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Role Description We are looking for a Technical Release Manager to join our team on a major digital transformation journey with Centrica. In this role, you will be the ultimate orchestrator of the delivery pipeline, bridging the gap between engineering, product, QA, and operations to ensure that software updates, features, and platform integrations are deployed safely, predictably, and with minimal disruption. This is a highly collaborative, technical-adjacent coordination role. You will manage the end-to-end release lifecycle, govern environments, and align release schedules across a modern, multi-platform ecosystem. About you: - You care deeply about producing high-quality work that delivers real value. - You’re comfortable navigating ambiguity and solving complex problems collaboratively. - You bring strong expertise in your craft, alongside a willingness to keep learning. - You communicate clearly and build trust quickly with clients and teammates. - You’re pragmatic, adaptable and outcome-focused. - You value low-ego collaboration and enjoy working as part of multidisciplinary teams. What you’ll bring to the table: - Release Planning & Governance - Release Orchestration: Define, maintain, and publish the master release calendar, aligning deployment cycles across multiple agile product squads and platforms. - Gatekeeping & Readiness: Facilitate go/no-go readiness reviews, verifying that test coverage, security compliance, environment configurations, and rollback runbooks are complete prior to production deployment. - Change Management: Manage release governance and coordinate approvals with client change advisory boards (CAB) or equivalent stakeholders. - Environment & Pipeline Management - Cross-Platform Alignment: Coordinate release paths across a diverse, hybrid ecosystem, managing complex dependencies between cloud services, enterprise CRM, and ERP systems. - Environment Strategy: Oversee the allocation and configuration of non-production environments (development, sandbox, QA, and staging) to prevent configuration drift and environment conflicts. - Continuous Improvement: Collaborate with DevOps and platform teams to automate build-test-deploy pipelines and drive faster, repeatable release cadences. - Collaboration & Communication - Stakeholder Alignment: Act as the primary point of contact for release status, communicating schedules, technical dependencies, and post-deployment impact reports to both technical teams and senior client stakeholders. - Incident & Hotfix Coordination: In the event of release anomalies, coordinate swift triaging, hotfix deployments, or rollback procedures with engineering and operations support teams. Qualifications - Release Management: Proven track record managing complex software releases and deployments in large-scale, multi-stream enterprise environments. - SDLC & DevOps Savvy: Deep understanding of modern software development life cycles, agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban), version control (Git branching strategies), and CI/CD pipelines. - Orchestration & Detail-Oriented: Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to map intricate dependencies across parallel delivery teams. - Stakeholder Management: Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical release risks into business impact for stakeholders. Desirable Tech Stack Awareness (Knowledge is desirable but not essential) - AWS Cloud Ecosystem (Serverless, infrastructure-as-code) - Salesforce / Salesforce Industries (formerly Vlocity) - Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (F&O) Equal Opportunities Statement Diversity and inclusion are hugely important to us, and we’re committed to providing equal opportunities for all. We’re actively recruiting for a diverse and inclusive workforce so want to ensure we do everything we can to support your application. We want you to feel safe and empowered to let us know if you need any adjustments to be made to your application or interview process, so please speak to our recruitment team.

• Define and deliver product vision, strategy and roadmaps aligned to business objectives. • Understand customer needs, market trends and regulatory requirements within the renewable energy sector. • Own and prioritise the product backlog, ensuring delivery teams remain focused on the highest-value outcomes. • Translate customer and business requirements into clear user stories and acceptance criteria. • Work collaboratively with Engineering, Architecture, Design and Data teams to deliver scalable digital products. • Analyse customer, operational and commercial data to inform prioritisation and product decisions. • Collaborate with a broad range of stakeholders across Product, Operations, Regulatory, Commercial and Customer teams. • Lead Agile ceremonies including backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives. • Continuously measure product performance using customer insights, KPIs and data to drive ongoing improvements. • Balance customer needs, commercial priorities and technical constraints to maximise product value.

