1 to 25 of 85 Technical Leadership Jobs in the North of England

Role Overview- SC Cleared or Eligible only Salary- 70k -80k per annum We are seeking an accomplished Lead Data Engineer (SFIA Level 5) to provide technical leadership, direction, and strategy across complex data engineering initiatives. This role involves leading teams to deliver resilient, scalable, and standards-driven data solutions, while engaging with senior stakeholders to translate requirements … standards, embedding best practices, and ensuring delivery aligns with strategic principles. The role also carries line management responsibilities, helping to build capability within the engineering community. Key Responsibilities Provide technical leadership and set the direction for engineering teams and communities, ensuring delivery adheres to data standards and strategic principles. Engage with senior stakeholders to define requirements for complex … Standardise code, product, and service quality across engineering teams by implementing best practices and governance. Design and promote reusable metadata libraries and cross-business standards in collaboration with other technical disciplines. Partner with Lead Data Engineers, Data Architects, and Technologists to design and develop innovative solutions. Continually improve data engineering, automation, and scaling capabilities. Provide leadership and mentoring More ❯

Role Overview- SC Cleared or Eligible only Salary- 70k -80k per annum We are seeking an accomplished Lead Data Engineer (SFIA Level 5) to provide technical leadership, direction, and strategy across complex data engineering initiatives. This role involves leading teams to deliver resilient, scalable, and standards-driven data solutions, while engaging with senior stakeholders to translate requirements … standards, embedding best practices, and ensuring delivery aligns with strategic principles. The role also carries line management responsibilities, helping to build capability within the engineering community. Key Responsibilities Provide technical leadership and set the direction for engineering teams and communities, ensuring delivery adheres to data standards and strategic principles. Engage with senior stakeholders to define requirements for complex … Standardise code, product, and service quality across engineering teams by implementing best practices and governance. Design and promote reusable metadata libraries and cross-business standards in collaboration with other technical disciplines. Partner with Lead Data Engineers, Data Architects, and Technologists to design and develop innovative solutions. Continually improve data engineering, automation, and scaling capabilities. Provide leadership and mentoring More ❯

transformation and delivery on a variety of initiatives such as SAN migrations, data centre moves, server based computing and desktop transformation technologies such as VDI and application virtualisation. The Technical Architect also applies functional knowledge and technical expertise to design systems that support customer needs. Key responsibilities include: To be responsible and accountable for the design of an … integrated technical solution across all streams of a project or small programme To understand the technical problems, challenges and complexities that exist within each stream or area of a programme and be able to manage and/or liaise with other technical stream leads to arrive at an integrated technical solution that meets the business requirements. … Promote co-operation, and where necessary, coach and facilitate co-ordination of all technical streams leaders of a programme to achieve the successful delivery of an integrated technical solution. Identifies, understands and quantifies technical risk and advises on strategies to mitigate that risk. Support the project/programme manager in understanding the technical risks, dependencies and More ❯

Hybrid) SALARY: £85K per annum The Business C4S Search are working with a Software provider in the heart of Manchester. We are looking for a skilled leader to provide technical leadership and management of the development teams responsible for their software products, contributing to technical and product strategy while ensuring successful software delivery. Responsibilities Lead and manage … a development team of 8, ensuring balanced workloads, knowledge sharing, and a positive culture while supporting career growth. Provide high-level technical leadership, including architecture decisions, code reviews, managing technical debt, and risk assessment. Collaborate across teams and senior management to ensure smooth operations, project delivery, and alignment with business priorities. Implement secure, compliant development practices alongside … Quality, IT, and DevOps teams, driving continuous improvement and cyber security. Track team performance metrics, communicate progress, and provide strategic input to technical roadmaps and risk management. Key Skills Minimum 5 years in software development, with 3+ years managing technical teams; strong leadership, mentoring, and recruitment experience. Expertise in web technologies (.NET, C#, Angular preferred) and cloud More ❯

