Agile Working Options

Other Agile Working Arrangements / Open to Discussion

Job Description Summary

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking to be both the best bank for customers as well as the bank of the future – where we can meet constantly evolving customer needs and help Britain prosper.

A key driver to us achieving this requires a shift towards innovative ways of developing the systems and applications that underpin the Bank. We're looking to reduce the overall IT estate while growing its capability by exploiting groundbreaking tools.

What you’ll be doing?

Here in the ServiceNow Centre of Excellence and Innovation, we're on a mission to build the bank of the future, and we need your help do it. Continuing our extensive transformation programme, we're redefining what a bank is from the inside out. Our technology, our culture, and our mind-set is changing to craft a true engineering-led organisation.

We're achieving this by exploiting the capability of ServiceNow, an industry leading tool in automating colleagues’ experiences to improve customer outcomes. Since the implementation of ServiceNow in 2018, we have delivered immense value through the platform, now hosting over 50 business processes spanning Risk, ITSM, Cyber, Change and Customer Payments…and we're just getting started!

We're recruiting for a Lead Developer who will lead a Squad of professional Analysts and Developers to implement solutions that are aligned to the overall platform design principles and strategy, working alongside the Platform Engineering Lead, Product Owners and Platform SME in a highly collaborative, Agile environment.

Job Description

You’ll understand technical aspects the ServiceNow Platform including:

• Service Now Solution architecture understanding (desirable, but not crucial)
• Process and solution integration, including an understanding of workflow design/configuration
• Demonstrable experience as a technical resource working to foster the development of ServiceNow solutions. You may currently be a Technical Architect, Scrum Master, Squad Lead, Developer, System Administrator, Domain Specialist or Analyst
• Alternatively, you may be an experienced Scrum/Agile Squad Lead or Technical Specialist on other IT or Cloud based applications, with an ability to pick up the intricacies of new and emergent technologies at pace and to an excellent level of detail

What skills you’ll bring?

You’ll be self-motivated with a consistent track record in Agile/Scrum Delivery and comfortable in the multifaceted atmosphere of a technical organisation with a rapidly growing customer base. In addition, you’ll be organised and analytical, adept at working in a team environment, and able to balance multiple priorities in a fast paced environment. You’ll also demonstrate commercial experience of working with Vendors within an agile environment.

You’ll also have/demonstrate:

• Experience of ServiceNow or other IT technology implementations
• Significant, creative, analytical and proactive thinking with effective communication and relationship management
• Ability to understand business requirements and support teams into translating them into solution designs
• Knowledge of web-based systems architecture, service-based architecture, enterprise application architecture as well as experience leading expectations and priorities.
• Demonstrate good judgment and pragmatic approach to delivering a successful implementation within a Scrum/Agile Team and Structure

What you’ll get in return?

You’ll enjoy an over and above diverse role with lots of challenges to relish, and we’ll ensure you get real stretch so that you benefit from wider career opportunities and progression.

We're passionate about diversity in our workforce and genuine about providing equal opportunity and are able to accommodate elements of flexible working to suit you.

We’ll also provide you with a total reward package that includes:

• A competitive base salary (£50K - £57K. London based roles will attract a salary at the higher end of the range)
• A performance-related share bonus
• Generous pension contribution
• A flexible benefit fund to suit your lifestyle
• Paid overtime and on call allowance
• Private health cover
• 30 days holidays (plus bank holidays)

So if this sounds like your ideal next role and you have the leadership, skills and background we're seeking then get in touch, we wish to hear from you.