• Define and deliver product strategy, vision and roadmaps aligned to programme objectives. • Understand customer needs, behaviours and pain points to identify opportunities for product improvement. • Own and prioritise the product backlog, ensuring engineering teams focus on the highest-value initiatives. • Translate business requirements into clear user stories and acceptance criteria. • Work closely with Engineering, Design, Data and Architecture teams to shape practical technical solutions. • Analyse customer, operational and commercial data to make evidence-based product decisions. • Collaborate with stakeholders across Product, Operations, Risk, Compliance and Customer teams. • Lead backlog refinement sessions and participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives. • Measure product performance through KPIs and continuously optimise products based on customer feedback and data insights. • Balance customer value, business priorities and technical constraints to maximise product outcomes.

Role Description We're looking for an experienced Contract Product Manager to join a major digital transformation programme supporting products and services within the UK's Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) landscape. The programme focuses on improving the digital experience for customers who generate renewable electricity and export surplus energy back to the National Grid. You'll help shape products that simplify customer journeys, improve operational efficiency and support the UK's transition to a smarter, low-carbon energy system. This is a fully remote contract open to candidates based anywhere in the UK. Working alongside Engineering, Design, Data and business stakeholders, you'll define product strategy, prioritise delivery and ensure solutions create measurable value for both customers and the business. Key Responsibilities - Define and deliver product vision, strategy and roadmaps aligned to business objectives. - Understand customer needs, market trends and regulatory requirements within the renewable energy sector. - Own and prioritise the product backlog, ensuring delivery teams remain focused on the highest-value outcomes. - Translate customer and business requirements into clear user stories and acceptance criteria. - Work collaboratively with Engineering, Architecture, Design and Data teams to deliver scalable digital products. - Analyse customer, operational and commercial data to inform prioritisation and product decisions. - Collaborate with a broad range of stakeholders across Product, Operations, Regulatory, Commercial and Customer teams. - Lead Agile ceremonies including backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives. - Continuously measure product performance using customer insights, KPIs and data to drive ongoing improvements. - Balance customer needs, commercial priorities and technical constraints to maximise product value. Qualifications - Proven experience as a Product Manager delivering digital products within Agile environments. - Strong experience developing product roadmaps and managing complex product backlogs. - Experience using customer insights and data to drive product strategy and prioritisation. - Excellent stakeholder management skills across technical and business teams. - Experience working closely with Engineering, Design and Data throughout the product lifecycle. - Strong customer-centric mindset with experience in product discovery and problem definition. - Commercially aware with the ability to balance customer outcomes, delivery priorities and business value. - Comfortable working within complex, cross-functional delivery teams. Requirements - Experience within the Energy, Utilities or Net Zero sectors. - Experience delivering digital products relating to the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG), distributed energy, renewable generation or smart energy services. - Experience working with products or services involving: - Solar PV - Electric Vehicles (EV) - Battery Storage - Wind Energy - Hydro Power - Anaerobic Digestion - Micro-Combined Heat & Power (Micro-CHP) - Understanding of customer journeys associated with exporting renewable electricity, smart metering or energy management. - Experience working within regulated environments or alongside industry regulations and policy. Ideal Background - We're particularly interested in Product Managers who have worked within organisations focused on: - Energy & Utilities - Renewable Energy - Net Zero & Sustainability - Smart Energy - EV Charging & Infrastructure - Solar & Distributed Generation - Clean Technology (CleanTech) - Energy Technology Platforms - The ideal candidate will have experience building customer-focused digital products that simplify complex energy journeys, use data to inform decisions and support the transition to a low-carbon future. Equal Opportunities AND Digital is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We will make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process where required.

