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Job Introduction

The BBC’s digital products play a key role in our mission to inform, educate and entertain the audience.

This is a 12 month fixed term / attachment opportunity for an experienced Software Engineering Team Leader to step into an Engineering Manager role leading on an exciting new initiative to rebuild the iPlayer backend services.

The BBC offers an inclusive workplace where the principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of our everyday goals and behaviour.

We select candidates for our positions on the basis of merit and as an equal opportunity employer we value diversity and all of the benefits it brings.

We offer a warm welcome with full support settling in and foster a culture where everyone has an opportunity to succeed.

Main Responsibilities

What we can offer you

In this role, you will be responsible for the Salford-based backend teams and drive the technical strategy across the teams in London and Salford.

You will be responsible for up to 20 staff, directly line managing team leads and team members as appropriate.

You will be an empathetic leader, who gets the most out of your reports by coaching, giving constructive feedback, building connection and trust, and helping them develop their skills.

You will collaboratively guide change and improvement across your area whilst working closely with peers in Engineering and Architecture and with other disciplines such as Product Management.

You will also take ownership when things go wrong but celebrate success collectively and, in short, act as a multiplier of your team’s effectiveness.

We are looking for individuals with experience of leading backend-focused teams on AWS, a passion for people and a desire to solve difficult challenges.

Are you the right candidate?

We focus on hiring for potential at the BBC and transferable skills are very welcome. We understand not everyone may tick all the essential boxes, however we strongly encourage you to apply if you can demonstrate how you would deliver the fundamentals of the role.

We’d love to hear from you if you have some of the following skills:

People

• Experience leading high-performing multiple software engineering teams, ideally with experience of different platforms (e.g. Mobile, Web)
• A track record of recruiting and building strong teams and growing engineers and engineering leaders
• Experience creating and nurturing a diverse, welcoming and inclusive team
• Experience fostering a positive, energising environment where everyone feels like they belong, can be their authentic selves and can bring the best version of themselves to work, every day

Delivery

• Managing multiple stakeholders in a complex matrix environment including Product, UX/D, Architecture and Delivery
• Working collaboratively with your reports, peers and stakeholders to deliver work to ambitious time scales
• Experience delivering successful technical solutions to meet specific business requirements in agreed timescales

Technical Leadership

• Operational experience managing DevOps teams and ensuring high availability of products and services at scale
• Technical design and service architecture experience, particularly with large scale, high volume customer facing applications
• Driving continuous improvement in the software engineering craft, improving tooling, practices and processes

If you want to help us make the BBC the best place for people to work, build amazing products at scale that always work for our audience, then this is the perfect opportunity for you.

You will be surrounded by like-minded professionals that believe in this mission and in the BBC.

About the BBC

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below.

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here

Package Description

Band: E
Contract type: attachment / fixed term contract for 12 months
Location: Salford (one/two days per week in the office)

We are serious about offering you professional development, training and support. You can also expect an excellent benefits package, a great working environment with scope for hybrid working and a shared sense of purpose.

Our comprehensive benefits package includes:

• An employer pension contribution of up to 10%
• Annual leave 26 days, (based on your working pattern 1 of which is a corporation day) + bank holidays of course with the option to buy an extra 5 days
• Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and healthcare schemes
• Family friendly flexible working arrangements, such as hybrid working, job sharing, flexi-time and compressed hours
• Employee assistance and well-being programmes
• Learning and development tailored to your role this could include industry recognised qualifications, coaching and mentoring
• An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join staff networks including: Women’s Network, National Disability Networks and many more

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and especially welcome individuals from underrepresented groups. While this is a full-time role, flexible working patterns and job shares are welcome.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch so we can support you.