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Team Overview:

Part of the Sky family, we’re NOW, here to give people gloriously good TV, movies, sports and broadband free from contracts. That’s the entertainment they want, when they want it, how they want it, all on their terms. Our team members work with agility and each have the power to change what we do and how we do it, all to improve the viewing experience on the 60+ devices our customers can watch our app on.

Our team also develops technology for the broader Sky Group and Comcast, our parent company, supporting multi-propositional applications across the United States and Europe, such as NBCU’s Peacock in the US, Sky Spain and Sky X in Austria. No matter the device, the time or the place, we make sure that engaging large, diverse audiences with premium entertainment is possible. Our vision is to deliver the world’s best entertainment.

“The Sky OTT Client department within Global Video Engineering & Apps develops and builds our Client applications (NOW and Sky Ticket) across Europe. As Head of the department, you’ll be the main lead of around 200 engineers covering the following areas/devices: iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Android TV, LG, Samsung, Play Station, Xbox, Chromecast, YouView and Web” – Director of Global Video Engineering & Apps

What you’ll do:

Lead a team of software engineers, analysts and testers to ensure predictably development roadmaps, establishing and agreeing best practice to improve the effectiveness, predictability and quality of software delivery

Take responsibility for the engineering practices in the teams to ensure software resilience is built into the products and delivery is fast and predictable; also managing the technical direction of the applications/products through alignment with peers in other parts of the department

Build effective working relationships between your teams and other technology teams to ensure collaboration and ultimately the delivery of functionality to end customers

Build an effective working relationship with the stakeholders requesting delivery from the teams

Take ownership of the delivery status of the teams, balancing the requests from stakeholders for a defined delivery date with the agile delivery method

Keep aware and ensure appropriate communication of any delivery issues, dependencies and/or risks to the roadmap

Monitor and assess the demands for resources across the area and ensure appropriate staffing levels to meet the customer demands whilst ensuring effective and efficient delivery

Work with senior leadership inside and outside of the team to negotiate and agree on how dependencies will be managed and assured

Whatyou’ll bring:

Hands-on technical background

Expertise in the full life-cycle of software engineering, including Project Management, Requirement Analysis, Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Automation & Unit Testing in a software development environment

Prior expertise in software engineering for web frontend applications and building scalable web applications

Expertise in frontend application architecture and associated design patterns

Expertise in areas such as application and system security, being able to create threat models and support others in applying security techniques

Expertise in values and principles of agile delivery frameworks and practices, including Scrum, Kanban and XP

Expertise in managing teams of differing levels of maturity and skillset, being able to grow cross-functional teams made up of engineers, analysts and testers

Exceptional listening, written and verbal communication skills

The Rewards:

There’s a reason people can’t stop talking about#LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special. Here are just a few:

NOW premium subscription

Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place

Generous pension package and private healthcare plan

Discounted mobile and broadband

Access to thousands of LinkedIn Learning and Pluralsight courses

A permanent, secure contract from the start (no probationary period)

The Office:

Our Osterley campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Chiswick Park, Gunnersbury, Acton Town and Ealing Broadway tube stations. There’s also plenty of parking, bike shelters and showers.

On campus you’ll find six subsidised restaurants and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

Flexible Working:

We don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and the potential you’ll bring to Sky. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we’re happy to support our people as much as we can with flexible working.

Especially during these challenging times, we’ll do everything we can to support you during your application. We’re currently recruiting through a fully remote interview process and you’ll also be able to start work with us remotely. But you’ll need to be living in the UK at the time of start and able to work freely in the country.

If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruiter, Wander Amorim, who will be happy to support you.

Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.

To find out more about working with us, search#LifeAtSkyacross social media.

A job you love to talk about

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.