Role Description We're looking for two experienced Contract Product Managers to join a major digital transformation programme focused on improving the customer debt journey within the Energy sector. This is a fully remote contract open to candidates based anywhere in the UK. The programme has two key objectives: - Reduce the volume of uncollected debt across the Energy estate. - Help customers avoid falling into debt by delivering better digital products, services and proactive customer interventions. You'll work across both enhancements to existing digital products and the development of new customer-facing capabilities, partnering closely with engineering, design, data and business stakeholders to deliver measurable customer and commercial outcomes. This is a hands-on Product Manager role, requiring someone who can confidently own product discovery, define customer problems, prioritise delivery and drive execution across multiple stakeholders. Key Responsibilities - Define and deliver product strategy, vision and roadmaps aligned to programme objectives. - Understand customer needs, behaviours and pain points to identify opportunities for product improvement. - Own and prioritise the product backlog, ensuring engineering teams focus on the highest-value initiatives. - Translate business requirements into clear user stories and acceptance criteria. - Work closely with Engineering, Design, Data and Architecture teams to shape practical technical solutions. - Analyse customer, operational and commercial data to make evidence-based product decisions. - Collaborate with stakeholders across Product, Operations, Risk, Compliance and Customer teams. - Lead backlog refinement sessions and participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives. - Measure product performance through KPIs and continuously optimise products based on customer feedback and data insights. - Balance customer value, business priorities and technical constraints to maximise product outcomes. Qualifications - Proven experience as a Product Manager delivering digital products within Agile environments. - Strong experience managing complex product backlogs and defining product roadmaps. - Experience working with large volumes of customer and operational data to inform product decisions. - Excellent stakeholder management skills across technical and business functions. - Experience working closely with Engineering, Design and Data teams throughout the product lifecycle. - Strong customer-centric mindset with experience in product discovery and problem definition. - Commercially aware, with the ability to prioritise competing demands and deliver measurable value. - Comfortable working in fast-paced, cross-functional delivery teams. Requirements - Strong experience in Debt Management, Collections & Recoveries. - Experience within Energy & Utilities, particularly around customer debt, billing or payment journeys. - Alternatively, experience within Financial Services or FinTech, especially collections, lending, repayments or credit products. - Experience delivering customer-facing digital products that improve financial outcomes or reduce operational debt. Ideal Background - Energy & Utilities - Retail Banking - FinTech - Consumer Lending - Credit & Collections - Financial Services The ideal candidate will understand how to build products that improve customer outcomes while balancing commercial objectives, regulatory considerations and operational efficiency. Equal Opportunities AND Digital is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We will make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process where required.

• Implement and configure enterprise-grade Azure landing zones for a greenfield environment based on architectural designs. • Contribute to the discovery, technical design, and iterative engineering of the Azure platform. • Build secure, scalable, and resilient cloud architectures using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and aligned with enterprise best practice. • Execute the integration of Azure services with existing on-premise legacy estates. • Collaborate with the Solution Director, Lead Engineers, and wider technical stakeholders to deliver against the platform roadmap. • Provide technical peer reviews and mentor mid-level engineers within the delivery team. • Support the implementation and adoption of Microsoft Fabric and associated Azure data services.

Role Description We are recruiting for a Contract Engineering Manager for a duration of initially 6 months. This role is an immediate start and it is fully remote. - Looking for someone with a combination of great stakeholder management, communication, team & delivery leadership and .NET/PHP technical skills. - Matrix-managing 4 small .NET & PHP engineering teams (12 engineers total). No formal line management, but will manage their day to day activities, outputs etc. - Ensuring good outputs from the 4 teams: technical quality, ways of working, unblocking issues, efficient delivery, etc. - Helping these teams to integrate more fully with the wider tech org. - No hands-on coding expected, but must be highly tech literate to guide engineers on approaches to their work. - Driving AI-augmented development: familiar with Claude Code and/or Devin to support the teams with using these effectively. Company Description AND Digital are a tech company focused on accelerating digital delivery and dedicated to closing the digital skills gap. We’ve been helping organisations build better digital products and stronger digital teams since 2014. - We believe our work should always make a remarkable impact for our clients. - This unique model has driven success for our clients and ourselves, evidenced by our remarkable organic growth since 2014. - Today we number more than 1,300 people with Clubs all over the UK, Europe and the USA with plans for global expansion in the next couple of years. - Join us - and help us fulfil our mission to close the world’s digital skills gap. Equal Opportunities Statement We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. We actively encourage applications from women, ethnic minorities, and individuals with disabilities. We consider all flexible working arrangements, subject to the requirements of the role. Where reasonable adjustments are needed, we will strive to make changes to accommodate them.

