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, curiosity and collaboration. Most importantly, you’ll champion solutions that meet real client needs and strengthen the long‑term impact of our digital services.

 

Though this is a varied role, your key tasks will include:

  • Building, managing and inspiring high‑performing multi-disciplinary digital development teams.
  • Embedding a strong culture of continuous improvement.
  • Supporting Delivery Leads with development approaches and transparent estimation.
  • Managing and mitigating key delivery risks.
  • Keeping teams aligned to industry trends and best practice.
  • Driving adoption of AI tooling to enhance SDLC performance.
  • Ensuring strong architecture and design principles guide development.
  • Collaborating on cross‑team and cross‑market resourcing.
  • Building strong relationships with stakeholders across Digital Strategy and Innovation.
  • Championing digital acumen to ensure solutions meet real business needs.
  • Enabling accurate reporting of development costs and Total Cost of Ownership.
  • Supporting prioritisation and investment decisions, including considerations of technical debt.
  • Developing strong working relationships across digital-tech aligned teams.
  • Engaging with external vendors and partners to enhance delivery.
  • Supporting the firm’s digital reputation through community and industry engagement.
  • Leading operational and people‑related initiatives.

 

To enjoy and succeed in this role, you will have:

  • The ability to thrive in a continuously evolving environment.
  • Experience working under pressure and to challenging deadlines.
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to translate complex concepts simply.
  • A collaborative leadership style that motivates multi‑disciplinary teams.
  • Strong negotiation and influencing skills.
  • Experience coordinating complex projects with multiple stakeholders.

 

Qualifications & Experience

Essential:

  • Proven track record of leading software development teams.
  • Extensive experience with Agile, Lean and Kanban methodologies.
  • Experience embedding continuous improvement cultures.
  • Strong knowledge of DevOps, including DORA metrics.
  • Experience helping teams adopt AI within the SDLC.
  • Experience managing strategic product or service development.
  • Strong stakeholder relationship skills.
  • Experience managing full product lifecycles for client-facing products.
  • Strong people management experience.

Desirable:

  • Financial or professional services experience.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft development technologies.
  • Strong knowledge of web standards.

 

In addition to a competitive salary and access to our profit share scheme, we offer: 

  • A flexible selection of employee benefits, so you can choose a package that best matches your lifestyle and needs. 
  • A collaborative and encouraging work environment where your thinking and ideas are encouraged. 
  • On site mental health and wellbeing assistance. 
  • A commitment to helping you develop both personally and professionally, with mentoring opportunities and access to our award-winning learning portal, Aspire. 
  • Regular social activities, in addition to three days paid volunteering leave each year and a day’s leave to celebrate your birthday. 
  • Hybrid working so you can enjoy the positive wellbeing of working from home as well as the benefits of meeting colleagues in our sociable, modern office environments – with the expectation of two ‘in-office’ days per week.   
  • A flexible working window, allowing colleagues the freedom to work flexibly between the hours of 7am and 7pm. 

Please note, we recruit on a rolling basis so early applications are recommended to avoid disappointment. 

Together, we’ve been building better futures for over 100 years. For our people, our clients and their people, our communities and the environment. 

We thrive on tackling complex problems. And we believe those problems are best solved by diverse teams – diverse in skills, approaches and backgrounds. Our independence lets our people be themselves and think freely, while working in a collaborative, supportive environment.  We love innovative, independent thinking and want everyone to share their ideas.  

Working alongside employers, trustees and financial services institutions, we offer pensions, investments, benefits and risk consulting services, as well as data and technology solutions. With over 1000 employees and counting, we’re one of the leading consultancies in our field and are proud to be recognised by numerous industry awards. 

We’re committed to developing our people and encourage everyone to carve out their own career path. We’ve many colleagues who started out in one team in the business and have ended up somewhere completely different, having had the chance to develop new skills and explore new passions.   

We are continually working to improve our inclusive culture and employ diverse talent. We therefore welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, which includes but isn’t limited to: age, disability, ethnic heritage, gender, marital or civil partnership status, neurodiversity, religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic background.

Our hybrid working model offers the best of both worlds – home working as well as a fun, collaborative office environment - meaning flexible working patterns to accommodate individual needs. Find out more about our careers here.

If you need any assistance in relation to a personal requirement, medical condition or neurological difference during our selection process then please let us know. 

Together, we can make this the best job you’ll ever have. 

Our culture

We live and breathe our four values – friendly, confident, partnering and straightforward – and genuinely care about out people, clients, community and the environment.

Job satisfaction

Every employee can genuinely make a difference and contribute towards achieving our purpose – together, building better futures. Whether that’s helping our clients build more secure financial futures, using your 3 days volunteering or helping us reduce our carbon footprint.

Reward and wellbeing

We offer competitive salaries, a share of company profits and an award-winning benefits package. We also take your mental, physical, social and financial wellbeing seriously, both in and outside of work.

Flexible working

We trust our people to work in a pattern that suits their circumstances with a healthy balance of home and office working.

Latest technology

We use the most up-to-date technology and software to match our ground-breaking business solutions that make life easier for us and our clients.

Career development

There is no linear path – learning opportunities are plentiful and empower you to carve out your own career.

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