ServiceNow Technical Architect – Manager Location: London (£90,000 – £95,000)/Manchester or Edinburgh (£85,000 – £90,000) Level: Manager Our client is recognised globally as the top ServiceNow partner, delivering complex, innovative solutions that drive enterprise transformation. The ServiceNow Business Group combines deep technical expertise with AI and automation capabilities to help clients reimagine operations and achieve … measurable outcomes. The Role As a Manager-level Technical Architect, you will lead teams of ServiceNow developers and architects on large-scale programmes, providing technical leadership, architecture oversight, and trusted client advisory. You will influence solution strategy, ensure adherence to best practices, and enable high-quality delivery across multiple modules and client environments. Key Responsibilities Provide technical … service offerings, and client outcomes. Stay current with emerging ServiceNow technologies, modules, AI/GenAI features, and best practices. What You’ll Bring Strong experience in ServiceNow development and technical architecture. 5+ years leading ServiceNow delivery teams in a technical or managerial capacity. Minimum 5+ ServiceNow CIS certifications. Experience with 3+ modules outside ITSM. Advanced scripting and integration More ❯

ServiceNow Technical Architect – Manager Location: London (£90,000 – £95,000)/Manchester or Edinburgh (£85,000 – £90,000) Level: Manager Our client is recognised globally as the top ServiceNow partner, delivering complex, innovative solutions that drive enterprise transformation. The ServiceNow Business Group combines deep technical expertise with AI and automation capabilities to help clients reimagine operations and achieve … measurable outcomes. The Role As a Manager-level Technical Architect, you will lead teams of ServiceNow developers and architects on large-scale programmes, providing technical leadership, architecture oversight, and trusted client advisory. You will influence solution strategy, ensure adherence to best practices, and enable high-quality delivery across multiple modules and client environments. Key Responsibilities Provide technical … service offerings, and client outcomes. Stay current with emerging ServiceNow technologies, modules, AI/GenAI features, and best practices. What You’ll Bring Strong experience in ServiceNow development and technical architecture. 5+ years leading ServiceNow delivery teams in a technical or managerial capacity. Minimum 5+ ServiceNow CIS certifications. Experience with 3+ modules outside ITSM. Advanced scripting and integration More ❯

ServiceNow Technical Architect – Manager Location: London (£90,000 – £95,000)/Manchester or Edinburgh (£85,000 – £90,000) Level: Manager Our client is recognised globally as the top ServiceNow partner, delivering complex, innovative solutions that drive enterprise transformation. The ServiceNow Business Group combines deep technical expertise with AI and automation capabilities to help clients reimagine operations and achieve … measurable outcomes. The Role As a Manager-level Technical Architect, you will lead teams of ServiceNow developers and architects on large-scale programmes, providing technical leadership, architecture oversight, and trusted client advisory. You will influence solution strategy, ensure adherence to best practices, and enable high-quality delivery across multiple modules and client environments. Key Responsibilities Provide technical … service offerings, and client outcomes. Stay current with emerging ServiceNow technologies, modules, AI/GenAI features, and best practices. What You’ll Bring Strong experience in ServiceNow development and technical architecture. 5+ years leading ServiceNow delivery teams in a technical or managerial capacity. Minimum 5+ ServiceNow CIS certifications. Experience with 3+ modules outside ITSM. Advanced scripting and integration More ❯

ServiceNow Technical Architect – Manager Location: London (£90,000 – £95,000)/Manchester or Edinburgh (£85,000 – £90,000) Level: Manager Our client is recognised globally as the top ServiceNow partner, delivering complex, innovative solutions that drive enterprise transformation. The ServiceNow Business Group combines deep technical expertise with AI and automation capabilities to help clients reimagine operations and achieve … measurable outcomes. The Role As a Manager-level Technical Architect, you will lead teams of ServiceNow developers and architects on large-scale programmes, providing technical leadership, architecture oversight, and trusted client advisory. You will influence solution strategy, ensure adherence to best practices, and enable high-quality delivery across multiple modules and client environments. Key Responsibilities Provide technical … service offerings, and client outcomes. Stay current with emerging ServiceNow technologies, modules, AI/GenAI features, and best practices. What You’ll Bring Strong experience in ServiceNow development and technical architecture. 5+ years leading ServiceNow delivery teams in a technical or managerial capacity. Minimum 5+ ServiceNow CIS certifications. Experience with 3+ modules outside ITSM. Advanced scripting and integration More ❯

