Development Manager

**About Selazar**

Selazar is an eCommerce fulfilment technology company with locations across the UK. Although, relatively young, Selazar is already a key player in the marketplace and has recently been recognized as a top 20 Tech Nation Rising Star for 2020/2021 and Retail Week’s Top 40 Innovative Global Startups.

With partnerships across the top couriers in the UK as well as integrations with the leading eCommerce platforms, Selazar is already helping major retailing clients automate their key eCommerce processes through its platform.

We are growing at a phenomenal rate securing some fantastic contracts, which means we can help you take your career to the next level. We want everyone who works for us to fulfil their full potential and take their career with us as far as they can.

**At a glance**

Reporting to the Head of Technology, as the Development Manager, you will lead the way with our development teams in using Agile methodology and Scrum practices. You will manage relationships and coordinate work between different teams at our different global locations. Working across development, testing and release teams, you will ensure successful delivery of our next generation projects. We own and develop our own software which drives all aspects of our business. To achieve our growth plans, we need to be innovative, collaborative and adaptive and you will play a vital role in ensuring the software meets our high quality standards.

**Job Title**:Development Manager

**Location**:Medellín, Colombia

**Salary**:Negotiable, depends on experience

**Work Pattern**:Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 5pm hybrid. First 2 months on site then, 3 days in the office and 2 days WFH.

**English Level**:C1 certificated.

**Key responsibilities**
- Own, drive and deliver innovative, quality software development projects that will drive the company's growth.
- Report on Sprint progress and be able to report to senior management on the level of progress.
- Guide cross functional and diverse teams to deliver goals, outputs and build products using Agile ceremonies. Promote collaboration across internal teams and the department.
- Ensure Sprints are on track and any questions from developers are addressed accurately and quickly.
- Own the production of the RoadMap to deliver software solutions and manage your teams to achieve the plan.
- Define team member roles, set expectations, and ensure timely feedback.
- Be an Agile champion, coaching team members on Agile and DevOps principles, tools and techniques and review metrics to drive improvements, removing any blockers. Aim to support Scrum teams in self-organisation.
- Identify, resolve and communicate issues between departments to ensure swift and effective resolutions whilst protecting the team from outside interference.

**About You**

**Knowledge and Abilities**
- Considerable experience in a role planning Agile software development projects.
- Proven ability to manage, support and coach others.
- Experience working in a global team, collaborating with stakeholders at all levels. Fluent English is a must.
- Experience of working in a fast paced and changing environment, requiring resilience.
- Analytical thinking skills and the ability to solve business critical problems.
- Excellent communication skills, combined with a positive & pro-active approach.
- Knowledge of JIRA (or similar tools) and proven experience of using metrics to improve working processes.
- Experience with project management programs, Scrum, and different variants of Agile techniques.

**What we offer**
- 40 days annual leave (to include public holidays) - find out more when you speak to us
- Parking lot at the office
- Private Health Cover
- Life Insurance
- Holiday Purchase Scheme
- Training - Learning & Development Training for soft and technical skills
- Friday Wind Down - enjoy a drink and a chat in the office from 4pm

**Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion**

At Selazar, we are proud of the talent and diversity within our teams and committed to creating equality of opportunity for all employees and applicants alike. We are committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment. We will ensure that recruitment, selection, training, development, and promotion procedures result in no job applicant or employee receiving less favourable treatment on the grounds of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability, trade union membership or non-membership, sex, sexual orientation, or marital status, or being a part-time worker.

We are all unique in ways you can and cannot see, and we aim to attract, develop, and nurture talent to continue to make Selazar a wonderful place to work.

We have fully embraced hybrid working and this has been implemented across all our office locations. Our offices are fully accessible, and we also offer agile working opportunities in many of our roles.

**Recruitment Agencies