As a Chapter Director, you'll lead the development of innovative capabilities and implement processes that align with organizational goals, drive performance, and assure quality. You'll create a positive work environment that motivates employees, supports their health and wellbeing, and establishes effective working relationships with suppliers for mutual benefit, all while achieving and maintaining compliance with national and international standards. Your leadership and guidance will empower individuals to reach their full potential and make a lasting impact on our vision.
You'll be responsible for leading and managing a collaborative, cross-functional group of software engineering professionals within a centralized IT organization. This role is critical for ensuring the optimal design, implementation, and support of advanced software design and engineering. You'll foster innovation, knowledge-sharing, and the continuous improvement of software engineering standards and best practices.Key responsibilities include the following:
- Establish the right standards:
o Define expected practices & guardrails and chapter member technical output based on industry best practices
o Ensure that software engineering aligns with National Grid’s future state blueprint and road map.
o Review & manage Chapter Lead performance
- Develop the right skills:
o Map expected competencies & certifications against each role & level in the Chapter
o Design career path including performance expectations and promotion criteria
o Partner with Learning and Development teams to design targeted training & certification curriculum
- Deliver the right capacity:
o Track supply of and aggregate demand for Chapter resources
o Collaborate with executive leadership to ensure Chapter members are allocated to the most impactful teams unlocking business value
o Collaborate with other Chapter Leads to facilitate career moves across Chapters for career growth & cross-training
o Develop a recruiting strategy for Chapter members and participate in recruiting process by making final hiring recommendations
- Manage / deliver for internal and external stakeholders:
o Demonstrate subject matter expertise in all areas of development and innovation in Chapter domain, both internally and externally
o Ensure Platform Leads and other stakeholders know what resources and knowledge are available to them
o Collaborate with executive leadership to ensure Chapter members are allocated to the most impactful Teams unlocking business value, orchestrating expansion and contraction based on prioritization
- Software Engineering Focus:
o Facilitate collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and best practice adoption across the software engineering community
o Establish and promote frameworks and guidelines for the standardization of software architecture, design principles, and operational procedures
o Organize workshops, seminars, and training programs to upskill software engineering teams and keep them current on emerging trends
o Drive software development and engineering expertise within the Chapter, ensuring alignment with established software development and engineering standards