global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge. We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole … Engineering is powered by a community of 1,000+ experts and provides end-to-end product engineering solutions which deliver tangible value, fast. We bring together an obsession for technical excellence with agility and scale, to help clients move from project to product at speed. We partner with clients across all sectors—from fast-growing scale-ups to national … have the opportunity to: Create Innovative Digital Solutions: take part in designing, developing, and implementing cutting-edge digital applications tailored to address unique business challenges across several industries. Showcase Technical Leadership: display your technical leadership skills by guiding and collaborating with both onshore and offshore developer team members during client projects, ensuring successful outcomes. More ❯

Lead Software Engineer/Developer (C# .Net) Newcastle onsite to £150k Well funded Fintech scale-up is seeking a skilled backend focussed Software Engineer with strong technical leadership skills. As a Lead Software Engineer you'll design and implement the logic behind core applications, build APIs, and microservices that handle data processing, business rules and third-party integrations … server environments. You'll work closely with internal teams and customers to gather detailed requirements through meetings and workshops and help shape the product vision and roadmap by offering technical insight and feasibility guidance, remaining hands-on with architecture and design. You will be a technical leader, instilling best practices, conducting code reviews, mentoring and collaboratively problem solving … City and the local countryside, many employees walk or cycle in (onsite showers available!). About you: You have achieved a minimum 2.1 BSc in Computer Science or similar technical discipline from a top tier/Russel Group university, backed by A's at A-level You have strong technical leadership skills You have expertise with modern More ❯

central service portfolio, common standards, policies, tools and practices. The Role This is a key role based in our Newcastle office , that will provide Azure cloud and Infrastructure DevOps leadership as we continue to transform our services through a cloud first approach, following proven industry and Microsoft best practices to ensure infrastructure systems and services perform at an optimal … role will support development and maturing of our Infrastructure DevOps practice. Including the building, implementation, security and operation of automation systems and services. This role will provide Infrastructure DevOps leadership driving adoption, management, security and optimisation working across multiple regions as part of a matrix-managed, multi-sourced organisation and translate business requirements into technical infrastructure solutions leveraging … strong business acumen. Key Responsibilities Define and own the Azure cloud and Infrastructure DevOps roadmap in conjunction with architecture, global and regional IT Provide Azure and Infrastructure DevOps expertise, leadership, direction and assistance to IT leadership, project delivery, regional technical leads and engineering teams Define, build and lead implementation and adoption of Azure cloud and Infrastructure DevOps More ❯

generation products that transform how industries connect, transact, and operate. You’ll be joining a high-performing engineering division where software is treated as a craft — a place where technical excellence, automation, and scalability are embedded in everything they do. This is a company where your decisions directly influence systems serving millions of transactions and users across multiple regions. … mission-critical logistics platform — a sophisticated marketplace used by thousands of partners and service providers every day. You’ll lead a talented team of engineers and QAs, setting the technical vision, delivering high-performance cloud solutions, and driving engineering excellence throughout. You’ll be hands-on: designing, coding, mentoring, and shaping architecture for large-scale distributed systems built on … .NET, Azure, React, and modern cloud-native technologies. This is the kind of role where technical leadership truly matters — where decisions around architecture, security, and performance have visible, far-reaching business impact. Key Responsibilities Lead and inspire a team of engineers, embedding a culture of innovation, quality, and delivery excellence. Define and execute the technical roadmap in More ❯

