Practice Capability Lead (Remote)

Opportunity snapshot: 

The Bupa APAC Technology Strategy places modern engineering practices at the heart of how we transform the speed and quality of delivery. The strategy envisions a high-performance engineering professional practice, a robust and sustainable talent base equipped with the right mix of skills and experience. The Practice & Capability Lead sits within the Engineering Practices team and leads up the Practice & Capability function. The Practice & Capability function works with relevant Practice Leads to establish Operational Controls, Standards, Frameworks, Processes, documentation and Governance and ensure these are embedded across our engineering community. The Practice & Capability Lead will partner closely with Practice Leads and the Technology Enablement Lead to ensure that we continue to equip our engineering workforce with the relevant capabilities to stay abreast of emerging technologies and processes within market.

Your Contribution:

• Crafts & Practices: Establish and maintain the communities of practices focusing on key skills & disciplines of the SDLC. 
• Knowledge Management: Work with relevant Practices Leads to establish a library of artefacts and documentation to help streamline the practices across our engineering community. 
• Capability Development: In partnerships with Practice Leads identify opportunities and provide strong thought leadership to continuously modernise, develop and embed best practices 
• Software Development Governance: Establish and facilitate the SDLC Governance forum with relevant Practice Leads to ensure that the relevant Controls, Frameworks, Tools and Processes from our DevSecOps framework are embedded across our engineering teams. 
• Engineering uplift: Deliver continuous improvement services to technology teams to modernise and uplift performance of engineering, delivery and execution, using a combination of modern engineering, architecture, tooling, measurement and standards and practices. 
• Collaboration: Work closely with other technology teams, including architecture, common platforms, cloud and ops, and domain teams to ensure alignment of engineering strategy, practices and standards. 
• Emerging Trends: Monitor and anticipate industry trends, in both technologies and ways of working and helping continuously improve the different phases of the SDLC. 
• Deliverable: Legal and regulatory compliance, adherence to internal operating procedures together with the management of business risks is the responsibility of every Bupa employee. 
• You are required to comply with Bupa’s risk and compliance policies, procedures, frameworks and regulatory requirements, as they apply to your specific role at Bupa

Qualifications, training & Experience

• At least 5 years of industry experience in Software Engineering related role with full E2E experience across the SDLC lifecycle 
• Experience establishing Craft based communities of practice within an enterprise scale organisation.  Tertiary qualifications in an appropriate discipline or equivalent professional experience (e.g., Information Systems, Computer Science, Software Engineering). 
• Experience and familiarity with modern ways of working such as Agile Development, Product Management Methodologies 
• Excellent stakeholder management with evidence in driving change and influencing at scale 
• Experience working within matrix structures, with demonstrated ability to broker outcomes effectively and collaboratively with colleagues and peers.

What’s in it for me?

As well as a competitive salary, a range of Bupa benefits and flexible working/work from home arrangements, you’ll be challenged and encouraged to innovate. You will partner with colleagues who are dedicated to delivering exceptional experiences. We respect and consider everyone, knowing your difference will make the difference. 

Perk highlights:

• Discount on our health insurance, travel, car, home, contents, and pet insurance products as well as discounts when you attend a Bupa Dental clinic or purchase glasses from a Bupa Optical store.
• A dedicated internal wellbeing team provides you with a range of services, such as a global resilience program, regular training opportunities on a range of wellbeing topics and access to a variety of wellbeing discounts. 
• An additional well-being day each year to treat yourself. 

About Bupa

Bupa is an international healthcare group which has been committed to a purpose of longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world for more than 70 years. In Australia and New Zealand, Bupa supports more than 5 million customers through a broad range of health and care services including health insurance, aged care, rehabilitation, dental, optical, medical, hearing, and medical visa services. 

Our people reflect the diversity of our community.  At Bupa, your wellbeing, identity, and own story is respected and valued.

Apply now and become an integral part of our innovative and dynamic team!