Technical Lead; App

Technical Lead (App) at Royal London

Location: Edinburgh

Closing date: 05/01/2025

We are currently seeking a highly skilled and motivated Technical Lead to join our team at Royal London. As a Technical Lead, you will play a crucial role in managing the design, development, testing and smooth operation of our applications.

• Provide problem management and incident resolution capability (production support).
• Build trusting relationships with key stakeholders and internal customers.
• Provide expertise to the team on the methods and tools needed to deliver change through the specialist platform.
• Ensure required technical upgrades and maintenance are scheduled, working closely with relevant 3rd party vendor(s).
• Manage the team’s performance against key deliverables and measure quality against agreed internal benchmarks.
• Responsible for managing the performance of 3rd party vendor(s) against contractual obligations and SLAs; identify opportunities to leverage new capabilities within the platform to add value to the business and our customers.
• Inputs to financial planning and portfolio shaping activities across the Group.
• Lead recruitment of permanent and flexible resource.

• Sound, broad knowledge of IT.
• Expert in application development techniques and methods; in‑depth knowledge of application design and development best practices.
• Knowledge and experience of working with cloud infrastructure.
• Ability to apply specialist knowledge to solve complex problems.
• Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize and multitask in a fast‑paced environment.
• Experience of successfully leading technical evaluations.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long‑term savings and asset management products and services.

Our People Promise is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values;
Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.

We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.