generation products that transform how industries connect, transact, and operate. You’ll be joining a high-performing engineering division where software is treated as a craft — a place where technical excellence, automation, and scalability are embedded in everything they do. This is a company where your decisions directly influence systems serving millions of transactions and users across multiple regions. … mission-critical logistics platform — a sophisticated marketplace used by thousands of partners and service providers every day. You’ll lead a talented team of engineers and QAs, setting the technical vision, delivering high-performance cloud solutions, and driving engineering excellence throughout. You’ll be hands-on: designing, coding, mentoring, and shaping architecture for large-scale distributed systems built on … .NET, Azure, React, and modern cloud-native technologies. This is the kind of role where technical leadership truly matters — where decisions around architecture, security, and performance have visible, far-reaching business impact. Key Responsibilities Lead and inspire a team of engineers, embedding a culture of innovation, quality, and delivery excellence. Define and execute the technical roadmap in More ❯

generation products that transform how industries connect, transact, and operate. You’ll be joining a high-performing engineering division where software is treated as a craft — a place where technical excellence, automation, and scalability are embedded in everything they do. This is a company where your decisions directly influence systems serving millions of transactions and users across multiple regions. … mission-critical logistics platform — a sophisticated marketplace used by thousands of partners and service providers every day. You’ll lead a talented team of engineers and QAs, setting the technical vision, delivering high-performance cloud solutions, and driving engineering excellence throughout. You’ll be hands-on: designing, coding, mentoring, and shaping architecture for large-scale distributed systems built on … .NET, Azure, React, and modern cloud-native technologies. This is the kind of role where technical leadership truly matters — where decisions around architecture, security, and performance have visible, far-reaching business impact. Key Responsibilities Lead and inspire a team of engineers, embedding a culture of innovation, quality, and delivery excellence. Define and execute the technical roadmap in More ❯

to be at the heart of a transformative project, working with a passionate and collaborative team of over 40 people in group IT. The Senior IT Developer will provide technical leadership and expertise for the Development and Test team, mentoring developers to design and build ERP system configurations, extensions, and integration's between ERP (IFS) and Integrated Systems … Senior IT Developer, you will: Lead the design, development, and maintenance of ERP (IFS) configurations and integrations: using SnapLogic and other integration platforms to meet evolving business needs. Provide technical leadership and mentoring to the Development and Test team, promoting best practices, upskilling colleagues, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and learning. Work closely with Project teams … Snaplogic solution capabilities and external best practice, bringing understanding into practice. Share this expertise and work within Dev and Test team to define, develop, and document internal best practice Technical escalation point, resolving complex issues, supporting incident and problem management, occasionally providing Out of Hours (OOH) support. Why work for Bettys & Taylors Group? Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate combines tradition More ❯

to be at the heart of a transformative project, working with a passionate and collaborative team of over 40 people in group IT. The Senior IT Developer will provide technical leadership and expertise for the Development and Test team, mentoring developers to design and build ERP system configurations, extensions, and integration's between ERP (IFS) and Integrated Systems … Senior IT Developer, you will: Lead the design, development, and maintenance of ERP (IFS) configurations and integrations: using SnapLogic and other integration platforms to meet evolving business needs. Provide technical leadership and mentoring to the Development and Test team, promoting best practices, upskilling colleagues, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and learning. Work closely with Project teams … Snaplogic solution capabilities and external best practice, bringing understanding into practice. Share this expertise and work within Dev and Test team to define, develop, and document internal best practice Technical escalation point, resolving complex issues, supporting incident and problem management, occasionally providing Out of Hours (OOH) support. Why work for Bettys & Taylors Group? Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate combines tradition More ❯