Role Description We are recruiting for a Contract Senior Data Product Manager for a duration of initially 6 months. This role is an immediate start and it is fully remote. You will be building out a new data lake in Databricks for our client, connecting existing systems as data sources, building an intelligence layer over the top for business insights. Qualifications - Building greenfield data products (specifically Databricks, and analytics/BI products such as PowerBI, Sigma etc) - Commercial product management, i.e. GTM strategy, commercial modelling & pricing, value props - Tough stakeholder management and excellent communication skills - Hands on product/requirements analysis with engineering teams - Nice to have bonus: healthcare, fintech or SaaS experience - specifically dental would be a great Company Description AND Digital are a tech company focused on accelerating digital delivery and dedicated to closing the digital skills gap. We’ve been helping organisations build better digital products and stronger digital teams since 2014. - We believe our work should always make a remarkable impact for our clients. - This unique model has driven success for our clients and ourselves, evidenced by our remarkable organic growth since 2014. - Today we number more than 1,300 people with Clubs all over the UK, Europe and the USA with plans for global expansion in the next couple of years. Join us - and help us fulfil our mission to close the world’s digital skills gap. Equal Opportunities Statement We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. We actively encourage applications from women, ethnic minorities, and individuals with disabilities. We consider all flexible working arrangements, subject to the requirements of the role. Where reasonable adjustments are needed, we will strive to make changes to accommodate them.

• Oversee and coordinate 4 cross-functional development squads, ensuring alignment, velocity, and healthy delivery cycles. • Collaborate closely with Product Owners and Agile Delivery Leads to manage backlog prioritization, refine sprint planning, and resolve technical blockers. • Lead, coach, and mentor technical talent, setting clear objectives and cultivating an environment of continuous learning, psychological safety, and innovation. • Act as the subject matter expert and technical lead for Salesforce Industries implementations, specifically leveraging the Energy & Utilities Cloud. • Guide squads in best practices for designing scalable OmniStudio components. • Oversee the architectural alignment of SFI front-ends with back-end enterprise systems and third-party utility platforms. • Take complete ownership of the release cycle from local code development to production environments. • Define, implement, and automate CI/CD pipeline strategies tailored to hybrid Salesforce/AWS ecosystems. • Oversee branching strategies, sandboxing management, environment synchronisation, and rollback strategies. • Guide squads on integrating Salesforce securely and efficiently with AWS components. • Oversee the design and implementation of event-driven workflows leveraging AWS services. • Collaborate on APIs and microservices that enable high-volume data exchanges between core systems and the customer-facing CRM. • Define, track, and advocate for engineering benchmarks, static code analysis, and peer-review standards. • Ensure robust test coverage, driving the implementation of automated unit testing and automated end-to-end integration testing. • Establish monitoring, telemetry, and logging frameworks across both Salesforce and AWS.

