Job Title: Head of Technology
Location: Hybrid working
Salary: Competitive base salary + benefits
Working Hours: 40 hours per week Monday – Friday
Job Status: Permanent
Who we are
The Constellation Technology Team provides a group-wide set of Technology Products and Services across the Constellation Automotive Group. This includes the following divisions BCA UK, We Buy Any Car, cinch and Marshall.
Our roles support both a cross section of divisions or could be dedicated to a single division. This provides a unique opportunity to experience a diversity of teams, technology and businesses across C2B, B2B and B2C. This also provides the possibility to change roles within the Group, and experience new challenges and opportunities.
About the role
We’re looking for a visionary Head of Technology to lead one of our subsidiary software companies, providing strategic direction and delivering business and customer value at pace. Collaborating closely with the wider product and engineering functions, as well as our commercial and operations teams the Head of Technology leads the team to execute against our strategy and deliver the right commercial outcomes and customer benefits.
What You’ll Be Doing
Strategic Leadership
* Develop and implement a forward-looking growth strategy for FCM
* Together with Finance Director take responsibility for planning, reporting, forecasting, and achieving P&L targets
* Represent the business to stakeholders and strategic partners
* Ensure that prioritisation is done effectively and in alignment with group & company’s requirements and ambitions.
Team & Performance Management
* Build and lead a high-performing international team (including Product, Delivery, Sales, Technology, Operations, HR and Finance)
* Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, and continuous development
* Develop leadership and people talent and succession planning
Operational & Technology Excellence
* Planning the pipeline of delivery for your products, working closely with other teams and stakeholders to manage dependencies and overlapping user journeys
* Maintain market expertise to guide decisions.
* Oversee daily business operations and establish efficient processes
* Ensure seamless collaboration with internal interfaces (Product, IT, Finance, HR)
* Ensure successful implementation of customer-focused solutions
* Closely collaborate with wider group Engineering and Product Directors for aligned product and technical roadmap.
Collaboration & Communication
* Work closely with the corresponding cross-functional teams within the wider Group, national organizations, and external partners
* Work with the Product Director to define and successfully manage the budget from the Product & Engineering function.
* Participate in steering committees and report regularly to senior management
* Promote cross-functional thinking and collaboration
* Act as a thought leader and represent Constellation Product in external events and customer engagements.
What you’ll bring
* Hands-on leader, who has had experience with Agile product teams to deliver end-to-end user products and propositions
* Relationship skills - ability to develop and sustain positive and co-operative working relationships with a broad variety of company and partner personnel.
* Excellent team player, able to interact cross-functionally at different levels within the organisation
* Able to handle a high degree of complexity
* A tenacious approach with the focus and determination to get things done effectively, looking for solutions to overcome difficulties.
* Talent in bringing opportunities to life and storytelling to excite the partners.
* Highly motivated self-starter with a “can do” attitude
* Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to present complex data and arguments in clear and compelling manner.
* Strong negotiating & influencing skills with the ability to influence decision makers up to senior management level.
* Agile approach and ability to keep up with the pace of change, learn fast and adapt to the new conditions quickly and effectively.
* Comfortable with ambiguity and able to make decisions in the face of incomplete information.
* Explorer’s mind - curiosity, strong desire to innovate, take risks and think outside the box.
* Being detail oriented and having the ability to work at both strategic and detailed levels
* Strong commercial acumen; understands the key financial drivers and dynamics related to growth and revenue goals
* Significant, demonstrable repeat experience of delivering successful products
* Demonstrated motivational ability and inspiring leadership
* High level of personal ownership and unimpeachable business integrity
Ultimately, we care much more about the person you are, how you think and approach things, than a list of qualifications and buzzwords on a CV. Even if you can’t say ‘yes’ to all of the above, but are smart, self-motivated and passionate about delivering a great product to market then get in touch.
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