Team Manager - Do It Yourself Services

Verisure is a leading global provider of professionally monitored security solutions. We are an international company with a start-up mindset. We are fast, agile, high performing and value driven. We protect and provide safety for more than five million customers in 17 countries across Europe & South America and we are constantly growing our customer base and range of services.   

  

Verisure is seeking an innovative and driven Manager, with passion for both people and technology, to join our expanding Group IT Organization. You will be responsible for a Development team in the Do It Yourself/Self services area, delivering and supporting services that bring value to our end users and customers today and tomorrow!   We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with a strong drive to create a positive work environment. We believe you are both an independent problem solver that can set priorities and make high quality judgements but also a team player that involves others in decision making, planning and execution. We expect you to have a positive attitude also when it is difficult, a “can do” approach. We need you to be result oriented and quality focused.   
 

To us, it is important that you match our culture - high energy and flexibility, strong communication skills and huge amounts of drive. A “Winning as a Team” mentality is key.   

  

About the role  

The Manager is responsible for creating conditions for and managing a high performing Development team and to be actively involved in the Team’s everyday work. The Manager is responsible for making sure that the team develop solutions in line with Group Strategies and Roadmaps to accelerate Business + IT’s capabilities within the Core Monitoring area.  At Verisure we are working according to Agile principles, including DevOps. The Team Managers role is to guide the team in their work, ensuring the team members wellbeing.   

  

As a Manager you're responsible for:  
* Leading and empowering the Team.  

* Planning and allocation of resources (employees and contractors) to effectively staff, develop and deliver the highest prioritized work tasks in an efficient way, meeting the quality targets.   

* Hiring of new team members, when needed.   

* Performance evaluation and talent development.  

* Work proactively with Risks and Risk mitigation.   

* Manage the overall operational and financial responsibilities of the team.  

* Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders.  

* Overall responsible for team deliverables and product quality.   
 

The Manager is also a member of the Department’s Management Team, aligning roadmaps and development plans with resource capacity and highlighting needs for new/additional skills among all department members.  

  

Your experience

We believe you have in total 5+ years of relevant professional experience in the IT industry and 3+ years’ experience from previous management positions.   

Furthermore, you have:   
* Experience from leading in-house IT product development and engineers.   

* Technical qualifications and experience in utilizing technology as an enabler for business processes.  

* Experience of delivering complex, high tech projects involving integration of large systems and mobile application engineering and other digital platforms.  

* Experience in multi-national and multi-cultural environment.  

* Professional Working Proficiency in English.   
 

Strong Advantages:  
* University post graduate degree in engineering management.  

* Having worked with Agile Software Development for at least 3 years.  

* Worked with monitored security solutions before.