Role Description We are recruiting for a Contract Software Development Manager for a duration of initially 6 months. This role is an immediate start. As a Software Development Manager, you will play a pivotal role in driving digital transformation for one of our largest clients in the Energy & Utilities sector. Leading 4 cross-functional agile squads, you will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery, architectural integrity, and operational excellence of our digital platforms. This is a unique opportunity for a technical, hands-on leader who can bridge the gap between Salesforce Industries (SFI / Vlocity) and AWS cloud-native architectures. You will champion software engineering best practices, mature our DevOps/CI/CD capabilities, and foster a high-performance culture that puts quality at the heart of everything we build. Key Responsibilities - Delivery Leadership & Squad Management - Squad Orchestration: Oversee and coordinate 4 cross-functional development squads (comprising developers, QAs, BAs, and product specialists), ensuring alignment, velocity, and healthy delivery cycles. - Agile Excellence: Collaborate closely with Product Owners and Agile Delivery Leads to manage backlog prioritization, refine sprint planning, and resolve technical blockers. - Team Growth & Mentorship: Lead, coach, and mentor technical talent, setting clear objectives and cultivating an environment of continuous learning, psychological safety, and innovation. - Salesforce Industries (SFI) Technical Leadership - Architectural Oversight: Act as the subject matter expert and technical lead for Salesforce Industries (formerly Vlocity) implementations, specifically leveraging the Energy & Utilities Cloud. - Declarative & Programmatic Design: Guide squads in best practices for designing scalable OmniStudio components. - Integration Strategy: Oversee the architectural alignment of SFI front-ends with back-end enterprise systems and third-party utility platforms. - SDLC & DevOps Pipeline Ownership - End-to-End SDLC Management: Take complete ownership of the release cycle from local code development to production environments, drawing on 5+ years of pipeline management experience. - Pipeline Maturation: Define, implement, and automate CI/CD pipeline strategies tailored to hybrid Salesforce/AWS ecosystems. - Release Governance: Oversee branching strategies, sandboxing management, environment synchronisation, and rollback strategies to ensure zero-downtime, safe deployments. - AWS Cloud-Native Integration - Serverless Architecture: Guide the squads on integrating Salesforce securely and efficiently with AWS components, ensuring robust service-to-service communication. - Event-Driven Patterns: Oversee the design and implementation of event-driven workflows leveraging AWS Lambdas, AWS EventBridge, SQS, and SNS to handle heavy volumes of utility transaction data. - Data Flow Optimisation: Collaborate on APIs and microservices that enable high-volume data exchanges between core utility billing/metering systems and the customer-facing CRM. - High-Quality & Engineering Standards - Quality First Mindset: Define, track, and advocate for engineering benchmarks, static code analysis, and peer-review standards. - Testing Automation: Ensure robust test coverage, driving the implementation of automated unit testing and automated end-to-end integration testing. - Reliability & Performance: Establish monitoring, telemetry, and logging frameworks across both Salesforce and AWS to guarantee uptime, scalability, and system resilience. Qualifications - Salesforce Industries (SFI) Expertise: Proven, hands-on experience designing, developing, and leading implementations using Salesforce Industries / Vlocity (OmniStudio). Specifically, experience with Energy & Utilities Cloud or related large-scale telco/utility configurations is highly desirable. - AWS Cloud Proficiency: Strong hands-on understanding of AWS concepts, specifically serverless computing (AWS Lambda, EventBridge, API Gateway) and cloud integration patterns. - DevOps Mastery: 5+ years of experience owning, building, and managing complex SDLC pipelines from code commit through to production release. - Quality Assurance: Experience implementing modern automation-first testing strategies, code coverage targets, and test-driven development (TDD). - Scale & Complexity: Track record of managing multiple technical squads (ideally 4+ squads or 25+ developers) in a fast-paced environment. - Stakeholder Management: Exceptional communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical architectures into business-friendly solutions for senior leadership and client stakeholders. - Problem Solver: A practical, outcome-focused mindset with a dedication to engineering craft, clean code, and user-centric design. Preferred (But Not Essential) - Relevant Salesforce Certifications (e.g., OmniStudio Developer, OmniStudio Consultant, SFI Energy & Utilities Cloud Specialist). - AWS Certified Developer or AWS Certified Solutions Architect. - Direct domain experience within energy retail, smart metering, billing, or deregulated utility services. Equal Opportunities Statement We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. We actively encourage applications from women, ethnic minorities, and individuals with disabilities. We consider all flexible working arrangements, subject to the requirements of the role. Where reasonable adjustments are needed, we will strive to make changes to accommodate them.