We are looking for a Lead Data Architect to provide strategic leadership and technical expertise in the design and development of data solutions. This role involves setting technical standards, evaluating new technologies, and shaping our approach to data. You will lead a team of Data Architects, Engineers, and Analysts, defining data architecture frameworks and ensuring the development … cloud and data. Maintain relevant certifications and build strong client relationships. Promote best practices and inspire continual improvement within the team. Analyse client technology implementations and provide recommendations. Provide technical leadership and guidance to Data Architects and Data Engineers. Ensure technical deliveries meet the required standard for data quality and design. Provide technical expertise in pre … with data engineering coding languages such as Python, R, or Spark. Understanding of data warehouse and data lake principles. Experience with data visualisation tools such as PowerBI or Tableau. Leadership or mentoring experience within a technical team. Agile and/or DevOps project delivery experience, including peer reviews and continuous improvement practices. Familiarity with backlog management tools such More ❯

into a digital first and engineering-led organisation, with the quality of our engineering team being a key differentiator. We are seeking a Software Engineering Manager who will provide technical expertise, ship thoughtfully and operate with excellence to build the foundational platform for Identity across all M and S products. The team is responsible for the M&S Identity … Collaboration: Working closely with product, design, and programme management, you will lead the engineering delivery aligning to the business objectives. Collaboration will be key as you engage with senior leadership, cross-functional teams, and external partners to drive strategy and execution. Technical Leadership: You will provide technical direction on high-impact projects, tackling engineering challenges within … the team. Engage in code reviews, ensuring high standards, maintainability, and alignment with best practices. Foster a culture of continuous improvement, technical excellence, and shared learning across the team. Hiring, Team Growth & Management: Manage team structure, budgets, resource allocation across projects. Hiring and onboarding new engineers, ensuring a seamless transition into the team. Coaching and mentoring engineers at all More ❯

Banbury, Milton Keynes, Bedford, Northampton, Manchester Salary: Up to £80,000 + Car Allowance + Bonus + Benefits Note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this role. Be the Technical Leader in a Bold Data Transformation Our client is entering a pivotal phase in its data journey. With a new Head of Data already in place and a Data … shortly, the business is investing in a modern, scalable data platform to turn messy, complex client data into trusted, actionable insights. As Senior Data Engineer, you'll be the technical lead driving this transformation. You'll mentor two engineers, shape platform architecture, and embed best practices across the team. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone … who thrives in small, agile environments and wants to make a real impact. Key Responsibilities Lead and mentor two Data Engineers, providing technical guidance and coaching. Design and deploy modern data pipelines using Databricks and Azure. Transform unstructured external data into clean, business-ready models. Build semantic layers and embed Unity Catalog for robust data governance. Guide the team More ❯

Banbury, Milton Keynes, Bedford, Northampton, Manchester Salary: Up to £80,000 + Car Allowance + Bonus + Benefits Note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this role. Be the Technical Leader in a Bold Data Transformation Our client is entering a pivotal phase in its data journey. With a new Head of Data already in place and a Data … shortly, the business is investing in a modern, scalable data platform to turn messy, complex client data into trusted, actionable insights. As Senior Data Engineer, you'll be the technical lead driving this transformation. You'll mentor two engineers, shape platform architecture, and embed best practices across the team. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone … who thrives in small, agile environments and wants to make a real impact. Key Responsibilities Lead and mentor two Data Engineers, providing technical guidance and coaching. Design and deploy modern data pipelines using Databricks and Azure. Transform unstructured external data into clean, business-ready models. Build semantic layers and embed Unity Catalog for robust data governance. Guide the team More ❯

Our client creates technical solutions for the Engineering Sector and is based in Manchester city centre. This role is hybrid and most people go the office twice a week. Client Details Our client creates technical solutions for the Engineering Sector and is based in Manchester city centre. This role is hybrid and most people go the office twice … will be a mix of hands on coding alongside dealing with Stakeholders, scoping requirements, working with their third-party development partners, ensuring quality of code and help with overall technical direction. Day to day will include: Lead the design, development, and implementation of technical projects. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and solve technical challenges. Provide … technical leadership and mentorship to team members. Ensure alignment of technical solutions with organisational goals. Oversee project timelines, budgets, and resource allocation. Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry trends and emerging technologies. Develop and enforce technical standards and best practices. Communicate project progress and outcomes to stakeholders effectively. Profile Must haves: Tech Lead experience Strong More ❯

