Software Engineering Specialist

Why this job matters

This job matters as the purpose of this job is to be the Technical Program Lead on VALUE IT (COMMON CAPABILITY) squad . The job drives innovation into the customer accounts and works on business development. The job really understands the impact of the solution offered by BT and design a programme to deliver ensuring that technical solutions can be delivered while BT continues to make a profit. This role is responsible for driving the technical delivery across components all technical and solution aspects, spanning network, systems and process.

What you’ll be doing

• E2E delivery of business requirements for global fabric products (Common capability)
• Accountable for multiple complex medium sized technical deliveries or a single large technical delivery Ownership of technical delivery, design, e2e testing, ORT and in-life.
• Collaboration with engineering/platforms have sufficient capacity to meet delivery commitments
• Ensuring close coloration with business, E2E solution architecture/design and setting strategic product direction, with wider (senior) stakeholder engagement
• Ensure that our technical deliveries realise Business Value (benefits realisation).
• Ensuring that all impacted teams understand the underpinned e2E Technical plans, technical solution meets business needs and plans are comprehensive and are achievable.
• Meeting committed finance figures for the technical deliveries, with full Financial (BUB & Business alignment)
• Make /implement recommendations for improvements to processes including Agile adoption.
• Run a regular project review forum with all stakeholders.
• Manage/determine escalation process for project milestones. Provide options on recovery of the technical delivery as well as other options including re-planning/rescheduling.
• Make recommendations on the affordability of technical delivery costs and where appropriate challenge the costs/solution. In addition, drive the discussion with stakeholders on requirements/affordability and make decisions around release scoping with stakeholders.
• Has the ability to influence and engage with senior stakeholders from across BT Technology, Global and Enterprise.

The skills you’ll need

• Be Agile: You use your knowledge of best practice to collaborate with peers across the business in different ways. You should be an expert devOps Engineer in your area of development expertise.
• Give Specialised Advice: You offer advice and recommendations based on your expertise both proactively and on request.
• Experience in leading high performing teams, deliveiring large projects.
• Knowledge and experience of programme management best practices, e.g. governance, templates and deliverables
• Experience of building a culture of learning that connects a tool or application to the underlying behavioural and cultural shift needed
• Improvement Focus: You question and challenge the way things are done and work with others to make improvements. You build your understanding of the end to end processes to which your own role and the wider team contributes.
• Functional Exposure: It will be desirable if you have prior exposure to BSS/OSS Platforms as well as Network and Process
• Solution Definition and Design: Is experienced in defining, designing and managing complex technical solutions across multiple domains, involving extensive range of technologies using industry standard and BT architectures. Has experience in defining, creating, documenting and managing solutions across a wide range of projects and is able to coach others in these skills.
• BT Platform Architecture Knowledge: A high level of understanding of the BT Matrix Platform architecture and its evolution and how it used to drive the development of new and improved capabilities and LOB products and propositions.
• Business Development: Has some experience in the principles surrounding business development, and identifying compelling sales proposals to meet customer needs.
• Product Specifics: High Level of understanding of the Global Voice and Contact products

Our leadership standards

Looking in:
Leading inclusively and Safely
I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity. Owning outcomes
I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:
Delivering for the customer
I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business. Commercially savvy
I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:
Growth mindset
I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation. Building for the future
I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.