Platform Manager

Description & Requirements

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Maximus is a global organisation that specialises in providing health and employment services to millions of people every year.

Here in the UK we employ around 5,000 people across the country to deliver services that have a profound impact on people's lives.

From assessments and health services to employability programmes and specialist support, we do work that matters with people who care.

Role Summary

The Platform Manager manages a family of technology platforms that an agreed pipeline of products and solutions are built upon and delivered to the customer.

From SaaS configurable environments eg Iconi, Adapt to low code/coded solutions such as RPA, Appian or Boomi.

They are responsible for the subject matter expert delivery teams and 3rd parties who perform the delivery of quality products.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

The Platform Manager is the primary contact manager for entire scope of assigned platforms, responsible for fostering and maintaining strong vendor partnerships.

They work closely with the Business Partnering and Portfolio Management team, Data and Analytics team, and Technology Operations team to develop / configure platforms to ensure solutions are implemented, operated, supported and maintained securely and efficiently.

Delivery for the business of products on time, to quality and cost and ensuring architectural decisions that will impact in the longer term.

They are responsible for managing and communicating maintenance and release schedules, liaising with project and business teams when these as required.

The Platform Owner drives the platform vision, translates vision into action, shapes platform services and works with business product owners and cross-functional teams to deliver required solutions and features.

They will ensure that they are developed, supported and maintained in a secure, efficient, innovative and forward-thinking way.

Collaboration with other maximus Technology teams to align with standards and approaches and gain support and re-use of solutions and expertise.

•Manage the delivery team and external resources to ensure that solutions are delivered and supported to meet business requirements, through coaching, mentoring and monitoring of performance to ensure they are able to perform to the best of their ability.

Ensure the team stay up-to-date with Technology industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to make recommendations for continuous improvement.

Ensure that Agile practices are being taught, implemented and followed across all squads.
•Support the bid and demand pipeline process to ensure that high level solution designs in bids & CI projects are deliverable, affordable and sufficient resource availability to deliver to agreed timelines
•Ensure projects and platform releases, within the platform family, are appropriately managed working closely with the business product owner and supported/co-ordinated wit...