Work Stream Lead
Location: London, United Kingdom
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Description
Welcome to Moneycorp
We’re delighted you’re interested in being a part of Moneycorp.
In the last decade, Moneycorp has transformed from a largely domestic, consumer-focused provider of foreign exchange to an end-to-end global payments ecosystem.
Our 45 years of experience have given us an institutional pedigree, and our vision of eliminating friction in FX risk management and international payments continues to drive our innovations.
We’re fervent about pursuing our goals, making substantial contributions to the payments industry, and consistently offering unwavering support to our clients at every stage of their journey.
Moneycorp is a place where energy, commitment to our shared success and collaboration are core to our DNA. We’re restless in our drive to surpass the expectations of our clients and unlock opportunities to help them navigate the ever-evolving global economy.
The foundation of our success is our people, and nurturing a culture of belonging for all of our colleagues is central to our journey as a global business.
Find out more about Moneycorp’s offering, global footprint and capabilities here:
Who You Are / Your Next Challenge
We have an exciting new opportunity for a Work Stream Lead
We are seeking an experienced leader to drive the delivery of platform features across multiple work streams. You will join a dynamic team, collaborating with product owners, BAs, designers, developers, and solution architecture SMEs. Based in a fast-paced environment, you will support agile teams, manage product backlogs, and align delivery plans with the Programme Manager. Your role involves providing technical leadership, mentoring developers, and guiding Scrum teams on solution design and architecture. You will ensure adherence to engineering principles and quality standards, lead technical spikes, and facilitate delivery planning. Championing autonomy and ownership within Scrum teams, you will ensure the technical solution aligns with the product vision, driving successful delivery and innovation.
Key Accountabilities Include:
- Delivery of high-quality product features in accordance with agreed sprint goals and in line with requirements and broader product and technical vision.
- Guide developers through peer review, mentoring, and coaching on good coding standards and solution architecture.
- Take responsibility for the professional development of direct reports.
- Understand and promote the importance of good software design and development principles in line with the technical vision.
- Promote best practices through collaboration with solution architecture vision keepers by leading by example and driving adoption and adherence.
- Strong comprehension of the business domain surrounding development efforts and wider product vision.
- Effective engagement with product owners, BAs, designers, developers, and solution architecture SMEs.
- Drive effective management of product backlogs and delivery plans, working in alignment with the Programme Manager and standard operating model.
- Provide direct technical leadership to Scrum teams where possible and engage with solution architecture SMEs on the technical vision.
- Ensure requirements are subject to thorough technical elaboration ahead of time.
- Drive definitions of granular development tech tasks estimable by a developer.
- Drive coordination of planning sessions.
- Assist coordination of agile ceremonies and effective collation of output actions and follow-ups in support of Scrum Leads.
- Drive autonomy and accountability within Scrum teams and work streams.
- Champion continuous learning and improvement.
- Undertake hands-on development activity in support of sprint goals.
What we’re looking for / Skills that will help you in the role
Required Skills:
- Leadership experience with exceptional organizational and risk management skills
- Capability to manage multiple product backlogs, teams, and delivery plans
- Experience working and leading within a distributed team
- Hands-on technical background with proven experience implementing high-quality software solutions
- Broad technical experience spanning multiple technical stacks and environments
- Practical experience applying good design patterns and principles
- Experience mentoring in a development setting
- Strong communication and negotiating skills
- Line management experience, including running mentoring and coaching programs and setting personal development goals
- 2:2+ Degree level, ideally computing science or equivalent
Preferred Skills:
- Agile delivery models
- Software Architecture patterns and principles
- Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and other domain modelling paradigms
- .NET 7, 8 / Framework, C#, F#
- Containerization
- Azure (AppService, Functions, ASB, EventHubs, AppInsights, ADO, ARO, Kafka)
- T-SQL, REST, HTML5, JavaScript libraries (e.g., React/Redux), TypeScript, GIT
- Functional and Object-Oriented (OO) paradigms
- Lean principles, continuous integration, DevOps cultures and techniques
- Cloud provisioning, Infrastructure as Code (IAC), CI/CD pipelines
Personal attributes:
- Strong collaboration skills, fostering teamwork and knowledge sharing among peers.
- Openness to new ideas and adaptability to evolving project requirements.
- Creative problem-solving aptitude, addressing challenges with innovation and critical thinking.
- Commitment to maintaining a positive work environment that encourages continuous learning and growth.
This position is full-time, permanent. The role is expected to be office-based in London as part of the IT Development team. However, we have an agile flexible working policy which enables you to work up to 2 days from home if desired.
What you get in return:
This role offers a competitive salary with bonus, plus a comprehensive benefits package including 25 days holiday plus a day off for your birthday, pension, BUPA private medical health insurance and more.
Interested?
If the role sounds like you, we invite you to upload a copy of your CV by clicking on the Apply button.
Start Date: ASAP
Fostering a culture of belonging and inclusivity
We're committed to creating a workplace where every individual feels valued, respected, and included. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we actively cultivate an inclusive culture where diversity thrives, and we empower our colleagues to drive meaningful change within our organisation through initiatives like our DE&I focus groups and value champion network.
Like many of our peers, we recognise that fostering inclusivity is an ongoing journey, and we remain steadfast in our commitment to progress. By measuring our efforts through regular assessments and listening to the feedback of our employees, we strive to ensure that our initiatives are impactful and responsive to the evolving needs of our workforce.
Together, we want to build a workplace where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work, as we believe this is the foundation of innovation, creativity, and collective success.
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Interested in working for Moneycorp?
There’s never been a more exciting time to join Moneycorp. We’re proud to be playing a pivotal role in shaping the future of the payments industry and we’d be delighted to hear from you if you feel you’d be a good fit for us.