Contract Technology Manager

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Software Engineering Manager £750pd - outside IR35 2 days per week, London/Hampshire We need an urgent contract Tech Manager for 6 months for a long standing banking client of mine. Someone with solid Vendor Management experience, who is hands on (not day to day coding) but can roll up their sleeves and get stuck into the change the business is goign through over the next 12 months. They are growing fast, hit profitability this year and we need a people and technology leader to lean in an support the tech teams and technical challenges around new and existing suppliers. This isn't just a delivery role. It's about people, purpose and progress. You'll coach and mentor a team of around five engineers, creating an environment where people feel supported to grow, challenge ideas and do their best work. You'll champion engineering best practice, encourage curiosity, and help embed a culture that's collaborative, commercially aware and outcome-focused. Working closely with product, design and third-party partners, you'll tackle complex technical challenges, reduce technical debt and raise the bar for engineering quality. What you'll bring: You're an engineering leader with strong technical foundations and a genuine passion for people. You know how to get the best from engineers and how to guide teams through complex, regulated environments in a way that's sustainable, motivating and effective. You'll likely have:

Strong supplier management experience - THIS IS ESSENTIAL

A genuine interest in new technologies, automation and improving how teams work (they'd love it if you were confident with AI and support the bank on how they can implement it)
Software Engineering background - They use Python heavily, lots of Terraform and AWS - They are using a bit more Azure now too so that experience would be great.

Even as a contract, you don't just manage you mentor, inspire and elevate those around you. You understand that great engineering is as much about people as it is about code. Urgent role, you'll report into COO directly. Lots of scope for extension

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