Technical Excellence Manager

The Technical Excellence Manager works with DD&T leaders and teams to strengthen technical capability, professional standards and communities of practice across the function. The role helps DD&T understand the skills and ways of working needed now and, in the future, using insight from the function, external partners and the wider technology market. It identifies capability gaps, supports clear priorities for development and technical standards, and provides the functional insight needed to inform workforce planning, talent activity and supplier expectations.

This is a DD&T role that partners with People, Finance, Talent Acquisition and external partners. Its focus is to make sure DD&T has the right technical capability, stronger professional communities and clearer visibility of the risks and opportunities that could impact delivery This role can be based from our Wokingham or Warwick office and we continue to offer hybrid working from office and home.

We are open to full time and part time applicants, as well as flexible working arrangements

Functional Capability and Standards

• Lead DD&T’s view of the technical capability, skills and professional standards needed to deliver current and future priorities
• Work with DD&T leaders and teams to identify current capability strengths, gaps and future skills needs across digital, data and technology disciplines
• Support the consistent use of role families, job architecture, capability frameworks and professional standards across DD&T, in partnership with the People Directorate
• Translate DD&T priorities into clear functional requirements that inform workforce planning, talent activity, learning priorities and future capability planning
• Monitor relevant technology trends, industry practice and emerging skills to help DD&T remain current and prepared for future delivery needs

Communities of Practice and Professional Maturity

• Support DD&T communities of practice so they help colleagues share knowledge, build technical skills and improve ways of working
• Work with community leads to define the purpose, focus areas and operating rhythm for DD&T communities of practice
• Support communities to share good practice, strengthen technical standards and promote modern delivery methods across DD&T
• Use insight from communities to identify common capability themes, development needs and opportunities for improvement
• Coordinate engagement with internal experts, suppliers, partners and external speakers where this supports technical learning and professional maturity
• Track community engagement and value, including contribution to knowledge sharing, capability uplift and improved ways of working

Communities of Practice Technology

• Engineering
  - Software Engineering, Dev Ops, Dev Sec Ops , Testing, Platform Engineering, CI/CD
• Data & Analytics
  - Data Engineering, Data Governance, AI, Machine Learning, Business Intelligence, Data Science
• Architecture
  - Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Integration, Technology Standards
• Cyber Security
  - Secure Design, Security Operations, Identity Management, Risk & Compliance
• Product & Design
  - Product Management, Business Analysis, User Research, Service Design, UX/UI
• Digital delivery management
  - Agile Delivery, Programme Management, Portfolio Management, PMO, Service Management

Workforce and capability insight

• Provide insight on DD&T capability, skills maturity, resource risks and future workforce needs to support planning and delivery confidence
• Work with DD&T leadership, Finance, People, Talent Acquisition and delivery teams to build a joined-up view of capability demand and workforce risks
• Analyse skills, capacity and capability data to identify trends that may affect delivery, resilience or future growth
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