Our client creates technical solutions for the Engineering Sector and is based in Manchester city centre. This role is hybrid and most people go the office twice a week. Client Details Our client creates technical solutions for the Engineering Sector and is based in Manchester city centre. This role is hybrid and most people go the office twice … will be a mix of hands on coding alongside dealing with Stakeholders, scoping requirements, working with their third-party development partners, ensuring quality of code and help with overall technical direction. Day to day will include: Lead the design, development, and implementation of technical projects. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and solve technical challenges. Provide … technical leadership and mentorship to team members. Ensure alignment of technical solutions with organisational goals. Oversee project timelines, budgets, and resource allocation. Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry trends and emerging technologies. Develop and enforce technical standards and best practices. Communicate project progress and outcomes to stakeholders effectively. Profile Must haves: Tech Lead experience Strong More ❯

a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with a strong foundation in Python and a passion for leading modern software projects to join our client. This role combines hands-on technical development with leadership responsibilities, guiding teams, shaping technical direction, and delivering robust, scalable solutions across complex environments. What You'll Do Take ownership of the design, build … integrity across systems. Build and manage cloud-native applications using AWS services, employing Terraform for provisioning and automation. Contribute to DevOps practices, including Docker containerisation and serverless deployments. Provide technical leadership: support code reviews, maintain development standards, and mentor junior engineers. Implement automated testing strategies, including unit and API test coverage, to maintain high-quality releases. What You … infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform. Hands-on experience with containerisation and microservices. Familiarity with continuous integration and delivery pipelines and Agile delivery environments. Ability to analyse complex technical problems, identify root causes, and propose innovative solutions. Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset, with a track record of guiding others and influencing technical decisions. Desirable Extras More ❯

a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with a strong foundation in Python and a passion for leading modern software projects to join our client. This role combines hands-on technical development with leadership responsibilities, guiding teams, shaping technical direction, and delivering robust, scalable solutions across complex environments. What You'll Do Take ownership of the design, build … integrity across systems. Build and manage cloud-native applications using AWS services, employing Terraform for provisioning and automation. Contribute to DevOps practices, including Docker containerisation and serverless deployments. Provide technical leadership: support code reviews, maintain development standards, and mentor junior engineers. Implement automated testing strategies, including unit and API test coverage, to maintain high-quality releases. What You … infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform. Hands-on experience with containerisation and microservices. Familiarity with continuous integration and delivery pipelines and Agile delivery environments. Ability to analyse complex technical problems, identify root causes, and propose innovative solutions. Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset, with a track record of guiding others and influencing technical decisions. Desirable Extras More ❯

rollout across Europe. You'll design, develop, and maintain legacy systems using Guidewire and other technologies, delivering high-quality solutions within a cross-functional team. This role requires strong technical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on supporting Guidewire Policy, Billing, Digital, and related apps. You'll also mentor support teams and collaborate with Business Owners, Analysts, Testers … and the Tech Lead to deliver on strategic goals. CHALLENGED NOW AND-EXPERT NEXT. Responsibilities Lead Technical Strategy & Architecture Provide end-to-end technical leadership on the Guidewire platform, aligning architecture with enterprise IT strategy. Advocate for scalable, maintainable solutions that minimise custom development and maximise reuse of core capabilities. Stakeholder Influence & Governance Serve as a trusted … technical advisor to business and IT, guiding decisions to maintain platform integrity and align with strategy. Promote configuration over customisation to reduce technical debt and speed up delivery. Advanced Solution Design & Development Design and build high-performance Guidewire components (PolicyCentre, BillingCentre, ClaimCentre) for longevity and extensibility. Lead by example with hands-on development of key modules and integrations. More ❯