Engineering Practice Lead

2 weeks ago


Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Jade Software Full time
Leading a team of Solution Architects, Software and Quality Engineers.

  • Creating an environment of high performance through your mentoring, coaching and support.
  • Key contributor to the design and execution of our technology and business strategy. First rate benefits including hybrid working and health insurance for you and your immediate wh à nau
**ABOUT THE ROLE
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Engineering Practice Lead to join our team at our Christchurch HQ.


You will be responsible for leading a team of Solution Architects, Software and Quality Engineers, who deliver innovative digital solutions for our diverse customer base across New Zealand and worldwide.

As a member of our Services Leadership Team, you'll also be a k ey contributor to the design and execution of our technology and business strategy.


If you're looking for the next step in your career, with a focus on creating an environment where others can achieve their potential through your coaching, mentoring and support we want to hear from you.


Role Purpose:

  • Provide strategic technical leadership around our technologies, frameworks, and tools.
  • Grow and support our engineering practice and the capabilities of our people.
  • Support operational planning and management of service delivery. Supporting business growth through engaging with customers.
**ABOUT YOU

You'll have a broad technical background, most likely as an Engineer or Architect, that will enable you to identify and champion the adoption of modern technologies, tools and practices that enable quality and agility.


To do this successfully you will need to be a strong communicator and natural collaborator, ensuring your stakeholders and team members are engaged and proactively embracing our culture and ways of working.

You will have an outcome-focused mindset coupled with a strong commercial awareness and commitment to providing exceptional customer service.

Key Requirements:

  • IT/Computer Science or related degree.
  • Significant experience in technology leadership roles.
  • Ability to foster collaborative and high performing environments.
  • Proven success in managing multiple technology projects.
  • Experience in recruiting, training, and developing IT professionals. Knowledge of various software development best practices and methodologies with cloudbased solutions experience highly desirable.


If you are excited about this role and are confident at surpassing expectations at Jade, we encourage you to apply, you could just be who we are looking for, for this or other positions at Jade.

**ABOUT JADE

Jade Software is an iconic New Zealand name in technology and has evolved and grown to support our customers globally with complex technology problem solving, providing products Jade ThirdEye and Jade Platform, and creating data driven solutions.

Our HQ is based in Christchurch, NZ and we have offices in Auckland, Dunedin, Sydney and York, UK.

We value and celebrate creating a diverse and inclusive organisation for our people. We know diversity benefits everyone who comes into contact with our business. Diversity and Inclusion at Jade means that we celebrate and appreciate all the ways we are different.


At Jade our People First culture means we do not stand still with our progressive people initiatives; we have recently improved our employee benefits around our community connect leave, flexi-leave and a highly supportive and generous parental leave scheme.

Our employees and their whànau are provided with health insurance, as well as life and income protection for our people amongst other great benefits.

We are proud at Jade that we have crushed our gender pay gap to 0.5% in 2023.

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