Development Manager

Acquisitions and Originations is Experian’s largest product domain. We provide the data and scores to support lenders to make credit decisions. Our aim is to be the Number One Bureau for Lenders and Consumers. We have ambitious plans to grow our core business whilst bringing new innovative data products which will help consumers to borrow easily and lenders to lend responsibly.

Acquisitions and Originations is unique amongst Experian’s product domains: as well as being a large business in its own right we provide the data platforms through which all Experian’s data products are shared. This means the Development Manager will have to work collaboratively with businesses across Experian, including Direct to Consumer, Software and our Identity and Fraud businesses.

We unlock the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses and society. At life’s big moments – from buying a home or car, to sending a child to university, to growing a business exponentially by connecting it with new customers – we empower consumers and our clients to manage their data with confidence so they can maximize every opportunity. For more than 125 years, we’ve helped consumers and clients prosper, and economies and communities flourish – and we’re not done.

Our 17,000 people in 37 countries believe the possibilities for you, and our world, are growing. We’re investing in new technologies, talented people and innovation so we can help create a better tomorrow.

Profile:

We're looking for an ambitious Develompent Manager to join the Acquisitions and Originations Domain within Digital Consumer Information, one of Experian UK’s largest and most exciting business areas. The successful candidate will have a passion to build outstanding teams, and drive a high-performance culture that supports innovation, learning and collaboration to develop the best talent. They will ensure the team are adhering to the highest standards of delivery quality and working to deliver high value business outcomes. The candidate must have in-depth experience of software delivery and driving client satisfaction. They will have a strong sense of ownership, responsibility and contribute to the UK&I Revenue through cost-effective, on time, high-quality delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the successful execution of right first-time software deliveries supporting the Acquisition and Originations domain and wider Experian business units
• Work with stakeholders throughout the business to manage delivery priorities, understand demand on our delivery team and meet expectations
• Take ownership of issues within the delivery process, develop and implement new approaches to prevent them and accelerate time to value delivery and through put of builds.
• Provide leadership and support to the delivery team ensuring that best practice principals are adhered to
• Build and maintain a high performing, effective and successful software delivery team by managing team performance and developing a strong team culture
• Execute on delivery to achieve budget / outcome expectations each quarter
• Work with Product Owners and Domain Leaders to ensure that the team is sized to support future growth ambitions of the domain
• Designs and implements metrics to measure performance across key dimensions of delivery
• Recruiting high performing talent into the delivery team
• Drives increased engagement through regular communication and feedback and appropriate reward and recognition tools

Individuals will ideally be qualified to Degree level, or equivalent experience, in a software engineering/delivery discipline or can demonstrate 3+ years commercial experience delivering software solutions successfully to clients.

Skills and Competencies:

• Relevant industry experience leading a team to successfully deliver consistently for clients to drive value outcomes
• A self-starter able to take on complex technical challenges and find solutions through the team
• Experience working with/in a technical team and able to demonstrate the ability to understand and communicate technical challenges to non-technical people.
• Has excellent communication skills, verbal and written, and a good understanding of the use of different channels and formats for a diverse mix of audiences.
• Experience working with diverse teams across multiple locations, on and offshore, using multiple technologies to enable a digitally connected team.
• Organised, with experience in planning and scheduling delivery work for a team or teams.
• Confident in identifying, prioritising and delegating tasks within a team
• Logical and analytical with the ability to see the implications of technical findings and issues

Desirable:

• Familiarity with development/agile tooling such as Jira, Mural, Confluence
• Understanding of Experian products in the Originations landscape

Why choose us?

Our colleagues’ health and wellbeing is a top priority for us, that’s why our reward, benefits and wellbeing programmes are designed so you can come to work feeling your very best self. Our benefits focus on health, money and lifestyle so you can tailor your benefits to your own personal needs. Whether it’s your physical and mental wellness, getting to work or planning for the future, we have a range of flexible options to have you covered!

We are committed to building an inclusive culture and to creating an environment where people can balance successful careers with their commitments and interests outside of work. Our flexible working practices support our belief that this balance brings long-lasting benefits for our business as well as our people. Some roles lend themselves to flexible options more than others, and if this is important to you, we are open to discussing agile working opportunities during the hiring process.

Who are Experian?

We unlock the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses and society. At life’s big moments – from buying a home or car, to sending a child to university, to growing a business exponentially by connecting it with new customers – we empower consumers and our clients to manage their data with confidence so they can maximize every opportunity.

For more than 125 years, we’ve helped consumers and clients prosper, and economies and communities flourish – and we’re not done.

Our 17,000 people in 44 countries believe the possibilities for you, and our world, are growing. We’re investing in new technologies, talented people and innovation so we can help create a better tomorrow.

Could this be the role for you? Apply now to start your journey with Experian.

To learn more about our culture and what it’s really like to work here, check out our interactive guide here: https://view.pagetiger.com/experianguideforcandidates/1

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